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Children :
i. Abigail, b. April 25, 1760; m. Gen. James Whitelaw of Ryegate; d. July 11, 1790.
ii. Sally, [Sarah] b. April [May] 3, 1762; m. John Scott, q. v .; d. July 25, 1835, [1836].
iii. Ruth, b. April 8, 1764; m. William Tice of Barnet; d. May 22, 1844. She had daus., who m. Noyes and Joshua Bayley, q. v.
1 iv. James, b. May 31, 1766; d. July 28, 1849.
v. John, b. May 13, (3) 1768; rem. to Greensboro and settled there; d. October, 1831.
vi. Mary, b. March 31, 1770; d. Jan. 28, 1859, [July 27, 1860].
vii. Cyrus, b. July 22, 1772; rem. to Berlin, and d. there July 24, 1860.
viii. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 24, 1773; m. -- - Andrews; d. March 19, 1833.
2 ix. Robert, b. July 4, 1776; d. July 11, 1849.
x. Jane, b. May 6, 1781; teacher and author of some children's books and tracts; d. March 10, 1853, at Danville
xi. Hannah, b. March 28, 1783; m. 1st, Feb. 25, 1803, William Bell; m. 2d, April 11, 1816, Barnard Brickett; d. July 11, 1846, Groton.
xii. Nancy, b. March 26, 1785; m. Jonas Tucker, q. v .; d. Nov. 30, 1830.
xiii. Charles, b. Oct. 13, 1787; major in the militia; town representative, 1822, 1826; one of the first settlers of Beloit, Wis. Un-m. He d. Aug. 20, 1838. Lydia, b. Oct. 16, 1789; un-m .; d. Aug. 29, 1803.
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3 xv. Abigail, b. Jan. 29, 1792.
xvi. Myra A., b. April 22, 1793; teacher; un-m .; d. at Danville, May 23, 1865.
1 JAMES,1 (Robert,2) b. May 31, 1766; m. 1790, Nancy, dau. of Joshua and Elizabeth Foster, (b. Aug. 26, 1760; d. May 17, 1835.) James Johnston lived in the old house long unoccupied, opposite that of Joseph C. Johnston. He owned and conducted several mills at the falls near his house. He d. July 28, 1844.
Children :
4 i. John F., b. Sept. 28, 1790; d. Jan. 16, 1870.
ii. Betsey C., b. Aug. 8, 1792; m. March 3, 1822, Daniel Woods of Corinth; d. Sept. 21, 1876.
iii. Fanny M., b. Nov. 30, 1794; un-m .; d. Jan. 4, 1869.
5 iv. James B., b. June 14, 1798; d. June 14, 1864.
v. Robert, b. April 19, 1800; d. same day.
vi. Abigail, b. June 15, 1802; d. Feb. 6, 1842.
2 ROBERT,2 (Robert,1) b. July 4, 1776; d. July 11, 1849; lived on the homestead; farmer ; m. Dec. 12, 1805, Betsey, dau. James Spear; d. Feb. 19, 1860.
Children :
i. James Spear, b. Oct. 15, 1806; d. July 28, 1872 ; m. Nov. 29, 1829, to Susan, dau. Joseph Smith, (b. Jan. 17, 1808; d. Feb. 19, 1860) ; no c .; farmer ; lived where Mrs. A. B. Chamberlain does.
ii. Eliza; d.
iii. Laura, b. Feb. 15, 1812; d. March 3, 1888; m. March 5, 1835, to Horatio N. Burnham ; (d. Aug. 7, 1865.)
*James Bell of Lyme, N. H., was accidentally killed in 1775, leaving a son, James, then two years old. His widow m. 2d, Col. Robert Johnston. The boy, James, lived with them till of age; rem. to Hardwick, 1800, and m. Lucy Dcan, 1801. He became involved in a law suit, but, being too poor to employ a lawyer, he defended his case, won it, and became eminent at the bar. Rem. to Walden, 1804, where his son, Hon. James D. Bell, lived, and d. April 17, 1852.
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iv. Esther, b. Aug. 28, 1815; d. Sept. 3, 1870; m. Ezekiel Hibbard; (see Webster Bailey family).
Robert.
vi. Jane, b. Feb. 28, 1820; d. Mar. 22, 1863 ; m. Dec. 12, 1840, Jacob Shepard, (b. 1816; d. Nov. 26, 1884).
