Abbot Kent (1745 - 1811)

Husband of Ann (Luck) Kent — married 11 Jul 1769 in Hackney, Middlesex, England

Descendants

Died 4 Jul 1811 at about age 66 in Muswell Hill, Middlesex, England

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Biography

Abbot KENT. ^[1]

Marriage:
11 July 1769, Hackney, Middlesex.^[2]

Burial: Abbott Kent, aged 66, buried 10 July 1811, Bunhill Fields, Muswell Hill, Middlesex. ^[3][4][5]

Abbott was born in 1745.

Abbott married Ann Sarah Luck on 11 July 1769 in Hackney, Middlesex ^[6] The marriage register stated that Abbott Kent of the parish of All Hallows on the Wall, Batchelor and Ann Luck of this parish Spinster married by Licence on 11th July 1769, witnessed by Sam Luck and Mar Luck ^[7]

Support for religious and charitable causes

Abbott was listed as a supporter of the was listed as a supporter of the Society for Promoting Religious Knowledge among the poor in the 1779 report which the charity published. The report recorded him as Abbott Kent of Carpenters Hall and that he had been supporter since 1775^[8].

The Abbott family were supporters of the protestant Dissenting Charity School, Wood Street, Spitalfields and their donations were listed in the 1803 report to supporters

1796 Kent Abbott Carpenters Hall
1799 Kent William Carpenters Hall
1799 Kent Miss Susannah, ditto
1799 Kent John Highbury Terrace
1802 Kent Mrs Bishopsgate without
^[9]

Kent was included in the Dissenting Academy at Homerton list of contributors defraying the expense of the alterations and repairs at Homerton in 1811, and was shown as Executors of Abbot Kent, Esq..

Death and Burial

He passed away in 1811. He was buried on 11 July 1811 at Bunhill Fields burial ground, used by nonconformists^[10]. The burial registered stated he was 66 years old, and was from Muswell Hill ^[11]

Details of Upholstery and cabinet making business

Entry from British and Irish Furniture makers on line

Kent, Abbot, the Carpenters’ Hall, 65 and 67 London Wall, London, upholster and cabinet maker (trading between 1769–c. 1810). Son of William Kent of Braintree, Essex, peruke maker. He was the brother of John Kent and the father of William Kent, both London upholsterers. Abbot Kent was app. to William Kent on 3 July 1760 and to Samuel Luck, shipwright on 4 September 1762. He was made free of the Upholders’ Co. by servitude on 5 April 1769. In 1778 his address was given as Whitechapel but from 1781 at London Wall. From 1779 the business was conducted as a partnership with Samuel Luck, the son of the man he was apprenticed to. This partnership traded as Kent & Luck. He took as app. his son William, 1788–96, and by 1810 he had also joined the partnership. Alternative trading styles noted in this period are Kent, Luck & Kent, Kent & Co. and Kent & Sons. They claimed to be sole agents for the sale of Axminster Carpets and carpet manufacturers to Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales and to the Duke of Kent. They undertook funerals and conducted appraisements. William Kent is recorded as a subscriber to Sheraton's Drawing Book in 1793, and the Cabinet Dictionary 1803, and Kent & Luck are included in the list of master cabinet makers in the latter publication. The firm was employed under the direction of Sir John Soane to make furniture for the Bank of England, and supplied Sir Thomas Baring with six hearthrugs on 20 December 1798 at a cost of £7 7s. Lady Ann Connolly was a customer in 1810. The exact date when Abbot Kent relinquished his interest in the firm is unknown but from c. 1810 William Kent was probably the most active member of the family engaged in its affairs. [D; GL, Upholders’ Co. records; Museum of London A22547; Heal; R.A. Woods, English Furniture in the Bank of England, p. 1] ^[12]

See Also

His picture at the British Museum, described as Abbott Kent of Carpenters Hall, 1745-1811

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Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S-742749987
2. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NN1X-NHQ : 8 March 2018), Abbott Kent and MM9.1.1/NN1X-NH3:, 11 Jul 1769; citing Hackney, Middlesex, England, reference 0 1841 P. 0151, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 2,214,815.
3. ↑ Source: City of London Burials 1754-1855, Greater London Burial Index, Transcription available at Find My Past (£)
4. ↑ The National Archives reference: TNA/RG/4/3992, LONDON: Bunhill Field's Burial Ground, City Road: Burials. Record set: England & Wales Non-Conformist Burials
5. ↑ The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; General Register Office: Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths surrendered to the Non-parochial Registers Commissions of 1837 and 1857; Class Number: RG 4; Piece Number: 3992 Ancestry Record 2972 #1501141
6. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NN1X-NHQ : 12 March 2020), Abbott Kent, 1769.
7. ↑ London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: p79/jn1/049 Description Year: 1754-1803 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1623/images/31280_195158-00145?treeid=169825740&personid=342273387369&hintid=1042742209594&usePUB=true&_phsrc=HKS1597&_phstart=default&usePUBJs=true&pId=5074164
8. ↑ Society for Promoting Religious Knowledge among the Poor
9. ↑ A Brief State of the Protestant Dissenting Charity School ... for educating and clothing poor children of both sexes, etc. (1803). (n.p.): (n.p.). accessed from Google Books https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/A_Brief_State_of_the_Protestant_Dissenti/b2ZpAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 accessed by Trevor Pickup on 23 February 2021
10. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWZ9-MNY : 11 December 2014), Abbot Kent, 11 Jul 1811, Burial; citing p. 138, Bunhill Fields, London, record group RG4, Public Record Office, London.
11. ↑ The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; General Register Office: Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths Surrendered to the Non-Parochial Registers Commissions of 1837 and 1857; Class Number: RG 4; Piece Number: 3992 Description Piece Title: Piece 3992: Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, City Road, 1810-1812 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/2972/images/40612_B0151300-00137?usePUB=true&_phsrc=HKS1558&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=1501141
12. ↑ From https://bifmo.history.ac.uk/entry/kent-abbot-1769-1810 accessed by Trevor Pickup on 23 February 2021

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