Prudence Holyoke

Rev. John Stockton, father of Prudence, was Parson at Alcestor, Warwickshire, from 20 Dec 1578 to 1595, when he was appointed to Rector at Kimcote and Walton, Leicester. So Prudence was born in Alcestor, and married in Kimcote. [1]

She was married to Edward Holyoke at Kimcote, Leicestershire, on 17 June 1612. Record of this marriage was found and reported in 1981.[2]

Prudence Holyoke died before 1648, when Edward Holyoke married Anne, the widow of Richard Tuttle

• The descendants of William and Elizabeth Tuttle, who came from old to New England in 1635, and settled in New Haven in 1639, with numerous biographical notes and sketches : also, some account of the descendants of John Tuttle, of Ipswich; and Henry Tuthill, of Hingham, Mass. (1883)
• http://www.archive.org/stream/descendantsofwil01tutt#page/n81/mode/2up
• 'EDWARD HOLYOKE of Lynn was from Tamworth, Warwick Co., Eng., where he m. June 18, 1612, PRUDENCE, dau. of Rev. John STOCKTON, rector of Kinkoff. His will made Dec. 25, 1658, gives "to my son Tuttle that (english pound)4 that should have been paid yearly to me, but of which I have never received a penny, for the house in Boston, my best doublett and breeches to son Tuttle." - Lewis' Annals of Lynn. Inv. (english pound)681; John Tuttle and John Doolittle, appraisers.
• The father of Edward H. of Lynn was Edward, and is thought to be the same Edward Hollyocke mentioned in the will of Shakspeare's wife (Anne Hathaway) father, where he is spoken of as having a claim of 20s. for wood - N. E. Gen. Reg.
• 1. Mary, m. John Tuttle.
• 2. Susanna, m. Michael Martin, Sept. 12, 1656.
• 3. Sarah, m. __ Andrews.
• 4. Eleazer, a prominent and useful man, for whom Mt. Holyoke, Mass., was named, near Holyoke st., in Lynn, where the first 'EDWARD owned lands; m. Mary Pynchon. 1. Edward, Pres. Harvard Col.
• 5. Ann, m. Oct. 17, 1643, Lieut. Thomas Putnam.
• 6. Elizabeth, m. John Keyser.
• Dr. Edward A. Holyoke of Salem, a desc. of the first Edward. d. March 31, 1830, a.100 yrs. 7 mos.

Edward and Prudence had the following children:

1. John (~1613-~1635)
2. Elizabeth (~1615-~1659)
3. Elizur (~1615-1676)
4. Edward (~1619-1631)
5. Ann (~1620-1665) (line descends to Taft and maybe Hoover)
6. Dora (~1623-~1666)
7. Mary (~1625-) (our line)
8. Susanna (1629-1716)
9. Sarah (~1631-1666) (thought this was a Pres line but now not so sure)

References

• Leonard H. Smith, "Prudence Stockton, Wife of Edward Holyoke, 1612," National Genealogical Society Quarterly 69 (March 1981): 11
• Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury, database, HaithiTrust.org, (accessed 10 Dec 2013), entry for Edward Holyoke, extracted from Mary (Lovering) Holman and Helen Pendleton (Winston) Pillsbury, (Concord, New Hampshire, 1938), page 287-292. Hathitrust