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Desire <I>Cushman</I> Kent

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Desire Cushman Kent

Birth
Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
8 Feb 1762 (aged 93–94)
Barrington, Bristol County, Rhode Island, USA
Burial
Barrington, Bristol County, Rhode Island, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.7354071, Longitude: -71.2912783
Memorial ID
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W/O Samuel (of Barrington)
A second child of Desire Cushman Kent and Ens. Samuel Kent was Josiah Kent, born September 9, 1705 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts and died between May 9 and August 1, 1748. He married Alethea Bullock on September 4, 1730 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Mass. (from Peter Williams (47671841))
W/O Samuel (of Barrington)
A second child of Desire Cushman Kent and Ens. Samuel Kent was Josiah Kent, born September 9, 1705 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts and died between May 9 and August 1, 1748. He married Alethea Bullock on September 4, 1730 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Mass. (from Peter Williams (47671841))

Inscription

According to A History of Barrington, Rhode Island https://books.google.com/books?id=yvJEAAAAYAAJ pg 467

Desire Kent's gravestone reads:

MRS. DESIRE KENT
Wdo. of
Mr. Samuel Kent
of Barrington
Was the first English
Woman’s Grand Daughter
on New England
Died Febry ye 8th
A. D. 1762
Aged about
94 years.



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  • Created by: Julie Nathanson
  • Added: Jul 23, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55328369/desire-kent: accessed ), memorial page for Desire Cushman Kent (1668–8 Feb 1762), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55328369, citing Tyler Point Cemetery, Barrington, Bristol County, Rhode Island, USA; Maintained by Julie Nathanson (contributor 46867640).