Person:Thomas Prentice (3)

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• Thomas² Prentice of Newton and his wife Rebecca Jackson son of Robert1 Prentice of Roxbury See paged 247-251 #3

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• Thomas² Prentice of Cambridge and Stonington and his wife Sarah Stanton son of Thomas1 Prentice "Trooper" of Newton, See pages 165-167 #3, GM2:6:475, Stonington History 338, 340

His father Thomas Prentice, was born in England in 1621. His mother Grace was also born in England. They came to America a year before he was born.

Thomas had a twin sister, Elizabeth and may have had the middle name of Quinn.

From Savage's Genealogical Dictionary

THOMAS, Newton, s[on]. of Thomas the first, m[arried]. 20 Mar. 1676, Sarah, d[aughter]. of Thomas Stanton, had Thomas, b[orn]. 13 Jan. 1677; Grace; Samuel, a[bout]. 1680; and John, 1682, H[arvard]. C[ollege]. 1700, the min[ister]. of Lancaster; was freem[an]. 1680, and d[ied]. 1684. His wid[ow]. m[arried]. William Denison of Stonigton.

[His father] THOMAS, Cambridge, on S[outh]. side of the riv[er]. now Newton, bro[ugh]t. from Eng[land]. w[ife]. Grace, and d[aughter]. Grace, bapt[ized]. there, had here Thomas and Elizabeth tw[ins]. b[orn]. 22 Jan. 1650; Mary; John, 2 Feb. 1654, d[ied]. next y[ea]r.; John, again, 10 July 1655; and Hannah, 1661; was freem[an]. 1652; rep[resentative]. 1672-4, in 1675, on the first day aft[er]. Philip began hostil[ities]. went to the war in comm[and]. [Captain] of a troop of horse, and with great reput[e]. serv[ed]. through it. His influence was great in obt[ained]. separat[ely]. of Newton, in wh[o]. his est[ate]. was. The w[ife]. d[ied]. 9 Oct. 1692, and he d[ied]. 6 July 1710 in 89th y[ea]r. Jackson assures us that the gr[ave].-st[one]. says 1709, and with error is easily beliv[ed]. Grace m[arried]. 27 Nov. 1667, Thomas Oliver; and Elizabeth m[arried]. 4 May 1675, Thomas Aldrich of Dedham. The epitaph that in Homer's Hist[ory]. of N. is said to be on his gr[ave].-st[one]. belongs to somebody else, lying 45 feet from the grave of the capt[ain]. whose head and foot stone have plain inscript[ions]. as I am assur[ed]. by the highest authority.

In both forms, nineteen had been gr[aduated]. in 1834 at Harv[ard]. four at Yale, and five at other N[ew]. E[ngland]. coll[eges]. and of ten clerg[ymen]. eight were of Harv[ard]. two of Yale.

1. ↑ Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, from its First Settlement in 1649 to 1900 (1900): With a Genealogical Register of Stonington Families. (New London, Conn.: Press of the Day Publishing Company, 1900)
   p. 543.

   "Thomas Prentice (No. 3) m. Sarah (No. 10), daughter of Capt. Thomas and wife Ann (Lord) Stantion, (who was the famous Indian interpreter), March 20, 1675. He d. April 19, 1665 [sic, 1685). Mrs. Prentice m. 2d, Capt. William Denison (No. 43), and d. 1713."

2. ↑ Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
   3:479-480.

   PRENTICE
   THOMAS, Newton, s. of Thomas the first, m. 20 Mar. 1676, Sarah, d. of Thomas Stanton, had Thomas, b. 13 Jan. 1677; Grace; Samuel, a. 1680; and John, 1682, H. C. 1700, the min. of Lancaster; was freem. 1680, and d. 1684. His wid. m. William Denison of Stonington.

3. ↑ Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the Year of 1850. (Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1914-15)
   Vol. 1, p. 573.

   PRENTICE, Tho[mas], s. of Tho[mas] and Grace, Jan. 22, 1649. [Twin] [1649-50]

4. ↑ Paige, Lucius Robinson. History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877: With a Genealogical Register. (Boston, Massachusetts: H. O. Houghton, 1877)
   p. 629.

   Thomas Prentice [#4], s/o Thomas and Grace Prentice, b. Cambridge 22 Jan 1649-50, d. 19 Apr 1685, m. 20 Mar 1675 Sarah Stanton.

5. ↑ Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871. (American Ancestors, 2014)
   Case 18024: Thomas Prentice 1685.

   4 May 1685: A true Inventory of ye Estate of Thomas Prentice Junior of Cambridge Villiage deceased Aprill 19th : in the yeare 1685 taken ye 4th of may the same yeare. Sworn to "16. 4. 85." [16 Jun 1685].