PrenticeNet

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The information on this page is based on the following sources:

• Info from The Prentice Family by C.J.F. Binney
• Entries for the surname Prentice in The Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, by James Savage.
• Portions of Warren Prentice, 1827-1916, Sailor, Soldier, Early Settler by Willard J. Prentice.
• Other sources as noted

.. no further verification or investigation has been done at this time.

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first generation:

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     Capt. Thomas Prentice¹, of Cambridge (on S. side of the river now Newton); m. Grace Bull [*1.1] in England; she d. 9 Oct. 1692; he d. 6 July 1710 in 89th yr. [bio]

Children of Thomas and Grace:

1. Grace Prentice, b. 1648, in England; m. 27 Nov. 1667, Dea. and Capt. Thomas Oliver, son of Rev. John Oliver and grandson of Elder Thomas Oliver, who came to New England in 1631. She d. 30 Sept. 1681. He m. 2nd, Mary, dau. of Nathaniel Wilson. He b. 1646 in Boston, and d. 1 Nov. 1715.
   Children of Grace and Thomas:
   1. Grace Oliver, b. 15 Nov. 1668; d. 16 Nov. 1680.
   2. Elizabeth Oliver, b. 11 April 1670; d. 22 June 1674.
   3. Thomas Oliver, d. 22 May 1683.
   4. John Oliver, b. 22 Nov. 1671; d. 20 Dec. 1673.
   5. Hannah Oliver, b. 16 Aug 1674.
   6. Peter Oliver, b. ?
   7. Thomas Oliver, b. 22 July 1676.
   8. Samuel Oliver, b. 18 May 1679; d. 3 Dec. 1729.
2. Thomas Prentice (twin), b. 22 Jan. 1650.
3. Elizabeth Prentice (twin), b. 22 Jan. 1650; m. 4 May 1675, Thomas Aldrich of Dedham; she d. 5 Feb. 1676.
4. Mary Prentice; possib. m. Joseph Stanton (b. 1646 in Hartford, Connecticut; d. 1714).
5. John Prentice, b. 2 Feb. 1654; d. 1655.
6. John Prentice, b. 10 July 1655.
7. Hannah Prentice, b. 1661.

Notes [*1.n]:

1. Grace's surname is listed as BULL in Essex Co. records -- email from Dave Prentice 30jul98.

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second generation:

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     Thomas Prentice², of Newton, son of Capt. Thomas¹ and Grace; m. 20 Mar. 1676, Sarah Stanton, dau. of Thomas Stanton (b. 30 Jul 1616 in England, d. 2 Dec 1676 in Stonington, Connecticut) and Ann Lord (bapt. 18 Sep 1614 in Towcester, Northton, England; d. 1688 in Stonington, Connecticut); he was freeman 1680; he d. 1684. Sarah m. 2nd, Capt. William Denison of Stonigton, she d.1713, ae. 59. (Children of William and Sarah: William Denison, bapt.1686; Sarah Denison, bapt.1698; George Denison, bapt.1692.)

Children of Thomas and Sarah:

1. Thomas Prentice, b. 13 Jan. 1676
2. Grace Prentice
3. Samuel Prentice, abt. 1680
4. John Prentice, 1682, Harvard College 1700, minister of Lancaster

Additional Sources: The Thomas Stanton Society, Inc.

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     John Prentice², of Newton, son of Capt. Thomas¹ and Grace; m. 28 June 1677, Elizabeth, dau. of Edward Jackson Sr.; she b. 28 April 1658; they had no children and he d. 4 Mar. 1689. His widow m. 13 Nov. 1699, Jonas Bond. Elizabeth d. 25 Jan. 1749, ae. 83.

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third generation:

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     Capt. Thomas Prentice³, of Newton, son of Thomas² and Sarah; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Dea. Edward Jackson Jr. (she b. 23 Feb 1687 and d. 19 Oct. 1753). He d. 16 Feb. 1729/30.

Children of Thomas and Elizabeth:

1. Deliverance Prentice, b. 19 May 1704.
2. Abigail Prentice, b. 4 June 1707; m. 1734, Samuel Wilson; d. 1755.
3. Ebenezer Prentice, b. 3 March 1708.
4. Jerusha Prentice, b. 1709; m. 1733, Isaac Bowen; they had one son Prentice Bowen.
5. Elizabeth Prentice, b. 26 Aug. 1714; m. 1739, Joshua Hammond; she d. 12 April 1798/99.
6. Sarah Prentice, b. 3 Nov. 1719; m. 1737, Ensign Timothy Cheeney, of Newton; their dau. Sarah, m. 18 Sept. 1782, Samuel Hall, of Newton.

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     Samuel Prentice³, of Newton, son of Thomas² and Sarah; m. Esther, dau. of Nathaniel Hammond, of Newton Mass. He d. 24 April 1728, ae. 48.

Children of Samuel and Esther [*3.1]:

1. Samuel Prentice, b. 25 Nov. 1702.
2. Grace Prentice, b. 16 Jan. 1705.
3. Mary Prentice, b. 12 April 1708; m. John Breed [*3.2].
4. Jonas Prentice, b. 28 Sept. 1710, in Stonington, Ct.
5. Esther Prentice, b. 12 Dec. 1713; m. Christopher Palmer.
6. Oliver Prentice, b. --?--; d. 18 Oct. 1755.
7. Eunice Prentice, b. 8 Dec. 1717; m. Christopher Avery Jr. [*3.2]; d. 1796 [*3.2].
8. Thomas Prentice, b. 25 Oct. 1719.
9. Dorothy Prentice, b. 13 Dec. 1723.

