The Prentices of Ipswich, England and Pennsylvania
Note: This article has now been replaced with a more comprehensive article in our Fall 2000 Prentice Newsletter which has also been renamed as Prentices of Palgrave, England
Original article: By E-mail of 20 Nov 1998, we received the following information from Ian Prentice,
our English correspondent. He thought the information would be of interest to
readers of our Newsletter, and we thought so, too. His information is as follows:
ANCESTRY OF ROBERT OF IPSWICH
"You asked for the line of Robert's son John who emigrated to
Philadelphia. Since it is the same as mine, I'll not stop with the
families of John's siblings, but keep going to the present."
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C. John Prentice, The Elder, b. c. 1260-1300, was a Merchant of Bury St. Edmunds
was recorded there in 1319 when he was tried for plotting to kill Richard de Foxon,
the King's Clerk. Children:
1. (probably) Robert Prentice, b. c. 1280-1300. [B]
B. Robert Prentice, b. c. 1280-1300, the earlies proved ancestor, was recorded
in the manorial court rolls of Palgrave in Suffolk, almost on the Norfolk border.
It is probable that he is the younger son of JOHN the Elder, a Merchant of
Bury St. Edmunds who was recorded there in 1319 whn he was tried for plotting
to kill Richard de Foxon, the King's Clerk. Robert held 35 acres in the manor
of Palgrave (owned by the Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds) in 1328 and he died some time
after 1342. Children:
i. Robert Prentice. [A]
A. Robert Prentice, b. c. 1330-1360, son of Robert [B], was recorded as a
copyhold tenant of the manor of Palgrave in 1386 and was a Juror in the manorial
court many times. His wife was called Margaret and he had died by 1405.
Children:
i. Hugh Prentice [1]
ii. (perhaps) Marion Prentice, living 1406.
1. Hugh Prentice, b. c. 1350, presumably the youngest son, was first mentioned
in the manorial court rolls in 1388 and was a Juror until 1439. (Elder sons in
Suffolk tended not to inherit their father's property so -or because - they usually
moved away to make their own way in life). He seems to have died in 1438/9 and
his wife's name was Margaret. He seems to have had a sister called Marion who was
alive in 1406. He had at least four children.
i. Adam Prentice of Bury St. Edmunds is almost certainly a son.
He died in 1474 and his wife Margaret died in 1475. They had no
male heirs.
ii. Hugh Prentice who was recorded in the Palgrave court roll in 1445
but subsequently moved away from the village. He was probably
the grandfather of Hugh who died in banham, Norfolk in 1584.
iii. John Prentice, b. c. 1400.. [2].
iv. Isabelle Prentice who died before 1483.
2. John Prentice, b. c. 1400, held 30 acres of land in Palgrave in 1439
having been given land by his father in 1435 and 1437. His wife was Margaret
who had died before 1483 though he seems to have had a previous marriage to
Elizabeth who is recorded in 1435. John died in 1483 leaving a will and had
five children. John's children were:
i. William Prentice who died in 1492 and had a son John who was
recorded in Palgrave in 1494 and 1513. John's descendants
lived in Stoke Ash, Suffolk for three generations.
ii. Sabine Prentice who died before 1483 and whose wife Christina
was living in Palgrave in 1524.
iii. Robert Robert Prentice who died before 1524.
iv. Thomas Prentice [3]
v. Margaret Prentice who married Geoffrey Carle and had a son
Thomas who was born before 1483.
3. Thomas Prentice, b. c. 1440-1460, was a Juror in the palgrave court
from 1483 to 1499. He died in 1509 leaving a will and was married to Catherine
who died in 1539. He had four children:
i. John Prentice who moved to Wattisfield.
ii. Robert Prentice. [4]
iii. Isabelle Prentice.
iv. Margaret Prentice.
4. Robert Prentice, b. c. 1490-1520, married Margaret Baldwin. Robert
died in 1543 and Margaret died in 1581. Children:
i. Thomas Prentice, b. c. 1530-42, who worked as a Wheelright in
Palgrave and married Margaret Fulcher in 1563. He died in 1590
leaving six children whose descendants I have traced for a
further two generations in and around Palgrave.
ii. Henry Prentice, b. c. 1530-42 [5]
iii. Margaret Prenticewho married William Fulcher.
iv. Catherine Prentice.
