When Abagail Kent was born on 31 March 1782, in Dorset, Bennington, Vermont, United States, her father, Moses Kent, was 25 and her mother, Abigail Harmon, was 25. She married Oliver Williams in 1801, in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 29 April 1848, at the age of 66.
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The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
On March 4, 1791, Vermont became the 14th state.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
English and Irish: habitational name from the county of Kent. The surname is also established in Ireland, where English bearers of this name settled in Meath, in the 13th century. The name has been Gaelicized as Ceannt.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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