William Kent

Brief Life History of William

When William Kent was born about November 1802, in St Dennis, Cornwall, England, his father, William Kent, was 11799 and his mother, Grace Varcoe, was 24. He married Mary Best on 9 November 1823, in St Dennis, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in St Stephen, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and St Stephens by Saltash, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He died in April 1851, in Veryan, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 48.

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Family Time Line

William Kent
1802–1851
Mary Best
1805–1870
Marriage: 9 November 1823
Richard Best Kent
1824–1824
Richard Best Kent
1824–1889
Fanny Kent
1827–
John Kent
1837–
Sarah Kent
1839–
William Kent
1828–
James Kent
1830–
Felix Kent
1835–
Philemon Kent
1842–1928
Mary Kent
1843–

Sources (22)

  • William Kent, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • William Kent, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • William Kent, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "

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1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1823

Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

Name Meaning

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.

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