John Bent 1596 List of Famous Descendants

Famous descendants of early Colonial America immigrant John Bent (1596-1672) and his wife Martha Blanchard (1598-1676).

Family Trees

 * Joseph Richards 1762 Immigrant Ancestors
 * David Forbush 1754 Immigrant Ancestors

C

 *  Covey, Stephen R. (1932-2012) - ( ILRichards, SLRichards2,  SLRichards1,  WRichards,  RHowe,  PHowe2,  PHowe1,  SHowe2,  MBent, JBent) - Well noted Author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.

F

 *  Forbush, David (1721-1787) - American Revolution Committee of Safety Minuteman.
 *  Forbush, David (1754-1826) - ( DForbush1, TForbush,  DRice,  ABent, JBent) Veteran of American Revolutionar War.
 *  Forbush, Loren, Pvt (1827-c1865) - ( RForbush, DForbush, ...) Veteran, Mormon Battalion.
 *  Forbush, Rufus (1788-1875) - ( DForbush2, DForbush1,  TForbush,  DRice,  ABent, JBent) - Mormon Pioneer to Utah.

R

 *  Richards, Alice Ann (1849-1940) - (daughter of Willard) wife of Utah Militia Leader and frontiersman Lot Smith (1830-1892)
 *  Richards, Franklin D. (1821-1899) (son of Phinehas Richards) - popular mormon missionary and 1st president of Utah Genealogical Society
 *  Richards, Franklin D. (1900-1987) - ( CCRichards, FDRichards,  PRichards,  RHowe,  PHowe2,  PHowe1,  SHowe2,  MBent, JBent) - LDS Missionary and general authority Seventy.
 *  Richards, Franklin S. (1849-1934) - (Grandson of Phinehas) a attorney for the LDS Church and married to Emily Sophia Tanner (1850-1929) who was a delegate to the first National Council of Women in 1888 and early women's suffrage activist.
 *  Richards, G. William (1918-2005) - ( SRichards, SLRichards1,  WRichards,  RHowe,  PHowe2,  PHowe1,  SHowe2,  MBent, JBent) - LDS Hynm composer and veteran of WWII Battle of the Bulge and the liberation of Nazi death camps.
 *  Richards, George F (1861-1950) - (grandson of Phinehas) Apostle in the LDS Church
 *  Richards, George S (1823-1838) - (son of Phinehas) died in the 1838 Haun's Mill Massacre of Missouri at age 15.
 *  Richards, Henry P (1831-1912) - (son of Phinehas) two time missionary to Hawaii, presented Book of Mormon to the Hawaiian Queen.
 *  Richards, Joseph W, Pvt (1829-1846) (Son of Phinehas), musician in Company A of The Mormon Battalion - He married his cousin, Eliza Ann Peirson (1822-1846), also a granddaughter of Joseph Richards (1762-1840).
 *  Richards, LeGrand (1886-1983) - ( GFRichards, FDRichards,  PRichards,  RHowe,  PHowe2,  PHowe1,  SHowe2,  MBent, JBent) - 3rd Generation LDS Apostle and 7th Presiding Bishop of the LDS Church (1938-1952).
 *  Richards, Levi, Dr. (1799-1876) - (Son of Joseph) - Physician to the Mormon Prophet.
 *  Richards, Levi W. (1845-1914) - (only son of Levi) - Secretary of the Deseret Sunday School General Board.
 *  Richards, Lee G Richards (1878-1950),(grandson of Levi) - famous Utah portrait artist whose paintings adorn many civic and religious buildings in the state and abroad.
 *  Richards, Lynn S (1901-2001) - ( SLRichards2, SLRicahrds1,  WRichards,  RHowe,  PHowe2,  PHowe1,  SHowe2,  MBent, JBent) a Utah lawyer and politician and a leader in LDS Church who lived to age 100.
 *  Richards, Phinehas (1788-1874) - (brother of Willard) early pioneer leader of the LDS Church
 *  Richards, Sarah (1850-1915) - Wife of Joseph F. Smith, 6th President of the LDS Church.
 *  Richards, Stayner (1885-1953) - (grandson of Willard) - LDS Stake President and President of the LDS British Mission.
 *  Richards, Stephen L (1879-1959) - (grandson of Willard) - LDS Apostle and 1st Counselor to LDS Church President David O. McKay from 1951 to his death in 1959. Successfuly career in Salt Lake law, politics and business.
 *  Richards, Willard (1804-1854) - (brother of Joseph) - Early LDS Apostle, Counselor to Brigham Young (1801-1877) and eyewitness to the martyrdom of the Mormon Prophet, Joseph Smith (1805-1844).
 *  Richards, William (1730-1793) - father of Joseph Richards, veteran of the French and Indian Wars.

S

 *  Smith, Willard R (1884-1972) - ( SERichards, WRichards,  RHowe,  PHowe2,  PHowe1,  SHowe2,  MBent, JBent) - He served as president of the Salt Lake Temple from 1961-1964. He married Florence Grant, a daughter of Heber J. Grant and Lucy Stringham.
 *  Smith, Florence (1913) - (daughter of Willard R Smith) was the sixth general president of the Young Women's Mutual Improvement Association of LDS Church (1961-1972). (current age 101, still living).

W

 *  West, Franklin L.R. (1885-1966) - ( JRichards, FDRichards,  PRichards,  RHowe,  PHowe2,  PHowe1,  SHowe2,  MBent, JBent) - 8th Commissioner of Education for the LDS Church (1935-1953).