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took / sorne refreshment- At six in the evening , Mr . Wfl ^ ate Thomas preached ftpnVI Tfttau ^ t- ' ^ Q . - Thj 4 •«• - . ¦• • .. ' - . '¦ * r ¦ ' . V ' .
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f i J - -- ! *¦* ¦ -- ¦ * ^ y > ¦ i ¦ i * y , . > ,- ' f . ' ¦ - 'Bledj July lv i&ia ; m hisiiouse , El-Hoi Place , Blacfcheatb , JOHN BRENT , Bfoq . jp ; | he Sjd year otiiis age . He was Bt » fn in the year 1719 , at Port sea , in the t ? 6 titity o ^ f Hantt , of pious and excellent p ^ rertts , who , knowing tne value of re--fi ^ p K ^ i brbtigbt lip thcit children in the ^ e r ^ 6 -iinct iKimonreioA of the Lord . He sl ^ e ^ l fe > 8 apprenticeship to a shipwright in His Majesty ' s Yatd at- PortamouJh , and' ^ &l t ^ e year 1 . 76 * , remoVed ta his 3 V ^| eatj * * s Yard . at Sheerness , where he filled the iteration <| f foreman of the new ^<> rks , along with the late Sir John VPiUiains . About the year 1768 , he
was appointed assistant surveyor to the fiast India Company , under the lite ^ briet Snjpcrgr « $ 6 K ^ qv In the year x ^ j rf , tic cfitered into partnership with Xof ^ n Randall altd Jo hfekfrqr , Esqs * in fti % it |> -bBil ® ng line ^ at Rotherhith * . Ifefe be <* oUtinueA for many years , maifitaining ^ hfgb and deserved reputation in hi ^ profession * . His niiad wst * active and his body strong , whilst his skill in naval architecture exceeded tbat of most men , and few diid more for its' extenaiou and irhpto ' vement : The comprehensiveaws of his views and the promptness of his conceptions have ^ teljr the subject « f deti « rtal admiration . The ble § sn 7 g of Vfbtffct *;* defecendc ^ ofa hift superior
knowledge and ht ) dfestindljMry , by which t ^ qafts he wjas enafe ^ d td retire about hviffltv , ware kgo to tbe enjoyment of cft ^ »* io * comfoit for the remainder of lift . * He had Greeted % 1 »« MP but neat , rrfkttsioti at Elliot Pitfcb * Blackheat ^ , vrnfc ^ e Yie * live * beloved and revered % all T « fho knenv hilh . Nis v ^ nerkbl ^ ^ f ? - pfar ^ tiiiei , his cheerful loo % * a «< i hit k | ndf > adm « fij » V » Wr no ^ . * l » forgoiteii hy thliic ^ O ^ a 4 ^ fae hapjpine ?» J of twsv aqqujalnt- v nnngl ^ d ^ ensfiuops , ^ f . loycj aQd | fliBmv ' . > ,: - '* ffli ^ j ) B ^^ awn , > vi * K i'ire ^ v ? . ' ! & .- 10 ai 'i ^ 'Sjf ¦ * * * h 1 t : ' f t 1 \ . « ? : ' V * » i 'A . ' " £ > * - ' ' ^>^ - ^ - / « ' ¦"
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the Association closed , having becm well attended , and it W « 1 J 3 conducted witfe its u ^ ual i > cface ^ nd ^ Htti ^ moiiy ; ¦ >/ : / i i ' ' -r- ^ * - " ¦ - - - ¦ ¦ '
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1 .. .. 4 »¦ r , ' - .. '¦ \ ¦ - : . - » ¦ » * ¦ ¦ : * - - « -i * -J j ' ¦ ¦ . , ¦ ne ^ s of her ' di ^) O « Iti 6 n and the sofhrcs * of her manner ^ he had eleven children , two- jpnl y * ofi * whom , Mi , * Satitetel BTerft and ] Mr . Dmdel < Brent , ) &v < e to cherish the virtues of a parent whom they loved and revered- At the time of his death be had nine grand children and elcveft
gteat grand children . Lot Children art ( Psate ro 8 ; ok heritage of Wb < Lordi At arrows in the hand tfthew&gkty , * tf © ate ckildten of the yentth . Yeafihou shtUi see thy children & ; children mid peate * -upon Israel By his , se « wKt marriage he umted himself to the eldest daughter of the late truly respectable anAreverjentiJUAjb
SturchyOi-NewpQit , Isle of Wight * who not only proved a suitable companion , in t ? f ## % yWfc ^ T . * F | W ^ kindness and attention smoothed hi& 4 escent towards the tomb . ; Of hii rc % iotis character much migfit be said . He was only i » y ^ artf of ^ c when htM joined the General Bapf&t chUreh-inrS'd Thomas Street , Port *
mouth . Upon hi ^ femo ^ ml ^ London in 176 a , he became member of the Gfeheral feaptist' church which , in i ^ ie year ° l $ tSy met for religious worahi ^ ^ n Fair IStree ^^ Mdrs % d o ^ i >; Kut i a ^ nW ^ Ibr sdtrW yeaH ; assembled in th ^ e Old Meet ing Ht 5 \ ifey , iCnwcn Street , 13 ^ ptford , uiStler' trie jtastofal care of the ftev Wtltiarn ' Moo ^ by Whom lie i + tisfcict
red in the adjoining « emetery ^ arid ? Whfe aftetvi-ards improved the mournf ulcvciit ° by a . discourse suited to the occasion . Of the deceased It may be remarked with trutb ^ t Hat ^ adorhe ^ the tfbctWnc he professed . H | s . vie ^ a of religfon ^ -jffi $%$ ^\ jS ^ 'V ^ nSfc 1 " - arid grade 'Had niafe % ^^| & ^ re *» Ai u ^ or ? i ^ fe ^^ ' ^ lllf ^ 1 iM ^ 4 ilto ^ e tha » ri 3 rjo ^ xpadat < ron-thi * his fa rvox BPit c t 6 pfc ;^ ltl » -t ^ Lr 8 ) of joy . < 14 # Be «! ^ li ^ sai ^ fpmm * * p& m te&im *< ft < # & <»' ^^ hy ^ r ^ S 1 ^^ 1 ^ t tP ^^^^ d
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93 , 0 Obituary . —John Brent ^ Esq .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1812, page 526, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1751/page/50/
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