Notes [*3.n]:

1. Binney listed a Joseph as Samuel and Esther's second child. Based on new evidence, it appears that Joseph is actually the son of Joseph⁴, the great-grandson of Valentine¹ (Joseph⁴, John^3-2, Valentine¹).
2. Based on hand written notes in my photocopied copy of Binney's 1883 book -- Scott

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     Rev. John Prentice³, of Newton, son of Thomas² and Sarah; m., 1st, 4 Dec. 1705, Mary Gardner (widow of Rev. Andrew Gardner), she d. abt. 1716; m. 2nd, Mrs. Prudence (Foster) Swan (widow of Rev. Josiah Swan), of Charlestown Ma. Prudence d. 10 July 1765, in Lancaster.

Children of John and Mary:

1. John Prentice, b. abt. 1706.
2. Mary Prentice, b. 1708.
3. Thomas Prentice, bapt. 3 Sept. 1709 (or 1710); m. 1st, 2 Aug. 1737, Abigail Willard, of Lunenburg, Mass.; m. 2nd, in 1751, Mrs Borodel, dau. of John Jackson, and widow of Samuel Jackson, Esq, of Newton; he d. 14 Nov. 1775, in Cambridge. No children.
4. Stanton Prentice, b. 1711
5. Elizabeth Prentice, bapt. 22 Nov. 1713; m. 1st, Daniel Robbins, of Lancaster; m. 2nd, Capt. Curtis of Worcester.
6. Sarah Prentice, bapt. 11 March 1715/16

Children of John and Prudence:

7. Dorothy Prentice, bapt. 12 Jan. 1717/18; a Dorothy Prentice m., abt. 1741, Josiah Stearns, of Watertown, his 2nd wife.
8. Prudence Prentice, bapt. 18 June 1719; m. Josiah Brown, of Lancaster.
9. Relief Prentice, m. 27 March 1750, Rev. John Rogers, of Leominster, Mass., they had 7 children.
10. Rebecca Prentice, b. 22 Sept. 1727, O.S.

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fourth generation:

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     Deacon Samuel Prentice⁴, son of Samuel³ and Esther; m. Abigail Billings, dau. of Lt. Ebenezer Billings and Phebe Denison (the Billings ancestry has been shown to go back to Charlemagne).

Children of Samuel and Abigail:

1. Dorothy Prentice, b. 7 Jan. 1727.
2. Samuel Prentice, b. 24 May 1729; d. 15 Jan. 1734.
3. Ebenezer Prentice, b. 25 Oct. 1731; had three daughters, names unknown.
4. John Prentice, b. 13 May 1733.
5. Abigail Prentice, b. 11 Dec. 1734; m. abt. 1754, Eleazer Williams.
6. Joshua Prentice, b. 2 July 1737.
7. Phoebe Prentice, b. 22 Feb. 1738; m. abt. 1760, Henry Hewitt, of Stonington, Ct.
8. Asa Prentice, b. 7 Sept. 1740; d. 7 Sept. 1742.
9. Jonas Prentice, b. 9 Feb. 1742.
10. Jesse Prentice, b. 24 Jan. 1743.
11. Esther Prentice, b. 31 Jan. 1745; d. 25 March 1751.
12. Amos Prentice, b. 24 April 1748.
13. Grace Prentice, b. 4 Dec. 1750; m. abt. 1769, _____ Shepherd.

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fifth generation:

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     John Prentice⁵, son of Deacon Samuel⁴ and Abigail; m. 1st, 1 Dec. 1757, Mary Haskell, who d. 8 July 1784; m. 2nd, Rebecca _______, she d. abt. 1831; he d. 21 June 1810.

Children of John and Mary:

1. Samuel Prentice, b. 8 Oct. 1758; d. 1776, in New York while serving the the Revolutionary War.
2. John Prentice, b. 22 June 1761.
3. Asa Prentice, b. 5 Sept. 1763.
4. Asher Prentice, b. 29 Jan. 1769.

Children of John and Rebecca:

5. Oliver Prentice, b. abt. 1793; d. 1826.
6. Joshua Prentice, b. 1797.
7. Phoebe Prentice, b. 1808.

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sixth generation:

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     Joshua Prentice⁶, son of John⁵ and Rebecca; m. Mary Ann Bennet, dau. of Aaron Bennet and Abigail Smith.

Child of Joshua and Mary Ann:

1. Warren Prentice, b. 10 Feb. 1827

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seventh generation:

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     Warren Prentice⁷, son of Joshua⁶ and Mary; m. Betsey Burdick, b. 11 April 1839, d. 4 Dec. 1921.

Child of Warren and Betsey:

1. Joseph Warren Prentice

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eighth generation:

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     Joseph Warren Prentice⁸, son of Warren⁷ and Betsey; m. Ida May Brown, dau. of James Stewart Brown and Marietta Hall.

Child of Joseph and Ida:

1. Willard J. Prentice

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ninth generation:

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     Willard J. Prentice⁹, son of Joseph⁸ and Ida; m. Agnes Elizabeth Roby.

Child of Willard and Agnes:

1. Warren Stewart Prentice, b. 28 Sept. 1945