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7. NATHANIEL, s. of Nathaniel (4), in 1727 was a housewright in Killing- ly, Conn., but returned, and was a resident here in 1730. Perhaps he was the same who owned a liouse at the N. E. corner of Mount Auburn Street and Brattle Square 1751, which he sold in 1755, being styled "cooper " in the deeds. He had Jonathan, bap. 12 Aug. 1744; Ebenezer, bap. 22 July 1750.
8. LUXFORD, S. of John (5), m. Rebecca Robbins 11 May 1727, and had Mary, b. 10 May 1728; Rebecca, b. 14 May 1730, d. 11 Mar. 1735-6. Lux- FORD the f. was a mason, inherited the homestead, and d. before 17 May 1730. His w. Rebecca was appointed administratrix 26 June 1730.
PATTERSON, JAMES, prob. of Billeriea, m. Rebecea Stevenson 29 May 1662. They resided in Billerica 1695.
PEIRCE, MARK (or Pierce), owned an estate at the N. E. corner of Holyoke and Mount Auburn streets 1642, when that corner was about a hundred feet northerly from its present position.
2. JONATHAN, perhaps of Clis., had six ehildren bap. here, viz., Martha, 8 Aug. 1697; Benjamin, 2 Oet. 1698; Elizabeth, 28 July 1700; Isaac, 9 Aug. 1702; John, 23 Ap. 1704; Stephen 30 Ap. 1709.
3. JAMES, of Chs., m. Mary Prentice 10 Feb. 1731-2, perhaps lived on the Chs. side of the line, but his children were baptized here, as follows: Mary, 10 Dec. 1732; John, 14 Dec. 1735; Susanna, 16 Oet. 1737; James, 30 Dec. 1739; Abigail, 20 Dec. 1741; George, 30 Oct. 1743; Hannah, 10 Nov. 1745; Samuel, 23 Oct. 1748. Probably the same James m. Alice, wid. of Ebenezer Fessenden, 26 June 1760, and afterwards res. here.
MARY, servant of Nathaniel Sparhawk, d. 12 July 1647. JOSEPH, m. Hannah Munroe 21 Dec. 1692. JOHN, m. Susanna Marrett 27 Sept. 1722. ALICE, m. Thomas Read 1 Ap. 1773. NATHANIEL, m. Mary Fisk 28 June 1776. RICHARD, m. Anna Diekson 21 Oet. 1784. SAMUEL, m. Sophia Stedman 20 Mar. 1796. ELIJAH, m. Rebecca Ransford 19 Feb. 1797.
PELHAM, HERBERT, Esq., s. of Herbert, Esq., and Catherine, eldest dau. of Lord Delaware (or De la Warr), and a near relative, on his father's side, to the Duke of Newcastle, was b. 1601, and resided in Lineolnshire, England. He was an early friend of the emigrants to Massachusetts, and promoted their enterprise by his influenee, his adviee, and his money. In 1638 or 1639, he removed his family hither and settled in Cambridge. He res. at the N. W. corner of Dunster and South streets; the same estate having been previously occupied by Gov. Thomas Dudley, and by Roger Harlakenden, Esq., whose widow became the wife of Pelham. He was Seleetman 1645, Assistant from 1645 to 1649; Commissioner of the United Colonies, 1645, 1646, and intrusted by the General Court with mueh important business as a member of Com- mittees and otherwise. He was also the first Treasurer of Harvard College, elected 27 Dec. 1643, and the second person named in the act incorporating the Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians, 1649. He returned to England about 1649, was afterwards member of Parliament, rendered fre- quent and important serviees to the Colony, and d., aeeording to Morant, June
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1674; but, according to a certified copy of the " Parish Register of Bures, St. Mary in the Co. of Suffolk," which was his last residence, he was buried 1 July 1673. His first wife was Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas and granddaughter of Sir William Waldegrave, by whom he liad Waldegrave, bap. 26 Sept. 1627, the princi- pal heir of the English cstates, buried 12 Nov. 1699 ; Penelope, b. about 1631, m. Gov. Josiah Winslow, and d. at Marshfield 7 Dec. 1703, a. 72; Nathaniel, bap. 5 Feb. 1631-2, grad. H. C. 1651, embarked for England with Capt. Garrett Nov. 1657, and was lost; by his second wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Godfrey Bosville, Esq., and wid. of Roger Harlakenden, Esq., he had Mary, b. 12 Nov. 1638, according to the town Record, but manifestly a mistake; the date should prob. be 1639 or 1640; Frances, b. 9 Nov. 1643 ; Herbert, b. 3 Oet. 1645, bur. 2 Jan. 1645-6; and a son Edward, whose birth is not recorded, but who was the principal heir to the estates here; also Henry, named in a legal document as younger than Edward. Other children are named in the father's will 1 Jan. 1672-3, viz., Anna ; Katherine Clark ; a dau., w. of Cuthlach Eliot. He names also two sisters, Penelope, who was w. of Gov. Bellingham and d. 29 May 1702, a. about 83, and Elizabeth, who d. unm. at Marshfield 1 Ap. 1706, a. 83. Capt. William Pelham of Sudbury was prob. brother to Herbert Pelham, Esq.
