Colonel Robert Dent

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I am trying to trace the parents of Colonel Robert Dent, born ca. 1650-1660. His wife was Anne Cotton, daughter of George Cotton of Stratford Le Bow, London. Family history seems to think that he would be descended from the Dents of Hallaton, Leicestershire from a branch that later moved and settled in London. He died in 1704 in London. I have hit a brick wall with going back further with him, so any help would be very much appreciated. His son, Commodore Digby Gibert Dent is my 6x great-grandfather.

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