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John Prentice is #29.15 in our Henry Prentice eBook. We are seeking information about his descendants. Here is what we have so far:

29.15 John Prentice, bapt. 7 Oct 1744, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA and d. 18 May 1808 in Londonderry, Rockingham Co., NH.

He m. Tabitha Sargent on 6 Apr 1793. She was b. 21 Mar 1769 in Haverhill, Essex Co., MA. She m. John C. Cunningham. Extensive Ancestor Charts can be found for her at Ancestry.com . Children per Ancestry.com :

1. (perhaps) Tabitha Dorcas Prentice.
2. Ann Prentice, b. in Londonderry, Rockingham Co., NH. She m. John C. Cunningham who, after Ann's death, later m. her sister, Susan, below.
3. Sally Prentice, b. c. 1800 in Londonderry, Rockingham Co., NH
4. Nathaniel Prentice, b. c. 1802 in Londonderry, Rockingham Co., NH
5. Henry Prentice, b. 1804 in Londonderry, Rockingham Co., NH
6. John Prentice, b. c. 1806 in Londonderry, Rockingham Co., NH
7. Nat/Nathanie/Nathan Prentice, b. c. 1808 in Londonderry, Rockingham Co., NH
8. Albert Prentice, b. c. 1810 in Londonderry, Rockingham Co., NH
9. Ruth Prentice, b. in Londonderry, Rockingham Co., NH
10. Susan Prentice, b. 17 Aug 1796 in Londonderry, Rockingham Co., NH, and d. 2 Nov 1869, Winchester, Fayette Co., TX. She is bur. in the Cunningham Cem., Smithville, Bastrop Co., TX. Susan m. 1st William Redfield. He was b. 30 Oct 1792 in Claremont, Sullivan Co., NH. Children per Ancestry.com :
    1. William Redfield, b. 21 Jan 1817 in Londonderry, Rockingham County, NH, and d. 1840, Wionchester, Fayette Co., TX, In his 23rd year. He was killed at the Battle of Precidio Rio Grande in the Fall of 1840; Soldier in the Texas War for Independence 1835 - 1836.
    2. Henry Prentice Redfield, b. c. 1819 in Londonderry, Rockingham County, NH. He m. Sarah E. Card in 1841, Fayette Co., TX. She was b. 28 Aug 1825, Bedford Co., TN, and d. 11 Mar 1872, Winchester, Fayette Co., TX. Bur. in Cunningham Cem., Smithville, Bastrop Co., TX. 1850, 1870 and 1880 census in Bastrop Co., TX. Children per Ancestry.com :
       1. Frances Prentice Redfield, dau., b. c. 1844, TX. At home in 1850 and 1860. Not home in 1870 census.
       2. Susan Redfield, b. c. 1847, TX. At home in 1850 and 1860. Not home in 1870 census.
       3. Mary Ann Redfield, b. c. 1850, TX. At home in 1850 and 1860. Not home in 1870 census.
       4. William Redfield, b. c. 1854, TX. 1860 and 1870 census at home in Bastrop Co., TX. Not in 1880 or 1900 census.
       5. Louisa Redfield, b. 3 Dec 1855 and d. 1872, age 17 yrs and 9 months. Bur. Cunningham Cem.
       6. Sarah Evelyn Redfield, b. c. 1858, TX. 1870 census at home in Bastrop Co., TX. `
       7. Samuel Drake Redfield, b. c. 1866. 1870 census at home in Bastrop Co., TX. 1880 single farm laborer in Bastrop, TX.
       8. Robert Henry "Henry" Redfield. 1870 census at home in Bastrop Co., TX. 1880 single farm laborer in Bastrop, TX.
       9. (El.....) Redfield, dau., b. c. 1876, TX. 1880 at home in Bastrop Co., TX.
       10. Beulah(?) Redfield, b. c. 1879, TX. 1880 at home in Bastrop Co. TX.

       Henry appears in the 1880 census in Bastrop Co., TX, with his 2nd wife, Julia, b. c. 1858, TX.

    3. John Albert Redfield, b. c. 1822 in Canada

    Susan m. 2nd John C. Cunningham on 31 Mar 1834. He was b/ c/ 1800 in NH and d. 21 Mar 1859 Bur. Cunningham Cem., Smithville, Bastrop Co., TX. He was the son of John C. and Susan Cunningham. He had peviously been m. Susan's sister, Ann, above. Children per Ancestry.com :

    1. Frances P Cunningham 1827-1835
    2. John Prentice Cunningham 1828-1830
    3. Mary Ann Cunningham 1831-1831
    4. George P Cunningham1831-1831
    5. John Prentice Cunningham, b. 31 Mar 1834, Bastrop, TX, and d. 21 Mar 1859, Winbchester, Fayette Co., TX. He m. Lurana Fidelia Hudson, b. 27 Dec 1840, Franklin Co., TN, and d. 1944, Round Mountain, Blanco, TX. She was the dau. of Wilson L. Hudson and Euphrinia Mathis. Daughter:
       1. Susan Prentice Cunningham, b. 28 Feb 1859, Fayette Co., TX, and d. 7 Sep 1943, Fresno, Fresno Co., CA. She ;m. Lucius Nash Halbert Jr. Info. about him and their 6 children can be found at Ancestry.com .

    That website also contains the following interesting informationabout John C. Cunningham:

    e-mail from Barbara Cheesbrough (April 9, 2004): Here is a little more information regarding my second great grandparents. John Cunningham's middle initial is C instead of S. He was awarded a Spanish land grant on April 6, 1831 for one league of land, three quarters of which was located in Bastrop County, Texas, and one quarter in Fayette County, Texas. It showed his name as John C. Cunningham. The 1850 census of Bastrop County, Texas, shows his name as John C. Cunningham. On his widow, Susan's gravemarker, it shows her second husband was John C. Cunningham. In the Probate Records of Bastrop County, Texas, 4th September 1874 John is listed as John C. Cunningham, deceased. I visited the Cunningham Cemetery which is located near Winchester, Texas. I couldn't find the grave marker for John C. Cunningham, but did find Susan's marker, as well as that of their son and my great grandfather, John Prentice Cunningham.

    Susan Prentice was married first to William Redfield. They had three sons, then were divorced. Susan's sister Ann was married to John C. Cunningham. After the death of Ann, John Cunningham married Susan, who was divorced with three sons. I haven't yet found a marriage date for them. My uncle, Lucius Halbert, who lived to be 100 years old, told me about John Cunningham marrying a divorced woman who had three sons.

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