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JENT Family History

This interesting surname, with variant spellings Jent and Ghent, is of early medieval French origin, and is from a nickname for one who was "well born, courteous and noble in conduct". It derives from the Middle English "gente", a development of the Old French "gent" meaning "well born" or "noble". The surname was first recorded in the late 12th Century (see below). One John Gent is recorded in the Pipe Rolls for Worcestershire, 1200. On October 1st 1555, Edward Gent was christened in St. Peter's, Westcheap, London, and Dorothy Gent married John Jones on April 22nd 1577, in St.