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(VII) Lucy Watson Kent, daughter of Daniel Waldo (6) Kent, was born May 24, 1841. She grad- uated in 1861, from the Westfield State Normal School. She married, June 15, 1864, Joseph Sheldon Noble, of Springfield, Massachusetts, who was born June 5. 1829. in Westfield, Alasachusetts, the son of Jacob Moseley and Eliza (Alderman) Noble. His
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grandfather, Jacob Noble, served in the Revolution and in the war of 1812, being colonel of a regiment in the latter war. Mr. Noble attended Westfield Academy. In 1845 he entered the machine shop of Ira Temmons, where he spent three years learning the business. When nineteen years old he was em- ployed as engineer on the steam tug "American Eagle" plying between Troy and Albany, on the Hud- son river, and saved money for another term at the academy. In 1849 he went to New York and secured the position of night clerk in Taylor's Hotel. In the spring of 1850 he went to California and, stayed until 1858, where he had many thrilling experiences in that then new and unsettled country. He returned to Westfield, and was appointed turnkey of the Hampden county jail by Sheriff Bush. He served there three years, and later was jailer at Springfield under Sheriff Bradley. During the latter years of his life he was engaged in the grain business, having a large warehouse on Lyman street, at Springfield. He died March 12, 1898. Mr. Noble was a Republi- can in politics. He was prominent in the Masonic order, member of the Springfield Commandery, Knights Templar. The children of Joseph Sheldon and Lucy Watson (Kent) Noble were: 1. Caroline Edna, born February 15, 1866, at Springfield ; grad- uate of Wellesley College, and teacher in the public schools. 2. Daniel Waldo, born February 8, 1870, at Springfield; died March 1, 1870. 3. Burton Ells- worth, born July 25, 1871, at Springfield; he mar- ried, February 14, 1895, Lucy Florence, daughter of Augustus and Frances (Andrews) Tripp, of Spring- field. He succeeded to his father's business and lives at Springfield. 4. Roscoe Kent, born July 13, 1880, at Springfield.
(VII) Ruth Amelia Kent, daughter of Daniel Waldo (6) Kent, was born December 8, 1843; she was a graduate of Mt. Holyoke Seminary in 1868, and taught school several years; she married, Octo- ber '24, 1876, Rev. Mellville M. Tracy, of Hartford, Connecticut. He died at Longmont, Colorado, Sep- tember 22, 1889. She died August 4, 1878, in De- troit, Minnesota. Their only child was Abbie Ruth, born July 26, 1877, in Three Rivers, Palmer, Mass- achusetts; a graduate of Wellesley College, 1900.
(VII) Deacon (6) Prescott Grosvenor Kent, son Daniel WValdo Kent, was born September 29, He
1847. received his early
education in the public schools of Leicester and Leicester Academy, and studied Jater at Williston Academy. In July, 1867, he entered upon a three-year engagement with Hon. William Upham, of Spencer, woolen manufacturer, for the purpose of learning the business. At the expiration of the time, July 1, 1870, he began manufacturing at Monson, Massachusetts, but his plant was burned the following April. For a few years he had a factory at Oxford, Massachusetts. He formed a partnership with Henry L. Watson, of Leicester, and under the name of Watson & Kent, located in the city of Fitch- burg, manufacturing principally waterproofings and beavers for the New York market, where he con- tinued until 1878. when he removed to Worcester. In 1880 he hegan the manufacture of satinets in the old mill on the homestead at Leicester, installing new machinery for the purpose. Soon he was join- ed by his brother Daniel, and the firm did an increas- ing and successful business under the name of the Lakeside Manufacturing Company. In 1885 he and his brother purchased the Jamesville mills in Worces- ter, and there carried on business under the name
of P. G. Kent & Company until December, 1892, when they sold the property to the Jamesville Manu- facturing Company. Later he bought the Jamesville property, and has since carried on the manufacture of woolen cloth alone. His residence is in Worces- ter. Mr. Kent is an active member and deacon of the Plymouth Congregational Church, and chair- man of the board of assessors of the society.
