Individual Details
Peter Avent
(Abt 1720 - Sep 1779)
From GEDCOM by Denney Pugmire and Gwen Boyer Bjorkman
ancestry.com
Some Southern Colonial Families, by David A. Avant Jr
Joann Fairbourn lfairb@aol.com
has marriage date as 25 Aug 1777
Jackie McInnis mcinnis4@bellsouth.net has b. 1720
m. in 1742 in Surry or Brunswick?
Lyndon H. Hart, III, Surry County, Virginia, Wills, Estate Accounts
and Inventories 1730-1800 (Easley, SC, Southern Historical Press,
1983), pp. 54. Will and Deed Book 1738-1754, p. 803
William Thompson. Inventory. Date: 8 May 1752. Rec: 21 Jul 1752.
Henry Lee, Thomas Peete and Peter Avent, Appraisers.
Gale Wallen [mailto:edwall@ccaonline.com]
1752, Surry Co. VA Peter Avent, Lt. Virginia Colonial Militia
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA - DEEDS (BOOK 6)
Indenture made the 6th day of August, 1760, between John CUMBO
and Peter AVENT, for 35 pounds, conveying 238 acres, purchased of
Joseph RIGHT and bounded as in Letters of Patent granted to the
said Joseph RIGHT dated August 1, 1745. Signed by John CUMBO
(his mark). Witnesses were David MASON, Lewis SALLOMON (his
mark), Lewis SALLOMAN, Junr. (his mark), and William AVENT.
Indenture and Memorandum of Livery of Seizin were proved in Court
on January 26, 1761, by the oaths of Lewis soloman, Lewis
SOLOMAN, Jr., and William AVENT. Deed Book 6, page 595.
Indenture made the 22nd day of June, 1761, between Joseph
STURDART and Jane, his wife, and Peter AVENT, for 37 pounds,
conveying 250 acres. Signed by Joseph STURDART (his mark) and
Jane STURDART (her mark). Names of witnesses not given.
Indenture was acknowledged in Court on June 22, 1761, by Joseph
STURDART and Jane his wife, appeared and was privately examined.
Deed Book 6, page 685.
Brunswick Co. VA
James Stewart was granted 7 Aug 1761, 440 acres in Sussex County on
the
south side of Nottoway River, adjoining the lands of Peter Avent and
his
father, Timothy Ezell and Charles Stuart.
1764 ? A Senter tree has Peter's daughter Rebecca (who married a
Senter in
Cumberland Co.) born in Cumberland Co. NC?
1772 -List of men in Capt. Elisha Cain's Company. Chatham Co, NC
10 Dec 1776 Cumberland Co., NC Peter Avent sells to Joseph Avent
(son)
negro boy and girl and household estate
Peter Avent living in Cumberland Co., NC in 1777--date of his 2nd
marriage
marriage contract of Peter Avent of Cumberland Co, NC and Mary
Tomlinson of Brunswick, VA recorded 25 Aug 1777.
Ifairb@aol.com 25 Aug 2001
Left land on Otterdam Swamp by father. Death by 17 feb 1780 when his
will was probated in Sussex co. [There is no will listed in Sussex Co,
VA in the Index to Virginia Wills] The following are listed in his
will: dated 2 jun 1779 prob 17 Feb 1780 bros Benjamin, John, James,
sis Elizabeth Massey, Children: William, Isham,Joseph, John, Thom as,
Sarah, Eliza (Barker), Lucy (Truelove), Mourning, Rebecca, Lucretia
(my wife's daughter) , Molly (wife) Living in Cumberland Co., NC in
1777--date of his 2nd marriage Some sources list his birth as about
1720. 10 dec 1776 Cumberland Co., NC sells to Joseph Avent (son) negro
boy and girl and household estate. (Possibly giving clear title to
property before he married Mary Tomlinson.)
Northampton Co, NC Will Book 1:215-216
In the name of God Amen I Peter Avent of No. Hampton County in the
State of No. Carolina being of Sound Memory thanks be to Almighty God
for the same: Do make & ordain this my last will & testament in
manner & form following, first I recomend my Soul to Almighty God
hoping through the merit of my blessed Saviour he will vouchsafe to
receive it, & my body the Earth to be Decently burried at the
discretion of my Executors herafter mentioned & as for what worldly
Estate it hath been pleased God to bestow on me I Dispose of in manner
and form following (Vizt)
Item I give & bequeath unto my Son Wm. Avent five Shillings Sterling.
