By Linus Joseph Dewald Jr., Editor
Spring 2009 and Revised 9 Apr 2009
Update of 9 Apr 2009: George Prentice is #6 in our Fall 2000 article entitled Stephen Prentice of Ipswich, Suffolk Co., England . That article now replaces this article.
We found the following family at Ancestry.com :
1. George Prentice may have been b. c. 1780-1798, perhaps in, or near, Ipswich, Suffolk, where his daughter, Mary Ann, was born. He d. 15 Dec 1819, Ipswich per Ancestry.com .
He m. Mary Ann Fuller, b. c. 1795, Ipswich and d. 28 Sep 1842, Ipswich per Ancestry.com .
Children of George Prentice and Mary Ann Fuller:
- Mary Ann Fuller Prentice, b. 19 Jun 1818, Ipswichand chr. 12 Jul 1818, Tackett Street Independent, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, per IGI.
- George Prentice, b. 28 Apr 1820, Ipswich.
After George Prentice d. in 1819, Mary Ann m. as her 2nd husband Benjamin Backhouse. He was b. c. 25 Apr 1802, Saxmundham, Suffolk, and d. 31 Mar 1870, Ipswich, Suffolk. Children of Mary Ann and Benjamin per Ancestry.com :
- Elizabeth F Backhouse 1823
- Sophia Ann Backhouse 1824
- Jemima Backhouse 1826
- Rebecca Backhouse 1827 1898
- Benjamin Backhouse 1829 1904
- Joseph Backhouse 1831
- Sarah Backhouse 1834 1853
- Eliza Backhouse 1835
The foregoing link at Ancestry.com says that Benjamin Backhouse then m. 2nd Mary Ann Prentice's daughter, Mary Ann Fuller Prentice, 1(i) above. That marriage would have been about 1837 when he was about 35 and she was about 17. Children of Mary Ann Fuller Prentice and Benjamin Backhouse:
- Anne Backhouse 1838
- John P Backhouse 1846
- Jabez Backhouse 1848
- Alice Mary Backhouse 1853
- Margaret Backhouse 1857
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