Kent family.

Remember Kent (1775-1855) was born on June 11, 1775, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, to Ezekiel and Ruth (Gary/Garey/Geary) Kent. He was descended from Joseph Kent of England, an emigrant to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1645, who settled in Swansea, Mass. Remember Kent removed to Calais, Vermont, in 1798, and a year later married Rachel Bliss, who had also come there from Rehoboth. The couple settled and farmed at a crossroads which would become known as Kents Corner, near the center of the town.

Ira Rich Kent (1803-1898), known as Ira, was the third of Remember and Rachel (Bliss) Kent's eight children. Ira's siblings were Remember, Jr. (1799-1881); Rachel Bliss (1800-1897); Abdiel (1805-1887); George (1805-1885); Ezekiel (1811-1893); John Van Rensselaer (1813-1892); and Samuel Newell Kent (1817-1835). Ira Kent was primarily a farmer. From about 1837 to 1860, he and his brother Abdiel ran several businesses together as "I. & A. Kent" at the brick tavern at Kents Corner, a stage stop en route to Canada. The enterprising and increasingly prosperous Ira and Abdiel also ran a saw mill, a harness-making business, a starch factory, a haulage business, a woolen mill and hotel in Craftsbury, Vt., and a store in Woodbury, Vt.

Ira and Polly Kent's son, Ira Richardson "Rich" Kent (1834-1875), became a business partner in the mercantile business of J.E. Bacon in Spencer, Massachusetts, after working at I. & A. Kent's mercantile business. Leroy Abdiel "Roy" Kent (1843-1911) was the fourth of Ira and Polly (Curtiss) Kent's five children. Leroy attended a commercial school in Providence, Rhode Island, and was employed in his early years in Burlington, Iowa, in transportation. In 1866, he returned to Vermont where he worked as a merchant in a Craftsbury general store. Between 1873 and 1893, Leroy was a merchant in Calais. He married Susan Blanche Hollister (1852-1938), known as Blanche, of Hollister Hill in Marshfield, Vermont, in 1875. In 1898, Leroy and Blanche removed to Hardwick, Vermont, where Leroy became an active partner in the J.H. McLoud & Company, and a director of the Hardwick Savings Bank & Trust Company.

Ira Rich Kent (1876-1945), also known as Rich, was born on Oct. 28, 1876, in Calais. He graduated from the Goddard Seminary, Barre, Vermont, and Tufts College in Boston. After graduation, he settled in Boston to pursue a career in writing and publishing. He was first employed as a writer and editor at The Youth Companion, a monthly newspaper-format magazine offering serialized stories for young people. He remained there from 1900 to 1925, eventually becoming editor-in-chief. He was hired by Houghton Mifflin Company of Boston, where he served as managing editor until his death on November 9, 1945. In 1912, Rich married Louise "Lulie" Andrews (1866-1969). Lulie, a Boston debutante, graduated from Simmons College School of Library Science in Boston, and became a noted author. Her writing career began as a newspaper columnist for the Boston Traveler under the pen name, "Theresa Tempest." She later assumed the persona of "Mrs. Appleyard" to write a series of New England cookbooks.

Rich and Lulie's children, Kenty, Sam, and Posy, comprise the final generation of this collection. All three were born in Brookline, Massachusetts, and raised in Brookline and Calais. The eldest child, Elizabeth Van Rensselaer "Kenty" Kent (1913-1985), attended the Park School and the Winsor School in Brookline, and graduated from Bryn Mawr College (Pa.) in 1935. Their next oldest, Hollister "Sam" Kent (1916-1974), graduated from the Milton (Mass.) Academy, from Harvard College with a B.S., and from Cornell University with a Masters and a Ph.D. He was drafted into the U.S. Army during World War II, and served in the 10th Mountain Division. The youngest, Rosamond Mary "Posy" Kent was born on May 16, 1922. She attended the Park and Winsor Schools in Brookline, and graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1945. She went on to attain her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees.

From the description of Kent family papers : Louise Andrews Kent collection, 1783-2000 (bulk:1875-1969). (Vermont Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 726870206