Item I give and bequeath unto my Son Isham Avent five Shillings
Sterling.
Item I give & bequeath unto my Son Joseph Avant five Shillings
Sterling.
Item I give & bequeath unto my Son John Avent five Shillings
Sterling.
Item I give & bequeath unto my Son Thos. Avent five Shillings
Sterling.
Item I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Sarah Avent five Shillings
Sterling.
Item I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Eliza Barker five Shillings
Sterling.
Item I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Lucy Truelove one Negroe Man
named Joe to her & her heirs forever.
Item I give & bequeath to my Daughter Mourning Avent one Negro girl
named Juder to her and her heirs forever.
Item I give & bequeath to my Daughter Rebecca Avent one Negro by name
Jim to her & her heirs forever.
Item I give and bequeath to my wife's Daughter Lucretia Tomlinson one
feather bed and furniture.
Item I give and bequeath to my wife Molly Avant Three Hundred pounds
Virginia money the Jointer I made her at marriage & I also leave my
wife the remainder of my Estate During her life & at her Decease to be
Equally Devided between my two youngest Daughters to them & their
heirs forever.
I Do hereby nominate & appoint Wm. Avent & Lucas Tomlinson to be my
Excs. of this my last Will & Testament. Witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this Thirteen Day of May One
Thousand and Seven Hundred and Seventy nine.
Signed: Peter Avent & a Seal.
Sealed & Delivered in presence of
Henry Mason
William Love
Simon Harris
North Hampton County Virginia p. Sept Court 1779. This Will of Peter
Avant was proven by the oath of Wm Love one of the subscribing
witnesses thereto & Lucas Tomlinson Qualified as Executor ordered to
be certified & Recorded.
Test. Jeph. Athurten C. Co.
From: Edward Wallen [mailto:edwall@ccaonline.com]
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 5:01 AM
To: Gwen Boyer Bjorkman
Subject: Peter Avent
ABSTRACTS OF DEEDS OF CUMBERLAND CO. NC VOL 2 BOOKS 4-7
P. 63
10 Dec. 1776 Bill of Sale. PETER AVENT to JOSEPH AVENT, both of
Cumberland, for f_150 N.C., 2 Negroes, a boy named Lot & a woman named
Fillis, & all household estate
Wit: James Mathis, Mathey Mathis
Proved by Timothy Trulove (sic) Oct. 1782
P. 63
12 Aug. 1782 Power of Attorney. JOSEPH (X) AVENT, of GA., to William
Rand, of Cumberland, to recover estate which I purchased of my father,
PETER AVENT, of Northampton Co., f_150 N.C., as shown by bill of sale
10 Dec. 1776, consisting of one Negro man named Lott & one Negro wench
named Phillis, & household furniture.
Wit: William Scoggin, Robert (X) Haley (?).
Proved by William Scoggin Oct. 1782.
ABSTRACTS OF THE MINUTES OF THE COURT OF PLEAS AND QUARTER SESSIONS,
ROWAN CO. NC 1763 1744
3:60. 25 Oct. 1768
Justices: Alex Osborn, Wm Spurgin, John Brandon, Esqrs. Jury to lay
out road from Shoar's a little below the little Yadkin to Mitchell's
River along Brasher's Tract: John Deney?, Richd Gentry, Jas Sheppard,
John Hammons, Wm Lanfield, PETER AVANT, JOSEPH AVENT, Gideon &
Hezekiah Wright, John Shoars, Ryse Bowing, James Bohanna.
Certainly Peter Avent was in the neighborhood for the 1769 marriage of
Elizabeth and Andrew.
Peter Avent (father of Elizabeth) was in the area where Old Andrew
Baker was in 1768.
ancestry.com
Some Southern Colonial Families, by David A. Avant Jr
Joann Fairbourn lfairb@aol.com
has marriage date as 25 Aug 1777
Jackie McInnis mcinnis4@bellsouth.net has b. 1720
m. in 1742 in Surry or Brunswick?
Lyndon H. Hart, III, Surry County, Virginia, Wills, Estate Accounts
and Inventories 1730-1800 (Easley, SC, Southern Historical Press,
1983), pp. 54. Will and Deed Book 1738-1754, p. 803
William Thompson. Inventory. Date: 8 May 1752. Rec: 21 Jul 1752.