3 ABIGAIL TYLER, b. Jan. 29, 1792; m. 1817, Salma Davis of Danville; d. Sept. 21,1850.
Children :
i. Charles Johnston, b. Danville, March 17, 1823; m. Dec. 6, 1849, Sallie C. Sias at Danville; d. Sept. 21, 1850. Two daus., the 2d, Lizzie Paddock Davis, b. Chicago, Ill., Aug. 8, 1862; m. Nov. 20, 1889, John L. Bacon, lawyer at Randolph, and now state treasurer, b. June 18, 1862.
4 JOHN F., 3 (James,2 Robert,1) b. Sept. 28, 1790; m. 1st, Jan. 6, 1827, Dorcas, dau. Peter Martin, (b. Nov. 19, 1795; d. Nov. 1, 1847) ; 2d, Sept. 1849, Abby W. Jones, (b. July 2, 1806, d. Aug. 12, 1898, in Groton) ; d. Jan. 16, 1820. Children :
i. William W., b. Aug. 11, 1829; m. Feb. 10, 1831, Mary Bowles; d. Nov. 23, 1887, at Washington, D. C .; bur. in Newbury.
ii. Hannah, b. June 16, 1832; d. Nov. 8, 1847.
iii. Joseph C., b. Oct. 22, 1836. Farmer on homestead. Served in Co. H., 12th Vt., as sergeant from Oct. 1862 till mustered out July 14, 1863; m. Apr. 12, 1865, Rosa Barnes. C., (adopted) Dora, b. Sept. 9, 1872 ; m. June 21, 1900, Edward H. Blood of Bradford. C., Doris Harriet, b. June 6, 1901.
5 JAMES B.,3 (James,2 Robert1) b. June 14, 1798. Farmer in Newbury ; m. Feb. 26, 1826, Finette, dau. of Erastus Chamberlain; (b. May 17, 1806; d. Nov. 20. 1897, Washington, D. C.). He d. June 14, 1864.
Children :
i. Elizabeth C., b. April 12, 1827 ; d. Oct. 8, 1839.
ii. Robert, b. Oct. 8, 1828 ; d. Sept. 20, 1835.
iii. Charles, b. May 29, 1830; d. June 1, 1830.
iv. Sarah Finette, b. Jan. 15, 1832 ; d. Aug. 2, 1858.
Harriet Frances, b. Oct. 2, 1836; d. March 21, 1857.
vi George C., b. Feb. 28, 1840. Res. Washington, D. C. Served three years in Co. A., 3d N. H., in the rebellion; m. June 26, 1869, at Jersey City, N. J., Elizabeth Kelley. C., (1) Ella E., b. Jersey City, May, 1870; d. May 25, 1891. (2) Gertrude M., b. Jersey City, March 28, 1876.
vii. Erastus C., b. June 22, 1842. Served in Co. C., 3d Vt. and in Co. G., 9th Vt. in the rebellion. He m. 1st, Aug. 10, 1869, Lexington, Va., Annie M., dau. of Dea. Joseph Filer of Dixmont, Me. She d. Washington, D. C., Nov. 21, 1892. He m. 2d. Sept. 1, 1897, Josephine A. Cox, dau. of Geo. W. Mooney of Holderness, N. H. C., Birdie Finette, b. Madison, N. H., on Sept. 10, 1870; d. Washington, D. C., July 31, 1879.
viii. Ella E., b. March 11, 1847; music teacher; res. Washington, D. C.
JONSON.
RASMUS OR ERASMUS, a native of Sweden, and an officer who saw considerable service in the Swedish army, came here soon after our war for independence. It is said that he left the army "without leave," and came to this country in company with Bent Holm Green who, about 1808, rem. to Topsham, where he d. April 7, 1847, aged 84. He m. Judith Randall, who d. May 31, 1854, aged 86. Their descendants are numerous in Topsham and Groton. Rasmus Jonson bought what had been "General Bayley's malt-house," or distillery, the premises now called the "old tannery " at the village, where he made whiskey for many years, that business then being considered perfectly reputable. He was known as "Stiller" (distiller) Jonson. He built the house where Mrs. Lupien has lived for some years. In 1811, he was admitted "to occasional communion" in the 1st ch., he being a member of a church in Sweden. In 1829 he gave the land on which the Methodist church was built in that year. He m. Alice Dennis of Marblehead, Mass. She d. No c., but they "brought up" Hannah Clark, who m. Joel Temple. He d. "in hope of a
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blessed immortality." The sword of Rasmus Jonson is now owned by Joel C. Temple, and his Swedish Bible by Dr. Watkins' family.
