Abigail (Sykes) Kent (1760 - 1792)

Born 30 Jan 1760 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

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Died 18 Aug 1792 at age 32 in Dorset, Bennington, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Birth Record

Abigail Sykes was born on 30 Jan 1760 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, Abigail is the daughter of Titus Sikes and Rhoda Miller ^[1]

Marriage

Dan Kent and Abigail Sieks (Sykes) were United In Marriage on 11 January 1780 in Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont, USA. ^[2]

First wife of Rev. Dan Kent. Ninth-born of the sixteen children of Revolutionary War soldier Titus Sykes, Jr. and his wife, Rhoda MILLER. Mother of Clarissa Kent (1781-1819, married Joseph BARBER), Dan Monsieur Kent (1783-1830, married Mehitable GOODRICH), Abigail Madame Kent (1785-1845, married Gordon Bibens SOUTHWORTH), Horatio Kent (1787-1833), Eudosia Kent (1790-1871, married Ira HARMON) and Theodore Kent (1792-1884, married Lucinda "Lucy" ARNOLD). Abigail died four days after the birth of her last child.

Death Record

Abigail Sykes Kent passed away on 18 August 1792 in Dorset, Vermont, Her husband is listed as Dan Kent. ^[3]

Death and Burial

Abigail Sykes Kent passed away on 18 August 1792 in Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont, USA. She was just 32 Years old. Abigial is buried with her Family at Maple Hill Cemetery, Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont, USA ; ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMW-VZF2 : 22 July 2021), Abigail, 1760.
2. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V8M1-Z4D : 19 February 2021), Dan Kent and Abigal Sieks, 1780.
3. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFVL-5QL : 19 February 2021), Abigail Sykes Kent, 1792.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10608388/abigail-kent : accessed 27 May 2022), memorial page for Abigail Sykes Kent (30 Jan 1760–18 Aug 1792), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10608388, citing Maple Hill Cemetery, Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont, USA ; Maintained by Lynnsdaughter (contributor 46774021) .

• http://www.suffieldhistoricalsociety.org/families_sikes
• Lineage Book - National Society of the Daughters of the American ..., Volume 14 By Daughters of the American Revolution [1] [2]
• http://files.usgwarchives.net/vt/rutland/history/letters/extracts91gms.txt
• http://sikes-sykesfamilies.rootsweb.com/al-richard-sikes.htm