Descendants of Thomas Prentice, Trooper

first generation: "The First Newton Branch"

THOMAS PRENTICE, Capt., `Trooper’, of the First Newton Branch, b. 1621 in England, d. 1710. Married in England about 1643 to Grace Bull, b. 1624, d. 1692.

Children of Thomas and Grace:

1. Grace (1648 - 1681 ) m. Capt./Dea. Thomas Oliver.
2. Capt. Thomas Jr., Inf. (1649 - 1685) [twin of Elizabeth] m. Sara Stanton
3. Elizabeth (1649 - 1676) [twin of Thomas] m. Thomas Aldridge
4. Mary (1650 - ) m. Joseph Stanton
5. Henry (1652 -1654)
6. John (1653 - 1654)
7. John (1655 - 1689) m. Elizabeth Jackson
8. Hannah (1661 - 1738)

second generation:

THOMAS PRENTICE Jr., Capt., `Inf.’, (1649 - 1685) [ twin of sister Elizabeth] m. March 20, 1675 Sara Stanton (1655 - _____) [d/o Capt. Thomas Stanton and wife Ann Lord] They had four children. Sara married second Capt. William Denison and they had three children.

Children of Thomas and Sara:

1. Thomas II, Capt. (abt.1676 -1729) m. Elizabeth Jackson
2. Grace (aft. 1677 - _____)
3. Samuel Sr., Sen. (1680 - 1728) m. Esther Hammond
4. John, Rev. (1682 - 1748) m. 1^st Mary Gardner, m 2^nd Prudence Foster

Children of Sara(h) and second husband William:

1. William Denison
2. Sarah Denison
3. George Denison

third generation: The Stonnington, CT. Branch

Sen. SAMUEL PRENTICE Sr., (1680 - 1728) m. abt. 1700, Esther Hammond (abt. 1680 - _____) [d/o Nathaniel Hammond and wife Mary ?? of Newton, Mass.]

Children of Samuel Sr. and Esther:

1. Samuel Jr., Dea. (1702 - 1773) m.1^st Abigail Billings, m. 2^nd Ann Dennison.
2. Grace (1705 - _____)
3. Mary (1708 - _____)
4. Jonas (1710 - 1766) m. Lucy Denison
5. Esther (1713 - _____)
6. Oliver, Rev. (1715 - 1755)
7. Eunice (1717 - 18__) m. 1^st Col. Asa Emmons, m. 2^nd William Fairchild
8. Thomas, Hon., Capt. (1719 - 1783) m. Elizabeth Baldwin
9. Dorothy (1723 - ____)

fourth generation: The Stonington CT. Branch

Dea. SAMUEL PRENTICE Jr., (1702 - 1773) m. aft. 1720 1^st Abigail Billings (1707 - 1789) [d/o Ebenezer Billings and wife Phoebe Denison] m. 2^nd Ann Dennison, (1718 -____) [sister of Abigail, Ref.: Descendants of Denison ] no children by this marriage.

Children of Samuel Jr. and Abigail:

1. Dorothy (1727 - ____)
2. Samuel (1729 - 1734)
3. Ebenezer (1731 - ____)
4. John (1733 - 1810) m.1^st Mary Haskel, m. 2^nd. Rebecca ??
5. Abigail (1734 - ____) m. Eleazer Williams
6. Joshua (1737 - 1794) m. 1^st Elizabeth Stanton, m. 2^nd Polly Shepard
7. Phoebe (1738- ____) m. Henry Hewitt
8. Asa (1740 - 1742)
9. Jonas (1742 - 1766)
10. Jesse, Lieut. (1743 - 1811) m. Elizabeth Belcher
11. Esther (1745 - 1751)
12. Amos, Dr. MD, (1748 - 1805) m. Anna Owen
13. Grace (1750 - ____) m. _______ Sheperd

fifth generation:

Lieut. JESSE PRENTICE (1743 - 1811) m. abt. 1790, Elizabeth Belcher (1756 - 1844) [d/o Moses Belcher and wife Esther Rudd of Preston, CT.]. Jesse was a Lieut. in the Revolutionary War, siege of Yorktown and other battles, and is our representative to the DAR and SAR. {Jesse was born and died in Stonington, CT. }

Children of Jesse and Elizabeth:

1. Joseph (1793 - aft.1842) m. 1^st Dolly Robbins, m. 2^nd Tryphena Baxter
2. Fanny (1796 - 1861 [never married]
3. Alfred Belcher (1798 - 1881) m. 1^st Catherine Huff Simons, m. 2^nd Laura Lucretia Goodspeed
4. Jesse Jr. (1801 - 1862) m. 1^st Vesta Cushman, m. 2^nd Millicent Purdy

sixth generation:

JOSEPH PRENTICE (1793 - aft.1842) m. 1^st on Thanksgiving day, November 13, 1816, Dolly Robbins (1799 - 1842) [ d/o Ebenezer Robbins and wife Asseneth Richmond] They had nine children. He m. 2^nd Tryphena Baxter (1798 - ____) They had no children.