KASSON.
JOHN, from Hartford, Conn., rem. to Topsham before 1795, and began to clear land in the northwest part of that town on what is still called the "old Kasson place." His wife was Betsy Cheney.
Children :
1 Thomas, b. about 1778; d. 1853. i.
2 ii. Marvin, b. 1784 ; d. June 18, 1881.
iii. Sally, b. Feb. 1787; m. Benjamin Chamberlin ; d. Apr. 15, 1868.
iv. Lucia, b. 1795; m. John Wallace; d. Oct. 19, 1888.
v. Betsey M., b. Feb. 21, 1809; d. Nov. 24, 1889.
vi. Marcia, m. 1827, Moses Carbee.
1 THOMAS,2 (John,1) b. in Connecticut about 1778; m. Clarissa Hutchins of Corinth ; lived in Topsham ; d. 1853.
Children :
i. Sarah, m. R. E. Robie.
ii. Diana, m. Orange Butler.
3 iii. Thomas, b. July 4, 1825 ; q. v.
iv. Charles, d. at 26.
v. Marvin, d. at 24.
vi. Emily, m. Jefferson Doe.
vii. Hartwell, d. un-m.
3 THOMAS,3 (Thomas,2 John,1) b. July 4. 1825; m. Naomi Whitcher; b. Feb. 3, 1833. They lived on the homestead in Topsham five years after marriage ; came to Newbury about 1860, and bought the farm of John Weed, which had been that of A. W. Nourse.
Children :
i. Carrie, (adopted), b. Lancaster, Aug. 28, 1869; graduated St. Johnsbury Academy ; m. Ambrose Mitchell of Hull, Mass.
2 MARVIN,2 .(John1,) b. Pomfret, Conn., 1784; m. March, 1830, Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. John Dick ; lived in Newbury, Dalton, Bath and Newbury ; d. June 18, 1881.
Children :
i. Wm. Wallace, b. June 4, 1831; served in the Union army ; res. Somerville, Mass.
ii. Janette D., b. May 11, 1834; m. Azro B. Chamberlin, as 1st wife; d. July 1,1871.
iii. Sophronia B., b. March 28, 1837; m. James L. George, as 2d wife.
iv. Harry B., b. June 11, 1839; served in the Union army ; taken prisoner and died at Andersonville, Ga., after 18 months imprisonment.
v. Lucia W., b. June 28, 1841; m. Lyman Buck of Haverhill.
vi. Mary Lucinda, b. Sept. 11, 1844; m. Samuel Colby of Dorchester, Mass.
vii. Marcia C., b. Aug. 20, 1846.
viii. Gilbert, b. July 10, 1848; d. March, 1855.
ix. Alden C., b. 1850; d. March, 1855.
KELLEY.
BENJAMIN, came to Newbury about 1807. from Goffstown, N. H., and m. Phœbe Green, then 18 years of age. He d. 1834, aged 66, and his wife, in 1873, agcd 84.
Thirteen children, of whom four d. in infancy :
i. Alice, d. at the age of 26.
ii. William, m. Polly Stebbins, and d: 1853, aged 49. He left a dau. who d. at five years of age.
iii. Alden S., who went to Wisconsin and there d. at the age of 66. 1 iv. Asa T.
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v. Loren F., served in the 6th Vermont, and was killed at Port Hudson, June 14, 1863.
vi. Thomas Freeland, served in Co. K, 3d Vt., as a 2d enlistment. In the battle of the Wilderness he was lost, and compelled to remain almost without food for ten days, and saw other hard service, in consequence of which he became totally dcaf. He m. in 1869. His wife d. Oct. 30, 1892, aged 44. He d. in 1894, aged 68. Their only child, a son, d. Oct. 10, 1891, aged 21.
