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• Name: Benjamin Ward Avent
• Sex: M
• Birth: 22 JAN 1796 in Aventon, Nash Co., North Carolina ^{1 2 3}
• Death: 2 DEC 1851 in Wilmington, New Hanover Co., North Carolina ^{1 2}
• Burial: Family Cemetery, Yalobusha Co., Mississippi. ²
• Person Id: I038
• Tree Id: 146190

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Parents
Father:

• William Avent: Birth: 15 APR 1748 in Northampton Co., North Carolina. Death: 11 NOV 1811 in Edgecomb Co., North Carolina
Mother:

• Sarah Ward: Birth: 1766 in Isle of Wight, Virginia. Death: 1844 in Halifax Co., Virginia

Family
Marriage:

• Married: Mary Eley on 19 DEC 1816 at Halifax Co., or Nash Co., North Carolina.^{1 3}
  
• Mary Eley: Birth: 5 APR 1800 in Aventon, Nash Co., North Carolina. Death: AFT 1820 in North Carolina?

Children:

1. William Ruthven Avent: Birth: 9 OCT 1821 in Halifax Co., North Carolina. Death: 24 DEC 1878 in Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Mississippi

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