Henry Lee, Thomas Peete and Peter Avent, Appraisers.
Gale Wallen [mailto:edwall@ccaonline.com]
1752, Surry Co. VA Peter Avent, Lt. Virginia Colonial Militia
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA - DEEDS (BOOK 6)
Indenture made the 6th day of August, 1760, between John CUMBO
and Peter AVENT, for 35 pounds, conveying 238 acres, purchased of
Joseph RIGHT and bounded as in Letters of Patent granted to the
said Joseph RIGHT dated August 1, 1745. Signed by John CUMBO
(his mark). Witnesses were David MASON, Lewis SALLOMON (his
mark), Lewis SALLOMAN, Junr. (his mark), and William AVENT.
Indenture and Memorandum of Livery of Seizin were proved in Court
on January 26, 1761, by the oaths of Lewis soloman, Lewis
SOLOMAN, Jr., and William AVENT. Deed Book 6, page 595.
Indenture made the 22nd day of June, 1761, between Joseph
STURDART and Jane, his wife, and Peter AVENT, for 37 pounds,
conveying 250 acres. Signed by Joseph STURDART (his mark) and
Jane STURDART (her mark). Names of witnesses not given.
Indenture was acknowledged in Court on June 22, 1761, by Joseph
STURDART and Jane his wife, appeared and was privately examined.
Deed Book 6, page 685.
Brunswick Co. VA
James Stewart was granted 7 Aug 1761, 440 acres in Sussex County on
the
south side of Nottoway River, adjoining the lands of Peter Avent and
his
father, Timothy Ezell and Charles Stuart.
1764 ? A Senter tree has Peter's daughter Rebecca (who married a
Senter in
Cumberland Co.) born in Cumberland Co. NC?
1772 -List of men in Capt. Elisha Cain's Company. Chatham Co, NC
10 Dec 1776 Cumberland Co., NC Peter Avent sells to Joseph Avent
(son)
negro boy and girl and household estate
Peter Avent living in Cumberland Co., NC in 1777--date of his 2nd
marriage
marriage contract of Peter Avent of Cumberland Co, NC and Mary
Tomlinson of Brunswick, VA recorded 25 Aug 1777.
Ifairb@aol.com 25 Aug 2001
Left land on Otterdam Swamp by father. Death by 17 feb 1780 when his
will was probated in Sussex co. [There is no will listed in Sussex Co,
VA in the Index to Virginia Wills] The following are listed in his
will: dated 2 jun 1779 prob 17 Feb 1780 bros Benjamin, John, James,
sis Elizabeth Massey, Children: William, Isham,Joseph, John, Thom as,
Sarah, Eliza (Barker), Lucy (Truelove), Mourning, Rebecca, Lucretia
(my wife's daughter) , Molly (wife) Living in Cumberland Co., NC in
1777--date of his 2nd marriage Some sources list his birth as about
1720. 10 dec 1776 Cumberland Co., NC sells to Joseph Avent (son) negro
boy and girl and household estate. (Possibly giving clear title to
property before he married Mary Tomlinson.)
Northampton Co, NC Will Book 1:215-216
In the name of God Amen I Peter Avent of No. Hampton County in the
State of No. Carolina being of Sound Memory thanks be to Almighty God
for the same: Do make & ordain this my last will & testament in
manner & form following, first I recomend my Soul to Almighty God
hoping through the merit of my blessed Saviour he will vouchsafe to
receive it, & my body the Earth to be Decently burried at the
discretion of my Executors herafter mentioned & as for what worldly
Estate it hath been pleased God to bestow on me I Dispose of in manner
and form following (Vizt)
Item I give & bequeath unto my Son Wm. Avent five Shillings Sterling.
Item I give and bequeath unto my Son Isham Avent five Shillings
Sterling.
Item I give & bequeath unto my Son Joseph Avant five Shillings
Sterling.
Item I give & bequeath unto my Son John Avent five Shillings
Sterling.
Item I give & bequeath unto my Son Thos. Avent five Shillings
Sterling.
Item I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Sarah Avent five Shillings
Sterling.
Item I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Eliza Barker five Shillings
Sterling.
Item I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Lucy Truelove one Negroe Man
named Joe to her & her heirs forever.
