Francis Kent was born on 6 June 1883, in Newark Township, Essex, New Jersey, United States as the son of Munson Kent and Eda Larsonen.
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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