5. Henry Prentice, b. c. 1530-42, died in Palgrave in 1615 having been
assessed at £5-4s.0d. in 1599. He married Ann Byrd in Thrandeston in 1566.
She died in 1609. They had nine children:
i. Margaret Prentice who was born in 1567 in Thrandeston and
married Jedion Morphew in 1594 in Palgrave.
ii. Elizabeth Prentice who was born in 1568 in Thrandeston and
died early.
iii. Bridget Prentice born a twin in 1571. She married Richard Elsden
in Palgrave, 1610.
iv. Catherine Prentice, also born in 1571.
v. Henry Prentice who married Agnes Mewse on 21.4.1596 in Lowestoft,
Suffolk but died before 1598 when Agnes married Richard Hall in
Lowestoft. He had at least one son:
a. William Prentice who was buried in Lowestoft on 3.4.1601.
vi. Robert Prentice who died before 1611. He married Agnes Harold
in 1605 in Palgrave. She married Sabian Penning in 1611 in
Palgrave. Robert had a son:
a. Robert Prentice who was born in Palgrave in 1606
and whose children I have traced for two generations. His
great grandson was baptised on 22.9.1691 in Offton, Suffolk
but he then disappears.
vii. William Prentice, baptised on 6 Jun 1577. [6]
viii. John Prentice who was baptised in Palgrave on 2.3.1579 and
was buried on 16.3.1579.
ix. Elizabeth Prentice who was born in 1582 and was buried later
the same year.
6. William Prentice who was a Linen Weaver, baptised on 6.9.1577 in
Palgrave and died in 1660 but not buried in Palgrave. He married Alice Dennye
of Hopton near Lowestoft who died in 1640. Children:
i. Elizabeth Prentice, baptised on 8.10.1613. She married J
ohn Bancroft in 1640 in Palgrave.
ii. John Prentice, Yeoman, who was baptised on 23.1.1615 and was
buried in Palgrave on 26.9.1691. [7]
iii. Ann Prentice who wa baptised on 2.4.1618 in Wingfield. She
married Robert Buxton in Diss, Norfolk in 1639.
iv. William Prentice who was born in 1621 in Wingfield and was
buried in Palgrave on 7.10.1664. He married Elizabeth who
was buried on 23.9.1712. He had two sons:
a. William Prentice. For his descendants, see
Mary Ann Prentice in our Summer 2000 Prentice Newsletter.
b. John Prentice who appears to have married Mary Holmes
in Thelnetham in 1645 and may be the ancestor of
generations of Prentice who lived in Diss.
v. Samuel Prentice, a Linen Weaver who was baptised on 31.3.1625
and was buried on 22.12.1700. He married Ann Hall in 1648 in
Palgrave. She died in 1658. They had two children:
a. Ann Prentice
b. Samuel Prentice. I have traced Samuel's children
for two generations to a John Prentice who was baptised on
8 Sep 1715 and Samuel Prentice baptised on 25 Dec 1722
both of whom have defied my efforts to trace them.
7. John Prentice, Yeoman, was baptised on 23 Jan 1615 and was buried in
Palgrave on 26.9.1691. He married Elizabeth who was buried on 10 Sep 1711.
Children:
i. John Prentice, Gentleman, was baptised on 1 Oct 1665 and
was buried on 21 Nov 1737. [8]
ii. Thomas Prentice. He was baptised on 6 Dec 1667 and was
buried in palgrave on 19 Se[ 1723. A Linen Weaver, Thomas
lived in Burston, Norfolk for most of his life.
8. John Prentice, Gentleman, was baptised on 1 Oct 1665 and was buried
on 21 Nov 1737. He married Hannah Reeve of Cookley on 17 Feb 1687/88. She died
in 1731. John, his brother and his children were ardent Protestant Dissenters
and played a major part in establishing a Dissenter's Chapel in Palgrave.
John and Hannah probably had children, but since their children were not
baptised in the Church of England the dates were not recorded. Children:
i. William Prentice who was a Grocer and died in Starston,
Norfolk in 1765 having married Susanna. [8a]
ii. Thomas Prentice who died in 1741 in Bungay. [8aa]
iii. John Prentice, Gentleman, of Rickinghall Inferior, Suffolk.
He was an Attorney at Law living for part of his life in London.
He was born in 1685 and was buried in palgrave on 6 Feb 1754.
He married Elizabeth who died in 1723 and then Susan Hubberd
(a widow whose maiden name was Denny) in Botesdale on 1730.
