Historical records matching Samuel Prentice
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About Samuel Prentice
Samuel Prentice was the third child and second son of Sarah Stanton and Thomas Prentice Jr., of Newton, MA. Samuel was born in Newton, in 1680. In about 1701, he married Esther Hammond, daughter of Nathaniel Hammond, also of Newton. They had a large family, with ten children born between 1702 and 1727. Samuel owned, prior to 1700, a large tract of land in Stonington (now N. Stonington), CT. In 1710, Samuel moved his family to this property in Stonington. He built a homestead there, described by Binney as "a substantial two-story building, twenty-eight by forty-two feet." Esther and Samuel had an six children in Stonington: Jonas (b. 28 Sep 1710); Esther (b. 1713); Oliver (b. bet Esther and Eunice); Eunice (b.1717); Thomas (b. 1719); Dorothy (b. 1723); and Lucy (b. 1727). Samuel died in 1728, age 48 years. His widow Esther remarried, to Christopher Avery.
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. 543
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Samuel Prentice's Timeline
| 1680 |
April 1680
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Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony
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| 1702 |
November 25, 1702
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Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony
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| 1705 |
January 16, 1705
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Newton, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts
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| 1708 |
April 12, 1708
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Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony
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| 1710 |
September 28, 1710
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Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony
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| 1713 |
December 12, 1713
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Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony
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| 1717 |
December 8, 1717
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Groton, New London County, Connecticut Colony
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| 1719 |
October 15, 1719
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Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony
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| 1720 |
October 2, 1720
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Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony
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