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Desire Kent (Prouty)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Hanover, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Death: before May 23, 1773
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Adam Prouty and Grace Prouty
Wife of PVT Jacob Kent
Sister of Grace Prouty; Sarah Hayward; Adam Prouty and Pvt. Isaac Prouty
Half sister of Luther Prouty; Stephen Prouty; Calvin Prouty; Ezekiel Prouty; Seth Prouty and 5 others

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About Desire Kent

Desire (Prouty) Kent was the third child of Adam Prouty and Grace (Ramsdell) Prouty. She was born in Hanover, Plymouth County, Massachusetts and baptized there on June 24, 1750.

She married Jacob Kent on September 11, 1771.

She died before May 23, 1773, when Jacob remarried.

Sources

  • Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts. Lewis Publishing Company, 1907.
  • Cutter, William Richard. Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Lewis Publishing Company, 1908.
  • Pane-Joyce, D. "Pane-Joyce Genealogy." Massachusetts Society of Genealogists via Clark University, published November 2018. < https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr27/rr27_056.html> Accessed 17 October 2020.
  • Pope, C. H. Prouty (Proute) Genealogy. 1910.
  • Vital Records of Hanover, Massachusetts.
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Desire Kent's Timeline

1750
June 24, 1750
Hanover, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
June 24, 1750
Hanover, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
1773
May 23, 1773
Age 22