Dear List: I am seeking information on Captain Peter LENT (1739-1782), of Orange County, New York, who was the son of Adolph LENT and Cassie HARRING, of Orange County, New York. Peter LENT was married to Maria ______. I need to know if Peter LENT and Maria _____, h/w, had any children and the dates of birth and death for these children. I also need to know about the circumstances of Peter LENT's death in 1782 and his service with the British Army during the American Revolution. Documentation on which the query is based: Peter LENT served as an officer in several military units from Orange County during the French and Indian War. (Please see Muster Rolls of New York Provincial Troops 1755-1764. Edward F. DeLancy, editor. reprinted by Heritage Books 1990.) However, with the advent of the American Revolution, Peter LENT, of Orange County was a Loyalist, as was his father, Adolph LENT (1703-1780). (Please see American Loyalist Claims. compiled by Peter Wilson Coldham. 1980 at page 280.) Peter LENT married Maria ______ (1744-1837). Maria LENT joined her brothers-in-law, James LENT and Abraham LENT, in filing the claim for the loss of Adolph LENT's property in Orange County, NY. However, by 1783 she had remarried. Her second husband was Gysbert BOGART (1742-1829), son of Cornelius BOGART, was a resident of Goshen, Orange County, NY. James LENT and Abraham LENT settled in Nova Scotia. Gysbert BOGART, his wife, Maria _____ LENT BOGART and his son, Abraham BOGART (1767-1848), settled near Adolphustown, Ontario, Canada in 1784. Unfortunately, Nelson Burton LENT, who published a LENT genealogy in 1902, seems to have grafted the descendants of Peter and Trintje DeWITT LENT, of Dutchess County, on to the family tree of Peter LENT of Orange County. (Please see my e-mail to the Godfrey Memorial Library below.) Thank you for your kind consideration in this matter. Very truly yours, Leslie Potter Glen Mills, PA Behold a piece of LENT trivia for the Godfrey Memorial Library. Peter LENT (1739-1782) of Orange County, NY was a veteran of the French and Indian War* and a Loyalist during the American Revolution**. He was married to Maria ______ LENT (1744-1837), who was his executrix** and a party to the Loyalist claim, which her brothers-in-law filed in an attempt to recover funds to compensate the family for the loss of her father-in-law's (Adolph LENT [1703-1780]) property in Orange County, NY**. Peter LENT of Dutchess County, NY did not fight in the French and Indian War*, but did serve an an enlisted man in the Dutchess County Militia during the American Revolution***. He was married to Trintje DE WITT****. Apparently Nelson Burton LENT grafted the descendants of Peter and Trintje DE WITT LENT on to the family tree of Peter LENT (1739-1782) and Maria _____, h/w, Loyalists of Orange County, in his book, History of the Lent (Van Lent) Family in the United States, Genealogical and Biographical, from the Time They Left Native Soil in Holland. 1638-1902, at pages 97 & 98. Supporting documentation for the above statements and conclusions: * De Lancey, Edward F., Editor. Muster Rolls of the New York Provincial Troops 1755-1764. New York Historical Society. 1891 ** Coldham, Peter Wilson. American Loyalist Claims. National Genealogy Society 1980 *** Roberts, James. New York in the Revolution as Colony and State. **** Lent, Nelson Burton. History of the Lent (Van Lent) Family in the United States, Genealogical and Biographical, from the Time They Left their Native Soil in Holland. 1638-1902.