George Brent migrated to Virginia in about 1660. He was the son of George Brent and Marianna Peyton of Gloucestershire and nephew of Margaret, Giles, Mary, and Fulke Brent, who immigrated to Maryland in 1638. He acquired large landholdings in Stafford County, including his plantation at Woodstock. Despite being a Roman Catholic, a distinct disadvantage at the time of the established Anglican Church in Virginia, he achieved a number of high offices in the colony, including captain in the militia and member of the House of Burgesses. He died between 1694 and 1700. He is buried in the Brent Family Cemetery and flanked by his two wives, Elizabeth Greene Brent and Mary Sewell Chandler Brent.
George Brent migrated to Virginia in about 1660. He was the son of George Brent and Marianna Peyton of Gloucestershire and nephew of Margaret, Giles, Mary, and Fulke Brent, who immigrated to Maryland in 1638. He acquired large landholdings in Stafford County, including his plantation at Woodstock. Despite being a Roman Catholic, a distinct disadvantage at the time of the established Anglican Church in Virginia, he achieved a number of high offices in the colony, including captain in the militia and member of the House of Burgesses. He died between 1694 and 1700. He is buried in the Brent Family Cemetery and flanked by his two wives, Elizabeth Greene Brent and Mary Sewell Chandler Brent.
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