Articles in this Summer '97 issue:
. Father and Son Names . . John Prentis, (1698) . . Pierce Prentice . . Ransom Prentiss . . Reuben Prentis . . Robert Prentice of Moreton, VT . . Russell Prentice . . William A. Prentice . . William Prentice of Moreton, VT . . Zelotus Prentice . . Zuba Prentice Update .
Ransom Prentiss of Canandaigua, NY
By Linus Joseph Dewald Jr., Editor
Summer 1997 and Revised 9 Oct 2008
Deprecated -- Nov 2025
Update of Nov 2025: This article has been deprecated and replaced with a more complete article. See .. Ransom Prentiss of Canandaigua, NY. --S. Prentice
Sandra Canterbury is seeking to identify her Prentiss roots. Here is what we have so far:
1. Ransom Prentiss was b. c. 1775 and d. 18 Oct 1846 at the age of 71. He is buried in the Remington Cemetery in Canandaigua County. Ransom first appears in the 1810 Canandaigua census. Ransom had 1 or more children, including:
- Zachariah Ransom Prentiss was b. Dec 1815, perhaps near Canandaigua Twp., Ontario Co., NY.
The 1850 census shows Betsey Prentiss, age 75, living in Canandaigua. With about the same birth date as Ransom. She might be Ransom's widow, or she might be a sister or sister-in-law.
Who are Ransom Prentiss' Parents?
Ransom Prentiss might be a son of Samuel Prentice Sr. of Cooperstown. The towns of Geneva and Shortsville, about 5-10 miles from Canandaigua, have connections with Samuel; Samuel's son married at Shortsville and that son's daughter, Elizabeth, died at Geneva.
There is also a chance Ransom is related in some manner to Zachariah Prentice (Binney96, pg. 418, #5v) and/or Christopher Prentice of Penfield (Binney96, pg. 453).
Yet another possibility is that he is a son of Ozias Prentis (Binney96, pg. 419, #9); Ozias G. Prentice, likely his son, named a son Ransom L. Prentice which might have been after an older brother.
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