2. EDWARD, S. of Herbert (1), grad. H. C. 1673, remained in New Eng- land, and d. 20 Sept. 1730. He seems never to have engaged in any useful or remunerative business, but rather to have lived on his income as a gentle- man at large. In his early life he was probably dissipated, certainly indis- creet. One of his freaks while in College is related on pp. 225, 226. The anxiety and disapprobation of his father may be inferred from his will, dated 1 Jan. 1672, in which he gives this son all his " lands, tenements, and here- ditaments in New England in the Massachusetts Bay in America, situate, lying and being in Cambridge, Watertown, Sudbury, or elsewhere within the said Colony," and a life estate in some lands in England; he also bequeaths certain personal property to " my son Winslow for the use of my son Edward Pelham, to be paid unto him in New England, if he reside there, upon the conditions hereafter expressed; that is to say, if he the said Edward shall so behave and demcan himself that he can procure either the hands of the Gov- ernor and four of the Assistants of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay or of New Plymouth Government, that he is now grown serious, sober, and solid, and follows his study, and avoids all idle and profane company, and that they verily conceive there is a real change in him for the better, and not only to attain his ends thereby. . ... But if in all these years he will not be re- claimed," then the property shall go to others. In sundry documents he is styled of Boston 1676, and of Newport, R. I., 1691-1711. He had wife Free- love in 1693, and is said to have had a previous w. Godsgift, dau. of Gov. Bene- diet Arnold of Newport; Savage suggests that the two wives may have been sisters. His chil. were Edward and Thomas, to whom he conveyed all his lands in Cambridge and Watertown 23 Nov. 1711, at which date the father and both sons are described as " gentlemen " of Newport, R. I.
3. EDWARD, s. of Edward (2), executed his will at Newport 21 May 1740, naming wife Arabella and three daus., viz. " Hermione, the wife of John Ban- ister of Newport aforesaid merchant," Elizabeth, and Penelope. Among the articles bequeathed to his father by Herbert Pelham, Esq., was an " inlaid cabinet," which was purchased about 1842 by Mr. Robert Bolton of Bed- ford, West Chester Co., N. Y., together with portraits of Charles II., Quecn Henrietta Maria, Col. Godfrey Bosville, and Elizabeth Bosville. In a letter to Rev. John L. Sibley, Librarian of Harvard College, announcing this pur- chase, dated 19 Jan. 1867, Mr. Bolton says, " Edward Pelham died at New- port, R. I., 1740, leaving two daughters: Ist Hermione, who m. John Bannister, from whose granddaughter Elizabeth I purchased the pictures and cabinet ; 2d, Penelope, who m. Joseph Cowley of Wolverhampton, England, whose dau. Ilenrietta m. Admiral Jahlcel Brenton, a native of Newport, R. I."