He had four children. [9]
iv. Elizabeth Prentice who married John Primerose in Thore Abbots
on 12.12.1710. After his death she married Simon Weaver.
v. Hanna Prentice, born in 1688 died in 1714 having married
Roger Eaton in 1710 in Syleham.
vi. Samuel Prentice who lived in Botesdale, Suffolk. He married
Elizabeth Jolly in 1723 in Great Thornham and died in 1766.
He had one son:
a. Samuel Prentice, who was born in 1724 and died the
same year.
vii. James Prentice who was buried on 15 May1697
viii. Mary Prentice who was baptised on 5 Mar 1698 and married
Nathaniel Mouser of Scole, Norfolk in 1718 at Thorpe Abbots.
After his death she married Jonathan Newson in 1720 in Palgrave.
8a. William Prentice who was a Grocer and died in Starston, Norfolk in 1765
having married Susanna. Children:
i. William Prentice who lived in Wrentham, Suffolk was born in
about 1736 and died in about 1770. He married Alice who
survived him. [8b]
ii. Ann Prentice who was born in about 1738 and married John
Green on 7 Jan 1760 in Starston.
iii. Martha Prentice who was born in about 1740.
8aa. Thomas Prentice who died in 1741 in Bungay where he lived as a Grocer.
He married Elizabeth Manning in 1714 at Ipswich St.; Mary Le Tower;
Ancestor of Ian Prentice of England who researched, and provided the
information for, this English line. Son:
i. Thomas Prentice, Grocer of Bungay. He d. 1782 m. Elizabeth Moore
23 March 1754, Ilketshall St. John and d. 1759. Son:
a. Manning Prentice, Grocer, Merchant, Banker; b. 7 Apr 1759,
Bungay and d. 30 May 1836, Stowmarket. He m. Katherine Oliver
5 Dec 1782 and d. 24 Feb 1832.
1. Thomas Prentice, Merchant of Stowmarket,
b. 14 Sept 1794 and d. 19 July 1852. He m.
Mary Lungley on 18 May 1819 and
d. 10 Jun 1865. [8aaa]
2. William Prentice, Merchant of Stowmarket,
b. 1 Feb 1797 and d. 21 May 1877; m. Eliza Tailer Isaac
(sister of James Isaac of Peasenhall Lodge 1820; of
Stowmarket 1839; b. 1796 Halesworth) 1 Sept 1819
and d. 23 July 1873.
8aaa. Thomas Prentice, Merchant of Stowmarket, b. 14 Sept 1794 and d. 19 July 1852;
m. Mary Lungley on 18 May 1819 and d. 10 Jun 1865. Thomas's children:
1. Thomas Lungley Prentice, Corn Merchant (ancestor of Ian Prentice),
b. 13 May 1820 and d. 8 Feb 1878; m. Catherine Ridley 11 Aug 1841
and d. 26 Aug 1908.
2. Mary Prentice, b. 11 Oct 1821 and d. 5 June 1835.
3. Manning Prentice, Merchant and Manager of Stowmarket Guncotton
Works, b. 14 Sept 1823 and d. 21 July 1875. He m. Susanna Ridley
on 31 July 1845 and d. 2 Jun 1893.
4. Sarah Prentice, b. 30 July 1825 and d. 13 March 1896 in Maldon, Essex.
She m. Thomas Isaac, a Merchant, on 19 Dec 1850 in Stowmarket.
He d. 18 Jan 1898 in Maldon.
5. Elizabeth Prentice, b. 19 Feb 1827 and d. 29 May 1835.
6. Deborah Prentice, b. 9 Sept 1829 and d. 19 April 1920. She
m. George Washington Isaac, brother of Thomas Isaac, above,
on 4 Apr 1856, Stowmarket. He d. 18 Mar 1916 in Bristol. He was a
chemist. Their children includedL
a. Arthur Gerald Isaac, 5th child, b. 1864, m. Agnes Mary Prentice,
dau. of Eustace Carey Prentice, #8a, below.
She was b. c. 1865-75, in 1895.
7. Zephaniah Lungley Prentice b. 26 Sept 1831 d. 27 Dec 1858,
Malaga Spain. He was a Chemist in Bath,
8. Eustace Carey Prentice, a Director of Stowmarket Gunbcotton Works,
b. 17 Sept 1833 and d. 22 Feb 1884. He m. Anna Hewitt 1857 and
d. 1861. He m. 2nd Elizabeth Comley, 1862, d. 1919. Children of
Eustace include:
a. Agnes Mary Prentice. She m. her cousin, Arthur Gerald Isaac,
#6a, above.
b. (another dau.) Prentice.
