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    Henry Prentis of Sible Hedingham, Essex, England
    By Linus Joseph Dewald Jr., Editor
    Fall 2006 and Revised 20 Jul 2006

    1. Henry Prentis was b. c. 1817, Sible Hedingham, Essex, He appears in the 1841 census in Chelmsford, England with his wife, Rose, b. c. 1821, Essex. Children shown in the 1841 census as follows:

    1. Eliza Prentice, b. c. 1837, Essex.
    2. George Prentice, b. c. 1838, Essex.
    3. Mary Prentice, b. c. 1840, Essex.

    Henry's wife is shown as Roseanna, b. c. 1817 in Broomfield, Essex, in the 1851, 1861 and 1871 Shoreditch, Essex, census, and the chilren shown are as follows:

    1. Eliza Prentis, b. c. 1828 Chelmsford, Essex. (That date might be wrong and she may be the 1837 Eliza, above)
    2. George Prentis, b. c. 1839, Great Baddow, Essex. Not home in 1851. Not in 1861 census.
    3. Mary Prentis, b. c. 1841 Chelmsford, Essex. At home in 1851.
    4. Benjamin Prentis, b. c. 1842, Chelmsford, Essex. At home in 1861. Not in 1871 census.
    5. Martha Prentis, b. c. 1844, Chelmsford, Essex. Not home in 1851.
    6. Alfred Prentis, b. c. 1848, Chelmsford, Essex. . . . . . . . . . . . [2]
    7. James Prentis, b. c. 1855, Shoreditch, Middlesex. At home in 1871. Not in 1881 and later census.
    8. Harry Prentis, b. c. 1852, Shoreditch, Middlesex. Not in 1881 and later census.
    9. Edward Prentis, b. c. 1859, Shoreditch, Middlesex. At home in 1871. Not in 1881 and later census.

    Henry does not appear in the 1881 or 1891 census and was likely by then deceased.

    2. Alfred Prentis, b. c. 1848 in Chelmsford, Essex, England, appears in the the 1881 London census as a Compositor with his wife, Emily, b. c. 1851, London. They were then living at 64 Forston St., London. Alfred does not appear in the 1851, 1861 or 1871 Essex census. Alfred later appears in the 1891 census as a "Printer's Compositor" in District 34, Haggerston, Shoreditch, London. Also in the 1891 Shoreditch census. Children appearing in the 1881, 1891 and 1901 census:

    1. HenryHarry Prentis, b. c. 1877, Brixton, London. At home in 1891.
    2. Alfred E. Prentis, b. c. 1879, London. He might be the Frank Prentis shown in the 1891 and 1901 census, at home, and b. c. 1879, London.
    3. Ethel M. Prentis, b. 1881, Hoxton, London. At home in 1891 and 1901.
    4. Daisy Prentis, b. c. 1882, Shoreditch, London. At home in 1901.
    5. Emily Prentis, b. c. 1884 , Stepney, London.
    6. Olive Prentis, b. c. 1885, London City (per 1901 census). At home in 1901.
    7. Dorothy Prentis, b. c. 1890, Haggerston, London. At home in 1901.

    Alfred does not appear in the IGI.

    Who are Alfred Prentis' Parents?

    A search of census records in England from 1841 forward does not disclose any other Prentis or Prentice born in Sible Hedingham other than the 1851 Sible Hengham census which shows a Matilda Prentice, b. c. 1842, visitingAnn Prentice, b. c. 1800 in Glemsford, Suffolk. Ann was a Housekeep in the home of David Rush of Sible Hedingham.

    One could hypothesize that Ann Prentice was the mother of Matilda Prentice and that perhaps was the mother of, or sister tok Henry Prentis.

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