Early Residents of Kent, Connecticut, 1769–1800

According to the original typescript, these records were "copied from an old account book at the Botsford home, Botsford Road and Housatonic Highway. Now the home of Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Peet Sr."

Information includes name of individual and, in some instances, a year next to the name. Although the transcription does not identify what the year represents, it is assumed that it indicates when a transaction was made. At the end of the transcription is a brief family record of the Botsford and Mills families.

The town of Kent, in Litchfield County, was established in 1739.

The original text is part of the R. Stanton Avery Collections at NEHGS. It can be viewed by NEHGS members at the our research library in Boston. The call number is MSS CT KEN 5.

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