He married, November 4, 1870, Mary Abbie Wat- son, of Spencer, Massachusetts; she was born June 22, 1848, in Spencer, daughter of Roswell S. and Hannah (Grout) Watson. Their children are: 1. Edward Everett, born in Spencer, September 11, 1872; graduated in 1893 with the degree of S. B. in electrical engineering from the Worcester Poly- technic Institute; in the following year he was given the same degree in mechanical engineering : studied law in Harvard Law School, graduating in 1886; is now practicing law in Boston. He married, at Newton, Massachusetts, November 9, 1905, Mary Clement, daughter of Herbert Wilder. 2. Mabel Watson, born December 2, 1883, in Worcester; a graduate of Smith College, 1906.
(VII) Daniel Kent, son of Daniel Waldo (6) Kent, (Daniel (5), Ebenezer (4), Ebenezer (3), Ebenezer (2), John (1)), was born January 2. 1853. Among his ancestors who were early settlers in this country may be named Thomas Payne, Michael Metcalf, Jonathan Fairbanks. John Dwight, Na- thaniel Whiting, and Dr. William Avery, of Ded- ham; John Prince and Edmund Hobart, of Hing- ham; Henry Adams of Braintree: Josiah Winslow and Thomas Bourne, of Marshfield; John Pres- cott of Lancaster ; Rev. Peter Bulkeley and John Hoar, of Concord; Cornelius Waldo, of Chelms- ford : John Coggswell, John Treadwell, and William Stone, of Ipswich; John Grosvenor and James. Draper, of Roxbury; Griffith Bowen of Rehoboth ; Job Lane of Malden. and Rev. John Miller of Gro- ton.
Mr. Kent was educated in the public schools and Leicester Academy and graduated at Amherst Col- lege in 1875. While at Amherst he was active in college sports, rowing at Springfield in 1872 in the New England Collegiate Regatta the year that Am- herst won the pennant against Harvard, Yale, Will- iams and Bowdoin. He was one of the editors of the Amherst Student, and a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. While in college he won several prizes for oratory. He has since shown his interest in the college by establishing the Kent Prize in English Literature, of one hundred dollars. annually. for the best thesis on an assigned subject produced by the senior class. After graduation he studied law at the Boston Law School, and while there supplemented his studies with practical work in the office of the law firm of Turner & Scaife. His study of law had been for the acquisition of legal knowledge rather than for its practice as a profession, and after being admitted to the bar he entered upon a business life, spending one year at Indianapolis. Indiana, and another at Philadelphia. In 1881 he returned to Leicester and associated himself with his brother, Prescott G. Kent, in the manufacture of woolen goods. They established the Lakeside Manufacturing Company, of which he hecame the president. In 1883 they removed the old mill building which they had utilized, and built a new mill which was fitted with the most approved machinery. They were the first to install an inde- pendent electric lighting plant in the town. They
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laid out and built a flourishing factory village which was known as Lakeside. Their goods met with great success in the market, and to fill their orders they were obliged to run their plant day and night for over six years. In 1885 they pur- chased the mills at Jamesville. in Worcester, which were run in conjunction with the Lakeside factory. When in 1892 they sold this property to the James- ville Manufacturing Company, Daniel Kent became president of the corporation.
During these years the old Kent farm was a source of great interest to him. It was brought to a high state of cultivation. It was stocked with thoroughbred cattle and its fertile fields attracted much attention. The old house which was built be- for the first Ebenezer Kent bought the farm in 1743, was remodeled and made modern in its fittings but it still retains much of its colonial style, with the corner posts and large beams running through the center of the ceiling.
In 1895 the city of Worcester, in order to increase its water supply, made a taking of the waters of Kettle Brook at and ahove the Lakeside Mills. This resulted in the destruction of a manufacturing plant which had given employment to many hands and had performed its part in contributing to the prosperity and growth of the town. The dam and factory buildings were removed, the busy hum of machinery was silenced and the place became in very truth "a deserted village."
