Kent (Y-DNA)
Contents
Status summary
Completed as of October 10, 2020:
- Recruiting direct male-line descendants of Joseph Kent for NGS/WGS testing - anyone interested in submitting their DNA for testing should contact Raymond T. Wing (email: wing.genealogist AT gmail DOT com)
Biography
First Generation
Joseph Kent was born in England about 1637.[1] and died Rehoboth 5 Sep 1704. While his parents are currently unknown, he had brothers Joshua & John. Joseph married at Swansea before 1665 to Susanna ______ Austin, widow of George Austin. They had four children: Joseph, Samuel, Joshua & Susanna
Second Generation
Joseph Kent (II) was born at Swansea about 1665. He married twice, first Dorothy Brown and second Mary ____. He only had children by his first wife and they had nine[2] children: Lydia (1691), Joseph (1693), Dorothy (1695), John (1697), Hezekiah (1699/1700), Susanna (1701/2), Mary (1703/4) and James (1707).
(Ens.) Samuel Kent was born Swansea 23 Mar 1668 and died Barrington (now in RI) 15 May 1737. He married Desire Cushman and they had two children (born Swansea): Hannah (1702) and Josiah (1705).
Joshua Kent was born Taunton about 1672 and died Barrington, RI 14 Aug 1725. He married Mary Toogood and had six daughters: Sarah, Hannah, Susanna, Lydia, Mary & Bethiah.
Third Generation
Joseph Kent was born Swansea 1693
John Kent was born Swansea 1697
Hezekiah Kent was born Swansea 1699/1700
James Kent was born Swansea 1707
Josiah Kent was born Swansea 1705
- ↑ He deposed 19 Mar 1653 aged 16
- ↑ The Rehoboth VRs give the mother as Clarissa for children 4-9, but no other record gives this name. Needs further research. mtDNA of this family may be able to determine whether their was a third wife.
DNA results
Current results
The Kent Family & DNA Project currently does not publish their DNA results online.
NGS/WGS testing
Y-DNA descendant(s) of Joseph Kent need to publicly disclose their Y-DNA results in order to place their family.
External links & References
Lainhart, Ann Smith and Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 23 (Howland) Part 1 (First 4 generations of some children), General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA 2006 Briggs, L. Vernon, Genealogies of the Different Families Bearing the Name of Kent in the United States: Together with Their Possible English Ancestry A.D. 1295-1898Rockwell and Churchill Press, Boston, MA 1898