4. THOMAS, s. of Edward (2), had w. Abigail ; but whether he had children is not ascertained.
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PHILLIPS, JOHN, a clergyman, came from England in 1638, and dwelt a short time at Salem. He had several invitations to settle, but was undecided whieli to accept. In 1639 he removed here, as it would seem for the purpose of becoming a colleague with Mr. Shepard. The Church paid the expense of his removal, and fitted up a house of Mr. Pelham for his use. He remained here about a year, during which time he erected a house on the northerly side of Kirkland Street, afterwards the homestead of Deputy-gov. Danforth and the Foxerofts. His connection with this Church, however, was not permanent, and he was not "called to office." In 1640 he removed to Dedham, and united with the Church, preparatory to taking offiee there. But this inten- tion, like the former. was frustrated. Cireumstanees prevented his settle- ment, and he resolved to return to England. He sailed 26 Oet. 1641, and arrived after a long and tempestuous passage. He was afterwards minister at Wrentham, Eng., and is supposed to have been a member of the Westminster Assembly of Divines. The particulars concerning his residence here are gleaned from the Town Records and other aneient memoranda.
2. SAMUEL, supposed to be son of Rev. George of Watertown, sold land on the south side of the river to John Jackson 10 Ap. and 11 June 1648, bounded on land of Mrs. Elizabeth Phillips, probably the wid. of Rev. George, who d. 1 July 1644. See Farmer.
PHIPS, SPENCER, by w. Elizabeth, had William, b. - , H. C. 1728, a Captain, d. s. p. before 22 June 1752; Mary, b. 30 May 1710, d. 8 June 1716; Sarah, b. 19 Oet. 1712, m. Andrew Bordman 25 Feb. 1731-2, and d. in Dee. 1793; Eliakim, b. 7 Oct. 1714, d. 3 Dec. 1714; Elizabeth, bap. 9 Dee. 1716, m. John Vassall, 10 Oct. 1734, and d. 22 Sept. 1739; Spencer, bap. 20 Feb. 1721, a Lieutenant, d. before 7 April 1747; David, bap. 26 Aug. 1722, d. 21 Sept. 1722; Eliakim, bap. 25 Aug. 1723, d. young, David, b. 25 Sept. 1724; Mary, b. 27 Dec. 1725, m. Richard Lechmere (pub. 1 March 1754) ; Rebecca, b. 14 Feb. 1727, m. Joseph Lee, Esq. (pub. 15 Feb. 1755). SPENCER the f. was son of Dr. David Bennett of Rowley by his w. Rebecca Speneer; he was b. at Rowley 6 June 1685, and was early adopted by Gov. William Phips, whose wife was sister to Mrs. Bennett. He took the name of Phips when quite young, which was confirmed to him as his legal name by the General Court 18 June 1716. He grad. H. C. 1703, was a Colonel, Representative 1721, Couneillor 1721-1732, Lieut .- governor 1732-1757. He bought the Haugh farm of more than 300 acres, embracing the whole of East Cambridge and the northeasterly portion of Cambridgeport, 15 Aug. 1706, and soon afterwards removed here. He also bought 2 Oct. 1714 the estate formerly owned by Dr. James Oliver, on Arrow Street near Bow Street, afterwards known as the Winthrop estate, which became his homestead. He d. 4 Ap. 1757; his w. Elizabeth d. 7 May 1764.
DAVID, s. of Spencer (1), m. Mary Greenleaf of Boston 13 Sept. 1753, and had Mary, b. 20 Ap. 1757; Spencer, b. 4 Mar. 1760; Sarah, b. 26 Ap. 1762 ; Rebecca, b. 26 June 1763; William, b. 18 Dee. 1764 ; Stephen Greenleaf, b. 28 Ap. 1767; Elizabeth Hutchinson, b. 25 Sept. 1770. DAVID the f. grad. H. C. 1741, was a Colonel, Representative 1753, and High Sheriff of Middle- sex 1764-1774. He inherited the homestead, and resided there until the Rev- olution, when he adhered to the King and went with his family to England, where he d. 7 July 1811. His estate here was eonfiseated; but the loss was repaired by benefits which the British Government bestowed on him and on his ehildren.
PICKE, JOHN, by w. Mary, had Abigail, b. 22 Ap. 1642. See Pickering.
