Henry Medcalf Gent was the 1st son of Jonathan Gent (1785-1851)
Henry was christened at St Andrew, Leyland on 21 April 1809, but a number of censuses state his birthplace as Blackburn, which is highly likely as his parents were married on 6 March 1809 at St Mary in Blackburn.
Henry was a joiner and a beer seller. He married Alice Lawson on 30 August 1829 in Bolton when he was aged 20 and she was 19 years old. They had 12 children in total, two-thirds of which died in infancy in Bolton.
His 3 surviving children all lived into their sixties.
Name |
Dates |
Spouse(s) |
Wedding Year |
Place |
| Elizabeth Towers Gent | 1833-1894 | James McNiven | 1858 | St Peter, Bolton |
| Mary Ann Gent | 1836-1904 | Moses Crankshaw | 1860 | St George, Bolton |
| John Lawson Gent | 1837-1840 | |||
| James Lawson Gent | 1839-1901 | |||
| John Towers Gent | 1840-1842 | |||
| George Towers Gent | 1842-1842 | |||
| Louisa Medcalf Gent | 1843-1846 | |||
| Jonathan Towers Gent | 1844-1845 | |||
| Sarah Jane Gent | 1847-1858 | |||
| Alice Gent | 1848- | William Baron | 1870 | Holy Trinity, Bolton |
| Henry Gent | 1849-1849 | |||
| Ann Gent | 1851-1851 |
[Infant mortality in Bolton in mid C19]