By Linus Joseph Dewald Jr., Editor
Summer 2001 and Revised 25 Aug 2016
In 1991 we received a copy of a Pedigree Chart and 3 Group Sheets which had been prepared by Colin W. Prentice. Using his information, together with information containing in the IGI, Ancestry.com and augmented by Richard Thompson, David Grutchfield and with the always-appreciated help of Ian Prentice, we have prepared the following revised Prentice family tree:
1. Thomas Prentice was probably b. c. 1690-1705.
He m. Mary. (see also Fn. 3) . Children (per IGI):
- Elizabeth Prentice, chr. 24 Jan 1726, Moreton and d. there 24 Mar 1726.
- William Prentice,chr. 4 Apr 1727, Moreton.
- Thomas Prentice, chr. 13 Jan 1731 or 1732, Moreton. Died young (per Ian Prentice, email, 5 Apr 2001).
- Mary Prentice, chr. 18 Nov 1733, Moreton.
- William Prentice, chr. 4 Apr 1734, Moreton.
- Thomas Prentice, bap. 1738, Moreton. . . . . . [2]
- William Prentice, chr. 4 Apr 1738, Moreton. He m. Hannah (per
Ian Prentice, email, 5 Apr 2001). Children:
- William Pentice,b. 1757 Moreton
- John Prentice, b. 1760
- Hannah Prentice, b. 1766.
- Ann Prentice, b. c. 1740, Moreton.
2. Thomas Prentice, chr. 1738 (but see Fn. 1) , Moreton and d. there 6 Apr 1788.
He m. Anne Nichols (but see Fn. 2) who was b. 20 Oct 1734, Bobbingworth, Essex and d. 22 Apr 1800, Moreton. She was the dau. of George and Christiana Nichols of Bobbingworth. Children (per Colin W. Prentice, 10 Jun 2001):
- Ann Prentice, chr. 23 Apr 1753, Bobbingworth, Essex. She is the Ann, spinster, who died in 1837 in Moreton (per David Grutchfield, email, 12 May 2004).
- Thomas Prentice, chr. 10 Apr 1758, Bobbingworth, Essex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3]
- Mary Prentice, chr. 26 Apr 1761, Bobbingworth, Essex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4]
- Christiana Prentice, chr. 15 Feb 1764, Bobbingworth, Essex.
- George Prentice, chr. 4 Mar 1767, Bobbingworth, Essex.
- John Prentice, chr. 10 Dec 1769, Bobbingworth, Essex.
- William Prentice, chr. 19 Jan 1773, Bobbingworth, Essex.
- Elizabeth K. Prentice, chr. 19 Mar 1775, Bobbingworth, Essex.
- Sarah Prentice, chr. 6 Nov 1776, Bobbingworth, Essex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [5]
3. Thomas Prentice, chr. 10 Apr 1758, Bobbingworth and d. there 5 Feb 1837, Moreton.
He m. Elizabeth Warr on 3 May 1786, Moreton. She was the dau. of Thomas Warr and Mary Girdon. Children (per IGI):
- Mary Ann Prentice, chr. 10 Jun 1787, Moreton. She d. 23 Oct 1807.
- Mary Prentice, chr. 15 Feb 1789, Moreton. (See next paragraph re 1871 census for possible husband and children.)
- George Prentice, chr. 23 May 1802, Moreton.
- Robert Prentice, chr. 28 Jun 1804, Moreton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [6]
- Jane Prentice, chr. 16 Apr 1806, Moreton.She d. 1809.
- Jane Prentice, b. 31 Mar 1807, Moreton.
The 1871 Moreton census shows, living next door to Robert Prentice, b. 1804, #3iv, above, the family of James Prentice White, b. c. 1806, Moreton. Given their proximity, it seems likely that James' mother is a sister to Robert, and probably Mary, b. 1789, Moreton. James' wife is 4. Mary Prentice, chr. 26 Apr 1761, Bobbingworth, Essex.
She m. John Knight at Moreton on 11 Nov 1782. They had 1 or more children, including (per Richard Thompson, email, 5 May 2002):
4.1 Thomas Knight, b. 1785, Moreton, Essex.
He m. Charlotte Blatch on 24 Mar 1805, Moreton, Essex. She was b. in Magdalen Laver, Essex, and d. in Moreton, Essex. Children:
4.2 Thomas Knight, b. 24 Jan 1809, Moreton, Essex, and d. there Jan 1886.
He m. Sarah Knight who was b. c. 1806, Moreton. Children:
4.3 Alfred James Knight, b. 1834, Moreton, Essex, and d. Mar 1923, Ongar, Essex.
He m. Mary Ann Cornell who was b. Oct 1840, White Roothing, Essex, and d. 1915, Essex. Children:
5. Sarah Prentice, chr. 6 Nov 1776, Bobbingworth, Essex.
She m. James White on 30 Jul 1805 in Moreton. Children of Sarah Prentice and James White (per IGI and David Grutchfield, email, 12 May 2004):
He m. Annie Beatrice Jane Hampton in Sep 1884, Lambeth, Surrey. She was the dau. of James Hampton (1829-1897) and Elizabeth Hannah Powis (1831-????). They had 1 or more children, including:
11. May Beatrice Prentice, b. 16 May 1888, Wiltshire Villa, Stapleton Rd., Bristol, Glos., and d. 1971, London.
She m. George Charles Gale on 20 Nov 1909, Parish Church of St. John The Divine, Kennington, London. He was b. 21 May 1887, 54 Elliotts Row, Southwark, Surrey. An Ancestor Chart for him can be found at
Ancestry.com . They had 1 or more children, including:
12. Ronald Charles Gale, b 22 Jul 1921, 69 Oxford Rd., Chriswick Materinity Home.
He m. 1st. Nita Marie Brooks on 15 Aug 1921, St. Paul's Church, Dorking, Surrey. She was b. 25 Jun 1921, Grimgsby, Lincolnshire, and d. 3 Mar 1963, Bournemouth, Hampshire. Children per
Ancestry.com :
He m. 2nd Miss Brewer in 1964 in Portsmouth.
He m 3rd L Woolley (nee Roche) in 1976 in Bournemouth, Dorset.
Fn. 2: Ian Prentice has identified Thomas' wife as Judith Lucklyn rather than the Anne Nichols shown on Colin Prentice's chart. That difference needs to be resolved. However, that appears to be a different Thomas Prentice (see email of David Grutchfield, 12 May 2004).
Fn. 3: There was also a Thomas Prentice was b. c. 1684 and is called "of Moreton", Essex Co., England in the IGI. Thomas d. 16 Aug 1740 at Moreton. He m. Mary Tarling on 13 Oct 1709. She was b. 7 Oct 1689, Bobbingworth, and d. 8 Feb 1758. Mary was the dau. of John and Mary Tarling. This couple, however, appears too old to be the parents of the children listed.
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Fn. 1: Colin Prentice's chart shows Thomas Prentice as b. 13 Jan 1732. However, Ian Prentice advises that the 1732 Thomas Prentice died young and that it was a later brother, also named Thomas, who was the father of Thomas Prentice, #3, who m. Elizabeth Warr.
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