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13 Mar 1665/1666, Newbury, Essex, MA436,437 |
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abt 1667, Ipswich, Essex, MA |
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There were at least two John Kents in Newbury of the same general age.
The Newbury Vital Records gives a birth date for "John, s[on of] Richard July 20, 1645" on p. 259. The same source on pp. 631-33 gives a death date for "John Kent on January 30, 1717/18 age 77," placing his birth in 1740/41. Thus there are two John Kents born between 1640/41 and 1645 in Newbury: 1) the son of Richard, and 2) the earlier one apparently referred elsewhere in the Newbury Vital Records as being John Jr.
Perhaps John Jr. was the son of the John Kent of Newbury noted in the following quotation: "the first death where the name and date are given in full is that of John Kent, son of John Kent, who 'dyed the 7th of February 1641'," J.J. Currier, "Ould Newbury [1896]," p. 23. The Newbury Vital Records [1911], p. 632, also has a reference to the death of "John Kent, s. John, Feb 7, 1641. The Essex County Court Records, vol. I (1636-56) [1911], have a few references to a John Kent of Newbury holding minor offices, but his name disappears after 1641. The Essex Antiquarian does so as well. One likely inference is that this John Kent died at about the year that John Kent Jr. was born, and was his father. If the settler Richard Kent of Newbury was born ca. 1590, as some suggest, perhaps he was the father or grandfather of the John Kent who was born in 1645. The "John Kent s. John" who died in 1641 may have been Richard's nephew, but I have been able to find nothing about his origins.
John Kent Jr. married Sarah Woodman in 1665, "Newbury Vital Records," p. 270 and p. 556; John [Richard's son?] married Mary Hobbs [who died in 1725], p. 270. Both John [Richard's son?] and John Jr, had daughters named Mary. John's [Richard's son?] Mary was born in 1668 and died June 10, 1674; John Jr had a daughter Mary born October 24, 1674<four months after the death of the earlier Mary Kent. My line seems to go back to the latter Mary Kent, wife of Stephen Swett, and her parents, John Kent Jr and Sarah Woodman. All of this is quite imprecise, but reflects the state of my research at present. David Howard [dahoward@houghton.edu] |
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