'Peter Prudden; a story of his life and New Haven and Milford, Conn. (1901)

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• Capt. and 'Mrs. Willett' first resided in New York, and then removed to Rehoboth and Swansea, Mass., where he died in 1674. The record of the letter which received her again into the fellowship of Milford church shows that 'Mrs. Willett returned shortly after Capt. Willett's death to Milford.'
• 'Although past sixty years of age Mrs. Joanna Prudden Willett was again sought in marriage' and became the wife of the Rev. John Bishop, for fifty years pastor in Stamford, Conn.* He was a few years her junior, a widower with several grown-up children, and with him she lived until her death. Neither the date of this marriage, nor of her death, nor of the place of her burial is known. In a letter from Rev. John Bishop to Increase Mather, written in 1681, he sends his "Greetings" and those of his wife, "who was Mrs. Willet, to good Mrs. Mather."
  • The following is a copy of
    • '"Last Will of Joanna, wife of Rev. Peter Prudden."
  • 'The last will and testament of Mrs. Joanna Bishop, sometime Prudden, late of Milford, now of Stamford in the ....
  • * Rev. John Bishop walked all the way from Boston to Stamford with his Bible under his arm accompanying two men who had been sent to invite him to become pastor of the Stamford church. This Bible is still owned by his descendants. ....
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• ' The children of Peter Prudden1 and Joanna Boyse1 -- daughter of Rev. John Boyse and Joana Boyse of Halifax,* England:
  • I. Joanna2, born August, 1640, married __ Chittenden.
  • II. Mary2, born Jan., 1641, married Zacheriah Walker as his first wife. ....
  • (1) III. Elizabeth2, born Feb., 1642, baptized 4th of March, 1643. Married, name unknown.
  • (2) IV. Samuel2, born Feb., 1643, died 1685; lived in Milford.+
  • V. John2, born Nov., 1645 in Milford, died Dec. 11, 1725, ....
  • VI. Abigail2, baptized Dec., 1647, married Joseph Walker of Stratford, Nov. 14, 1667. Married, second, Richard Hubbell, in 1688. ....
  • VII. Sarah2, born May 12, 1650, married Gideon Allen.
  • VIII. Peter2, born May 26, 1652, died June 10, 1652.
  • IX. Mildred2, born March, 1653, married Lieut. Sylvanus Baldwin, 20th of Sept., 1671, died Jan. 6, 1712. ......
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'Rev. John Moore of Newtown, Long Island, and some of his descendants (1903)

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• Joanna3 was the granddaughter of 'Rev. Peter Prudden1* and his wife Joanna Boyse2. He was born in Yorkshire, England, 1601, died at Milford, Ct., July 6, 1656. He preached in Yorkshire and Herefordshire and brought his congregation with him probably in the Hector or its consort the Martin, landing at Boston June 26, 1637, with Rev. John Davenport, John Harvard, Samuel Eaton and other prominent Puritans. In March, 1638, he sailed from Boston and in April reached Quinnepiac, now New Haven, Conn., and assisted in laying the foundation of a Colony there. He preached his first sermon in the Colony at New Haven .....
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• ' Joanna Boyse2 was the daughter of Rev. John Boyse and his wife Johane __, of Halifax, Yorkshire, England.' Rev. John Boyse1 died, as indicated by his will, about 1620, and his wife, Johane, about 1631, as shown by her will. One of Joanna Boyse's sisters was the wife of Rev. John Raynor, pastor of the Church of Plymouth, Mass., from 1637 to 1655, and later of Dover, N. H. 'It is not known when she married Rev. Peter Prudden, but various indications point to about 1638, and that the marriage took place in this country. Her father was a man of estate. In her will, dated 1681, November 8th, she mentions two sons and five daughters, all of the name Prudden. She was one of four coheiresses to property in Edgton and Welburn. After the death of her husband she married, September 20, 1671, Capt. Thomas Willett,* died August 4, 1674, who was the first Mayor of New York. Later she became the wife of Rev. John Bishop, for fifty years pastor of the church at Stamford, Conn.

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Peter Prudden (1601 - 1656)

Immediate Family:

Son of Robert, Robert, Mildred, and Mildred

Husband of Jane and Joanna

Father of Elizabeth, Mildred, Peter, Mildred, Abigail, Joanna, John, Mary, Samuel, Sarah, Abigail, Mildred, Sarah, John, and Samuel

Brother of James and James

Added by: Kelly Sonby on 3/27/09

Managed by: Kelly Sue Sonby

Birthdate: December, 1601

Birthplace: Kings Walden, Hertfordshire, England

Death: Died July 6, 1656 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Immediate Family:

Son of Robert, Robert, Mildred, and Mildred

Husband of Jane and Joanna

Father of Elizabeth, Mildred, Peter, Mildred, Abigail, Joanna, John, Mary, Samuel, Sarah, Abigail, Mildred, Sarah, John, and Samuel

Brother of James and James

Occupation: Pastor of the Milford Church

Added by: Thomas Beddy on 2/18/09

Managed by: Me

Peter Prudden  (1601 - 1656)

Immediate Family:

Son of Mildred and Robert

Husband of Joanna, Jane, and Joanna

Father of Elizabeth, Abigail, Joanna, John, Mary, Mildred, Peter, Samuel, and Sarah

Added by: Thomas Beddy on 2/18/09

Managed by: Thomas Gavin Edwin Beddy

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Arrived Boston on "Davenport"

Founder of first church in Milford, Conn. -------------------- Colonial Daughters of the 17th Century (26031)