9. Edward Henry Prentice, Director of Stowmarket Guncotton Works,
b. 25 July 1838 and d. 11 Aug 1871 in the Guncotton Works explosion.
He m. Sarah P. Webb and d. 6 May 1927.
8b. William Prentice who lived in Wrentham, Suffolk, was born about 1736
and died about 1770. He married Alice who survived him. Children:
i. Anne Prentice who was baptised in Wrentham on 16 May 1759 and
married William Forman, an Agricultural Labourer on 7 Jul 1784
in Redisham.
ii. Robert William Prentice who was baptised in Wrentham on
20 Nov 1762. He became a Coachman in London and married
Frances Davis who died in Denton, Norfolk on 4 Dec 1833. [8c]
iii. Thomas Prentice who was born and died in 1764.
8c. Robet William Prentice children were:
i. William Davis Prentice, baptised on 5 Nov 1786 in
Holborn St. Andrews in London. [8d]
ii. Robert Davis Prentice who was baptised on 5 Oct 1788 in
Denton, Norfolk. He too was a Coachman in London but by 1851
had become a Farmer's Labourer in Norwich. He died in 1869
in Heckingham Poor House, Norfolk when his occupation was
described as a Scavenger. He married Rachael and she died
in the same place in 1873. [8e]
8d. William Davis Prentice, who was baptised on 5 Nov 1786 in
Holborn St. Andrews in London. He was a Coachman in London then later on a
Husbandman in Norwich and by 1854 a Gardener. He married Mary Louisa Hewitt
on 8 Jul 1817 in Norwich St. Pauls and after her death Mary Louisa George
on 22 Aug 1830 in Norwich St. Giles. William died in Norwich in 1875.
Children:
i. Mary Louisa Prentice who was born in 1819 and died in 1877
in Norwich. She worked as a Dressmaker.
ii. Elizabeth Prentice who was baptised on 4 Jul 1824 in Norwich
and died in 1842.
iii. William Hewitt Prentice who was baptised on 26 Nov 1827 in
St. Giles Norwich. In 1851 he was a Coach Maker but from 1858
he worked as a Coach Trimmer. In 1881 he was living at 12,
Lonsdale Mews, Kensington. He died in 1904 in Chelsea.
He married Rhoda Butterley on 30 May 1858 in London and after
her death in 1878 he married Mary Lewis, a widow in 1881
in Kensington. [8f]
iv. George Prentice who wa baptised on 22 Aug 1830 but died
the following year.
v. Thomas Prentice who was baptised on 27 Oct 1831. In 1851
he was a Shoemaker; in 1854 a Coachman living in Row, Norwich.
He married Phyllis Baker on 7.10.1854 in Great Yarmouth.
After this date I can find no trace of them.
8e. Robert Davis Prentice who was baptised on 5 Oct 1788 in Denton,
Norfolk. He too was a Coachman in London but by 1851 had become a Farmer's
Labourer in Norwich. He died in 1869 in Heckingham Poor House, Norfolk when
his occupation was described as a Scavenger. He married Rachael and she died
in the same place in 1873. Children:
i. John Prentice who was born in 1831 in Heckington, Norfolk.
In 1851 he was working as a Farm Labourer in Norwich and
appears to have died in 1859.
ii. Richard Prentice, born in 1834 he too was a Farm Labourer
in 1851. He appers to have died in Norwich in 1855.
iii. Mary A. Prentice born in 1836 she was working as a House
Servant in 1851 but died in 1854 in Heckingham
iv. William Prentice born in 1841 he appears to have died in
Aylesham, Norfolk in 1860
v. James Prentice born in 1843 he seems to have died in
St. Faiths, Norfolk in 1911.
vi. Charles Prentice born in 1845 and alive in 1851.
8f. William Hewitt Prentice who was baptised on 26 Nov 1827 in
St. Giles Norwich. In 1851 he was a Coach Maker but from 1858 he worked
as a Coach Trimmer. In 1881 he was living at 12, Lonsdale Mews, Kensington.
He died in 1904 in Chelsea. He married Rhoda Butterley on 30 May 1858
in London and after her death in 1878 he married Mary Lewis, a widow in 1881
in Kensington.William Hewitt Prentice's children were:
i. Rhoda Louisa Prentice who was born in 1860 in Finsbury.
