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Meet the Planters – Thomas Kent

A Brookfield Planter Family

Thomas Kent, Jr.

Thomas married Jane Peney and she bore him at least 10 children, eight of whom were twins. The children of Tom and Jane were as follows:

Order Name Birth Notes Thomas Kent, Jr. England married Jane Peney, in Gloucester on March 28, 1658. Died a freeman @ Gloucester on August 14, 1691. wife Jane Peney daughter of Thomas Peney

  1. Thomas Kent Mar. 31, 1660 @ Gloucester Thomas, (twin) died at Gloucester on August 3, 1696, probably unmarried.
  2. Josiah (twin) Mar. 31, 1660 @ Gloucester married Mary Lovekin on Apr 17, 1689. Died at Gloucester on May 19, 1725,
  3. Sarah (twin) Feb 22, 1660/1 married Richard Coy, Jr. at Brookfield on Dec 1, 1674
  4. Mary (twin) Feb 22, 1660/1
  5. Joanne (twin) Feb 24, 1664/5 died Mar 2, 1664/5
  6. Marcy Feb 24, 1664/5 died Mar 2, 1664/5
  7. Joannah Aug 5, 1666, married John Pulsever of Gloucester on December 31, 1684.
  8. & 9. Twin boys bet Aug 2 & Aug 5, 1675 nothing further is known of them, except they escaped the massacre.
  1. John Apr 11, 1676 @ Gloucester

Note: There may have been other children born at Brookfield, but no record has been found to confirm this.

Source: “Quaboag Plantation Alias Brookefeild” by Louis E. Roy, M. D., 1965, West Brookfield, MA., The Heffernan Press, Inc., Worcester, Massachusetts.