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Thomas Prentice

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony
Death: March 30, 1783 (63)
North Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Samuel Prentice and Esther Prentice
Husband of Elizabeth Prentice
Father of Eunice Williams; Rebecca Prentice; Elizabeth Brewster; Esther Prentice; Mary Prentice and 2 others
Brother of Deacon Samuel Prentice; Grace Grant; Mary Breed; Jonas Prentice; Esther Palmer and 4 others
Half brother of Rev. Oliver Prentice Prentice

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About Capt. Thomas Prentice

HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, County of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900, by Richard Anson Wheeler, New London, CT, 1900, p. 224, 544


  • Daughters of American Revolution Ancestor #: A092722
  • Service: CONNECTICUT Rank: CIVIL SERVICE
  • Birth: 25 Oct 1719 STONINGTON CONNECTICUT
  • Death: 30 Mar 1783 N.STONINGTON CONNECTICUT
  • Service Description: 1) TOWN AGENT,STONINGTON

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Thomas Prentice, son of Samuel3Thomas2Capt.Thomas, was b. Oct. 15,1719; he married, Feb. 1,1744, with ELIZABETH BALDWIN, dau. of Sylvester Baldwin and Elizabeth Avery. She was b. in Stonington, Conn., on July 6,1725. They settled in the northwest part of Stonington, Conn. He died Mar. 3,1783. She died Dec. 21,1777.

They had children: Eunice (1746), Rebecca (1748), Elizabeth (1751), Esther (1754), Mary (1756), Martha (1759), and Thomas (1765).

Source: The Baldwin genealogy from 1500 to 1881 (1881) Author: Baldwin, C. C. (Charles Candee), 1834-1895. Publisher: Cleveland, O, [Leader printing company], Pg. 242

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Capt. Thomas Prentice's Timeline

1719
October 15, 1719
Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony
1746
June 20, 1746
Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony
1748
September 30, 1748
Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony
1751
July 25, 1751
Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony
1754
January 14, 1754
Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony
1756
September 3, 1756
Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony
1759
October 4, 1759
Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony
1765
August 25, 1765
Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony
1783
March 30, 1783
Age 63
North Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, United States