Children of Joseph and Dolly:

1. George Belcher (1817 - 1873) m. 1^st Susan Azubah Barber, m. 2^nd Jane Gleeson
2. Charles Fredrick, Dea. (1819 - 1871) m. 1^st Mary Adeline Phelps, m 2^nd Sarah Dickson
3. William (1822 - 1825)
4. Cynthia Marie (1824 - 1856) m. Sheldon Hinsdale
5. Emma (1826 - D.Y.)
6. William Francis (1829 - 1905) m. Mary Jane Miller
7. Orlando Robbins (1830 - 1876) m. Jane King
8. Edwin (1834 - 1862) m. Adeline Smith
9. Cornelia Adelaide (1835 - 1910) m. Richard B. Spitzer

seventh generation:

WILLIAM FRANCIS PRENTICE (1829 - 1905) m. in 1862, Jane Miller, (abt. 1840 - 1904) in Iowa. [ parents unknown ] note: Binney notes Jane as Mills but this is corrected by Margaret C. Thompson in her "Descendants and genealogy of Lieut. Jesse Prentice and Elizabeth Belcher - 1931". Also, Mrs. Sandra Prentice Warren of Newark Valley, NY, has a gold leaf embossed study bible with Jane Miller’s name on the cover. William and Jane had one child.

Children of William Francis and Jane:

1. Ulysses Grant (1864 - 1951) m. Bertha Mead

eighth generation:

ULYSSES GRANT PRENTICE (1864 - 1951) m. on February 23, 1893, Bertha Mead (1868 - 1934) [d/o Ebenezer Mead and wife Phoebe Henderson of Candor, NY] Ulysses was a carpenter by trade. They had four children. { Ulysses cousin, the 4^th. child of Orlando Robbins Prentice, was also named Ulysses Grant and was born in 1863, one year earlier.}

Children of Ulysses Grant and Bertha:

1. Francis Mead (1894 - 1968) m. 1^st Nellie Mae Wessels, m. 2^nd Leila Annora Guinup.
2. Elwyn Leone (1899 - abt.1960) m. Mary Elizabeth Covert
3. Merle Ulysses Sr. (1909 - 1980) m. Violet P. Eberlin
4. Harriet Marie (1913 - 1969) m. 1^st Howard H. Gelatt, m. 2^nd Rowland Hultslander.

ninth generation:

FRANCIS MEAD PRENTICE (1894 - 1968) m. 1^st on April 15, 1922, Nellie Mae Wessels (1890 - 1928) [d/o Frederick Wessels and wife Katherine Pope of Endicott, NY]. m. 2^nd on February 13, 1932, Leila Annora Guinup (1896 - 1982) [d/o Lorenzo Guinup and wife Esther May Stephens of Fine, NY]

Children of Francis and Nellie:

1. Eleanor Eileen b.1924, m. Gerald L. Weeks

1. Paula Joan b. 1945 m. Philip Cacciatore
2. Janet Lee b. 1947 m. Paul Hissin
3. Brian Scott b. 1956 m. Treva ?

2. Gene Francis b. 1926 D.Y

3. Roger Ernest (1928 - 1992) m. Constance G. McCormick

1. Edward b. 1946 m. Melinda McGuire, m. Chris Eveline Abbott
2. David b. 1948 m. Peggy Williams
3. Mary Kaye b. 1956 m. Jeff Bassett, m. Edward Bartholomew
4. Gregory Francis b. 1958 m. Michelle May Gwendolyn
5. James Roger b. 1960 m. Janet Elizabeth Lawton, m. Donna Marie Silvey
6. Susan Elaine b. 1961 m.Timothy Snellings

Children of Francis and Leila:

1. Grant Mattison b. 1933 m. Gladys Alberta O’Dell

2. Geo. "Elwyn" Elwin b. 1936 m. Norma Jean Covert

1. Jerilyn Elise b. 1966 m. James Fairman
2. Jacquelyn Noelle b. 1971, m. Michael Patrick Fagan

1. Carolynne Jean b. 1999

tenth generation:

GRANT MATTISON PRENTICE b. 1933, m. on August 14, 1955 to Gladys Alberta O’Dell RN, b. 1933, [d/o Joseph Edwin O’Dell and wife Ruth Electa Mattison of Lake George, Warren County, NY] They had three children.

Children of Grant and Gladys:

1. Ericia Ann b. 1957 m. Scott Warren Mercer

2. Terry Lee b. 1958 m/d Barbara Ann Baker m. Jennifer Rebecca Doherty

1. Julianne Elisabeth Prentice b. 2001
2. Derik Andrew Doherty b. 1988

3. Roger Mead b. 1960 m. Mary Christine Payne

1. Rebecca Marie b. 1988
2. Matthew James b. 1994

Although limited in scope to "near direct line ancestors" of Grant M. Prentice and his wife Gladys A. O’Dell, the following are charts of the:
 

Descendants of our Prentice and relating Families:

Captain Thomas Prentice "the Trooper" and his wife Grace Bull.

1. Charles Henderson and his wife Lydia Rae.
2. William Guinup and his wife Lurana.
3. William Harrison Watson and his wife Mary O. Baker.
4. Thomas Dewey and his wife Frances (Randall) Clark.
5. John Sanford Marsh and his wife Betsy Davis.

Descendants of our O’Dell and relating Families:

Austin O’Dell and his wife Joanna.

1. John Tripp and his wife Isabel Moses.
2. Ruben S. Mattison and his wife Mary McDonald.
3. Stephen S. Goodnow Sr. and his wife Mary McAllister.
4. Charles Maxam and his wife Cynthia Butler.
5. Harvey Twiss and his wife Anne Heritt.
6. Thomas Lawton and his wife Annis.
7. ( unk. )Wilbore and his wife Elizabeth Thickness Harrington.

Additions and/or correction are always welcome:

Grant M. Prentice

grant@prenticenet.com

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last update 03/21/02