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Barnstable, Mass. (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 41
Deac. Samuel Whittemore, 17 Sept. 1744, and wid. Rebecca Rockwell 20 Dec. 1762. His chil. were Caleb, b. 17 Ap. and d. 14 Aug. 1745; Caleb, b. 14 Nov. 1746; Elizabeth, b. 24 Sept. 1748, m. Benajah Davenport, Jr., of Dorchester, 4 Oct. 1769; Samuel, b. 10 Feb. 1749-50, d. young; Samuel, b. 26 May 1753, grad. H. C. 1771, a trader in Gorham, Me. (his son William was father of Sargent S. Prentice, Esq., one of the most eloquent men of his age); William, b. 1 Dec. 1754, pub. Mary Gorham of Barnstable 10 Oct. 1778, a merchant, d. in Kentucky; Henry, b. 4 Feb. 1757, d. young; Lydia, b. 27 Jan. 1759, m. Sargent Smith of Gloucester; Henry, bap. 30 Dec. 1759, a saddler, d. unm. 1794. Caleb the f. is styled yeoman; in 1747 he bought of the assigns of Edward Pelham two and a half acres, lying between Harvard Square and Brattle, Palmer, and Church streets, portions of which he afterwards sold; He d. 19 Nov. 1772; his w. Rebecca d. 1807. 27. Nathan, s. of Deac. Henry (13), grad. H. C. 175
New Hampshire (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): chapter 41
part of the Bordman Estate, on North Avenue, and bought 18 May 1779 another portion; but in consequence of thriftless habits, he was reduced to poverty, and d. in the almshouse 23 Sept. 1813; his w. Abigail d. 25 May 1801. 40. Henry, s. of Henry (28), m. Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Phillips; they bought a house and two rods square of ground, on the east side of North Avenue, opposite the Common, 16 Nov. 1778, which was seized on execution by Dr. William Gamage 20 Jan. 1791. He rem. to New Hampshire, and was residing in Windham 1797; but afterwards returned and d. here 12 Nov. 1806; his w. Elizabeth d. 24 Feb. 1807. They had children Henry and Thomas (felo de se), and perhaps others. 41. Benjamin, s. of Smith (29), m. Ruth Worthylake 10 Dec. 1767, in Wat., and had Benjamin; Ruth, b. 28 Aug. 1769, m. Amos Munroe 18 Dec. 1803, and d. 17 June 1853; Caleb; Henry, d. 15 Oct. 1796, a. 24; John; George, d. in the almshouse 18 Mar. 1849, a. 74; Elisha; Ellis, m. Lydia Haynes of Wat. 23
Holliston (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 41
rmy, Deac. Prentice retired to the house of his son, Rev. Joshua Prentice of Holliston, where he d. 18 Oct. 1778, a. 84; his w. Elizabeth d. 7 Ap. 1775, a. 78. 1 1805. 25. Joshua, s. of Deac. Henry (13), grad. H. C. 1738, ordained at Holliston 18 May 1743, and d. 24 Ap. 1788, after a ministry of about forty-five years. 1755; she d.——, and he m. Mary Haley 9 Jan. 1770, who survived him, and d. at Holliston 21 May 1804, a. 81. His children were Joshua, b. 9 Sept. 1744, merchant in M9; Appleton, b. 1756, d. 16 June 1758; Margaret, m. Rev. Timothy Dickinson of Holliston; Appleton, b. 1761, grad. H. C. 1781, merchant in Boston, where he m. Silencant 14 June 1785, and had a large family; res. for a time in Rox. and rem. to Holliston 1812, where he d. in April 1821; his w. Silence d. 5 Mar. 1829; Elizabeth, b. 1763, d. unm. at Holliston 13 Dec. 1835. Some of the births and deaths in this paragraph are taken from Binney's Prentice Family. 26. Caleb, s. of Deac. Henry
Groton (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 41
