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Thomas Prentice of Moreton, Essex Co., England
By Linus Joseph Dewald Jr., Editor
Summer 2001 and Revised 28 Aug 2014

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Update of 28 Aug 2014: This article has now been merged into ourFall 2000 article entitled William Prentice of Essex Co., England and Australia. See now that other article.

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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.

Note: Elizabethscott25, at the Scott Family Tree at Ancestry.com , shows Thomas' wife as Mary Tarling who he m. in 1709, but do not show any children until 1725, some 16 years later One would think either (1) that either Mary Tarling is not the mother, or (2) that there are 5 or 6 children not shown who were born in that 16 year period. We have asked Elizabeth Scott if she has some official document showing that Mary Tarling is the mother, but so far have no response.

Apparent children of Thomas and Mary Tarling per the IGI:

1. Elizabeth Prentice, chr. 24 Jan 1726, Moreton and d. there 24 Mar 1726.
2. William Prentice,chr. 4 Apr 1727, Moreton.
3. Thomas Prentice, chr. 13 Jan 1731 or 1732, Moreton. Died young (per Ian Prentice, email, 5 Apr 2001).
4. Mary Prentice, chr. 18 Nov 1733, Moreton.
5. William Thomas Prentice, chr. 4 Apr 1734, Moreton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1.10]
6. Thomas Prentice, bap. 1738, Moreton. . . . . . [2]
7. William Prentice, chr. 4 Apr 1738, Moreton. He m. Hannah (per Ian Prentice, email, 5 Apr 2001). Children:
   1. William Pentice,b. 1757 Moreton
   2. John Prentice, b. 1760
   3. Hannah Prentice, b. 1766.
8. Ann Prentice, b. c. 1740, Moreton.

1.10 William Thomas Prentice, chr. 4 Apr 1734, Moreton.

He m. Anne Nichols 7 May 1752, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire. She was b. 20 Oct 1734, Bobbingworth, Essex, and d. 1800, London, Middlesex. Her Ancestor Chart can be found at Ancestry.com Children:

1. Ann Prentice 1753 –
2. Elizabeth Prentice 1755 –
3. Thomas Prentice 1758 – 1837
4. Mary Prentice 1761 –
5. Christiana Prentice 1764 –
6. John PRENTICE 1767 –
7. John Prentice 1769 –
8. William Prentice, b. c. 1771, Halsead, Essex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1.20]
9. Sarah Prentice 1776 – 1864

1.20 William Prentice, b. c. 1771, Halsead, Essex, and d. 2 Apr 1822, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

He m. Elizabeth Wicker c. 1804, Sydney, NSW. She was b. 17 Apr 1781, Halstead, Essex, and d. 1837, Sydney, NSW. Her Ancestor Chart: Ancestry.com . Children:

1. John Prentice 1804 – 1859
2. Sarah Prentice 1807 – 1830
3. Elizabeth Prentice 1809 – 1878
4. Mary Prentice 1812 – 1855
5. William Henry Prentice, b. 21 Jun 1815, Sydney, NSW. . . . . . . . . . [1.30]
6. Rosetta Prentice 1818 – 1905
7. Charlotte Prentice 1821 – 1875

1.30 William Henry Prentice, b. 21 Jun 1815, Sydney, NSW, and d. 30 Dec 1882, NSW.

He m. Rachael Ikin, 22 Aug 1837, Sydney, St. James, NSW. She was b. 24 Apr 1816, Chelsea, London, and d. 24 Aug 1913, Stratfield, NSW. Children per Ancestry.com :

1. William Henry Prentice, b. 6 Jul 1838, Sydney, NSW. . . . . . . . [1,40]
2. Edward Prentice 1840 – 1908
3. Jane Prentice 1842 – 1919
4. George Prentice 1845 – 1845
5. Joshua John Prentice 1846 – 1851
6. Emily Prentice 1850 – 1883
7. Caroline Prentice 1852 – 1927
8. Frederick Prentice 1855 – 1934
9. Rowland PRENTICE 1858 – 1938
10. Alice Rebecca Prentice 1861 – 1939

1.40 William Henry Prentice, b. 6 Jul 1838, Sydney, NSW, and d.9 Dec 1899, Enfield, NSW.

He m. Anna Elizabeth Spencer 1862, Sydney, NSW. She was b. 10 Apr 1839, Richmond Hill, NSW, and d. 21 Sep 1920, Sydney, NSW. Children per Ancestry.com :

1. William Henry Prentice 1862 – 1941. . . . . . . . [1.50]
2. Charles Edward Prentice 1865 – 1937
3. Joseph P Prentice 1867 – 1934
4. Frederick E Prentice 1870 –
5. Albert Rowland Prentice 1872 – 1872
6. Richard Hercules Prentice 1873 – 1942
7. Walter Septimus Prentice 1876 –
8. Berti Nathaniel Prentice 1880 – 1950

1.50 William Henry Prentice 1862 – 1941

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):

1. 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).
2. Thomas Prentice, chr. 10 Apr 1758, Bobbingworth, Essex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3]
3. Mary Prentice, chr. 26 Apr 1761, Bobbingworth, Essex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4]
4. Christiana Prentice, chr. 15 Feb 1764, Bobbingworth, Essex.
5. George Prentice, chr. 4 Mar 1767, Bobbingworth, Essex.
6. John Prentice, chr. 10 Dec 1769, Bobbingworth, Essex.
7. William Prentice, chr. 19 Jan 1773, Bobbingworth, Essex.
8. Elizabeth K. Prentice, chr. 19 Mar 1775, Bobbingworth, Essex.
9. 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):

