Person:Richard Kent (1)
Richard Kent, Sr.
b.Est 1586 Over Wallop, Hampshire, England
d.14 Jun 1654 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 20 Jun 1585
  1. Richard Kent, Sr.Est 1586 - 1654
  2. Phillis KentBef 1588 - 1588
  3. Phillis KentBef 1588/89 - 1588/89
  4. Joanna KentEst 1592 -
  5. Thomas KentEst 1594 - Bef 1638
  6. Martha KentEst 1596 - Aft 1638
  7. David KentEst 1598 - 1612
  8. Mary KentEst 1601 - 1629/30
  9. John KentCal 1603 - Bet 1631 & 1633
  10. Stephen KentAbt 1605 - 1679
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Richard Kent, Sr.Est 1586 - 1654
  • W.  Mary DrewEst 1598 - 1631
m. 19 Nov 1618
  1. Rebecca KentEst 1622 - Bef 1684
  2. Sarah KentEst 1624 - Aft 1654
  3. Unknown KentEst 1626 - Bef 1654
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Richard Kent, Sr.Est 1586 - 1654
  • W.  Emma UnknownBef 1625 - 1676/77
m. Bef 1645
  1. John Kent1645 - 1703
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3][4] Richard Kent, Sr.
Gender Male
Birth[2] Est 1586 Over Wallop, Hampshire, England (probably)
Marriage 19 Nov 1618 Winnall, Hampshire, Englandto Mary Drew
Emigration[1][3] 1634 On the Mary & John.
Residence[1][3] 1634 Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Residence[1][3] 1635 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Bef 1645 Estimate based on date of birth of only known child.
to Emma Unknown
Will[2][3] 22 May 1654 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Death[2][3][4][5] 14 Jun 1654 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Estate Inventory[3] 29 Jun 1654 £233 3s. 4cL of which £133 was real estate.
Probate[2][3] 26 Sep 1654 Will proved.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Richard Kent Sr., in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Directory. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jun 2015)
    192.

    "Kent, Richard Sr.: [Origin] Over Wallop, Hampshire; [Emigration] 1634 on Mary & John; [resided] Ipswich, Newbury [GM 2:4:140-42; NEHGR 162:254-54, 163:51-65]."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 6. Richard1 Kent, in Fiske, Jane Fletcher. The English Background of Richard Kent Sr. and Stephen Kent of Newbury, Massachusetts, and Mary, Wife of Nicholas Easton of Newport, Rhode Island. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Oct 2008; Jan 2009)
    163:62-65.

    "6. Richard Kent (ThomasA, RichardB, ThomasC, JohnD) was born about 1586, son of Thomas and Ellen (Pyle) Kent. He died at Newbury, Massachusetts, 15 June 1654. He was called 'Richard Kent Sr.' to distinguish him from Richard Kent the younger (not his son), who came on the same ship in 1634 to New England."

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Richard Kent, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
    4:140-42.

    "MIGRATION: 1634 on the Mary & John (on 26 March 1634, 'Richard Kent' was enrolled at Southampton as a passenger for New England on the Mary & John [Drake's Founders 70])."

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Richard Kent, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    3:12.

    "Richard (Kent), Ipswich 1634, came that yr. with ano. of the same chr. and surname, perhaps a cous. in the Mary and John, freem. 4 Mar. 1635, rem. with first sett. to Newbury 1635, left in Eng. Sarah, and other ds. of wh. one, Rebecca, had m. in Eng. Samuel Scallard, and aft. his d. she came, and, perhaps, brot. d. Mary, wh. m. 4 Dec. 1666, John Rolfe; and the mo. m. Oct. 1647, John Bishop; but here, says Coffin, he had John, b. 20 July 1645; and he d. 11 June 1654."

  5. ↑ Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Mass.: The Essex Institute, 1911)
    2:633.

    "Kent, … Richard, sr., [died] June, 14, 1654. [June 15. (court record, Essex Co. Quarterly Court.)]"

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