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Ebenezer Kent
- Preferred Name: Ebenezer Kent[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35]
- Gender: M
- Burial: in Beechwood Cemetery, Cohasset, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States at LATI: N2.2105 LONG: E70.8198
- Death: 16 FEB 1752 in Hingham, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America at LATI: N2.2418 LONG: E70.8899
- FSID: LCRZ-ZB2
- Christening: 22 AUG 1680 in Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America at LATI: N2.3778 LONG: E71.0625
- Occupation: Yeoman and Husbandman
- Birth: 18 AUG 1680 in Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America at LATI: N2.3778 LONG: E71.0625 with note: standard
- Notes:
=== !SOURCE: Hist. & Genealogy of the Kent F ===
!SOURCE: Hist. & Genealogy of the Kent Family FHL film # 1425678. He lived in that part of Hingham now called Cohasset. SOURCE: History of the Town of Hingham, Mass FHL book "Came to reside in Hing. sec. pre., on what is now Beechwood St., abt. 1703, and built the first dw.-house which was erected on the west side of "Conahasset River." He became a member of the sec. church in Hing. (Coh.), at its formation, 13 Dec. 1721. In 1727 and 1736 he was chosen constable." !SOURCE: The Griswold Family FHL book 929.273/G889fe
=== Moved to Hingham Mass abt 1700. Built in ===
Moved to Hingham Mass abt 1700. Built in 1703 on Beechwood St. the first dwelling erected on the west side of the Conahasset River. Member of the Second church of Cohasset. Town constable 1727,1736.
=== Source: Gen & Pers memo of Middlesex co, ===
Source: Gen & Pers memo of Middlesex co, Mass by William R. Cutter vol 3 pg 1341
Preferred Parents:
Father: John Kent Sr., b. 1633 in England d. 1723 in Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Mother: Hannah Griswold, b. 4 MAR 1645 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America d. 9 JAN 1691 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Family 1: Hannah Gannett, b. 4 AUG 1684 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America d. 27 MAR 1767 in Hingham, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
- m. 8 DEC 1703 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
- Isaac Kent, b. 27 SEP 1712 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America d. 29 DEC 1784 in Round Hill, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
Sources:
- Title: Ebenezer Kent in entry for Lydia Kent, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
Author: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKC-J94 : 15 January 2020), Ebenezer Kent in entry for Lydia Kent, 1725.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKC-J94;
Note: This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.
- Title: Ebenezer Kent in entry for Seth Kent, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
Author: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NQ-G4D : 14 January 2020), Ebenezer Kent in entry for Seth Kent, 1721.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NQ-G4D;
Note: This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.
- Title: Ebenezer Kent in entry for Abigial Kent, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Author: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH6R-ZZH : 20 May 2022), Ebenezer Kent in entry for Abigial Kent, 29 Mar 1725; citing Birth, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009274.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH6R-ZZH;
- Title: Ebenezer Kent in entry for Abell Kent, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
Author: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKX-YB5 : 15 January 2020), Ebenezer Kent in entry for Abell Kent, 1730.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKX-YB5;
Note: This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.
- Title: Ebenezer Keant in entry for Seth Keant, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
Author: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ36-S8B : 15 January 2020), Ebenezer Keant in entry for Seth Keant, 1721.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ36-S8B;
- Title: Ebenezar Kent, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Author: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9M-C9Q : 20 May 2022), Ebenezar Kent, 18 Aug 1680; citing Birth, Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9M-C9Q;
- Title: Ebenezer Kent in entry for Abigail Kent, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
Author: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKC-CBF : 15 January 2020), Ebenezer Kent in entry for Abigail Kent, 1723.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKC-CBF;
Note: This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.
- Title: Ebenezer Kent in entry for Mercy Kent, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
Author: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NQ-3JY : 14 January 2020), Ebenezer Kent in entry for Mercy Kent, 1708.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NQ-3JY;
Note: This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.
- Title: Briggs Kent Genealogy
Author: Print.
Page: date of birth and names of parents
- Title: Ebenr. Kent in entry for Abel Kent, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Author: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH6R-LHG : 20 May 2022), Ebenr. Kent in entry for Abel Kent, 7 Aug 1730; citing Birth, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009274.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH6R-LHG;
Page: SAME
- Title: Ebenezer Kent in entry for Ebenezer Kent, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
Author: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5N7-VBX : 14 January 2020), Ebenezer Kent in entry for Ebenezer Kent, 1717.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5N7-VBX;
Note: This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.