In 1881 she was a Telephone Clerk and married in 1891.
ii. Charlotte Ann Prentice who was born in 1861 and baptised in
Hitchin, Hertfordshire on 21.10.1863. She married in 1884
in Kensington.
iii. William, John Hewitt Prentice who was baptised in Hitchin
on 21 Oct 1863. I can find no trace of him afterwards.
iv. Charles Hewitt Prentice, baptised in Hitchin on 8 Feb 1865
and was a Carriage Trimmer in 1881. After this he disappears.
v. Herbert Butterley Prentice who was born in 1866 in
Shoreditch. [8g]
8g. Herbert Butterley Prentice who was born in 1866 in Shoreditch. He
was living with his father at 10, Lonsdale Mews in 1891 and in 1898 he was
working as a Groom and living at 9, Ernest Street, Stepney, London. He died
in 1939 in Hammersmith. He married Unknown in 1886 in Kensington and after
this lady's death in 1897 he married Harriet Proctor in 1898 in Kensington.
Children:
i. Herbert Butterley G. Prentice who was born in Marylebone
in 1886 but died the same year
ii Rhoda Mary Prentice, born in Stepney in 1901
iii. Robert Davis Prentice.
9. John Prentice, Gentleman, of Rickinghall Inferior, Suffolk. He was
an Attorney at Law living for part of his life in London. He was born in 1685
and was buried in Palgrave on 6.2.1754. He married Elizabeth who died in 1723
and then Susan Hubberd (a widow whose maiden name was Denny) in Botesdale
in 1730. Children:
i. John Prentice gentleman of Walsham le Willows, Suffolk who was
born in 1719 and died in 1759. [10]
ii. Elizabeth Prentice who was baptised on 17 Apr 1723 and was
buried the following day.
iii. Robert Prentice of Walsham le Willows, Scole and Ipswich,
born c. 1725-1735. [11]
iv. Thomas Prentice who was baptised and buried on 6.6.1737.
10. John Prentice gentleman of Walsham le Willows, Suffolk who was born
in 1719 and died in 1759. He marrid Sarah Moody of Bury St. Edmunds in 1745
and she subsequently married John Ling of Bury St. Edmunds in 1764. Children:
i. Elizabeth Prentice who was born in 1746 in Wattisfield and
died in 1763.
ii. Hannah Rose Prentice who was born in 1749 but died the
same year.
iii. Jon Prentice, Gentleman of Ipswich, who was born in 1751
and died in 1830 in Bath. He never married.
11. Robert Prentice of Walsham le Willows, Scole and Ipswich. Robert
appears in Binney's 1883 Ed. at pg. 350 and in the 1998 Ed. at pg. 488.
Robert died in 1783, being buried in Walsham le Willows and married
Elizabeth Gleed in 1749 in Redgrave. Children:
i. Elizabeth Prentice who was born on 9 Aug 1750 in Debenham.
She married samuel Dennis of Little Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire
in 1774 at Walsham le Willows
ii. Thomas Prentice who was born on 3 Mar 1753 in Wattisfield and
died after 1783. He was apprenticed as a Grocer and his son
Zachariah lived in Canterbury, Kent. [11a]
iii. Samuel Prentice who was born on 11 Dec 1755 and died in
Walsham on 5.5.1842. He married Maria Green Malyn in 1780 in
Bury St. Edmunds in 1780. He had three children:
a. Samuel Prentice, b. 1782 and died in St. Dunstans,
Kent in 1866 with no heirs,
b. Maria Prentice, b. 1783 and d. 1791.
c. Sarah Prentice, who was born in 1785 and died in 1850
in St. Dunstans having lived a spinster with her brother
iii. Theodosia Prentice who was born and died in 1756
iv. Frances Prentice who was born in 1756 and died before 1761
v. Frances Prentice who was born in 1761 and married John Todd
of East Harling, Norfolk in 1785 in Walsham.
vi. Mary Prentice, born in 1763 and married Thomas Bloomfield in
1789 in Scole, Norfolk. I believe that they lived in London.
vii. John Prentice who was born on 6 Mar 1764. [12]
viii. Robert Browne Prentice, b. 20 Feb 1766, died two years later.
ix. Anne Prenticek, born on 8 Apr 1769 and died later that year.
x. Robert Brown Prentice who was born on 27 Oct 1771. He
married Eleanor Stone in 1799 in Canterbury and had a daughter:
a. Harriet Prentice, baptised in Norwich on 11.6.1804.
