Barnard, Ella K. (Ella Kent), b. 1853.

Daniel Kent, son of William and Ann Kent of Limerick, Ireland, emigrated to Chester County, Pa., in 1785; he joined the Society of Friends (Quakers) in 1790, and married Esther Hawley in 1791. They had 8 children, among whom were Joseph, who married Maria Jane Cook, and Benjamin, who married Hannah Simmons. Daniel's granddaughter, Mary Anna Kent, daughter of Joseph and Maria Jane Kent, married John Barnard in 1849; their only daughter, Ella Kent Barnard, was born in 1853. Benjamin and Hannah Simmons Kent had eight children; their oldest son, Henry S. Kent, married Patience Webster in 1859.