Betsey Wheaton

F, (30 August 1781 - 5 February 1872)
Father-Biological*Christopher Wheaton b. 5 Mar 1748, d. 30 May 1798
Mother-Biological*Abigail Brewer b. 4 Dec 1751
Last Edited=21 Nov 2022
Gravestone of Elias and Betsey (Wheaton) Kent
     Betsey Wheaton was born on 30 August 1781 at Leicester, Massachusetts.1,2,3,4 She was the daughter of Christopher Wheaton and Abigail Brewer. Betsey Wheaton and an unknown person filed marriage intentions on 16 October 1802 at Leicester, Massachusetts.4

Betsey Wheaton, age 21, married Deacon Elias Kent, age 22 , son of Ebenezer Kent and Esther Stone, on 20 January 1803.

Children:
1. Austin Kent (1803-1881)
2. Elmina Kent (1809-1867)
3. Elias Wheaton Kent (1814-1883)
4. Alonzo Kent (1819-1895.)1,5,6


Betsey Wheaton died on 5 February 1872 at Mount Holly, Vermont, at age 90 from old age.1,3,7 She was buried at Green Hill Cemetery, Wallingford, Vermont.2

Citations

  1. Dale, Edward Irving. History and Genealogy of the Kent Family: Descendants of Richard Kent, Sen. Who Came to America in 1633. Spencer, Massachusetts: Edward Irving Dale, 1899.
  2. Find-a-Grave. Online https://www.findagrave.com/
  3. Gravestone Inscription.
  4. Systematic History Fund. Vital Records of Leicester, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1903.
  5. Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts. New York: The Lewis Publishing Co, 1907.
  6. Ancestry.com. Ancestry Member Trees - Use with Caution. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations.
  7. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2013.