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Details of Person
| Person ID: | PN02782 |
| Last Name: | BENT |
| Given Names: | Ellis |
| Death Date: | 10 Nov 1815 |
| Age: | 32 |
| Note 1: | b. Surrey, England |
| Occupation/Calling: | Barrister, Judge Advocate and Judge of the Vice Admiralty |
| Relationships: | son/Robert and Hannah (Hart); h/Elizabeth Winckworth (Bunster) |
| Died/Buried Elsewhere: | Bent was initially buried in the Old Burial Ground in George Street, then his remains were removed in 1823 to a tomb on Garden Island. He had been given a lease of the island by Macquarie. His remains were later taken to St Thomas's, North Sydney. His original headstone was used to mark the grave of Anthony Fenn Kemp (q.v.) |
| Prime Source: | Australian Cemeteries Index |
| J and S Bunnerong transcript number: | 58 |
| J and S People on Bunnerong transcript: | PN02782 PN14453 PN15133 PN15134 |
| Foster Epitaph Page image: | fe1-170 fe1-171 |
| Foster Epitaph number: | 477 |
| Foster Photo number: | fp1-017 |
| External Link: | https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bent-ellis-1772 |
| External Link: | https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/629233 |
| External Link: | http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2182246 |
