Ancestors - Kent Family

B:1788
M:1809
D:1857



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Mary Ann (Marianne) Kent

Born 1788. Father was Thomas Kent.
Mother was Anne (surname unknown).
Occupation before marriage is seamstress. After marriage a sculptor. Portraits/sillhouettes of Shelley and Byron, by Marianne, are in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Married, 3rd July 1809 to James Henry Leigh Hunt.    
Children were...

Thornton (1810-1873)
John Horatio (1812-1846)
Mary Florimel (1813-1849)
Swinborne Percy (1816-1827)
James Henry Sylvan (1819-        )
Vincent Novello (1823-1852)
Julia Trelawney (1826-        )
Jacyntha Shelley (1828-1914)
Arabella (1829-1830)

The 1851 census for Marianne and her family.

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Some known addresses...
1815 to 1816 - Maida Vale, Edgware Road
1816  -  Hampstead Heath
1822  -  Pisa
1823 to 09/1825 - Florence
1825 - Highgate Hill, London
1828 to 1832 - Epsom, Old Brompton, St John's Wood, & finally New Road, Marylebone
1833 to 1840 - 4 Cheyne Row, London
1840 to 1851 - 33 Edwardes Square, Kensington

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Thomas Kent   (Father of above Mary Ann)

Married to Ann (surname unknown).
Occupation Linen draper. A court milliner (Royal Court in Brighton).
Children were...


Mary Anne (1788-        )
Elizabeth (1790-        )
Thomas Joseph (1786-1849)


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