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Simeon Prentice of Preston, CT and Oxford, NY
By Linus Joseph Dewald Jr., Editor
Summer 2003 and Revised 3 Jun 2004
1. Simeon Prentice is a descendant of Valentine Prentice. Simeon was b. 10 Feb 1750/1, in Preston, New London, CT. . The following information comes from the affidavit of a sister-in-law, Sophia Wentworth found in pension file of Simeon's brother, William Prentice:
"Simeon Prentice was an officer in the army (during the Revolution) and was in service or went into service from Shaftsbury in Vermont, and Billings Starkweather, a brother of (Sophia) served under the said Simeon Prentice." The pension file of Billings Starkweather identifies Simeon as a Lieutenant.
Information provided by Anna Prentice of Binghamton, NY in her letter of 14 Oct 1993 appears to provide more detail; she says that...
...he entered the service 15 Jul 1777 and was discharged 6 Dec, 1777 and that he was a Private under Capt. Ebenezer Allen Company in Col. Samuel Herricks Regiment of Rangers, State of Vermont; that he again entered the service July/Oct 12, 1780 and was discharged 6 Nov, 1780 and that he was a Sergt. under Capt. Williams Dyres Company; that he again entered the service in 1781 and was discharged on 30 June 1781, a Lt. under John Starks Company in Col. Samuel Fletcher's Regiment of Rangers, State of Vermont.
LuDeen Prentice says that Simeon lived in Sunderland, Bennington Co., VT about 10 miles north of Shaftsbury, in 1787, but that he did not appear there in later census listings.
The 1810 Oxford, Chenango Co., NY census shows a Simeon Prentice born before 1765 who is probably the same person. He has a son age 10-16, two sons age 16-26, and a daughter, 16-25. The 1840 census shows a Simeon Prentice living at Ossian, Allegany Co., NY; Simeon did have close kin living at nearby Eagle, Wyoming Co., NY, but he would have been 89 in 1840.
We do not know for certain whether he married and had any children, but the following persons might be his children:
- (probably) Nathan[5] Prentice.
- (probably) Elisha Prentice.
- (probably) Joel Prentice.
- (probably) Roswell Prentice.
- (probably) (dau.) Prentice. Born, 1790, in VT. Census: 1810, in Oxford, Chenango, NY[69]. Age 10-16 in 1810 census.
- (probably) Simeon Prentice.
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