1 ASA TENNEY, son of Benjamin; laborer; m. Lavinia Randall. He d. at Brattleboro, Sept. 12, 1900, aged 82.
Children :
i. Andrew Grant, b. Sept. 24, 1853; res. Newbury.
ii. Anna, b. July 29, 1855; m. Willard Bailey, of Newport, N. H.
iii. Levi R., b. March 21, 1858; carpenter; m. 1889, Mrs. Lydia Silver of Haverhill.
iv. Virgil W., b. Oct. 28, 1860; is m. and has one c., Emma H., b. June 11, 1893.
v. Hattie E., m. Charles W. Hutton, of Piermont. Four c.
vi. Mayo C., b. March 11, 1866; res. Bethel.
vii. Phebe J., b. April 27, 1869; d. June 4, 1892.
KENDRICK.
I. JOHN, b. in England, 1604; was the ancestor of nearly all the Kendricks in America.
II. JOHN, b. in England, 1622; probably came over with Rev. Dr. Mather in the ship "James," in 1635. He m. in 1650, Ann, sister of Robert Smith, who came with him from England. He was admitted to the 1st ch. in Boston, 1638; they had seven c .; he d. Aug. 29, 1686.
III. ELIJAH, b. Oct. 19, 1645; m. Hannah, dau. of John Jackson; (b. 1647, d. 1728) ; d. Dec. 24, 1680.
IV. EBENEZER, b. Dec. 12, 1680; m. Hannah- - ; two c.
V. NATHANIEL, b. June 29, 1713 : m. Judah- -; lived in Coventry, Conn; but in 1777, with his son, Ebenezer, and grandson, Ariel, he rem. to Hanover, where he was killed by a falling tree the next year ; eight c.
VI. EBENEZER, b. 1741; m. Anna, dau. of Richard and Alice Davenport, of Coventry, Conn .; d. Aug. 11, 1786.
Children :
i. Thomas, b. 1745.
ii. John, b. March 6, 1769; lived in Vershire, Lyme and Piermont; d. Jan. 1, 1860.
iii. Ariel, b. 1772, at Coventry, Conn .; Baptist minister at Hanover and Cornish, N. H., and Woodstock. He published in 1847 "Sketches of the Life and Times of Elder Ariel Hendrick," which is of much historical value, and went through several editions.
iv. Anna, m. - - Norris.
v. Clark, b. Oct. 6, 1775; Baptist minister at Poultney, till death. Rev. James R. Kendrick, (1821-89) acting President of Vassar College at the time of his death, and Rev. Ashael Kendrick, D. D., LL. D., Greek Professor in Madison University, and afterward in the University of Rochester, and a member of the committee on the authorized version of the New Testament, were sons of Rev. Clark Kendrick.
vi. Eliza.
vii. Richard, b. Hanover, March 30, 1780; farmer at Plainfield ; d. Feb. 4, 1863. viii. Ebenezer, b. Hanover, Feb. 18, 1785.
8 EBENEZER, b. Hanover, Feb. 18, 1785; farmer at Lyme, Thetford, Piermont and Newbury. Came to this town and lived near where Charles Corliss now does at West Newbury ; rem. to Piermont ; returned to Newbury, 1865 and bought the Peter Martin farm. He m. at Lyme, Feb. 24, 1810, Susanna, dau. of Abraham Pushee, (b. Jan. 24, 1789; d. Feb. 13, 1867) ; member of a Cong. ch. more than 70 years; d. in Newbury, Sept. 9, 1881.
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Children :
i. Ralph, b. Lyme, April 24, 1811; m. Eliza, dau. Robert Fulton; (b. Apr. 6, 1810; d. 1899); served in the Union army as wagoner in the Vermont Regiment; d. Nov. 28, 1864, in a hospital in Virginia and buried there; three c.
1 ii. Anna, b. Sept. 1, 1812; m. Jesse Jones ; (b. Dec. 1795 ; d. June 10, 1872).
iii. Susan, b. June 9, 1817; m. George Fulton; d. Apr. 21, 1873.
iv. Jane, b. Jan. 24, 1820; d. March 6, 1826.
v. Lewis, b. July 7. 1814 ; d. Aug. 5, 1815.
vi. John, b. Nov. 18, 1822.
vii. George, b. Nov. 29, 1827; m. 1st, Philena Woodward; 2d, Nellie Talfero ; two c.
1 ANNA,2 (Ebenezer,1) b. Sept. 1, 1812; m. Jesse Jones, (b. December, 1795; d. June 10, 1872). He lived in the south many years, but returned to Newbury before the war.