PICKERING, JOIIN, by w. Mary, had Lydia, b. 5 Nov. 1638. I suspect this John Pickering and the foregoing John Picke, are but different forms of the same name.
PINSON, EDWARD, m. Anna, dau. of Deac. John Cooper 2 Aug. 1664. She d. 8 May 1666, and he disappears.
PLACE, THOMAS, sold land adjoining the " west-end field," 1639. Perhaps he was the freeman of 1640.
POLLY, GEORGE, fined for breach of a Town Order 1657.
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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 Strect, 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, direct- ing him to pay £30 to his heirs at law, viz .: to dau. Rebecca Post, now dwell- ing 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 in- habitants. That we had two Johns at the same time appears from the fact that land was granted to " Jolin Pratt " 5 Jan. 1634-5, and another lot to " Mr. Pratt," on the same day ; also from the fact that one removed to Hart- ford, 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 Adven- turers, 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 condi- tions, 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[utli, 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 magis- trates 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 ex- perienced 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 employ- ment 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, mn. 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, distin- guished 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
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concur in representing him as an active, energetic, and valuable public officer. He d. 7 July 1709, a. 89, in consequence of a fall from his horse about two months previously, on his return from a meeting on the Sabbath. His wife Grace d. 9 Oct. 1692.
2. JAMES, also resided on the south side of the river, and by w. Susanna, had James, prob. b. 11 Mar. 1655-6; Susanna, b. 29 June 1657; Hannah, b. 24 Ap. 1659 ; Elizabeth, b. 25 Aug. 1660; Sarah; Rose. JAMES the f. d. 7 Mar. 1709-10. His w. Susanna survived.
3. THOMAS, early called Thomas, Jr., to distinguish him from his con- temporary the " Trooper," supposed to be brother to James (2), with whom he purchased a farm in 1650, m. Rebecca, dau. of Edward Jackson, and had (as given by Binney in his History of the Prentice Family), Thomas, b. about 1669; John ; Edward, b. about 1685; James ; Rebecca ; Hannah; Enos ; Ebenezer. He is supposed to be the same who d. 6 Nov. 1722, a. 93.
4. THOMAS, s. of Thomas (1), m. Sarah Stanton 20 Mar. 1675, and had Thomas, b. 13 Jan. 1676; John, b. about 1682; birtli not recorded, but named in the will of his Uncle John, 1689, and supposed to be the grad. of H. C. 1700, and minister at Lancaster. Binney mentions also, Grace ; and Samuel, b. about 1689. THOMAS the f. d. 19 Ap. 1685, and administration was granted 4 May, to his wid. Sarah and liis father, Captain Thomas Prentice.
5. JOHN, s. of Thomas (3), cordwainer, and afterwards physician, m. Han- nah Osland 1696; she d. 2 May 1704, and he m. Bethia He d. at Newton 4 Jan. 1720-21, naming in his will w. Bethia and six daughters, who are again named in the division of his estate 1754 : Hannah, w. of Thomas Soden ; Experience, w. of William Darby; Rebecca, w. of Daniel Collins; Elizabeth, unm. ; Bethia, deceased; Anna, w. of Nathan Hyde, also deceased.
I here dismiss the Newton family of Prentice, as since 1688 it disappears from the Camb. Records. An extensive genealogy may be found in the History of the Prentice Family by C. J. F. Binney, and the History of Newton by Francis Jackson.
6. HENRY, was an early emigrant to New England, and the ancestor of the Camb. family of Prentice. He was a proprietor, and perhaps a resident. of Sudbury, but settled here before 1643. He sold his Sudbury lands to John Goodnow 6 Feb. 1648. His w. Elizabeth d. here 13 May 1643; and he m. Joane (Joanna) -, by whom he had Mary, b. 25 Nov. 1644, m. Nathaniel Hancock 8 Mar. 1663-4 ; Solomon, b. 23 Sept. 1646 ; Abiah, b. 22 May 1648; Samuel, b. 3 Aug. 1650; Sarah, m. John Woodward; Henry ; all these, ex- cept Abiah, were living, and named in a conveyance of real estate 31 Dec. 1713. HENRY the f. was a husbandman, and d. 9 June 1654 ; his w. Joanna m. John Gibson 24 July 1662.
