Saturday, August 6, 2016

Surname Saturday -- PRENCE (England to colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #1449, who is Mary PRENCE (1639-????) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through two generations of this PRENCE family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)


10.  Thomas Richmond (1848-1917)
11.  Julia E. White (1848-1913)

22.  Henry Arnold White (1824-1885)
23.  Amy Frances Oatley (1826-1864)

44.  Jonathan White (1805-1850)
45.  Miranda Wade (1804-1850)

90.  Simon Wade (1767-1857)
91.  Phebe Horton (1772-1820)

180.  Simon Wade (1731-1800)
181.  Deborah Tracy (1731-1800)

362.  John Tracy (1695-1751)
363.  Mary Hawkins (1710-1767)

724.  John Tracy (1661-1701)
725.  Deborah LNU (1662-????)

1448.  John Tracy, born 1633 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; died 30 May 1718 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States.  He was the son of 4896. Stephen Tracy and 4897. Tryphosa Lee.  He married about 1660 in Massachusetts, United States.
1449.  Mary Prence, born about 1639 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of John Tracy and Mary Prence are:
*  John Tracy (1661-1701), married 1701 Deborah LNU (1662-????).
*  Apphia Tracy (1663-1739), married 1683 John Sparrow (1656-1735).
*  Hannah Tracy (1666-????).
*  Stephen Tracy (1674-1769), married 1708 Deborah Bingham (1683-1735).
*  Susannah Tracy (1676-1751), married 1698 James Rogers (1673-1751).

2898.  Thomas Prence, born 1600 in Lechlade, Gloucestershire, England; died 29 March 1673 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 5796. Thomas Prence and 5797. Elizabeth Tolderby.  He married (2) 01 April 1635 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.
2899.  Mary Collier, born before 18 February 1612 in Southwark, Surrey, England; died 09 December 1658 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 5798. William Collier and 5799. Jane Clark.

Children of Thomas Prence and Mary Collier are:
*  Jane Prence (1637-1712), married 1660 Mark Snow (1628-1695).
*  Mary Prence (1639-????), married 1660 John Tracy (1633-1718).
*  Judith Prence (1645-1691), married 1665 Isaac Barker (1640-1710).
*  Elizabeth Prence (1647-????), married 1667 Arthur Howland.

Information about the Thomas Prence family was obtained from:

*  Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volume III (Boston, Mass. : NEHGS, 1996), pages 518-524, Thomas Prence sketch.

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3 comments:

Geolover said...

Randy, in this nice presentation, the husband of the last group's Mary Pence could use some editing . . . .

Randy Seaver said...

Thanks...I fixed it, I think. Grabbed the wrong John Tracy in my haste to finish this before dinner last night. Flying without a proofreader doesn't always work out well.

Geolover said...

I know from experience how easy it is to let little mistakes creep in :)