By Ella K. Barnard

Who was Daniel Kent? This volume was published to preserve the contents of the old letters and papers of Daniel Kent, emigrant to America and called a 'redemptioner', who became a useful member of the community that he lived in. Provided is the Kent history and origin of the name, noted men bearing the name, records of marriages, births, deaths, wills, details of Daniel's passage and settlement in America, his indenture and his freedom, his family and genealogy. Readers will also learn about Quakers, the Bradford Meeting House, Yellow Fever in Philadelphia, Joseph Hawley and his relationship, and a map of Chester County, Pennsylvania,   

(135p., Illus, Index, 1904)