I have been unable to trace this line any further.
xi. Theophilus Prentice who was born on 5 Aug 1773 and died the
following year.
xii. Zachariah Prentice who became a Farmer in South Benfleet, Essex.
He was born on 13.12.1774 and died before 1838. He married
Jane Wood in South Benfleet in 1812 and they had eight children:
i. Sarah Prentice who was born in 1818 in Rayleigh and
died on 1 Sep 1849.
ii. Henry Wood Prentice who was born on 8 Jan 1814. He was
a Grocer and then a Warehouse Foreman in London when
he died on 6.4.1857. He married Mary Ann Honoley
on 1 Dec 1834 in Rayleigh, Essex. Children:
a. Mary Ann Jane Prentice, born 25 Jan 1835.
She died in 1846 in lambeth, south London
b. Henry William Prentice who was born in 1836 and
died in Birmingham on 23 Oct 1916. He worked as
a Cashier and married Charlotte in 1859 in Lambeth.
c. Elizabeth Prentice who was born on 29 May 1837
and died the following year in Rayleigh.
d. Zachariah Prentice who was born on 27 Apr 1838
in Rayleigh. In 1841 he was living with his
uncle Thomas in South Benfleet but died on
23 Aug 1845 in Deptford, Kent.
e. Frances M. Prentice who was born in 1840.
f. Walter Prentice who was born on 12 Jan 1842 and
died in 1846 in Deptford.
iii. William Prentice who was born and died in 1816
iv. Susanna Wood Prentice who was born on 16 Mar 1818 but died
in October that year.
v. Thomas Wood Prentice who was born on 11 Mar 1819. He was
a Grocer in South Benfleet and married Emma Blakely.
They had a daughter Emma Jane who was born in South Benfleet
on 1 Oct 1842 but I can find no further trace of her or of
her parents.
vi. John Wood Prentice, born on 7 Apr 1821. In 1842 he
was a Grocer in Russell Square, London; in 1851 was a
Cheesemonger in Aston, near Birmingham. He died on
9 Aug 1865 in Bedminster, Bristol having married
Tamar Thornton in the St. Pancras district of London
on 2 Sep 1842. Children:
a. Georgina Wood Prentice who was bborn on
2 Dec 1842 and worked as a Draper's Assistant
in Birmingham. She died in 1892 in Birmingham.
b. Tamar White Prentice Prentice who was born in
1844 in Prittlewell, Essex and married
James Gillman in 1868 in Rochford Independant
Church.
vii. Edmund (Emanuel) Prentice who was born on 16 Nov 1823
and died in Hadleigh, Essex on 19.1.1848 when he worked
as a Butcher.
viii. Charles Wood Prentice who was born on 28 May 1826.
In 1850 he was a Patent Mediine Vendor in Edgeware
Road, London, having previously been a Surgeon in
Shoreditch, South London. In 1881 he was a Clerk living
in lodgings on his own and when he died in 1893 he was
a Dentist. He married Jane Anna Young on 30. Nov 1850
in Wycombe and she died in the St. Pancras area of London
in 1879. They had at least one child: Alice Jane who was
born in 1853 in the St. Pancras area of London.
11a. Thomas Prentice, born on 3 Mar 1753 in Wattisfield and died after 1783.
He was apprenticed as a Grocer and his son Zachariah lived in Canterbury, Kent.
Thomas Prentice who was born on 3 Mar 1753 in Wattisfield and died after 1783.
He was apprenticed as a Grocer and his son Zachariah lived in Canterbury, Kent.
Thomas visited his brother, John (12), in America about 1787 or 1789. He then
returned to England, leaving at John's house an old-fashioned trunk
marked "T.P., 1777." Children:
i. Zachariah Prentice. (11b)
11b. Zachariah Prentice. b/ 1775 and d. 6 Feb 1842. He worked as A Worsted
manufacturer at Burgate Street, St. Mary Magdalen, Canterbury. He married
Ann May on 20.10.1799 at St. Alphage, Canterbury. Children:
i. Mary Prentice who was baptised on 18 Nov 1799 at Canterbury
Union Chapel. She appears to have married William Burch.