In 1897 Mr. Kent sold his home on Leicester Hill and removed to Worcester. While engaged in business, Mr. Kent lived in the centre village of Leicester. His house was the one east and next to the Leicester Inn, facing the Park. It should be noted as a coincidence that it was in this same house that his father and mother began their married life in 1839. During these years he was prominent in town affairs. He was chairman of the board of se- lectmen for a number ot years; chairman of the trustees of the public library ; chairman of the park committee, having full charge of laying out the beautiful park which adorns the centre village of that historic town; secretary of the school commit- tee, and repeatedly elected moderator of town meet- ings. He was elected a member of the Republican state committee for the Third Worcester Senatorial District in 1892, 1893, 1894 and 1895. In 1893, dur- ing the campaign of Hon. Frederick T. Greenhalge for governor, Mr. Kent had sole charge of rallies and speakers. He was elected secretary of the Re- publican state conventions in 1894 and 1895, and in the same years served as secretary of the Republi- can state committee. He has been active in politi- cal conventions, and presided at the congressional convention in 1895, when Hon. Joseph H. Walker was first nominated for Congress. In 1900 he was elected register of deeds for the Worcester district in Worcester county, which office he holds at the present time, having been re-elected for a third term in 1906. Under his administration many changes have been introduced and the registry has been raised to a high degree of excellence .. He has made a special study of the subject of indexing, and is the author of "Land Records, A System of Index- ing," published in 1903. It is the first work ever written on that intricate subject. In 1906 he in- vented a case for classifying cards, also a card holder, both of which he has had patented.
Mr. Kent was for three years president of the Amherst Alumni of Central Massachusetts, and for
several years was president of the New England Satinet Manufacturers' Association. In 1890 he was elected a trustee of Leicester Academy, and is at present secretary of the board. He is a member of Worcester Economic Club; the Worcester Club; the Tatnuck Country Club; Worcester County Re- publican Club ; the Sons of the Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars, and The Delta Kappa Epsilon Association of Central Massachusetts. He is an honorary member of the Worcester Light Infantry, and of the George HI. Ward Post Io, G. A. R.
He married, at Westfield, Massachusetts, July 2, 1878, Georgia, daughter of Nelson Franklin and Henrietta (Snowden) Tyler; she was born at La Grange,' Georgia, July 20, 1853. Mrs. Kent is a member of the Worcester Woman's Club, and of the Club House Corporation; the Colonel Timothy Bigelow Chapter, Daughters of the American Revo- Intion, of which she was regent and is now honorary regent ; the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Chap- ter, Daughters of Founders and Patriots of Amer- ica; the Red Cross Society; the Society for Pre- vention of Cruelty to Animals; president of the Worcester Revolutionary Memorial Association, and an honorary member of the Leicester Shakespeare. Club and the Colonel Henshaw Chapter of that town. Mr. and Mrs. Kent have no children.
THE HALL FAMILY. (1) John Hall, immi- grant ancestor of Daniel Kent, of Worcester, came from Coventry, Warwickshire, England, in 1630, to Charlestown, Massachusetts, probably in the fleet with Governor Winthrop. Coventry is about ninety- five miles northeast of London. He was then prob- ably about twenty-one years of age. His name is- number nineteen on the list of church members of the First Church of Charlestown at its organiza- tion July 30, 1630. He married either after arriv- ing here, or in England, Bethiah Larned. Her church number was 32. John' Hall had lot No. 48 in 1633. He was admitted a freeman May 14, 1634. There is but little doubt that he resided in Barnsta- ble in 1640. He was recorded as able to bear arms in 1643, and Mr. Paine, the historian of Harwich, said that John Hall was inhabitant of Barn- stable after 1647, and that he was a resident dent in Yarmouth in 1653. There is a tradition that one of his brothers came with him in the same ship, and that this brother was a grandfather of Deacon Percival Hall, of Sutton, who appears by the his- tory of Sutton to have been the chief means of pro- curing the settlement of one of John Hall's descend- ants as the pastor of the Sutton Church, namely, Rev. Dr. David Hall from Yarmouth.
