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Abigail Kent (Dudley)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Probably Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony
Death: circa October 26, 1704 (33-41)
Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Deacon William Dudley and Mary Dart
Wife of John Kent
Mother of Mary Kent; Captain John Kent; Abigail Copley; Deborah Hathaway; Dudley Kent and 3 others
Sister of Mary Mason; William Dudley, III; Deborah Brainerd; Samuel Dudley, I; Lieut. Joseph Dudley, V and 5 others

Managed by: Lori Lynn Wilke
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About Abigail Kent

John and Abigail had the following children, all born in Suffield, Connecticut

  1. John, born 26 Jan 1687/88' died 24 Jun 1737 in Suffield. He married 12 May 1708 in Suffield, Mary Smith, daughter of Samuel Smith and Joanna Claflin. Mary was born 18 Apr 1688 in Northampton, Massachusetts, and died 27 May 1729 in Suffield, Connecticut.
  2. Abigail, born 28 Sep 1690. She married 4 Feb 1713/14, Samuel Copley. Samuel was born 20 Sep 1682 in Suffield, Connecticut.
  3. Deborah, born 22 Aug 1693; died 16 Nov 1773 in Suffield. She married first, 25 Apr 1717, Shadrach Hathaway. Shadrach was born in 1688 in Massachusetts, and died 25 Mar 1721 in Suffield, Connecticut. Deborah married second, 15 Feb 1721/22, Jacob Hathaway. Jacob was born about 1690, and died 14 Feb 1774 in Suffield, Connecticut.
  4. Dudley, born 23 Oct 1695. He married Ruth Ruggles.
  5. Mary, born 29 Oct 1697; died about 1698 in Suffield.
  6. Daniel (twin), born 14 Dec 1698.
  7. Samuel (twin), born 14 Dec 1698; died 28 Oct 1772 in Suffield. He married 22 Feb 1721/22, Abiah Dwight, daughter of Nathaniel Dwight and Mehitabel Partridge. Abiah was born 17 Feb 1703/04 in Northampton, Massachusetts, and died 23 Feb 1747/48 in Suffield, Connecticut.
  8. Abner, born 7 Jun 1701. He married 5 Jan 1725/26, Elizabeth Rowe, daughter of Peter Rowe and Sarah Remington. Elizabeth was born 4 Mar 1698/99 in Suffield, Connecticut.
  9. Elisha, born 3 Jul 1704.

m. (1) 9 May 1686, Suffield, CT, Abigail Dudley; dau. of William Dudley & Mary Roe; b. 24 May 1667, Guilford, CT; d. 26 Oct 1704, Suffield, CT.


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Abigail Kent's Timeline

1667
May 24, 1667
Probably Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony
1687
January 25, 1687
1688
January 26, 1688
Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut
1690
September 28, 1690
1693
August 22, 1693
Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut
1695
October 23, 1695
Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
1698
December 14, 1698
Suffield, Hartford, CT, United States
1701
June 7, 1701
Suffield, , CT
1704
July 9, 1704
Suffield, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts