Kent, William A. (1765-1840)

Name:

Kent, William A. (1765-1840)

Title:

Colonel

Other Names:

Colonel William Austin Kent

Born:

1765

Birthplace:

Charlestown, MA

Died:

1840

Death Location:

Concord, NH

Residence:

Massachusetts, as a boy.
Concord, NH; by 1789, as a young man, came to Concord, where his sister (Mrs. Rev. Israel Evans) lived.

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Tinsmith, as a young man
Socialite in Concord, NH, as an adult

Father:

Kent, Ebenezer

Mother:

Austin, Mary

Relations:

Father and grandfather were sea captains.
Neighbor: Mary Ann Downing, dau. of Lewis Downing, also a Unitarian.

Spouse:

1) Charlotte Mellen
2) Margaret Tucker

Children:

Kent, William (1793-after 1883; m. Letitia C. Stinson; son Fred; res. Concord, NH)
Kent, Charlotte Mellen (1794-1868; m. Hon. James H. Bingham, who was a roommate of Daniel Webster)
Kent, George (Dartmouth 1814; m. Lucia Ann Farrand)
Kent, Caroline (1789-; m.Prof. Samuel Newman)
Kent, Jno. (1800-1826)
Kent, Edward (1802-; Harvard 1821; Governor of Maine 1838-40)
Kent, Mary Jane (1806-1897; m. Moses Thomas, Unitarian minister; 4 children)
Kent, Rebecca Prentiss (1808-;m. Rev. Charles Packard)
3 stepdaughters from Margaret Tucker:
Tucker, Ellen Louisa (m. Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Notes:

MARRIAGE:
M1. Charlotte Mellen (c.1768-1820).
M2. Margaret Tucker.
RELIGION: Unitarian; major player in the breaking away of the Unitarian Church from the Congregational Church in Concord, NH.
POLITICS: Federalist
SEE ALSO (son): Kent, William
SEE ALSO (daughter): Kent, Mary Jane / Thomas, Mary Jane Kent
SEE ALSO (son-in-law): Thomas, Moses George
SEE ALSO (in-law): Thomas, Moses
SEE ALSO (grandson): Thomas, William Channing
SEE ALSO (great-granddaughter): Blanding, Louise