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Capt. John Kent
was among the very early settlers in Remsen, coming from Southwick, Mass.
His wife, Grace, born
in Southwick July 31, 1751,
was a daughter of John & Anna Loomis Root. Mr. Kent was a soldier in
the Revolution
having enlisted three times;
the last time to serve three years, but the war closed before the expiration
of the time of his
enlistment. Broughton W. Green
is authority for the statement that the first marriage in Remsen was that
of a daughter
of Mr. Kent; and also that he
kept the first hotel in the township. He died here in 1795 or 96.
A Narrative History of Remsen
New York including parts of adjoining townships of Steuben and Trenton
1789-1898,
by Millard F. Roberts, pub.
1914
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Silas Kent Sr.,
born in Southwick, Mass. February 5, 1778, came to Remsen before 1800 and
was married here
March 25, 1801. His wife, Annis,
was also a native of Connecticut, born in New Milford, October 1, 1782.
He died
here February 17, 1813, aged
thirty-five years, and his widow survived him until June 17, 1864, dying
at the age of
eighty-one years. Their children
were Chester, born January 1, 1802; Grace G., born March 1, 1803, married
Norman Brainard, removed to
Oakland county, Mich.; John, born November 7, 1804, removed to Chautauqua
county, NY, died April 13, 1873;
Sylvina, born July 27, 1806, married Eleazer Green and removed to Harmony,
NY;
Silas Jr. born July 7, 1808,
a successful farmer, died August 27, 1896; and Annis (Mrs. Sage), born
May 6, 1812,
removed to Fauquier county,
Va.
A Narrative History of Remsen
New York including parts of adjoining townships of Steuben and Trenton
1789-1898,
by Millard F. Roberts, pub.
1914
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Rev.
Samuel Kirkland
In 1766, Rev. Samuel Kirkland, a native of
Connecticut, and a graduate of Princeton college, New Jersey, settled among
the Oneidas, as a missionary. Through his influence they were restrained
from engaging on the side of the British during the war of the revolution.
Mr. Kirkland remained among the Indians during
the war, was interpreter to the American officers who visited the, and
officiated as chaplain to the army during Sullivan's campaign. After the
revolution he settled again in Oneida county, and the legislature of the
state granted him the township of Kirkland, as an acknowledgement of his
valuable services to the state of his adoption..
From "Geography of the State of New York"
published by J. H. Mather & Co. at Hartford in 1847. Pages 280-281.
Sheila Hoffman