s in Newton. 4. Josiah, s. of Capt. James Parker and w. Elizabeth, was b. in Groton 1655, and resided there until 1683, and perhaps later; was an innholder in Wobu on the burial ground. He m. Elizabeth Saxon, or Sexton, of Boston, and had in Groton, Elizabeth, b. 31 Aug. 1679, m. Samuel Livermore 15 Nov. 1699; John, b. 13 Ap. was a Captain and served in the war against the Indians; he was in command at Groton 21 July 1706, when Nathaniel Healy of Newton, one of his company, was waylaid a had Mary, bap. 12 Oct. 1712; Elizabeth. 8. Eleazar, prob. s. of Eleazar of Groton, and nephew of Josiah (4), b. at Groton 25 Sept. 1695, m. Hannah Humphrey at CaGroton 25 Sept. 1695, m. Hannah Humphrey at Camb. 24 Mar. 1719-20, and had Elizabeth, bap. 21 May 1721, d. young; Hannah, bap. 17 Mar. 1722-3; Mary, bap. 15 Aug. 1725, m. Joseph Grant of Chs. 3 Oct. 1745; Elizabsettled in the ministry at Grafton 1731, m. Sarah, dau. of Nathaniel Sartell of Groton, 26 Oct. 1732, and had Solomon, b. 29 Oct. 1733, killed in blasting a well 25 O
Gorham (Maine, United States) (search for this): chapter 41
ec. 1835. Some of the births and deaths in this paragraph are taken from Binney's Prentice Family. 26. Caleb, s. of Deac. Henry (13), m. Lydia, dau. of Deac. Samuel Whittemore, 17 Sept. 1744, and wid. Rebecca Rockwell 20 Dec. 1762. His chil. were Caleb, b. 17 Ap. and d. 14 Aug. 1745; Caleb, b. 14 Nov. 1746; Elizabeth, b. 24 Sept. 1748, m. Benajah Davenport, Jr., of Dorchester, 4 Oct. 1769; Samuel, b. 10 Feb. 1749-50, d. young; Samuel, b. 26 May 1753, grad. H. C. 1771, a trader in Gorham, Me. (his son William was father of Sargent S. Prentice, Esq., one of the most eloquent men of his age); William, b. 1 Dec. 1754, pub. Mary Gorham of Barnstable 10 Oct. 1778, a merchant, d. in Kentucky; Henry, b. 4 Feb. 1757, d. young; Lydia, b. 27 Jan. 1759, m. Sargent Smith of Gloucester; Henry, bap. 30 Dec. 1759, a saddler, d. unm. 1794. Caleb the f. is styled yeoman; in 1747 he bought of the assigns of Edward Pelham two and a half acres, lying between Harvard Square and Brattle, Palmer, a
Suffolk County (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 41
58-9, payd by his unckell Thomas Danforth,4.9.6.1 ———— Sume is9.15.2.3 had Thomas, b. 21 July 1641, grad. H. C. 1659; Mary, b. 3 Ap. 1643. Thomas the f. resided on the westerly side of Garden Street, near Concord Avenue; was Selectman 1639, 1640, and Savage styles him physician; he returned to England before 1654, when his homestead (the house having been burned) was sold by his agent, Thomas Danforth, to Thomas Oakes. He is described in the deed as Thomas Parish, gent., of Naylond, Suffolk Co., England. It is not impossible that Rev. Samuel Parris, of witch mania memory, who d. 27 Feb. 1720, was of this family. The name is spelled differently, but the sound is similar. In his will, Samuel speaks of his father Thomas as a merchant, living in London 1656, and owning estates in Barbadoes, where he d. 1673. Parker, Robert, butcher, Boston and Roxbury, was admitted a member of Boston Church 1634. （Farmer.) Robert Parker and his wife, both in full communion, having been dis
Alewife Brook (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 41
grad. H. C. 1756, a merchant in Berwick, Me., m. Mehetabel Spencer, and d. here 29 July 1769; Sarah, bap. 25 Jan. 1740-41, m. Charles Hill of Berwick 15 Sept. 1757. Henry the f. was a husbandman and brickmaker; Deacon of Dr. Appleton's Church from 24 Nov. 1741 to 14 July 1774, when he resigned on account of his advanced age. He inherited the homestead on the westerly side of the Common: he also purchased in 1729 a large part of the Holden Farm, bounded south on Fresh Pond and east on Alewife Brook, being the former southeasterly corner of Arlington. He retained possession of both estates through life; but what proportion of the time he resided on each, has not been ascertained. When the War of the Revolution commenced, and Camb. became the headquarters of the Continental Army, Deac. Prentice retired to the house of his son, Rev. Joshua Prentice of Holliston, where he d. 18 Oct. 1778, a. 84; his w. Elizabeth d. 7 Ap. 1775, a. 78. 14. John, s. of Henry (8), m. Mary Smith 5 Ja
