Person:Elihu Kent (1)
Major Elihu Kent
b.1 Jun 1733 Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
d.12 Feb 1814 Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 28 Feb 1721/22
  1. Lieutenant Elijah Kent1722/23 - 1768
  2. Lucy Kent1724 -
  3. Abiah Kent1727 - 1782
  4. Phillis Kent1729 -
  5. Anna Kent1730 -
  6. Major Elihu Kent1733 - 1814
  7. Mehitabel Kent1734/35 - 1735
Spouse and Children
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m. 10 Feb 1757
  1. Elihu Kent1757 -
  2. Martin Kent1761 - 1846
Spouse and Children
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m. 9 Nov 1763
  1. Gamaleel Kent1766 -
  2. Susan Kent1768 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Major Elihu Kent1733 - 1814
  • W.  Sybil Dwight1744 - 1822
m. 2 Feb 1774
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Major Elihu Kent
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 1 Jun 1733 Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Marriage 10 Feb 1757 Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Rebecca Kellogg
Marriage 9 Nov 1763 Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United StatesAlso recorded at Suffield.
Elihu Kent and Susanna Lyman were second cousins.
to Susanna Lyman
Marriage 2 Feb 1774 Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United StatesElihu Kent and Sybil Dwight were first cousins once removed.
to Sybil Dwight
Death[1] 12 Feb 1814 Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Burial[3] Old Center Cemetery, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Samuel4 Kent, Elihu5 Kent, in Briggs, Lloyd Vernon. Genealogies of the Different Families Bearing the Name of Kent in the United States: Together with Their Possible English Ancestry, A.D. 1295-1898. (Boston: Rockwell and Churchill Press, 1898)
    170, 81-82.

    "Elihu (Kent),5, b. June 1, 1733."
    "Elihu (Kent),5 son of Samuel,4 John,3 a farmer of Suffield, … He d. Feb. 12, 1814, aged 80. … He held various official positions under the state. … The British soldiers left Boston before daybreak on the 19th of April, 1775, and on the 20th Capt. Elihu Kent, within an hour's notice, was at the head of a Suffield company of fifty-nine men and a provision wagon rushing for Springfield, where they took supper and pressed on at once."

  2. ↑ Suffield Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    139.

    "Kent, … Elihu, s. Samuel & Abia, b. June 1, 1733 [1:82]"

  3. ↑ Maj Elihu Kent, in Find A Grave.
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