Rebecca Prence
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 22 May 1627 - Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
Baptism:
Death: Bef 18 Jul 1651 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Birth, cir 1625 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
Parents
Father: Gov. Thomas Prence (1600-1673)
Mother: Patience Brewster (1600-Bef 1634) 2
Spouses and Children
1. *Edmund Freeman (26 Nov 1620 - 29 Mar 1673) 1 3
Marriage: 22 Apr 1646 - Plymouth, Plymouth Colony 4
Status:
Children:
1. Patience Freeman (Cir 1646-1738) 5
2. Rebecca Freeman (Cir 1649-1738)
Notes
Marriage Notes (Edmund Freeman)
4-- Rebecca Freeman (1647-1738) Ezra Perry (1652/3-1728/9)
5-- Hannah Perry (1681-1729) Samuel Maxim (Muxham)
(1680-1763)
6-- Edmund Maxim (Muxham) (1722-____) Abigail Ellis (1721-1783)
7-- John Maxim (Muxham) (1745/6-1831) Martha Norris (1750/1-1813)
8-- Andrew Maxim (Muxam) (1778-____) Rebecca Perkins (1780-____)
9-- Hannah Maxim (1801-1863) Hosea Washburn (1796-1883)
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Sarah Prence
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Abt 1648 - Duxbury, Plymouth Colony
Baptism:
Death: 3 Mar 1707 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Burial: in Howes burying ground, Dennis
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Gov. Thomas Prence (1600-1673)
Mother: Mary Collier (Est 1615-Bef 1662) 6
Spouses and Children
1. *Jeremiah Howes (Cir 1637 - 9 Sep 1708) 7
Marriage: Est 1665 - (Plymouth, Plymouth Colony)
Status:
Children:
1. Elizabeth Howes (Cir 1667-After 1725) 8
2. Jeremiah Howes (Cir 1669-1706) 9
3. Mercy Howes (1671-1729) 8 10
4. Prence Howes (Cir 1671-1753) 9
5. Thomas Howes (Est 1673-1700) 8
6. Sarah Howes (1673-Bef 1734) 8
7. Ebenezer Howes (Cir 1674-1727) 11
8. Bethiah Howes (1680-Between 1746)
9. Marcy Howes (Cir 1682- )
10. Susannah Howes (Est 1685- )
11. Thankful Howes (Est 1685- )
12. Rebecca Howes (Est 1690-1725)
Notes
General:
stone:Marriage Notes (Jeremiah Howes)
"Sarah Hows Wife To Jeremiah Hows Departed This Life March ye 3D 1706 In the 60th year of Her Age"
IV. JEREMIAH2 (Thomas1) Howes, b. about 1637 ; m.(d1) Sarah2 (Thomas1) Prence; d. Sept. 9, 1708, aged about 71 years.(e) She d. March 3, 1706-7, in the 60th year of her age, having been born about 1648.(e) They were buried and have stones in the old Howes burying ground in Dennis.(el) Sarah's father was long governor of Plymouth Colony. Her mother .was Mary2 (William1) Collier of Duxbury, her father's second wife.(f) Swift, in "Old Yarmouth," (g) says: "He was a son of the first Thomas, and a prominent and influential citizen." He was a deputy to the General Court at Plymouth for seven years, commencing in 1677; and for eleven years one of the selectmen, commencing in 1677.(h) June 1, 1663, he was admitted a freeman and sworn.(i) June 30, 1667, he and his brothers Joseph and Thomas signed a paper to the Governor and Assistants in favor of the Rev. Thomas Thornton against an attack by Nicholas Nick-erson.(j) June 3, 1668, he was on the grand jury.(k) March 2, 1668-9, John Mocoy had an action against Jeremiah Howes for taking up and detaining from him without his leave or order complainant's horse, which was nonsuited because the letter of attorney by the plaintiff to Elisha Hedge "was found to be illegall."(1) April 28, 1672, he was on a jury of inquest to inquire into the death of a child in Yarmouth and signed the verdict.(m) March 13, 1672-3, Gov. Thomas Prence by his will gave to his daughter Sarah Howes (wife of Jeremiah) his biggest beer bowl and a share of the residue of his estate.(n) Feb. 29, 1675-6, Jeremiah Howes was appointed on the council of war for Yarmouth.(o) June 7, 1676, he is mentioned as constable of Yarmouth.(p) June 10, 1676, the following heirs, individually or through their attorneys, sold land of Gov. Thomas Prence's estate, viz.: Susannah Prence, single, of London; Capt. John Freeman in behalf of his wife Mercy; Jonathan Sparrow and his wife Hannah; Nicholas Snow and his wife Jane; Jeremiah Howes and his wife Sarah; John Tracy and his wife Mary; and the widow Mary Prence.(q) In the rate of 1676 "towards the charges of the late war" the tax of Jeremiah Howes was £7 14s.(r) June 5, 1677, Mr. Jeremiah Howes is mentioned as one of the selectmen of Yarmouth and as one of the deputies to the General Court from that town.(s) June 3, 1679, and June 1, 1680, Jeremiah Howes was one of the selectmen of Yarmouth.(s1) Sept. 28, 1680, he was added to the committee to dispose of the Yarmouth lands, succeeding his brother Joseph.