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Desire Kent (Barker)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Death: June 14, 1744 (37)
Sanford, York County, Maine
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Barker, III and Hannah Lapham
Wife of Samuel Kent
Mother of Samuel Kent; Nathaniel Kent; Nathaniel Kent; Desire Barker Kent; Hannah Kent and 4 others
Sister of Abner Barker; John Barker; Jonathan Barker; Anna Eames and Hannah Barker
Half sister of Oliver Barker; Capt. Joshua Barker; Bethia Baldwin; Nehemiah Barker and Oliver Barker

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About Desire Kent

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no image Privacy Level: Open (White) Desire (Barker) Kent (1707 - 1745)

Desire Kent formerly Barker Born 19 Feb 1707 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Baymap ANCESTORS ancestors Daughter of John Barker and Hannah (Eames) Barker Sister of Abner Barker, John Barker IV, Jonathan Barker, Anna (Barker) Eames, Joshua Barker [half], Bethiah (Barker) Baldwin [half], Nehemiah Barker [half] and Oliver Barker [half] Wife of Samuel Kent — married 14 Nov 1728 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Baymap DESCENDANTS descendants Mother of Samuel Kent Jr., Nathaniel Kent, Desire Barker Kent, Hannah (Kent) Brewster, John Kent, Sarah (Kent) Friend, Hulda Huldah Kent and Ichabod Kent Died 14 Jan 1745 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Baymap Profile manager: Colin Foss private message [send private message] Profile last modified 28 Jun 2020 | Created 28 Mar 2017 This page has been accessed 98 times. Biography

Desire, daughter of John and Hannah Barker, was born at Marshfield, MA on February 19, 1707[1]. She married Samuel Kent of Scituate, MA on November 14, 1728. They resided in Marshfield where Desire died on January 14, 1744 and is buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery.

Research Notes

There are multiple references for Desire's death on 14 Jan 1744 but there are also references for Ichabod Kent being born on 13 Dec 1744. Both cannot be correct.

Sources

↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ8P-Y61 : 15 January 2020), Desire Barker, 1707. Ralph V. Wood, Jr., comp., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Francis Cooke, Volume 12, (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2015), p. 166 (typo - Desire Parker instead of Desire Barker) Vital Records of Scituate Massachusetts to the year 1850, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), (birth) Vital Records of Marshfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), (marriage) Vital Records of Marshfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), (death) Vital Records of Marshfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), (burial) Find A Grave, Memorial #142602687

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Desire Kent's Timeline

1707
February 19, 1707
Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
1729
July 2, 1729
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
1732
February 25, 1732
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
1735
February 25, 1735
Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
June 25, 1735
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
1737
August 4, 1737
Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
1739
October 13, 1739
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
1741
August 6, 1741
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
1743
December 2, 1743
Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts