Person:Rebecca Kent (14)

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Rebecca Kent
 
m. Bef 1696
  1. Rebecca Kent1696 -
  2. John Kent1698 -
  3. Emma Kent1700/01 - 1784
  4. Sarah Kent1703/04 -
  5. Mary Kent1707 -
  6. Richard Kent1710 -
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Name Rebecca Kent
Gender Female
Birth[1] 4 May 1696 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Alt Birth[1] 4 May 1697 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Mass.: The Essex Institute, 1911)
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    Kent, Rebecca, d. John, jr. and Rebecca, May 4, 1697.
    Kent, Rebekah, d. John, jr. and Rebekah, May 4, 1696.
    [There is no intervening death record listed. While it is possible that one Rebecca died in infancy and a second one was born exactly a year later, the coincidence is scary. So it seems more probable that these are duplicate records of the same event, one containing an error. This source indicates that at least five copies of the town records were examined (original, town copy, county copy, copy made by Joshua Coffin, and copy make by Henry Short), and presumably, the compilers could not be sure that these slight variations were or were not intended to be the same person. The 1696 one seems more probable to be the correct one given the birth of brother John in 1698, but this is only a guess.]