ii. Zachariah Prentice, born in 1805. (11c)
iii. Samuel Prentice born in 1806 and died in 1851. Printer
and Stationer of 3, Guildhall Street, Canterbury. He marrid
Sophia King who remarried after his death and they had one child:
a. Samuel Philip Prentice, born on 8 Apr 1844 but died
later that year.
iv. Elizabeth Prentice who was baptised on 25 Jan 1809 in the
Guildhall Independant Church in Canterbury. She was living
with her brother Samuel in 1851 as an Annuitant; she died
in 1853.
v. John Prentice who was baptised on 19 Apr1812. I have been
unable to trace anything about him so he may have died early.
vi. William Prentice who was baptised on 17 Feb 1814 and
married Eliza Prentis on 1.1.1850 in Rochester St. Nicholas.
Again I have been unable to find out any more about him.
vii. Sarah Prentice Prentice who was baptised on 9.2.1817. She
married Charles Rigden of London.
vii. George Prentice who was baptised on 10 Jan1819. He was a
Mariner and settled with his wife and children in New York.
I have been unable to find out anything about his life there.
viii. Ann Prentice who was baptised on 25 Feb 1821.
ix. Thomas Paul Prentice who was baptised on 4 May 1823 and
appears to have died in 1853.
11c. Zachariah Prentice, born in 1805 and died in 1853. He was a Linen
Manufacturer and Corn Factor of 1, George Street, Canterbury in 1851.
He married Catherine Goodchild on 20 Apr 1832 at St. Mary's church, newington,
Surrey and she died in 1868. Children:
i. Zachariah Prentice who was born in 1835. (11d)
ii. Catherine Jane Prentice who wa baptised on 5 May 1837 in the
Corn Market Independent Chapel in Sandwich, Kent. She died
in 1855.
ii. George Prentice who was born in 1839 in Sandwich and died
on 6 Feb 1894, a Linen Manufacturer of St. Georges Place,
Canterbury. He married Elizabeth in Dartford, Kent in 1869
and she died in Bromley, Kent in 1920. Son:
a. Noel Prentice who was born in 1870 and trained as a
Solicitor's Articled Clerk. He worked as a Solicitor
in Battle where he died in 1953. He married
Florence Annette Bittle in 1895 in Bromley and she
died in 1936. Children:
i. Josephine Hope Prentice, born on 11 May 1896,
she died unmarried in Rye, Sussex in 1975.
ii. Ernest Prentice, born in 1899 he died in 1899
in Maidstone.
iii. Richard St. John Prentice who was born on
6 Apr 1900. He was in the Royal Navy and died
on 27 Sep 1982 in London. His wife Elaine Agnes
was alive in 1995.
iv. Geoffrey Noel, Prentice born on 24 Nov 1905,
became a Solicitor and died unmarried on
10 Apr 1990.
iii. Samuel Prentice who was born in 1841 in Canterbury and died
in 1890. He was a Linen Manufacturer of St. Georges Place in
1881. He did not marry.
iv. John Prentice who was born in 1843 died in 1865.
v. Albert Prentice who was born in 1848 and died in 1871.
I have been unable to find out anything about him.
vi. Sarah Prentice who was born in 1851 and marrried
Valentine Ward an Independent Chrch Minister in 1870.
11d. Zachariah Prentice who was born in 1835. He started work as a
Linen Manufacturer and Weaver at St. George's Place, Canterbury but by 1866
he was an Inn Keeper at the Fleur de Lys on High Street. He died on
26 Mar 1874 having married Rosa Leach in 1858 in Hackney, London.
She remarried in 1876 in Canterbury. Children:
i. Frederick Percy Prentice who was born in 1859 and died
in 1913 in the Blean district of Kent. He married Emma Edith
in halstead, Essex in 1884 and she died in Clifton, Bristol
in 1909. [11e]
ii. Zachariah Prentice who was born in 1860 and qualified as
a Doctor in London in 1881. His practice was in Watling
Street, Canterbury. He died on 12.11.1920 at 5, Castle Street,
Canterbury. He married Leila Kate Smith in Lambeth, south
London in 1897 and she died in 1938 in Broadstairs. They
had no children.
iii. Kate Prentice who was born in 1862 and died in 1867.
iv. Samuel Robert Prentice was born n 1863 and died the same year.
v. Rosa, Prentice born in 1865 married Silas Williamson in
Canterbury in 1887. They had three children:
a. Cecil Prentice.
b. Muriel Rose Prentice.
c. Mildred Florence Prentice.
vi. Emily Prentice who was born in 1866 but I can find nothing
more about her.
vii. Archibald Prentice, born in 1868 he became a Journalist.