It is believed that John Hall had twelve sons, although we have the names of only ten. He made his will July 15, 1694. mentioning eight. His will was probated August 29, 1696. He died July 23, 1696, and was buried on his farm. It is supposed. that he had a second wife, and that the first three children were by his first wife, Bethia. His chil- dren were: I. Samuel, married Elizabeth Pollard; died January 20, 1694, without issue. 2. John, men- tioned below. 3. Shebar, baptized at Charlestown, February 9. 1639-40, died in infancy. 4. Benjamin, baptized July 14, 1644; died July 23, 1644. 5. Joseph, baptized at Yarmouth, July 3, 1642; died May 31, 1716; married Mary who died February 13, 1718. 7. Nathaniel, baptized at Yarmouth, Febru- ary 8, 1646; married Anna Thornton, .daughter of Rev. Thomas Thornton, of Yarmouth; removed to Lewiston, Pennsylvania. 8. Gershom, born at
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Yarmouth, March 5, 1648; married first, Bethia Bangs, daughter of Edward; second, Martha Bram- ball, of Hingham. 9. William, baptized at Yarmouth, June 8, 1651; died June II, 1727; buried at Mans- field, Connecticut. 10. Benjamin, baptized May 29, 1653: married, February 7, 1678, Mehitable Matthews. daughter of James Matthews, of Yar- mouth. II. Elisha, born at Yarmouth, 1655; mar- ried Lydia -, who died February 23, 1724.
(11) Deacon John Hall, son of John Hall, was born at Charlestown 1637. He married Priscilla, who was born March 10, 1643, daughter of Au- gustin Bearse, of Barnstable, who came from South- ampton, England, in the ship "Confidence," sailing April 2, 1638. She died March 30, 1712. and he died October 14. 1710. His gravestone and that of his wife are in the old graveyard in Dennis; he was a deacon of the church of Yarmouth. Their chil- dren, all born at Yarmouth, were: 1. Jolin, born 1661, died young. 2. Joseph, born at Yarmouth, September 29, 1663, mentioned below. 3. John, born 1666; married Margaret Miller, daughter of Rev. John Miller, of Yarmouth. 4. Priscilla, born 1668, died young. 5. Priscilla, born February, 1671. 6. Esther, born April, 1672. 7. Mary, born March I, 1674. 8. Martha, born May 24, 1676. 9. Nathaniel, born September 15, 1678; married Jane Moore, widow ; removed to Lewiston, Pennsylvania.
(III) Deacon Joseph Hall, son of Deacon John (2) Hall (John (I)), was born at Yarmouth, Sep- tember 29, 1663; married first February 12, 1690, Hannah Miller, born April 19, 1666, daughter of John and Margaret (Winslow) Miller. His wife Hannah died August 23, 1710, and he married (sec- ond) Mary Faunce, widow of John Morton; she died May 31, 1761, and he died January 29, 1737. Joseph Hall settled on his father's farm in Dennis ; was chosen deacon of the Yarmouth church; was on a committee in 1716 to see about getting another meeting house; was chosen deputy to the general court in 1715 and 1716; selectman 1701, and filled that office in all twenty-eight years. Their children were: I. Hannah, born February 20, 1691. 2. Pris- cilla, born March 28, 1693. 3. Margery, born Feb- ruary 24, 1695. 4. Joseph, horn August 6, 1697; married Rebecca Sears. 5. Daniel, born July 18, 1699; deacon of Yarmouth Church, thrice married. 6. Josiah, born August 12, 1701. 7. David, born August 6, 1704, mentioned below. 8. Mary, born March 30, 1712. 9. Peter, born May 19, 1715. 10. John, born January 30, 1717. II. Bathshebah, born at Dennis, July 5, 1719; all the others being born at Yarmouth.
