"Of these baptisms the records of the Roxbury church say: 'John, son to John Prentice, baptised 7 mo. 29, 1667; and Joseph, Jonathan, Peter, Steven, Ester, children of John Prentice, baptized 2, 19, 1668.' Mr. Edward Prentis, of New London, writes: 'He probably went to Roxbury to have his children baptized in those two years, as New London, though not destitute of a minister, had no regularly ordained clergyman, qualified to administer the ordinances, until 1670. (When John Prentis was a member of Mr. Bradstreet's church, which was commenced Oct. 5,1670. …)"