Elizabeth 'Betsey' Lent (Hartwell)

Elizabeth Lent (Hartwell)

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Elizabeth Hartwell married Abel Lent and lived on Lent's Hill in Couhocton. They had several children. Rachel Lent, one of the daughters, married William Rynders, now a citizen of Branchpoint. Rosetta, her sister, was the wife of the late Caspar Hibbard, of Jerusalem. Another sister, Maria, who was a school teacher, married John Atwell and resides near Blood's Corners. After the death of his wife Elizabeth, Mr. Lent married Abigail Wilkinson, a daughter of Jephthah Wilkinson, and sister of Mrs. John Potter, thus a cousin of his first wife.

History and Directory of Yates County

"She was a tailoress, milliner, an energetic, self-reliant woman, her mother's main stay and heroic assistant in the hazardous duty of bringing the family and remnant of their good over the Niagara river when driven from Canada."
-- HOA page 45