(IV) Rev. David Hall, son of Deacon Joseph (3) Hall (John (2), John (I)), was born at Yar- mouth, Massachusetts, August 6, 1704. He married at Concord, Massachusetts, June 24, 1731, Elizabeth, daughter of Major Jonathan and Rebecca (Bulkeley) Prescott, of Concord; she was born at Concord, December 2, 1715. Her grandparents on her father's side were Captain Jonathan and Elizabeth (Hoar) Prescott ; on her mother's, Hon. Peter and Rebecca (Wheeler) Buckley. Rev. Dr. Hall graduated at Harvard College in 1724, and received the honorary degree of D. D. from Dartmouth College in 1777. He was invited to preach at Sutton, Massachusetts, 1728. He was duly ordained as minister there Oc- tober 15, 1729, and continued in office until his death, nearly . sixty years. He was venerated in life and lamented in death. Rev. Dr. David Hall was a man of noble bearing, intellectual vigor and fervent piety ;
he was several times called to settle over other more prominent places, but he preferred to remain in Sutton, where his people loved and honored him and to whom he was strongly attached. He was an intimate friend and admirer of Rev. Dr. Jona- than Edwards, and they were united in opposing those who rejected the revivals of that period, and also iu opposing those whose extravagances brought revivals into disrepute. Dr. David Hall was one of the candidates for the presidency of Princeton Col- lege at the time Dr. Jonathan Edwards was elected. His diary from 1740 to 1789 is in the possession of the New England Historical Society at Boston. Mr. Daniel Kent has a copy of it which he had made He died at Sutton May 8, 1789. His wife died Au- gust 7, 1803, aged ninety years. Their children, all born at Sutton, were: I. David, born May 5. 1732. 2. Elizabeth, born February 17, 1734. 3. Rebecca, born September 1, 1736. 4. Mary, born December 14, 1738. 5. Hannah, born August 30, 1740. 6. Sarah, born December 15, 1742. 7. John, born March 4, 1744, died young. S. Benjamin, born Feb- ruary 27, 1746. 9. Child, born and died March IS, 1747. IO. Lucy, born March 19, 1749. II. Josepli, born September 8, 1751. 12. Jonathan, born Janu- ary 20, 1754. 13. Deborah, born March 5, 1756, mentioned below.
(V) Deborah Hall, daughter of Rev. David (4) Hall, Josephi (3), John (2), John (1), was born at Sutton, Massachusetts, March 5, 1756; married, May 9, 1776, Rev. Daniel Grosvenor, son of Eben- ezer and Lucy (Cheney) Grosvernor of Pomfret, Connecticut, whose portraits can be seen at Nor- wich in the possession of George D. Coit. Mr. Kent had photographs taken of them a few years ago. He was born in Pomfret, April 20, 1750. He left his pulpit and marched with his musket in the com- pany of minute men who went to Cambridge, April 19, 1775. He graduated at Yale College 1769; or- dained at Grafton, October 19, 1774, and remained there until 1787; was afterward minister at Pax- ton. He removed to Petersham, where he died July 22, 1834. His widow, Deborah, died at Petersham, September II, 1841. (See Grosvenor family sketch in this work.)
(VI) Jonathan Prescott Grosvenor, son of Rev. Daniel (4) Grosvenor, Ebenezer (3), Ebenezer (2), John (I), and his wife Deborah (5) Hall, was born at Grafton, November 30, 1779; married first, at Holden, April 23, 1804, Bethiah Avery, daughter of Rev. Joseph Avery and his wife, Mary (Allen) Avery ; she died in Paxton, January 3, 1833. He married second, November 20, 1838, Hannah Hoar. of Lincoln, Massachusetts; she died at Paxton, April 17, 1848. He married third, Abigail Kennison. He was fourteen years old when his father settled over the church in Paxton, and there he lived until his death. A short time before Rev. Daniel Grosvenor moved to Petersham, he deeded his farm at Paxton to his twin sons, Jonathan Prescott and David Hall. The two brothers lived together in one family for some time after their marriage. He took an active part in public affairs ; was assessor and selectman; representative to the general court in 1822, and delegate to the constitutional convention. When the meeting house was moved from the common to its present location he was chairman of the committee in charge. For many years he was justice of the peace, and was often asked to settle estates. He was known far and near as 'Squire Grosvenor. The house where he lived for so many years in Paxton
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is still standing. He died at Paxton, September 11, 1854, and he was buried in the graveyard behind the church.
(VII) Harriet Newell Grosvenor, daughter of Jonathan (5) Prescott Grosvenor, Daniel (4), Ebenezer (3), Ebenezer (2), John (I), was born at Paxton, May 5, 1818; married Daniel Waldo Kent, mentioned above.
