William Trent

Yes, date unknown - 1677

• Name	William Trent
  Birth	Yes, date unknown
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Dec 1657	Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland   [1]
  	Merchant. Date admitted as Burgess and Guildbrother of Inverness
  Property	30 Jan 1667/68	Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland
  	One of several co-owners (including George Mackenzie of Tarbat) of the Dolphin
  Death	1677	Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland
  Will	9 May 1677	Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland   [2]
  	Testament Dative. Executor: his brother Maurice (acting as executor dative qua creditor, ie, as William's principal creditor)
  Person ID	I45796	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	father Trent
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31541	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Issobell Stewart,   b. 1645
  Marriage	1662	Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland   [1]
  Children	1. James Trent,   b. Abt 1664, Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland d. Aft 1 Nov 1697 (Age > 33 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Maurice Trent,   b. Abt 1666, Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland d. 1697 (Age 31 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. William Trent,   b. Abt 1668, Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland d. 24 Dec 1724, Trenton, Burlington, New Jersey, USA (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Elizabeth Trent,   b. Abt 1670, Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Janet Trent,   b. Abt 1672, Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland d. 1734 (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Thomas Trent,   b. 1676, Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Anna Trent,   b. 1675  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31542	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Occupation - Merchant. Date admitted as Burgess and Guildbrother of Inverness - Dec 1657 - Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland Marriage - 1662 - Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland Property - One of several co-owners (including George Mackenzie of Tarbat) of the Dolphin - 30 Jan 1667/68 - Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland Death - 1677 - Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland Will - Testament Dative. Executor: his brother Maurice (acting as executor dative qua creditor, ie, as William's principal creditor) - 9 May 1677 - Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3821] Mackay, Jim, The Life and Times of William Trent, Merchant of Inverness and his Family including son William Trent, founder of Trenton, Capital of New Jersey and brother Maurice Trent, (Name: Kirkmichael.info; Location: Kirkmichael;). [S3627] Wills and Testaments - Scotland, (Name: National Records of Scotland; Location: Edinburgh;), Inverness CC11/1/3.