Lent

Origin of the Lent Surname

"The origins of the surname Lent are found in Buckingham where people held a family seat from early times as Kings of the palace. The Saxon effects of English history declined after the war of Hastings in 1066. The language of the court was French for the next three centuries and after the Norman control. But Saxon surnames remained, and the family name first set down in the year 1275 when Clemence de Lentone held estates." (Source)

GENERATION 1

Hercules Archelaus Lent was born on May 1, 1768 in Albany, NY and died Abt. 1835 in Highgate, Franklin, Vermont. He married Elizabeth Proper (1769-1844), daughter of Jacobus Proper (1741-1805) and Eva Althauser (1744-1790) on Apr 27, 1789 in Albany, NY. They had 8 children:

1	Richard Lent (Feb 15, 1790 in Easton, NY - ) Married Mary Hinerth (-) 1. Melvin Merrit Lent (1857-1935) 2. Grace Lent (-)
2	David Lent (Jun 1793 - )
3	James Lent (1796 - )
4	Peter Lent (1801 - ) Married Elizabeth Buckmaster (-)
5	Elizabeth Lent (Sep 6, 1802 in PA - Jul 10, 1882 in Hanover, OH)
6	John Lent (May 26, 1805 in Highgate, VT - Mar 1, 1854) Married Sarah Pounds (-) - 5 children
7	Charity Lent (See Below)
8	Chester Lent (Nov 6, 1810 in Highgate, VT - 1857 in Vernon, MO) Married Susannah Frasure (1815-1882) on Apr 13, 1835 in Holmes, OH - 11 children

GENERATION 2

(Charity and her husband Lorenzo)
(Jessie and her husband James William Warner)

Charity Lent, daughter of Hercules and Elizabeth was born on Aug 20, 1807 in Franklin Co., VT
and died on May 29, 1883 in Milan, Sumner Co., KS.
She married Lorenzo Dow Warner (1808-1863) on Mar 27, 1828 in Holmes, OH.

See Lorenzo Dow Warner's surname page for the continuation of this line.

Surnames that married into the Lent family
Proper	Warner