Phebe Hewitt

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. 421

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Biography

Birth===Phebe Prentice was born about 22 Feb 1738/39, to SamuelPrentice and Abigail Billings in Stonington.<ref>Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WW-B53 : 11 February 2018), Phebe Prentice, 22 Feb 1738; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.</ref><ref name=Wheeler1900>Wheeler, Richard Anson; (1900); History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900; Press of the Day Publishing Company, New London, Conn.; PG 544. #30; Retrieved from: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n565/mode/2up; & PG 422, #69 ; Retrieved from: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n443/mode/2up</ref><ref name=Watterson1996>Watterson, Virginia Hewitt (1996); Descendants of Captain Thomas Hewitt of Stonington, Connecticut; V. H. Watterson, Carlsbad, California; Retrieved from: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~nanc/genealogy/hewitt/aqwg05.htm#1689</ref><ref name=Barbour1>Connecticut Vital Records to 1850: New Horizons Genealogy (Online Database); From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Retrieved from: http://dunhamwilcox.net/barbour/stonington_barbour_p-q.htm</ref><ref name=Binney1883>Binney, Charles James Fox (1883); The History and Genealogy of the Prentice, Or Prentiss Family in New England, Etc. from 1631 to 1883, Second Edition; Published by the Editor; Boston, Massachusetts; PG 187, #944; Retrieved from: https://archive.org/details/historygenealogy00binn/page/187</ref>

Marriage===Phebe became the second wife of Henry Hewitt on 2 Jan 1772, at the 2nd Church of Christ, North Stonington.<ref name=Wheeler1900/><ref name=Watterson1996/><ref name=Barbour2>New Horizons Genealogy; 1733 - 1781 Congregational Church of North Stonington, ConnecticutEarly Marriage Records - 1800; Retrived from: http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/connecticut-genealog...</ref><ref name=Binney1883/>

Children From Second Marriage====:Prentice Hewitt; b. 1773<ref name=Wheeler1900/><ref name=Watterson1996/><ref>Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7J1-G49 : 9 February 2018), Prentice Hewitt, 03 Mar 1842; citing , reference 26; FHL microfilm 3,355.</ref>:Benjamin Hewitt; b Aug 8, 1774 (twin)<ref name=Wheeler1900/><ref name=Watterson1996/><ref name=Barbour1 /><ref>ConnecticutBirths and Christenings, 1649-1906, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F744-43K : 11 February 2018), Henry Hewitt in entry for Benjamin Hewitt, 08 Aug 1774; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.</ref>:Joseph Hewitt; b Aug 8, 1774 (twin)<ref name=Wheeler1900/><ref name=Watterson1996/><ref name=Barbour1 /><ref>Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F744-4DC : 11 February 2018), Henry Hewitt in entry for Joseph Hewitt, 08 Aug 1774; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.</ref>:Amos Hewitt; b. 14 Nov 1776<ref name=Wheeler1900/><refname=Watterson1996/><ref name=Barbour1 /><ref>Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F744-WYR : 11 February 2018), Henry Hewitt in entry for Amos Hewitt, 14 Nov 1776; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.</ref>:Phebe (Hewitt) Tyler; b. 9 Dec 1778<ref name=Wheeler1900/><ref name=Watterson1996/><ref name=Barbour1 /><ref>Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F77Y-Y62 : 11 February 2018), Henry Hewitt in entry for Phebe Hewitt, 09 Dec 1778; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown</ref>

Death===Phebe's husband, Henry Hewitt married for the third time on 30 Mar 1784, thus the death of Phebe (Prentice) Hewitt probably occurred during the timespan between 1778 and 1784. No death record or grave has been found for Phebe so far. This seems to be a running theme with this particular branch of the family.<ref name=Wheeler1875>Wheeler, Richard A. (1875); History of the First Congregational Church, Stonington, Connecticut, 1674-1874; With The Report of Bi-Centennial Proceedings, 03 Jun 1874; With Appendix Containing Statistics of the Church.; T.H. Davis and Company, Norwich, Connecticut; PG 259; Retrieved from: https://archive.org/stream/historyoffirstco00whee#page/258/mode/2up</ref><ref name=Wheeler1914>Wheeler, Albert Gallatin : American College of Genealogy (1914). The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America; American College of Genealogy, Boston, Massachusetts; PG 304, #3945; Retrieved from: https://archive.org/details/genealogicalency00amer/page/304</ref>

Additional Information

Discovered in N. Stonington:The Prentice family lived for about a hundred years on a portion of land granted to Capt. Thomas Prentice "the Trooper" of Massachusetts in the late 1600's or early 1700's. There are no land transfer records inthe N. Stonington Clerk's office because the land was passed on from generation to generation. Thomas passed it on to his grandson Samuel Sr., who passed it on to his son Deacon Samuel Prentice Jr. who was town clerk of Stonington, CT from 1743 - 1773. (His signature can still be seen on the land records at the Stonington Clerk's Office. )The plot of land occupied by the family was on part of what is now thePequot Indian Reservation near N. Stonington. If you search Google Maps for N. Stonington CT you can zoom in and find Prentice Mountain andPrentice Brook. The Prentice Cemetery can still be found in the woodsnearby. The grave of Phebe's father Samuel Jr. is in the Prentice Cemetery in North Stonington.<ref>Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 08 July 2019), memorial page for Deacon Samuel Prentice, Jr (25 Nov 1702–11 Oct 1773), sameas=no, citing Prentice Cemetery, North Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, USA ;Maintained by C&P * LaPlante Files (contributor 46814587).</ref>

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Acknowledgements===* Thank you to Stanley Wood, for his contributions to this profile.* David Prentice - personal visits to Stonington, N. Stonington, Prentice Cemetery