Name: Benjamin Kent
Burial Number: 0153
Gender: Male
Occupation: Tin Plate Worker or Tinsmith
Distinction: Brighton Resident
Born: 00/00/1799
Died: 00/4/1889
Buried: 13/04/1889
Story
Benjamin Kent was born in Brighton (Brighthelmstone) in 1799, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth nee Wood. His father was a carpenter. Benjamin’s siblings were Thomas, Elizabeth, Alice, John and Emily. His mother Elizabeth died in 1804 and his father in 1816. Benjamin married Catherine Crunden at St John’s Church, Piddinghoe, Sussex on 31st December 1821. Benjamin’s occupation was as a tin plate worker or tinsmith. He and Catherine settled in Bread Street, Brighton and had four children. Catherine died in 1858. After lodging in Kemp Street, Benjamin moved in with his daughter Emily and her husband Edward Wicks. By 1881 and now in his 80s, Benjamin moved in with his widowed daughter Alice in London Road, Brighton. Shortly after 1881, the family moved to Worthing where Alice ran a lodging house at 18 Milton Street. Benjamin died here c10th April and was buried at Heene on 13th April. No probate.
Researcher: Carol Sullivan
The Grave
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Headstone
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Further Information
Birth
Name: Benjamin Kent
Gender: Male
Born: 00/00/1799
Town: Brighton
County: Sussex
Country: England
Marriage
Maiden Name: Not applicable
Marriage Date: 31/12/1821
Spouse First Name: Catherine
Spouse Last Name: Crunden
Town of Marriage: Piddinghoe
County of Marriage: Sussex
Country of Marriage: England
Information at Death
Date of Death: 00/4/1889
Cause of death: Unknown
Address line 2: 18
Address line 3: Milton Street
Town: Worthing
County: Sussex
Country: England
Obituary
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Personal Effects
Money left to others: No value recorded
Current value of effects: Not calculated
Census Information
1841
Bread Street, Brighthelmstone (Brighton), Sussex.
Benjamin aged 40, tin plate worker. Catherine aged 40. Elizabeth aged 15. Alice aged 8. John aged 5. Sophia aged 2 (Emily).
1851
42 Bread Street, Brighton, Sussex.
Benjamin aged 52, tin plate worker. Catherine aged 47. John aged 14, errand boy. Emily aged 12.
1861
37 Kemp Street, Brighton, Sussex.
Benjamin aged 62, widower, tin plate worker. Boarding with John Riffen, labourer and family.
1871
11 Hayllars Cottages, Middle Street, Brighton, Sussex.
Edward Wicks aged 31, carpenter. Emily aged 31. Benjamin aged 7. Martha aged 5. Alice aged 2. Benjamin Kent aged 74, father-in-law, tin plate worker.
1881
124 London Road, Brighton, Sussex.
Alice Colman aged 47, widow, oil shopkeeper. Thomas aged 21, cabinet maker. Alice aged 19. Elizabeth aged 15, pupil teacher. Charles aged 10. Benjamin Kent aged 82, father, formerly tinsmith.
