Martha Prince

Samuel Prince was Martha's step-brother as his father, John Prince, had married her mother, Anna Hubbard about four years before Samuel and Martha's marriage.

On 9 Dec 1674 Martha married Samuel Prince Esq., son of Eld. John Prince (ca 1610-6 Aug 1676) & Alice Honor (ca 1615-1668), at Sandwich, MA.23 Born ca 1649 at Boston, MA.23 Samuel was born at Boston on Milk Street during a visit of his mother. Baptized on 19 Aug 1649 at Hingham, MA.23 Samuel died at Middleboro, MA, on 3 Jul 1728.23

Samuel spent his childhood at Hull but went to sea early; later he engaged in domestic trade. With his second wife he settled in Sandwich, and the births of their ten children are recorded in Sandwich vital records (Mayflower Descendant, 29[1931]:23-24). Their oldest son, Thomas, graduated from Harvard in 1707 and was for forty years pastor of Old South Church, Boston. He wrote 'A Chronological History of New England' and the 'History of the Prince Family,' printed in the New England Weekly Journal of 15 July 1728, and preached the annual Artillery Election Sermon in 1721 (Register, 5:383). Mary, second child of Samuel and second wife Mercy, m. Rev. Peter Thacher, pastor of the church at Middleboro, and it was in their home that the parents spent their declining years. A younger son, Nathan, Harvard 1718, was for many years a fellow there, and d. at Rattan in the West Indies 25 July 1748, an Episcopal missionary (ibid.). Additional information about the children may be found in N.E.H.G.R. 5:383; Prince Family, 68-69; and Noyes-Gilman, 310."23