Abraham Lent (September 11, 1789 – March 4, 1873) was a land surveyor
and political figure in
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland".
Most of the population are native Eng ...
. He represented Shelburne County in the
Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia
The Nova Scotia House of Assembly (french: Assemblée législative de la Nouvelle-Écosse; gd, Taigh Seanaidh Alba Nuadh), or Legislative Assembly, is the deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Nova Scotia of the province of Nova Scotia ...
from 1818 to 1820 and from 1833 to 1836.
Born in
Tusket, Nova Scotia
Tusket is a small fishing community located in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia on route 308.
History
"Neketaouksit", the Mi'kmaq word for the "Great Forked Tidal River", evolved to what is now called Tusket. The village was originally settled by ...
,
he was the son of
James Lent, a loyalist of
Dutch
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* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
descent who came to Tusket from New York state in 1784,
and Breechje Schmitt.
Lent served as the local collector of customs.
He married Mary Hatfield. Lent was also a
justice of the peace and a colonel in the militia.
His home in Tusket, originally built by his uncle, who was also named Abraham Lent, and later used as a customs house, has been recognized as a heritage property by the province of Nova Scotia.
References
1789 births
1873 deaths
Nova Scotia pre-Confederation MLAs
Canadian justices of the peace
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