Around 1683 Samuel Kent was born to Thomas Kent of Southwark.
Before 10th June 1708 Samuel Kent [aged 25] and Sarah Dean were married.
On or before 10th June 1708 [his daughter] Sarah Kent was born to Samuel Kent [aged 25] and [his wife] Sarah Dean. She was christened on 10th June 1708 at St Saviour's Church, Southwark. She married 29th January 1743 Charles Egleton and had issue.
In 1729 Samuel Kent [aged 46] was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey.
In 1730 Samuel Kent [aged 47] was appointed Distiller to the Court.
In 1731 Samuel Kent [aged 48] acquired Fornham Hall, Suffolk.
On 23rd January 1735 Samuel Kent [aged 52] was elected MP Ipswich which seat he held until his death on 8th October 1759.
On 29th January 1743 [his son-in-law] Charles Egleton and [his daughter] Sarah Kent [aged 34] were married.
On 8th October 1759 Samuel Kent [aged 76] died. His estates, including Fornham Hall, Suffolk, passed to his son Thomas Kent, then, in 1762, to his daughter's [aged 51] son Charles Egleton aka Kent 1st Baronet [aged 16] who changed his surname from Egleton to Kent.
[his son] Thomas Kent was born to Samuel Kent and Sarah Dean.