AVERY FAMILY. Bethiah Avery, wife of Jonathan Prescott Grosvenor, was the daughter of Rev. Joseph and Mary (Allen) Avery. Rev. Joseph Avery was born at Dedham, October 14, 1751, and died at Holden, March 5, 1824. He graduated at Harvard College in 1771, and was ordained minister at Holden, December 12, 1774. Mary Allen, born in Boston, February 8, 1755; died at Boylston, April I, 1742, the daughter of James and Mary ( Adams ) Allen ; granddaughter of Joseph and Abigail (Savil) Allen. Joseph Allen was the son of Deacon Jo- seph and Rebecca (Leader) Allen, and grandson of Samuel and Margaret Allen, the first settlers. Abi- gail Savil was the daughter of Deacon Samuel and Hannah (Adams) Savit, and granddaughter of Will- iam and Hannah Savil. Hannah Adams was the daughter of Joseph and Abigail (Baxter) Adams, son of Henry Adams of Braintree. Mary ( Adams ) Allen was a sister of Governor Samuel Adams, the Patriot; daughter of Captain Samuel and Mary (Fifield) Adams ; granddaughter of John and Han- nah (Webb) Adams, and great-granddaughter of Joseph Adams, mentioned above.
Rev. Joseph Avery was the son of Deacon Will- iam and Bethiah (Aletcalf) Avery; grandson of Captain William and Esther ( Hunting ) Avery. Bethiah Metcalf was descended from Deacon John (3) Metcalf; Deacon Jonathan (2) Metcalf and Michael (1) and Mary ( Fairbanks ) Metcalf. Esther Hunting was the daughter of John Hunting, and the granddaughter of John Hunting and Esther ( Sea- born) Hunting ; also granddaughter of Thomas and Rebecca Paine, of Dedham.
Captain William Avery was the son of William and Mary (Lane) Avery; grandson of William and Margaret Avery, and also grandson of Job and Sarah Lane (see sketch of Lane family). The immi- grant, William Avery, came from England about 1650: was born at Walsingham, England, and died in Boston, March IS, 1686-7.
BAKER FAMILY, OF FITCHBURG. Will- iam Baker (I), the immigrant ancestor of William Herbert Baker and Charles Francis Baker of Fitch- burg. Massachusetts, was a pump maker by trade, although usually called a carpenter in the Boston and Plymouth records. He was at Plymouth colony January 7. 1632-3, probably a very young man, and the record shows that he made a bargain with Richard Church about work on that date. He was given liberty to reside in the colony November 5, 1638. He is probably the same William Baker, car- penter, of Boston, who was admitted an inhabitant July 28, 1651. He married. September 23, 1651, Mary, daughter of Edmund Eddington; she died December 12. 1655. He married (second), April 22, 1656. Pilgrim, daughter of John Eddy, of Water- town, Massachusetts. The "History of Concord" says that he owned land there before 1665, and his son William came there from Charlestown to live. He died 1679. The inventory of his estate was filed June 17, 1679. Savage says he removed to Concord also. Children of William and Mary
(Eddington) Baker: Mary, born and died 1652; John, born December 14, 1653; William, October 19, 1655; Nathaniel. May 13, 166I.
(11) William Baker, son of William Baker (I), born October 19, 1655, in Boston; married Eliza- beth Dutton, May 5, 1681, at Concord. He died July 8, 1702; she died April 7, 1698. They settled at Concord, and their children as recorded there were: 1. Mary, born March 28, 1682. 2. Elizabeth, September 15, 1684. 3. Susanna, August 2, 1686. 4. Thomas. June 25, 1689, died December 9, 1690. 5. John, born May 6, 1692. 6. Joseph, January 8, 1695-6.
(111) John Baker, son of William Baker (2). was born in Concord, May 6, 1692. The "History of Marlboro" suggests that Joseph Baker, born Janu- ary 8, 1695-6, son of William Baker (2), of Con- cord, was the same as Joseph of Marlboro, but Joseph of Marlboro had a son Joseph Baker, born 1708, and six other children on record born at the usual intervals. He could not be the same one. for he could not have been a father at the age of twelve. The probable line seems to be Jobn Baker rather than Joseph. John, Jr. went to Shrewsbury, where Thomas Baker settled also. Moreover, Jo- seph Baker of Westboro and Marlboro had no son Thomas on record.
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