Joseph Hall Dent Sr. was born on 7 October 1772 as the son of Joseph Dent and Jane Hall. He married Nancy Ann Tonge on 18 October 1792, in Tattershall, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 7 February 1830, at the age of 57, and was buried in Trenton Cemetery, South Condit, Delaware, Ohio, United States.
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habitational name from Dent in Yorkshire, possibly from a British hill name cognate with Old Irish dinn, dind ‘hill’.
variant of Dunt, from Middle English dunt, dent ‘blow (of a weapon or implement); combat’ (Old English dynt).
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