Item I give & bequeath to my Daughter Mourning Avent one Negro girl
named Juder to her and her heirs forever.
Item I give & bequeath to my Daughter Rebecca Avent one Negro by name
Jim to her & her heirs forever.
Item I give and bequeath to my wife's Daughter Lucretia Tomlinson one
feather bed and furniture.
Item I give and bequeath to my wife Molly Avant Three Hundred pounds
Virginia money the Jointer I made her at marriage & I also leave my
wife the remainder of my Estate During her life & at her Decease to be
Equally Devided between my two youngest Daughters to them & their
heirs forever.
I Do hereby nominate & appoint Wm. Avent & Lucas Tomlinson to be my
Excs. of this my last Will & Testament. Witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this Thirteen Day of May One
Thousand and Seven Hundred and Seventy nine.
Signed: Peter Avent & a Seal.
Sealed & Delivered in presence of
Henry Mason
William Love
Simon Harris
North Hampton County Virginia p. Sept Court 1779. This Will of Peter
Avant was proven by the oath of Wm Love one of the subscribing
witnesses thereto & Lucas Tomlinson Qualified as Executor ordered to
be certified & Recorded.
Test. Jeph. Athurten C. Co.
From: Edward Wallen [mailto:edwall@ccaonline.com]
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 5:01 AM
To: Gwen Boyer Bjorkman
Subject: Peter Avent
ABSTRACTS OF DEEDS OF CUMBERLAND CO. NC VOL 2 BOOKS 4-7
P. 63
10 Dec. 1776 Bill of Sale. PETER AVENT to JOSEPH AVENT, both of
Cumberland, for f_150 N.C., 2 Negroes, a boy named Lot & a woman named
Fillis, & all household estate
Wit: James Mathis, Mathey Mathis
Proved by Timothy Trulove (sic) Oct. 1782
P. 63
12 Aug. 1782 Power of Attorney. JOSEPH (X) AVENT, of GA., to William
Rand, of Cumberland, to recover estate which I purchased of my father,
PETER AVENT, of Northampton Co., f_150 N.C., as shown by bill of sale
10 Dec. 1776, consisting of one Negro man named Lott & one Negro wench
named Phillis, & household furniture.
Wit: William Scoggin, Robert (X) Haley (?).
Proved by William Scoggin Oct. 1782.
ABSTRACTS OF THE MINUTES OF THE COURT OF PLEAS AND QUARTER SESSIONS,
ROWAN CO. NC 1763 1744
3:60. 25 Oct. 1768
Justices: Alex Osborn, Wm Spurgin, John Brandon, Esqrs. Jury to lay
out road from Shoar's a little below the little Yadkin to Mitchell's
River along Brasher's Tract: John Deney?, Richd Gentry, Jas Sheppard,
John Hammons, Wm Lanfield, PETER AVANT, JOSEPH AVENT, Gideon &
Hezekiah Wright, John Shoars, Ryse Bowing, James Bohanna.
Certainly Peter Avent was in the neighborhood for the 1769 marriage of
Elizabeth and Andrew.
Peter Avent (father of Elizabeth) was in the area where Old Andrew
Baker was in 1768.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1720 | Surry, Virginia, British America | |||
| Marriage | Bef 3 Jun 1742 | Surry Co, Virginia, British America - Amy Massey | |||
| Marriage | 10 Feb 1777 | Cumberland, British America - Mary Adkins Tomlinson |  | ||
| Death | Sep 1779 | Northampton, North Carolina, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Amy Massey (1716 - 1777) |
| Child | William Avent (1742 - ) |
| Child | Isham Avent (1743 - ) |
| Child | John Avent (1744 - ) |
| Child | Joseph Avent (1745 - 1798) |
| Child | Thomas Avent (1747 - ) |
| Child | Sarah Avent (1749 - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth Avent (1752 - 1844) |
| Child | Lucy Avent (1753 - ) |
| Child | Mourning Avent (1755 - ) |
| Child | Rebecca Avent (1757 - ) |
| Spouse | Mary Adkins Tomlinson (1728 - ) |
| Father | Thomas Avent (1669 - 1757) |
| Mother | Margaret Elizabeth "Mary" Gooch (1685 - 1760) |
| Sibling | William Avent (1705 - 1761) |