James
Kent
Born in Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Son of William Kent
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Sarah Ann (Kent) Reed [half], Mariah (Kent) Brown [half], Rebecca Kent [half], Josiah Kent [half], John Kent [half] and Mary Ann Kent [half]
Husband of
Emily Ann (Porter) Kent
— married
20 Jul 1848 (to 17 Aug 1863) in Belmont, Ohio, United States
Descendants 
Father of
William Maple Kent and Robert Adair Kent
Died before
before age 48
in Noble, Ohio, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Dec 2017
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Biography
(6 December 1814 - bef. 17 August 1863)
James was born in 1814. He passed away before 17 August 1863.
1838
- 18 September - "Marriage of James Kent and Elizabeth Adair".[1]
1848
- 20 July - "Marriage of James Kent and Emily Ann Brasheors", Belmont, Ohio, United States.[2]
1850
- 9 November - "United States Census", Seneca, Guernsey, Ohio, United States.[3]
| Household | Name(Age) | Sex | Trade | R.E.Value | Born | In School | ||
| 12 | James Kent(36) | M | Farmer | $1500 | Pennsylvania | |||
| 13 | Emily A Kent(35) | F | Maryland | |||||
| 14 | Mary E. Kent(17) | F | Ohio | Y | ||||
| 15 | Mariah J. Kent(12) | F | Ohio | Y | ||||
| 16 | George A. Kent(9) | M | Ohio | Y | ||||
| 17 | William M. Kent(7) | M | Ohio | Y | ||||
| 18 | Robert A. Kent(4) | M | Ohio | |||||
| 19 | James M. Kent(1) | M | Ohio | |||||
1860
- 12 July - "United States Census", Marion Township, Noble, Ohio, United States.[4]
| Household | Name(Age) | Sex | Trade | R.E.Value | P.E.Value | Born | In School | ||
| 7 | James Kent(45) | M | Farmer | $1700 | $500 | Pennsylvania | |||
| 8 | Emely Kent(45) | F | Maryland | ||||||
| 9 | George Kent(18) | M | Ohio | Y | |||||
| 10 | Wm. Kent(16) | M | Ohio | Y | |||||
| 11 | Robert Kent(14) | M | Ohio | Y | |||||
| 12 | Sarah Kent(8) | F | Ohio | ||||||
| 13 | Charles Kent(6) | M | Ohio | ||||||
| 14 | Ranid Kent(3) | M | Ohio | ||||||
1863
- 8 April - "Will of James Kent, Noble, Ohio, United States.[5]
- "Named in Will"
- Emily A Kent, wife
- Sarah Elizabeth Kent, daughter
- Homer A. Kent, son
- George A. Kent, son
- William M. Kent, son
- Robert A. Kent, son
- John Kent, estate manager for minor sons, George, William and Robert Kent
- Morris Danford, executor
- Elijah Hathaway, witness
- Martin T. Sayers, witness
- "Named in Will"
17 August - "Will of deceased James Kent", accepted and recorded, Marion Township, Noble, Ohio.[5]
Sources
- ↑ Marriage of James Kent and Elizabeth Adair, "Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications", 1889-1970, Ancestry.com, [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Harold Winfield Kent descendant of Thomas Kent, image 2 of 627, James Kent and Elizabeth Adair; (https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/21203746?h=12608b).
- ↑ Marriage of James Kent and Emily Ann Brasheors, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XDWX-5XM : 10 December 2017), James Kent and Emily Ann Brasheors, 20 Jul 1848; citing Belmont, Ohio, United States, reference p 317; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 902,144.
- ↑ James Kent Household, "1850 United States Federal Census", database with images, FamilySearch; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXS1-BKN : 12 April 2016), James Kent family, Seneca, Guernsey, Ohio, United States; citing family 3080, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ James Kent Household, "1860 United States Federal Census", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCGS-X32 : 13 December 2017), James Kent family.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Will of James Kent, "Ohio Probate Records, 1789-1996," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9Q2-C94L?cc=1992421&wc=S2CX-829%3A266279501%2C266571901 : 1 July 2014), Noble > Wills 1851-1884 vol 1-2 > image 163 of 626; county courthouses, Ohio.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
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Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 721 markers, haplogroup I-M223, FTDNA kit #545291, MitoYDNA ID T12641 [compare] - Michael Kent :
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Jean (Blake) Timmons :
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~0.78%
Larry Kent :
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