7. SOLOMON, S. of Henry (6), m. Elizabeth -, who d. and he m. Hepzibah , before 1676. His children were Solomon, b. 7 June 1674; Thomas, b. 25 Aug. 1676; Mary, b. 4 Jan. 1678-9, m. Benjamin Balch of Chs. 4 Jan. 1710-11, d. before 1742, and was mother of Rev. Thomas Balch of Dedham, who grad. H. C. 1733 ; Stephen, b. 1 June 1681 ; Nathaniel, b. 20 July 1684, d. 18 Sept. 1688; Elizabeth (twin), b. 25 July 1684, d. unm. 14 May 1727; Na- thaniel, b. 18 Oct. 1689; Henry, b. about 1693. SOLOMON the f. was a hus- bandman and brickmaker. In 1672 he bought a house and land on the wes- terly side of the Common, on which estate near the close of his life he erected a new house, supposed to be the same not long ago occupied by Misses Betsey and Persis Bates. He d. 24 July 1719, a. nearly 73; his w. Hepzibah d. 5 Jan. 1741-2, a. 88. [According to the Town Records, Thomas, s. of Solo- mon and Elizabeth, was b. 7 June 1674, and the birth of Solomon is not re- corded. I am confident that Thomas is a mistake for Solomon. Solomon was 84 years old at his deatlı in 1758, as inscribed on liis gravestone, correspond- ing with his birth in 1674; and the age of Thomas, at his death 7 Dec. 1709, is inscribed on his gravestone with much minuteness, as 33 years 3 months and 12 days, answering to his birth at the date assumed by me, 25 Aug. 1676. Moreover, there is no evidence that Solomon was the son of the 2d w. Hepzi- bah; but it is certain, from the recorded settlement of Hepzibali's estate, that Thomas was her son. ]
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8. HENRY, s. of Henry (6), nı. Mary Gove 7 Ap. 1682, and had John, b. 6 Mar. 1682-3; Mary, b. 11 Dec. 1684, d. 2 May 1685; Mary, b. 4 Dec. 1685, d. 11 Mar. 1685-6; Hannah, b. 19 Jan. 1686-7, d. 3 June 1687; Jonathan, b. 4 Ap. and d. 1 May 1688; Sarah, b. 6 Ap. and d. 31 May 1689; Tabitha, bap. 8 Aug. 1697; Nathaniel, bap. 11 Dec. 1698; Jacob, b. 18 Aug. 1700, d. 18 Feb. 1700-1; Susanna, b. 29 Mar. and d. 22 July 1703.
9. SOLOMON, S. of Solomon (7), by w. Lydia, had Samuel, bap. 12 June 1698, d. young; Ruth, b. 31 Oct. 1700, m. William Dickson 12 June 1718; Lydia, b. 8 Mar. 1702-3, m. John Cooper 6 Ap. 1721, and Thomas Kidder 8 Ap. 1725; Solomon, b. 11 May 1705, grad. H. C. 1727, minister at Grafton, d. 22 May 1773; Samuel, b. 5 May 1707; Joanna, b. 5 Feb. 1709-10, m. Samuel Cook 31 Mar. 1726; Ebenezer, b. 29 May 1712; Sarah, b. 11 Mar. 1714-15, m. Jonathan Cooper 25 Oct. 1732; Daniel, b. 17 May 1717; Stephen, b. 26 Feb. 1719-20, m. Esther Cutter 6 Aug. 1741, rem. to Grafton; Mary, b. 25 Sept. 1723. SOLOMON the f. resided on the estate, of which the Botanic Garden is a part, at the corner of Garden and Linnæan streets, and d. 25 June 1758, a. 84; his w. Lydia d. 25 Ap. 1758, a. 81.