He died on 1.11.1935 in Shrewsbury having married
Alice Rose Ebrall. She died in Shrewsbury in 1956. They
had no children.
viii. Kate Prentice who was born in 1869 and died in 1870.
ix. Albert Dougal Prentice who was born in 1872 and died in
Battle, Kent in 1937. He married Annie in 1900 in Hastings
and she died in 1954. They had one daughter"
a. Eileen Prentice, b. 1904 and d. 1997; married
Alfred Whishaw Bulley in 1928.
11e. Frederick Percy Prentice who was born in 1859 and died in 1913
in the Blean district of Kent. He married Emma Edith in halstead, Essex
in 1884 and she died in Clifton, Bristol in 1909. Children:
i. Frederick Charles Prentice, born in 1885 in Kingston,
Surrey. [11f]
ii. Douglas Gilbert Prentice, born in 1891 in Bristol, he
became a Motor Engineer. He died on 10 Sep 1961 in Worthing,
West Susssex and his wife Ellen died there later the same year.
11f. Frederick Charles Prentice, born in 1885 in Kingston, Surrey, he
became a Technician and a great Evangelist in Essex. He died in Colchester,
Essex on 22 Oct 1922 having married Olive in 1905 in Chelmsford. Children:
i. Gordon Frederick Prentice who was born on 16 Aug 1914 in
Theydon Bois, Essex. He wasa Chartered Accountant and lives
in Prestwick, Ayreshire, Scotland. His wife Jean Kirk
(whom he married on 17 Apr 1944) died on 25 Apr 1995. [11g]
ii. Eileen Edith Prentice, who was born on 28 Jan 1916 and
died in Bristol 2 Aug 1993 having married Richard L. Clothier,
a Farmer in Bristol, who died on 25 Dec 1989.
11g. Gordon Frederick Prentice's children are:
i. Eric Douglas Prentice, who was born on 16.3.1948 and married
Jenny Asker of London on 29.12.1993. He is a Senior Editor
with BBC radio living in London.
ii. Jennifer Prentice who was born on 2.4.1958 and is unmarried.
12. John Prentice who was born on 6 Mar 1764. John appears in Binney's
1883 Ed. at pg. 350 and in our 1998 Ed. at pg. 488. John was apprenticed
as a Lawyer in Leicester and was licenced as an Attorney in London when he
emigrated to America from Gravesend on the American ship 'Tractor' on
20 Jan 1784 having been portioned off by his father. He married an English
lady, Mary Gamble in 1798 and died in Philadelphia on 20 Jan 1836.
Children:
i. George Gamble Prentice, born 1 Jan 1800 [13]
ii. John Prentice who was born in 1804 but died in infancy.
iii. Robert Prentice who was John's twin and also died in infancy.
13. George Gamble Prentice, born 1 Jan 1800, married Lavinia E. Poe
on 27 Jun 1834 in Mississippi. He moved to Mobile in 1824 where he worked
as a Merchant until 1858 when he moved back to Philadelpia to live at his
father's place. He died on 10 Jun 1878. Children:
i. John Prentice who was born in June, 1836 in Mobile. He died
in Tuscon, on 18 Jul 1871.
ii. Mary Prentice who was born on 8 Nov 1837. She married
Rev. R.J. Carson, a Methodist Minister on 2 Jun 1863. They had
two children.
iii. Virginia C. Prentice who was born on 6 May 1839. She married
George W. Albert of Columbus MS on 25 Feb 1879 in W. Philadelphia.
iv. George Gamble Prentice who was born in December, 1840. He
married Katherine D. Roberts on 17 Jun 1869. [14]
v. Alexander Poe Prentice who was born on 21 Feb 1845. He was a
law student when he died on 30 Aug 1865 in Philadelphia.
14. George Gamble Prentice children were:
i. Alexander Poe Prentice who was baptised on 7 Apr 1871 but
died on 19 Jun 1871
ii. John Prentice who was born on 9 May 1872
iii. George G. Prentice who was born on 1 May 1874
iv. Edgar Poe Prentice who was born on 7 Feb 1877
v. Albert Alexander Prentice who was born on 12 Jun 1881 but
died on 21 Dec 1881.
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