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John Kent was born circa 1809 in Bourton, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom to John Kent (c1776-1851) and Elizabeth Rickards (c1776-1816) and died 25 December 1862 Maryborough, Queensland, Australia of unspecified causes. He married Marjory Ballow (1811-1890) 21 June 1842 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

He is described as "F.R.G.S., Commissioner of Crown Lands Mitchell District, and Late Assistant Commissary General to H.M. Forces" on Emily Eleanor Kent's marriage in 1862.

Children


Offspring of John Kent and Marjory Ballow (1811-1890)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Agnes Anna Kent (c1836-1911) 1836 3 August 1911 Mosman, New South Wales, Australia Edwin Torrens Brissenden (c1836-1907)
Cordelia Elizabeth Kent (1843-1843)
Emily Eleanor Kent (1844-1921) 10 March 1844 Queensland, Australia 7 June 1921 "Waratah", Treasure street, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia Berkeley Basil Reynolds-Moreton, 4th Earl of Ducie (1834-1924)
Keith Capel Kent (1845-1917)
Frederick Clunie Kent (1848-1848)
Mary Ellen Kent (1849-1945) 5 May 1849 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 26 March 1945 "Cooyar", Woolwich, New South Wales, Australia Seymour Reynolds-Moreton (1841-1905)
Douglas Vaux Kent (c1850-1879)








Footnotes (including sources)

‡ General
₪ Wedding
  • On the 21st June last, at Brisbane, Moreton Bay, by the Rev. J. C. S. Handt, Deputy Assistant Commissary General Kent, to Marjory, only daughter of the late John Ballow, Esq., Montrose, North Britain.
The Sydney Herald, 13 July 1842, page 3
¶ Death
  • On the 25th December, at his residence, Maryborough, John Kent, Esq., aged 53.
Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser, 1 January 1863, page 2