p.258 Suit, Dent. Private, St Mary's Co Militia, 1777 (Ref: M-209 Clements, S. Eugene and Wright, F. Edward. The MD Militia in the Revolutionary War (Silver Spring, MD: Family Line Publications, 1987) p.209). “Dent Suit Sr.” took the Oath of Allegiance bef the Hon Henry G. Sothoron in St Mary's Co in 1778 (Ref: J-1146 Revolutionary War Military Collection, Manuscript MS.1146 (Baltimore: MD Historical Socy, Manuscript Division) p.1146, K-69 Carothers, Bettie. 9000 Men Who Took the Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity t MD During the Revolution (Lutherville, MD: Compiled by the Author, 1978, 2 volumes) p.69)10285

p.81 Subscribers to Oath of Allegiance 177827610
Dent Suit Sr. by Henry S. Sothoron

3 Dent SUIT + Marr: bef 1751 SMC ELEANOR Will: sons: Benjamin, Thomas & John-200 ac equally divided. Wife-Eleanor; daus: Eleanor, Sarah;
Wit: Benjamin Edwards, George Dent, Joseph Harrison5870 (Related?)

3 Thomas Suit b:bef 1734 child:9969
4 Dent”Jr” Suit b:bef 1759 child: (Different children than other sources? Ages much later?)
5 Mary Suit b:bef 1778 d:aft 1785+Zachariah Shemwell b:1770 d:1826
5 John Dent Suit b: bef 1781 d: aft 1785
5 Elizabeth Suit b: bef 1783 d: aft 1785
5 Barbara Suit b: bef 1781 d: bef 1808 + James Shemwell b: abt 1775 d: 1826

(Bonnie Treon) am fairly sure that Dent SUITE, Sr. was married to Ann STEPHEN who was a sister of Rev. John STEPHEN and that they were children of Joseph STEPHEN who d. sometime around 1774 in ST. Mary's Co.18889 (another Wife?)

Pg 16 Dent, Suit, Liber JJ#2 Folio 37; Dtd 3/23/1792; Probate 6/9/1792; Witnesses: Benjamin Edwards, George Dent, Joseph Harrison62081 (Relationship?)