Career
Foreign the New York state senator, see Abraham Lent (New York City). He represented Shelburne County in the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia from 1818 to 1820 and from 1833 to 1836. Born in Tusket, Nova Scotia, he was the son of James Lent, a loyalist of Dutch descent who came to Tusket from New York state in 1784, and Breechje Schmitt.
Lent served as the local collector of customs.
Lent was also a justice of the peace and a colonel in the militia.
