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86. THOMAS PRENTICE (c. 1629­–c. 1729)

Thomas Prentice, probably a migrant, was born perhaps about 1629 and he lived to be nearly 100. It is learned from Edward Jackson’s will that Thomas married Edward’s daughter Rebecca, by his first wife. [1]

Thomas and James Prentice, supposed brothers, bought 400 acres of land in Cambridge jointly on 1 March 1650. [2]

Thomas was a selectman in Newton in 1686, 1690, 1699 and 1700. [3]

Thomas is not to be confused with Captain Thomas Prentice who lived in Newton at the same time.

87. REBECCA JACKSON  (bp. 1638) (Edward)

Rebecca Jackson was baptized on 10 October 1638 in Whitechapel, London. [4] She married Thomas Prentice.

Children of Thomas Prentice and Rebecca Jackson, births recorded in Newton: [5]

i. Ebenezer Prentice was a constable in Newton in 1687. [6]

ii. Edward Prentice died on 17 September 1724. He married Sarah Osland. [7]

Edward was a constable in Newton at the time of his death. [8]

iii. Enos Prentice married Lydia Unknown. [9]

iv. Frances Prentice (#43) was born about 1667 in Newton. She died after 13 June 1710. She married Joseph Palmer.

v. James Prentice died in 1719. He married Elizabeth, the daughter of Henry Bartlett of Marlboro, on 8 March 1709. She died in 1724. [10]

vi. John Prentice died on 4 January 1721. He married first Hannah Osland in 1696. Hannah was the sister of his brother Edward’s wife. She died on 2 May 1704. He married second Bethia Unknown. [11]

John was referred to as a cordwainer and as a physician. [12]

vii. Rebecca Prentice was born in Newton.

viii. Sarah Prentice married John Hyde. John, the son of John and Elizabeth (Fuller) Hyde was born on 1:12:1681 in Newton. [13]

viii. Thomas Prentice was died on 11 December 1724. He married Elizabeth Unknown. [14]

Endnotes

Revised November 14, 2019

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