Deacon Elias Kent

1780 - 1856  (76 years)

• Name	Elias Kent
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	1 May 1780	Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  	Father: Ebenezer Kent (1745-1806) Mother: Esther Stone (1751-1806) [3]
  History	birth to 1804	Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  	Leicester, Feb. 11th, 1806. In consequence of having divided the Wearing Apparel of our Parents, Ebenezer Kent & Esther Kent, Late of Leicester, Deceased, by mutual agreement & having each & individually Rec'd. our full share of the same, do covenant & agree that we are fully satisfied so far as respects the said Wearing Apparel & do acquit & discharge each other for his share of the same. In witness of: Wm. Sprague, John Sargent, Pliney Earle. Signed: William Kent, Reuben Billings Swan, Sally Swan, Jonathan Hubbard, Betsey Hubbard, Daniel Kent, Ezra Kent, Polly Kent, Elias Kent. [4]
  History	Spring 1803 to death	Wallingford, Rutland County, Vermont
  	In the Spring of 1803, after his marriage, he and his bride moved to Wallingford, Vermont. When he went to Wallingford he bought a lot near the summit of one of the high hills in the east part of the town, then a wilderness, and plying his axe to the stately timber with a will soon had quite an opening, and his first house was of logs covered with bark. In after years they built a frame house in which they lived until the spring of 1849, when having sold his farm he moved to Wallingford village and lived with his son Elias W. until he died. [4] In 1828, Elias Kent was the first and only deacon of the church. He served for many years. [4, 7] In the 1850 Census he is listed as 70 years old. [1]
  Death	20 Aug 1856	Wallingford, Rutland County, Vermont   [2, 3, 5]
  	He died of a hernia. [4]
  		Death Record of Deacon Elias Kent
  Burial	Green Hill Cemetery, Wallingford, Rutland County, Vermont, U.S.A.   [2, 5]
  		Gravestone of Elias and Betsey Kent
  Person ID	I23012
  Last Modified	2 Nov 2019

  
  

  Family	Betsey Wheaton,   b. 30 Aug 1781, Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 5 Feb 1872, Mount Holly, Rutland County, Vermont (Age 90 years)
  Marriage Intent	16 Oct 1802	Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [6]
  Marriage	20 Jan 1803  [3, 4]
  Age at Marriage	He : 22 years and 8 months - She : 21 years and 5 months.
  Children	From Dec 1803 to 1819  [4, 10]
  1. Austin Kent (1803-1881) 2. Elmina Kent (1809-1867) 3. Elias Wheaton Kent (1814-1883) 4. Alonzo Kent (1819-1895)
  Family ID	F7830	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: The published Vital Records of Leicester give his birth date as 30 August 1781. [6]

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1 May 1780 - Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts History - birth to 1804 - Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts Marriage Intent - 16 Oct 1802 - Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts History - Spring 1803 to death - Wallingford, Rutland County, Vermont Death - 20 Aug 1856 - Wallingford, Rutland County, Vermont Burial - - Green Hill Cemetery, Wallingford, Rutland County, Vermont, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S273] 1850 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009). Year: 1850; Census Place: Wallingford, Rutland, Vermont; Roll: M432_927; Page: 339A; Image: 670 [S123] Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013). Death Record of Deacon Elias Kent [S74] Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, (New York: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1907). [S1577] Dale, Edward Irving. History and Genealogy of the Kent Family: Descendants of Richard Kent, Sen. Who Came to America in 1633, (Spencer, Massachusetts: Edward Irving Dale, 1899). [S14] Find-a-Grave website, (http://www.findagrave.com). Memorial ID 47658660 Elias Kent [S297] Systematic History Fund. Vital Records of Leicester, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1903). [S1576] Thorpe, Walter, History of Wallingford, Vermont, (Rutland, Vermont:The Tuttle Company, 1911). [S110] Ancestry Family Trees, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Use with Caution. Mixed Up Family Tree(1) [S2000] ------------- Sources Below not Reviewed -------------. [S110] Ancestry Family Trees, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Use with Caution.