Josiah Kent

He was the twin of Thomas. husbandman, took the oath of fidelity in Gloucester in 1678. He was apprenticed to his grandfather, Thomas Penney, and made his home with him. He is named in his grandfather's will.

Comments

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kent-165

Per the original Gloucester vital records (see image attached), I don't think he had a twin named Thomas. I think Thomas had originally be written in and then later changed to Josiah.

References

• Gloucester Births, Deaths, and Marriages, 1634-1727. p. 22. Link to page at < archive.org >
• The Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Topsfield, MA: The Topsfield Historical Soceity,, 1917-24)
  • 1: 393: b KENT, Josiah, s. Thomas and Jane, Mar 31, 1660.
  • 2: 316 m KENT, Josiah, and Mary Lovekin, Apr. 17, 1689
  • 3:186 d KENT, Josiah, May 19, 1725, a. abt. 65 y