Children :
i. Sarah C., m. R. W. Borden.
ii. George W.
iii. Susan P., m. R. C. Borden.
iv. Frank M., b. 1850; m. 1871, Belle, dau. Alonzo Fleming ; lived in Newbury and Lyme; d. Dec. 28, 1893. Four c.
JOHN,2 (Ebenezer,1) b. Thetford, Nov. 18, 1822; came to Newbury about 1848; farmer; has also been in the lumber business, owning mills in this town and elsewhere. He m. 1st, Nov. 18, 1851, Sophia, dau. Samuel Martin, (b. Oct. 20, 1827; d. Jan. 31, 1868). 2d, Jan. 17, 1870, Mary E., dau. Gilman Barnett, (b. April 14, 1835; d. Sept. 19, 1899).
Children.
i. Albert N., b. Feb. 9, 1853; farmer in Newbury; m. Nov. 16, 1881, Emma Pierce.
ii. Henry E., b. Aug. 5; d. Dec. 13, 1855.
iii. Flora A., b. Sept. 26, 1856; d. Tilton, N. H., June 13, 1871.
iv. William H., b. Aug. 10, 1862; m. Oct. 24, 1887, Nellie, dau. Albert A. Bowen, (b. Dec. 20, 1868). Farmer. C., (1) Annabelle, b. Norwich, Nov. 17, 1888. (2) Vernon, b. Newbury, Nov. 21, 1890.
v. Arthur E., b. Oct. 1, 1876; m. Sept. 25, 1899, Robina Ada, dau. Robert Benzie. C., John Robert, b. Aug. 8, 1900.
*KENT.
I. THOMAS, b. in England; emigrated with his wife to Gloucester, Mass., prior to 1643, and settled in what is now the town of Essex, where he d. May 1, 1656, and his widow d. at Gloucester, Mass., Oct. 16, 1671. Their sons were, Thomas, Samuel and Josiah.
II. THOMAS, b. probably in England; m. Joan, dau. of Thomas Penny, March 28, 1658-9, and d. Aug. 14, 1691-6. Six c., of whom Josiah was the eldest.
III. JOSIAH, b. March 31, 1660; m. April 17, 1689, Mary Lufkin; d. May 14, 1725. They had five c., of whom a dau., Abigail, b. July 9, 1697, is understood to have been the one who m. March 21, 1723, Otho Stevens. They were the ancestors of the Stevens families in this part of the country.
IV. JOHN, b. March 29, 1700; m. Jan. 10, 1723, Mary, dau. of James Godfrey, (b. June 17, 1703. He d. 1780. They had ten c., seven were sons, all whose names began with the letter J. Of these, Jacob settled in this town, and descendants of Job Kent have lived here.
V. 1JACOB, pioneer of Newbury and soldier in the French and Indian and Revolutionary wars, was b. at Chebacco, since called Essex, Mass., June
*By Henry O. Kent.
+Ancestry from Kent Genealogies.
COL. H. O. KENT.
CHARLES B. LESLIE.
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12, 1726. During his long and useful life, he was closely identified with the military, civic, religious and social life of the community and region, and his descendants have been and are among the best known and best esteemed citizens of the Connecticut valley. It has always been understood that his introduction to the Lower Cohos came through his service in the Old French war. In 1760 a regiment was raised in New Hampshire under command of Colonel John Goffe of Bedford, for service in that campaign, under General Jeffrey Amherst. Jacob Bailey, a well-known Newbury pioneer, was Lieutenant Colonel, and one of the companies was officered by John Hazen as captain. Jacob Kent and Timothy Bedel, Lieutenants, Asahel Harriman, Ensign. At the close of this campaign, Bailey, Hazen, Bedel and Kent came through the woods from Canada, striking the great intervals at the Lower Cohos. So well satisfied were they with the location and the fertility of the soil, that they returned in 1761 to aid the settlement. Bailey and Kent of Newbury on the west side of the river and Hazen and Bedel of Haverhill on the eastern side. Kent made several trips between Newbury and Plaistow, N. H., his old home, bringing on his family in 1763.
Commission of Jacob Kent in this Campaign.
PROVINCE OF BENNING WENTWORTH, ESQ., ,
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Captain, General and Governor in Chief, in and over His Majesty's Province of New Hampshire in New England, etc.
