John Trent

Profile & Legacies Summary

1770 - 1796

Biography

Will of John Trent of Ilminster Somerset proved 05/09/1796. The will made 05/08/1796 at Dillington is signed by mark. Trent left his wife £200 p.a. in addition to her jointure, and £6000 each to his two young children. A note says: 'It is Mr Trent's wish that if either of his estates must be sold that this the Dillington estate be first sold.' He added a codicil to provide the child with which Mrs Trent was then pregnant with £6000 too.

Sources

PROB 11/1279/62.

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Spouse

Elizabeth Phipps

Children

John Constantine; Constantine Estwick; 1 other?

Relationships (3)

John Trent

Father → Son

Constantine Estwick Trent

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John Trent died while Constantine Estwick was an...

John Trent

Father → Son

John Constantine Trent

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John Trent died when John Constantine Trent was an...

John Trent

Son → Father

John Trent of Clarges Street

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People of Interest

Charles McGarel

1788 - 1876

Irish merchant, slave-owner and philanthropist.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.

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CITING THIS RECORD:
'John Trent', Legacies of British Slavery database, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146644871 [accessed 4th April 2026].

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