Ancestry of
Jefferson Matthew Upton

(1961–)

Mercyra Kent

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• • 3rd Great-grandmother of Jefferson Matthew Upton — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 55 
  • Father:
  • Alexander Kent 
  • Mother:
  • Mercy F. Gray   
  • Birth Date:
  • 19 Jul 1800 
  • Birth Location:
  • Vermont 
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  • Death Date:
  • 29 Apr 1869 
  • Death Location:
  • prob. Illinois 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Stephen Amasa Frost
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1820 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Child:

  Mercy Ann Frost (Ahnentafel No:27 )

  • Notes: 

  • Mercyra Kent's given name is also seen as Masira, Mercina, Marcina, and Mercy.

    Some of the Daughters of the American Revolution applications give Mercyra Kent's death date as 29 FEB 1869 [sic] while others give it as 29 APR 1869. Since the former is an invalid date, it seems the latter is likely the correct date.

• Additional marriages for Mercyra Kent

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  • Spouse:
  • William Hotchkiss
  • Marriage Date:
  • AFT 28 Sep 1828

• Sources for Mercyra Kent

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A042869.
  • ² Federal Census, NY, Washington County, 1850, Hampton, Image 20 of 23.
  • ³ Federal Census, IL, Grundy County, 1860, Wauponsee, p. 162, Image 5 of 16.
  • ⁴ New York, U.S., State Census, 1855, Washington County, Hampton, Image 6 of 22.
  • ⁵ Frost, Thomas G. and Edward L. Frost. M.D., The Frost Family in England and America: With Special Reference to Edmund Frost and Some of His Descendants, Buffalo: Russell Printing Company (1909), 66.