[L. s.] To MR. JACOB KENT, Gentleman, Greeting :
By Virtue of the Power and Authority, in and by His Majesty's Royal Commission to Me granted, to be Captain, General, etc., over this, His Majesty's Province of New Hampshire aforesaid, I do (by these presents) reposing especial trust and confidence in your loyalty, courage and good conduct, constitute and appoint you the said Jacob Kent, to be First Lieutenant of a company whereof John Hazen, Esq., is Captain, in a regiment of Foot, raised in this province, whereof John Goffe, Esq., is Colonel. being part of the forces demanded by His Majesty from his several colonies and provinces in New England, etc., to act in conjunction with His Majesty's regular forces in an expedition intended for the reduction of the whole country of Canada to His obedience, of all of which forces His Excellency Jeffrey Amherst, Esq., is by His Majesty's commission, appointed Captain, General and Commander in Chief.
You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of a First Lieutenant, in leading, ordering and exercising said company in arms, both inferior officers and soldiers, and to keep them in good order and discipline; hereby commanding them to obey you as their First Lieutenant, and yourself to observe and follow such orders and instructions, as you shall from time to time receive from Me or the Commander in Chief for the time being, or other, your superior officers for His Majesty's service, according to Military Rules and Discipline of War, pursuant to the trust reposed in you.
Given under my hand and seal at arms, at Portsmouth, the fifth day of March in the thirty-third year of the reign of His Majesty, King George the Second, A. D. 1760.
B. WENTWORTH.
BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND, THEODORE ATKINSON, Secretary.
September 6, 1764, in the fourth year of the reign of King George the Third, a similar commission was granted by the same authority to Captain Jacob Kent, "to be Captain of an Independent Company of Militia, which company is to consist of all the inhabitants by law obliged to attend military duty in the towns of Haverhill and Newbury in this province, respectively."
This company expanded into a regiment which had existence from about
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1775, to the time when the militia of the state ceased to perform active duty about 1845. Jacob Kent was the first Colonel of this regiment and commanded it at Saratoga, at Burgoyne's surrender, Oct. 17, 1777, as appears by his diary kept during the campaign, and official documents. It was commended in due time by his oldest son, Jacob Kent, and later by his son, Colonel Jacob Kent, who was the last of the family to reside on the family homestead, and who d. in 1886.
This farm, about two miles below the village, extended back from the Connecticut across the plain and over the crest of the ridge to the west. It was divided by Colonel Jacob, the pioneer, among his three sons, Jacob, (the site of the present homestead), John, (next north, who sold his portion and moved to Parker Hill, Lyman, N. H.,) and Joseph, (north of John, and the place now owned by John Heath).
A topographical plan of the original farm, then comprising 550 acres, by curious coincidence being the same area as "Kent Island," a homestead of the family at old Newbury, near the mouth of the Merrimack, plain and clear as copper plate, bearing date September, 1791, made by Gen. James Whitelaw, the surveyor of Ryegate, is in the possession of Colonel Henry O. Kent of Lancaster, as is the sword, a blade bearing the etched date 1555, carried in all the wars, and the white whalebone patriarchal staff, carried in old age and civic life by his pioneer ancestor.
The Newbury Kents were of the older branch, and sprang from Gloucester, Mass., or Cape Ann, Cephas Kent, of the Vermont Committee of Safety, and contemporary of Ethan Allen and Seth Warner, was of the same stock, as was the distinguished Chancellor James Kent of New York, Governor Edward Kent of Maine, and Moody Kent of Concord, all deceased. The family has a long and honorable record of military and civic service. Colonel Kent was Justice of the Peace at sundry times, was Clerk of the Proprietors' Meeting at Plaistow, N. H., in 1762, and Town Clerk, 1764 to 1799, inclusive, and Selectman, 1762-6-7, '84-6 and 9, in all, six years. He represented the town in the State Legislature, 1788-89-91, was Judge of Probate from 1786 to 1794, inclusive, was County Clerk and Assistant Judge ofthe Common Pleas and Commissioner to receive the estates of those who had joined the enemy during the Revolutionary period. He was an original member of the Congregational Church. Parish Clerk for many years, and one of its Deacons as long as he lived.