1. Mary Ann Prentice, chr. 10 Jun 1787, Moreton. She d. 23 Oct 1807.
2. Mary Prentice, chr. 15 Feb 1789, Moreton. (See next paragraph re 1871 census for possible husband and children.)
3. George Prentice, chr. 23 May 1802, Moreton.
4. Robert Prentice, chr. 28 Jun 1804, Moreton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [6]
5. Jane Prentice, chr. 16 Apr 1806, Moreton.She d. 1809.
6. 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 , b. c. 1816, and his children are:

1. Mary Ann Prentice, chr. 10 Jun 1787, Moreton. She d. 23 Oct 1807.
2. Martha Prentice White, b. c. 1854, Moreton
3. Walter Prentice White, b. c. 1858, Moreton

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):

1. Joseph Knight 1783 –
2. Thomas Knight, b. 1785, Moreton, Essex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4.1]
3. John Knight 1788 –
4. Mary Ann Knight 1790 –
5. Elizabeth Knight 1792 –
6. Sarah Knight, bap. 12 Apr 1795, Moreton, m. Charles Cowland on 17 Oct 1814. They had 1 or more children, including:
   1. Latitia Cowland, bap. 23 Apr 1815, Bobbingworth, 23 April 1815 m. Mr. Noakes on 26 Jan 1835 at Bobbingworth.
7. Laetitia Knight, chr. 2 Jun 1798 Moreton (per IGI).
8. Christiana Knight, chr. 15 Jun 1800 Moreton (per IGI).

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:

1. William Blatch Knight 1806 – 1887
2. Eliza Knight 1807 – 1808
3. Thomas Knight 1809 – 1886. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4.2]
4. John Knight 1811 –

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:

1. Mary Knight 1830 –
2. Alfred James Knight (1834 – 1923). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4.3]
3. Emma Lucy Knight 1836 –
4. Sarah Knight 1838 –
5. Ellen Knight 1840 –
6. Eliza Knight 1845 –
7. Charles Knight 1849 –

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:

1. William Alfred Knight 1864 – 1931
2. Flora Annie Knight 1866 –
3. Charles Arthur Knight 1871 – 1931
4. John Knight 1875 –
5. Albert Thomas Knight 1879 – 1956
6. Ernest Knight 1884 –
7. Fred Knight 1886 – 1961. See our Fall 2014 Prentice Newsletter article about David Prentice, Moreton, Essex, England , #1(iv) Clara Prentice.

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):

1. James Prentice White, chr. 25 Jun 1805 Moreton, Essex, England. He m. Jane. Children (per David Grutchfield, above, citing the Baptismal Register for Moreton in Essex Records Office):
   1. Eliza White, bap. 1 Jan 1837
   2. Letitia White, bap. 17 Feb 1839
   3. Hannah Ann White, bap. 10 Oct 1841
   4. Sarah Elizabeth White, bap. 10 Mar 1844
   5. Tamar White, bap. 2 Apr 1848
   6. Mahalah(?) White, bap. 28 Sept 1851
   7. Martha Jane White, bap. 5 Feb 1854
   8. James Walter White, bap. 6 Sep 1857
2. Elizabeth White, chr. 25 Mar 1807 Moreton, Essex, England
3. John Prentice White, chr.7 Jun 1808 Moreton, Essex, England. He m. Rebecca (1806-1873). Children per Ancestry.com :
   1. John White 1831 –
   2. Rebecca White 1832 –
   3. Charles White 1834 –
   4. Jane White 1837 – 1883
   5. George White 1839 –
   6. Ann White 1841 –
   7. Susannah White 1843 –
   8. Margaret White 1846 –
   9. Sarah White 1848 –
4. Charles White, b. c. 1811, Moreton, Essex, and d. 11 Jul 1878, Adelaide, Australia. Emigrated to Australia on 23 Jun 1855 from Southampton, England. He m. Mary Ann Hampton (1811-1871). Chldren per Ancestry.com :
   1. Mary White 1835 – 1917
   2. Ann White 1837 –
   3. Jessey White 1839 –
   4. Clara White 1840 –
   5. Catherine Elizabeth White 1842 –
   6. Charles Arthur White 1843 –
   7. Edith White 1846 –
   8. Alice Annis White 1847 – 1855
   9. Martha Jane White 1851 – 1855
   10. Agnes Tabitha White 1854 –
5. Eliza Anne White, chr. 9 Aug 1812 Moreton, Essex, England
6. Samuel White, b. 1818, Moreton, Essex, and d. 1893, Greensted, Essex. He m. Sarah White, b. c. 1839, Bagthorpe, Nottinghamshire. Children per Ancestry.com . At home in 1871, 1881 and 1901.

   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:

   1. May Beatrice Prentice, b. 16 May 1888. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[11]

   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:

   1. Ronald Charles Gale, b 22 Jul 1921. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[12]

   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 :

   1. Living son Gale
   2. Living dau. Gale
   3. Living son Gale. He m. 1st Miss Holding and is shown with a son (stepson?) named Hibbs. He m. 2nd Miss Vyse. -

   He m. 2nd Miss Brewer in 1964 in Portsmouth.

   He m 3rd L Woolley (nee Roche) in 1976 in Bournemouth, Dorset.

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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.

   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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