Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register

Post, Stephen (otherwise written Poast), owned a house and twelve acres on the south side of the river, 1635. He rem. with Hooker to Hartford, where he was Constable in 1641. ‘Some of the family moved down the River.’ Hinman.

2. Thomas, a weaver, had a grant 1669, of ‘fencing timber for his garden,’ and resided on the westerly side of Dunster Street, between Harvard and Mount Auburn streets, in 1673. He may have been son of Stephen (1), but the traces of his early history have been obliterated. He d. between 28 Mar. and 7 Ap. 1691; and bequeathed his whole estate to Nathaniel Hancock, directing him to pay £ 30 to his heirs at law, viz.: to dau. Rebecca Post, now dwelling in England, near Gravesend, to grandson Thomas Post, and to grandson John Satle (Sawtell), which last named grandson was to have all the testator's books, except the great Bible.

Pratt, John, was here in 1633, and owned a house 1635 on the northerly side of Mount Auburn Street, between Brighton Street and Brattle Square, which he soon sold to Joseph Isaac. He rem. to Hartford, where ‘he was a Juror, Deputy, and Magistrate, and was an important man in the Colony. He came here among the first settlers of Hartford.’ Hinman.

2. John, styled on our records ‘Mr. Pratt,’ was one of the earliest inhabitants. That we had two Johns at the same time appears from the fact that land was granted to ‘John Pratt’ 5 Jan. 1634-5, and another lot to ‘Mr. Pratt,’ on the same day; also from the fact that one removed to Hartford, as aforesaid, while a more tragical fate was reserved for the other. The last named John came here, under an agreement with the Company of Adventurers, as appears by a record on a fly leaf of the Colony Records, vol. i., under date of 5 Mar. 1628-9: ‘A proposition being made to entertain a surgeon for the plantation, Mr. Pratt was propounded as an able man, upon these conditions, namely,--That £ 40 should be allowed him, viz., for his chest £ 25, the rest for his own salary for the first year; provided he continue three years, the company to be at the charge of transporting his wife and a yo[uth, to] have £ 20 a year for the other two years, and to build him a house [at] the company's charge, and to allot him 100 acres of ground; but if he stay but one year, then the company to be at charge of his bringing back for England, and he to leave his serv[ant] and the chest for the company's service.’ He settled here, and remained quietly for a time. But becoming dissatisfied, he wrote a letter to a friend in England, for which he was called to account by the magistrates 3 Nov. 1635. His answer, which is recorded in Col. Rec., i. 358-360, is worth preserving and is inserted elsewhere. His offence was pardoned, and he remained about ten years longer, when he sailed for England, with Capt. Thomas Coytmore, and together with his wife was wrecked and drowned near the coast of Spain, in Dec. 1644. ‘This man was above 60 years old, an experienced surgeon, who had lived in New England many years, and was of the First Church at Cambridge in Mr. Hooker's time, and had good practice, and wanted nothing. But he had been long discontented, because his employment was not so profitable to himself as he desired, and it is like he feared lest he should fall into want in his old age, and therefore he would needs go back into England (for surgeons were then in great request there by occasion of the war); but God took him away childless.’ Savage's Winthrop, i. 173; II. 239.

Prentice, Thomas (otherwise written Prentis, and Prentiss), settled on the south side of the river, and by w. Grace, had Grace, b. in England 1648, m. Thomas Oliver 27 Nov. 1667, and d. 31 Sept. 1681, a. 33; Thomas, and Elizabeth, twins, b. here 22 Jan. 1649-50; Mary, b. about 1652; John, b. 2 Feb. 1653-4, d. 10 Jan. 1654-5; John, b. 10 July 1655, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Edward Jackson, and d. without issue 14 Mar. 1688-9; Hannah, b. 1661, d. 28 Ap. 1738. Thomas the f. was the famous Captain of the Troop, distinguished in Philip's War. He also commanded the Troop which escorted Sir Edmund Andros, as a prisoner, from Rhode Island to Boston, August 1689. He was. a Justice of the Peace 1686, and Representative three years, 1672 to 1674. His name often occurs in the history of his times, and all accounts