In 1894, the Original Desk, made by Colonel Kent from pine boards hewn out by him, and used by him so many years, was discovered, and purchased by the sons of Richard Peabody Kent, of Lancaster, N. H., who presented it with a silver plate properly inscribed, attached thereto, to the town. After a lapse of so many years it is again in the Town Clerk's office, a receptacle of town papers.
*Col. Jacob Kent m. 1st, Dec. 26, 1752, Abigail, dau. Joseph and Abigail (Webster) Bailey. She d. July 4, 1756, leaving one daughter, Abigail, who m. Thomas Little, of Atkinson, N. H. He in. 2d at Plaistow, N. H., June 16, 1762, Mary, dau. Nicholas White, q. v., (b. Aug. 14, 1736; d. June 17, 1834, aged 98). It was from her unimpaired memory in 1831 that Rev. Clark Perry derived many of the details of the carly history of this town, which he used in preparing his historical discourse. Col. Kent d. Dec. 13, 1812.
Children, b. in Newbury :
1 i. Jacob, b. Oct. 17, 1764 ; d. Feb. 23, 1852.
2 ii. Mary, b. Jan. 13, 1766; d. Oct. 29, 1835.
iii. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 21, 1767 ; m. Jacob Dunbar ; lived in Littleton, N. H., but d. in Newbury, July 26, 1823.
3 iv. John, b. March 14, 1772; d. July 4, 1842.
4 v. Joseph, b. Dec. 29, 1773; d. July 20, 1859.
1 JACOB, b. Oct. 17, 1764; served a short term of guarding and scouting in the Revolutionary war; settled on the south of three farms into which his
*In another portion of this volume will be found extraets from Col. Kent's diary, and other papers.
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father's estate was divided, which Robert Meserve now owns. Colonel in the militia, and prominent in town affairs. He m. at Hampstead, Feb. 6, 1794, Martha Noyes, (b. Aug. 9, 1766; d. March 17, 1854). He d. Feb. 23, 1852.
Children :
i. John, b. Dec. 26, 1795; d. in Connecticut, Feb. 13, 1862.
ii. Clark, b. Feb. 25, 1795 ; farmer on homestead ; Captain in the militia; never m. He was a man of sterling qualities ; d. Jan. 13, 1884.
5 iii. Jacob, b. Apr. 26, 1800 ; d. March 13, 1886.
iv. Relief, b. Dec. 12, 1802; never m; lived on the old homestead; d. Nov. 1, 1880.
v. Anna, b. Aug. 10, 1805; m. Williams Burroughs ; d. Nov. 1, 1866.
2 MARY, b. Jan. 13, 1766; m. Dec. 28, 1789, Dr. Arad Stebbins of Bradford ; (b. Oct. 21, 1759; d. Apr. 30, 1828). She d. Oct. 29, 1835.
Children :
i. Polly, b. Oct. 17, 1790; d. Apr. 23, 1791.
ii. Mary, b. Jan. 18, 1792 ; m. Alfred Corliss of Bradford; d. July 23, 1839.
iii. Sophia, b. Feb. 9, 1794 ; d. un-m.
iv. Lucy, b. Jan. 3, 1796; m. March 24, 1833, Theodore Dame; d. in Newbury.
v. Betsey, b. Sept. 12, 1797 ; d. Oct. 5, 1863 ; m. Nicholas W. Ayer of Bradford.
vi. Matilda, b. Sept. 19, 1797.
vii. Louisa, b. June 3, 1801, d. Nov. 5, 1835 ; m. a Mr. Moulton.
viii. Arad. b. Jan. 11, 1803 ; d. Jan. 1862.
ix. Harriet, b. March 10, 1806; m. a Mr. Ward of Plymouth, N. H.
3 JOHN, b. March 14, 1772; farmer on the middle one of the three farms into which the original estate was divided, now owned by C. E. Brock. He rem. to Lyman, N. H., Oct., 1804 and 1811. He m. Nov., 1804, Tabitha, dau. Richard and Tabitha Peabody of Littleton, N. H. She d. Apr. 30, 1836; he d. July 4, 1842.
Children, the four last b. in Lyman:
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i. Richard P., b. Dec. 21. 1805; d. March 30, 1885.
7 ii. John C., b. Apr. 19, 1808; d. Jan. 2, 1878.
iii. Harriet, b. Oct. 21, 1811 ; m. Rinaldo Moulton, q. v .; d. Apr. 14, 1879.
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