10. THOMAS, s. of Solomon (7), m. Maria Russell 28 Dec. 1696; she d. 1 May 1701, and he m. Mary Batson 6 Nov. 1701. His chil. were Thomas, bap. 21 Nov. 1697, d. young; Mary, bap. 2 Ap. 1699, m. Francis Kidder 13 Feb. 1717-18, Philip Cook about 1725, and Samuel Sprague of Stoneham 4 Ap. 1740 ; Thomas, b. 9 Dec. 1702; John, b. 3 Mar. 1703-4, prob. the mariner of whose estate William Prentice and Matthew Johnson were appointed ad- ministrators 4 May 1738; Elizabeth, b. 22 Aug. 1705, m. Matthew Johnson of Chs. 9 May 1726; Henry, b. 25 Nov. 1706; William, b. 24 July 1708; IFepzi- bah, b. 29 Oct. 1709, m. William Badger of Chs. 29 June 1727, and - Under- wood of Boston before 1771; hier son John Badger was brought up by his uncle William Prentice. THOMAS the f. was styled a brickmaker, and res. on the westerly side of Garden Street, opposite to the Botanic Garden; the cellar and well were visible recently. He d. 7 Dec. 1709, a. 33 years 3 months and 12 days, as inscribed on his gravestone; his w. Mary m. Nathaniel Rob- bins before 1720, and Samuel Lyon of Roxbury 24 Nov. 1742, after whose death she returned to her former dwelling, and d. here 2 Mar. 1760, a. 83. The epitaph on her gravestone was prob. written by her son, Rev. Thomas Prentice of Chs., and as a tribute of filial affection is worthy of preservation; " Here lyes interr'd the body of Mrs. Mary Lyon, in her first marriage con- sort to Mr. Thomas Prentice whom she survived more than 50 years, and expired March the 2d 1760, in the 84th year of her age, not impatient of life, but satisfied with it: Her children rise up, and call her blessed.""
11. STEPHEN, s. of Solomon (7), m. Judith Frost of Chs. 8 July 1708; she d. and he m. Faitlı -; she d. 23 Jan. 1741-2, and he m. Lydia Prentice 10 Nov. 1743. He was a cordwainer, and res. on the westerly side of North Avenue, a few rods south of the Railroad Bridge. He was a Selectman 1744, and d. without issue, between 19 Mar. and 11 May 1761.
12. NATHANIEL, s. of Solomon (7), in. Hannah, dau. of John Wyeth, and had Jonas, b. 25 Ap. 1713; Nathaniel, b. 19 May 1715, a tailor, resided in Sherburn 1742; Hannah, b. 16 Dcc. 1716, m. Thomas Fessenden of Lex. (pub. 6 Feb. 1734-5); Tabitha, b. 30 Aug. 1718, m. Eleazar Russell before 1742; Solomon, b. 31 Jan. 1720-21. NATHANIEL the f. was a brickmaker, and d. 24 Oct. 1722; his w. Hannah m. Jason Winship, 1724.
13. HENRY, s. of Solomon (7), m. Elizabeth Rand about 1718; she d. 13 Mar. 1748-9, and he m. Elizabeth Haley of Boston (pub. 21 Oct. 1749). His chil. were Joshua, b. 9 Ap. 1719; Caleb, b. 21 Feb. 1721-2; Martha, b. 27 June 1724, m. John Ware of Sherburn 19 June 1743, and was mother of the late Rev. Henry Ware, Scn., D. D .; Elizabeth, b. 17 Oct. 1727, m. Rev. Amos Adams of Rox., 18 Oct. 1753, and d. before 1776; Thomas, bap. 20 Sept. 1730, d. young; Hepzibah, bap. 23 Jan. 1731-2, m. Rev. Jacob Foster of Berwick, 13 Oct. 1756; Thomas, bap. 6 Oct. 1734, prob. d. 12 Mar. 1735-6; Nathan, b. 8 Ap. 1738, grad. H. C. 1756, a merchant in Berwick, Me., m. Mehctabel Spencer, and d. here 29 July 1769 ; Sarah, bap. 25 Jan. 1740-41,
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m. Charles Hill of Berwick 15 Sept. 1757. HENRY the f. was a husband- man and briekmaker; 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 re- tained 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 Conti- nental 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.
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