Dracut (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 41
, b. 31 Aug. 1679, m. Samuel Livermore 15 Nov. 1699; John, b. 13 Ap. 1681; Sarah, b. 1 May 1683, m. Stephen Coolidge 30 Ap. 1702. and Nicholas Fessenden, Jr., 8 Aug. 1706; he had also, Susanna, b. –, m. Samuel Gookin, Jr., 28 Feb. 1711-12; Joshua; William, prob. d. young; Ann, m. William Warland 3 July 1718 (Joshua, William, and Ann, bap. here 3 Ap. 1698); Mary, bap. 11 Dec. 1698, m. Thomas Dana 22 Jan. 1718-19, and d. 10 Oct. 1739; Thomas, bap. 15 Dec. 1700, grad. H. C. 1718, minister at Dracut, d. 18 Mar. 1765. Josiah the f. was a Captain and served in the war against the Indians; he was in command at Groton 21 July 1706, when Nathaniel Healy of Newton, one of his company, was waylaid and slain, together with John Myrick and Ebenezer Seager, also of Newton, as they were going to meeting on the Sabbath day. He was Selectman 1710, and d. between 26 July and 6 Aug. 1731; his w. Elizabeth survived. 5. Stephen, parentage not ascertained, by w. Susanna, had Hannah, b. 27 Feb. 1704
Dunstable, Mass. (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 41
r. 1721-2, prob. m. Stephen Prentice 10 Nov. 1743; Reuben, b. 14 June 1726, m. Martha Hubbard 1 Mar. 1757, served in the French War, and was drowned 5 Oct. 1764; Tabitha, b. 8 Oct. 1728. John the f. was a brickmaker, and res. on the south side of the Common, a very little in the rear of the old Washington School-house, the same estate which was for many years afterwards occupied by Miss Mary Hancock. He d. 24 Jan. 1741-2. 15. Nathaniel, s. of Henry (8), grad. H. C. 1715, minister at Dunstable from about 1720, m. Mary, dau. of Maj. William Tyng 1724, and had Mary, b. 2 Jan. 1725; William Henry, b. 2 Dec. 1726; Nathaniel, b. 29 May 1729, an officer in the Navy, d. unm. and Abraham Watson of Camb. was appointed administrator 1 May 1770; Lucy, prob. m. Abraham Watson 28 Mar. 1751; John. All these children are named in their father's will 6 Dec. 1736. Nathaniel the f. d. 27 Feb. 1736-7, a. about 38. 16. Solomon, s. of Solomon (9), grad. H. C. 1727, settled in the ministry at
Lyndeborough (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): chapter 41
54; Mary, m. Dr. James Frost of Camb. 1 Dec. 1768; he d. 22 July 1770, and their only child Mary was b. 3 Feb. and d. 24 Feb. 1771; the wid. subsequently m. Nehemiah Rand of Chs., and when that place was destroyed in June 1775, rein. to Lyndeborough, N. H., where she d. before 1791; Lucy, b. 18 Aug. 1740, d. young; Margaret, b. 9 Aug. 1742, m. Nehemiah Rand of Lyndeborough 21 Oct. 1791; Thomas, b. 9 June 1745, d. young; Rebecca, b. 2 Mar. 1747-8, m. Joseph Kettell of Boston 15 Mar. 1770, andLyndeborough 21 Oct. 1791; Thomas, b. 9 June 1745, d. young; Rebecca, b. 2 Mar. 1747-8, m. Joseph Kettell of Boston 15 Mar. 1770, and d. 2 Feb. 1825. On the destruction of Chs. 1775, Rev. Mr. Prentice removed into the house where he was born, in Camb., and resided there (luring the remainder of life. After the inhabitants of Chs. returned from their dispersion, he recommenced the labors of his ministry with them, which he continued to perform until both body and mind became so enfeebled that he was obliged to desist. It is related of him, that, on the last Sunday of his ministry, through sheer forgetfulness he repeated in
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