- Title: Ebenezer Kent in entry for Elizabeth Kent, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Author: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4LS-JYZ : 20 May 2022), Ebenezer Kent in entry for Elizabeth Kent, 6 Sep 1710; citing Birth, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009271.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4LS-JYZ;
Page: same
- Title: Ebenezer Kent in entry for Mary Kent, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Author: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4LS-LPY : 20 May 2022), Ebenezer Kent in entry for Mary Kent, 10 Sep 1904; citing Birth, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009271.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4LS-LPY;
- Title: Ebenezer Keent in entry for Ebenezer Keent, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Author: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH6R-3D7 : 20 May 2022), Ebenezer Keent in entry for Ebenezer Keent, 18 Apr 1717; citing Birth, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009274.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH6R-3D7;
- Title: Ebenezer Kent in entry for Abigail Kent, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
Author: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NQ-2YV : 14 January 2020), Ebenezer Kent in entry for Abigail Kent, 1706.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NQ-2YV;
Note: This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.
- Title: Ebenezer Kent in entry for Mary Kent, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
Author: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ6M-GVJ : 15 January 2020), Ebenezer Kent in entry for Mary Kent, 1708.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ6M-GVJ;
Note: This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.
- Title: Ebenezer Kent, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Author: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHH1-YQG : 20 May 2022), Ebenezer Kent, 8 Dec 1703; citing Marriage, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009271.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHH1-YQG;
- Title: Ebenz. Kent in entry for Lyda Kent, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Author: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH6R-ZZ8 : 20 May 2022), Ebenz. Kent in entry for Lyda Kent, 24 Apr 1725; citing Birth, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009274.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH6R-ZZ8;
- Title: Ebenezer Kent, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
Author: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F46P-ZK3 : 20 May 2022), Ebenezer Kent, 18 Aug 1680; citing Birth, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F46P-ZK3;
Page: date of birth and names of parents
- Title: Ebenezer Kent in entry for Mary Kent, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Author: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4LS-JYH : 20 May 2022), Ebenezer Kent in entry for Mary Kent, 31 Jul 1708; citing Birth, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009271.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4LS-JYH;
- Title: Ebenezer Kent in entry for Abigail Kent, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Author: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4LS-JYW : 20 May 2022), Ebenezer Kent in entry for Abigail Kent, 12 Oct 1706; citing Birth, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009271.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4LS-JYW;
- Title: Ebenezer Kent in entry for Mary Kent, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
Author: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5N7-FYF : 14 January 2020), Ebenezer Kent in entry for Mary Kent, 1715.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5N7-FYF;
Note: This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.
- Title: Ebenr. Kent, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Author: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH1S-14K : 20 May 2022), Ebenr. Kent, 16 Feb 1752; citing Death, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009274.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH1S-14K;
- Title: Ebenezer Keant in entry for Ebenezer Keant, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
Author: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ3F-BSQ : 15 January 2020), Ebenezer Keant in entry for Ebenezer Keant, 1721.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ3F-BSQ;
- Title: Ebenezer Kent, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
Author: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCPT-HYD : 15 January 2020), Ebenezer Kent, 1680.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCPT-HYD;
- Title: Ebenezer Kent in entry for Isaac Kent, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Author: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4LS-JYD : 20 May 2022), Ebenezer Kent in entry for Isaac Kent, 27 Sep 1712; citing Birth, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009271.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4LS-JYD;
Page: pertinent details match
- Title: Ebenezer Kent in entry for Ebenezer Kent, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Author: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4LS-JYX : 20 May 2022), Ebenezer Kent in entry for Ebenezer Kent, 12 Sep 1904; citing Birth, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009271.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4LS-JYX;
- Title: Ebenezer Keent in entry for Seth Keent, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Author: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH6R-3DH : 20 May 2022), Ebenezer Keent in entry for Seth Keent, 13 Apr 1721; citing Birth, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009274.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH6R-3DH;
- Title: Ebenezer Kent in entry for Isaac Kent, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
Author: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NQ-3P2 : 14 January 2020), Ebenezer Kent in entry for Isaac Kent, 1712.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NQ-3P2;
Note: This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.
- Title: Ebenezer Kent, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK16-GRMM : 4 July 2020), Ebenezer Kent, 1752; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK16-GRMM;
Page: same
- Title: Ebenezer Kent in entry for Abel Kent, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
Author: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ38-TJM : 15 January 2020), Ebenezer Kent in entry for Abel Kent, 1730.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ38-TJM;
- Title: Ebenr. Kent in entry for Stephen Stodder, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Author: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHRV-Z6R : 20 May 2022), Ebenr. Kent in entry for Stephen Stodder, 27 Nov 1727; citing Marriage, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009274.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHRV-Z6R;
- Title: Ebenezer Kent in entry for Lydia Kent, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
Author: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ3H-QY8 : 15 January 2020), Ebenezer Kent in entry for Lydia Kent, 1725.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ3H-QY8;
- Title: Ebenezer Kent in entry for Elizabeth Kent, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
Author: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5N7-6VL : 14 January 2020), Ebenezer Kent in entry for Elizabeth Kent, 1710.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5N7-6VL;
Note: This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.
- Title: Ebenezer Keent in entry for Abagail Keent, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
Author: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ34-6T1 : 15 January 2020), Ebenezer Keent in entry for Abagail Keent, 1725.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ34-6T1;
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