(reminded to subscribers - this is a list for the surname KENT not the place) KENT is at least mentioned in the following according to A Surname Guide to Massachusetts Town Histories by Phyllis O. Longver and Pauline J. Oesterlin. Town, Author, Title, Date Pub. Amesbury, David W. Hoyt, The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, 1897-1919 Arlington, Benjamin & William Cutter, History of the Town of Arlington, 1880 Billerica, Rev. Henry A. Hazen, History of Billerica, 1883 Braintree, William S. Pattee, A History of Old Braintree & Quincy, 1878 Brookdield, Louis E. Roy, Quaboag Plantation Alias Brookefield, no date Buckland, Fannie Shaw Kendrick, The History of Buckland, 1937 Cambridge, Lusius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, 1877 Charlestown, James F. Hunnewell, A Century of Town Life, 1868 Deerfield, George Sheldon, A History of Deerfield Vol VII, 1896 E. Brookfield, Louis E. Roy, History of East Brookfield Mass Edgartown, Charles Edward Banks, The History of Martha's Vineyard - Edgarton, 1925 Framingham, J. H. Temple, History of Framingham, 1887 Gayhead, Charles Edward Banks, The History of Martha's Vineyard - Gay Head, 1925 Gloucester, John J. Bason, History of the Town of Gloucester, 1880 Hadley, Sylvester Judd & Lucius M. Boltwood, History of Hadley Including Hatfield, So. Hadley, Amhersy, Granby, 1905 Harvard, Henry S. Nourse, History of the Town of Harvard, 1894 Haverhill, Geroge Wingate Chase, The History of Haverhill, 1861 Hingham, Town of Hingham, History of the Town of Hingham Vol II, 1893 Ipswich, Joseph B. Felt, History of Ipswich, Essex & Hamilton, 1834 Lexington, Charles Hudson, History of the Town of Lexington Vol II, 1913 Longmeadow, Town of Longmeadow, Proceedings At the Centennial Celebration of Longmeadow, 1884 Marshfield, Lysander Salmon Richards, History of Marshfield Vol II, 1905 Martha's Vineyard, Charles Edward Banks, The History of Martha's Vineyard, 1911 Medway, Rev. E. O. Jameson, The History of Medway, no date Nantucket, Lydia S. Hinchman, Early Settlers of Nantucket, 1901 Newbury, John J. Currier, History of Newbury Mass, 1902 Newbury & Newburyport, Joshua Coffin, A Sketch of the History of Newburyport & West Newbury, 1980 Northfield, J. H. Temple & George Sheldon, History of the Town of Northfield, 1875 Norton, Henry Parks Wright, Soldiers of Oakham Mass in the Rev. War, the War of 1812 & the Civil War, 1914 Princeton, Francis Everett Blake, History of the Town of Princeton Vol II, 1915 Rehoboth, Richard Lebaron Bowen, Early Rehoboth Vol II, 1946 Revere, Benjamin Shurtleff, The History of the Town of Revere, 1937 Rowley, George Brainard Blodgette & Amos Everett Jewett, Early Settlers of Rowley, 1981 Shirley, Seth Chandler, History of the Town of Shirley, 1883 Sunderland, John Montague Smith, History of the Town of Sunderland & Montague & Leverett, 1899 Watertown, Henry Bond, Genealogies of the Early Settler of Watertown, 1855 Whatley, History of the Town of Whately, 1899 Winchendon, Rev. A. P. Marvin, History of the Town of Winchendon, 1868 -- Lin Wright ethelind@athens.net -- ethelindw@aol.com -- ethelind@arches.uga.edu