(s2) In February, 1680-81, the town agreed that Jeremiah Howes, with Joseph and Samuel Howes, should secure for it all such whales as should be cast up between Sawsuit Harbor mouth and Yarmouth Harbor for £4 a whale.(t) June 7, 1681, June 6, 1682, June 6, 1683, June 3, 1684, June 2, 1685, June, 1686, June, 1689, and June 3, 1690, Jeremiah Howes is mentioned as one of the selectmen of Yar-mouth.(t1) June 7, 1681, June 6, 1683, June 3, 1684, June 2, 1685, June, 1686, and June, 1689, he was mentioned as one of the deputies from Yarmouth to the General Court.(t2) Feb. 6, 1682-3, Mr. John Miller and Jeremiah Howes of Yarmouth were appointed to sell the house and lands of Richard Berry, deceased, to pay his debts, there being no other estate to pay them.(t3) May 8, 1684, Mr. Jeremiah Howes was chosen by his nephew Jonathan (youngest son of Capt Thomas Howes, deceased), as his guardian, and accepted (t4) Gov. Prence had with others purchased land on the N. side of Titticut river near Bridgewater. This land was bounded Dec. 24, 1686, and then divided into ten lots of 100 acres each. Jeremiah Howes had the 10th lot.(t5) In 1692 Jeremiah Howes bought land in South Harwich of John Skinnaquit, an In-dian.(u) March 22, 1693-4, Jeremiah Howes, with John Thacher and John Miller, fixed the bounds of certain. land belonging to John Hawes (u1) In the rate of 1698 in Yarmouth the tax of Mr. Jeremiah Howes was £4 8s. 6d.(v) In 1698 Mr. Jeremiah Howes was chosen one of the representatives in the legislature, but de-clined.(w) In 1701 Mr. Jeremiah Howes was chosen one of a committee to make out a list of such persons as were rightful proprietors of the commons.(x) In 1703 he was one of a committee appointed to "seat persons in the meeting-house."(x) After the death of his brother Thomas, he became one of the committee to make grants of the common lands, his father having been an original member.(y)
His will, dated August 14, 1708, and proved Oct. 6, 1708, was witnessed by Thomas Howes, John Howes and Nathaniel Howes.(z) He mentions his eldest son Jeremiah, deceased, the latter's son Jeremiah, his daughters Hannah, Sarah, Mary and Martha, and his widow Mary. The will then names the testator's sons Prince, Ebenezer, Thomas (deceased), the latter's son Thomas, and testator's eight daughters: Elizabeth Bacon (and her son Joseph Bacon), Sarah Mayo, Mary Hawes, Bethiah Hawes, Mercy Sturgis, Susannah Bassett, Thankful Miller and Rebecca Howes. He made his sons Prince and Ebenezer and his son-in-law Samuel Sturgis executors of his will. "A true Inventory of all and singular the Goods chattels and Credits of Mr. Jeremiah Howes Deceased September the 9th 1708: prized by Joseph Hall and John Howes at Yarmouth September 23d 1708," and sworn to by his executors Oct. 6, 1708, amounted to £1463 13s. 5d., of which £100 consisted of land at Middleborough and Bridgewater and £950 of "housing and land" at Yarmouth and Harwich.(a)
(d1) 6 Mf. 233.
(e) J. C. Howes, 11, erroneously says he d. Jan. 5, 1705-6, which was the date of death of his son Jeremiah. See 59 N. E. Reg. 217.
(el) The Yarmouth town records say that Jeremiah2 Howes died Dec. 9, 1708, but the tombstone is evidently correct as his will was proved Oct. 6, 1708 (infra, p. 21). The town records also say that Sarah, his wife, died March 3, 1703-4. The tombstone is no doubt the better evidence.
(f) 6 Mf. 127; History of New Plymouth, by Francis Baylies, pt. 2, p. 70n.
(g) Page 122. He gives erroneous dates for the deaths of him and his wife.
(h) Plym. Col. Recs.; Swift, 116, 122, 236, 237, gives the periods differently, and says that he was for two years a representative in the legislature at Boston, commencing in 1692, the first year of the union of the two colonies, but 7 Province Laws of Massachusetts (p. 8) gives the name of the representative in 1692-3 as "Mr. Jeremiah Howes, jun."
(i) 4 Plym. Col. Recs. 38.
(j) Swift, 90, where a reduced facsimile of the signatures may be seen. See also "Edmond Hawes," by the compiler, pp. 128, 138, 139.
(k) 5 Plym. Col. Recs. 180.
(1) 7 ib. 153.
(m) 5 ib. 95.
(n) 3 Plym. Col. Wills, pt. 1, pp. 58-70: 3 Mf. 204, 205.
(o) 5 Plym. Col. Recs. 185, 186; Swift, 104.
(p) 5 Plym. Col. Recs. 195.
(q) Supplement to Pope's Pioneers of Mass., p. ix.
(r) Swift, 105.
(s) 5 Plym. Col. Recs. 230, 231.
(s1) 6 ib. 10, 35.
(s2) Ib. 50; Swift, 124.
(t) Swift, 109.
(t1) 6 Plym. Col. Recs. 59, 84, 108, 129, 168, 186, 207, 241.
(t2) Ib. 61, 106, 127, 164, 186, 205.
(t3) Ib. 101.
(t4) Ib. 134.
(t5) Nos. 2439, 162 and 243, Records of Superior Ct. of Judicature, Supreme Ct. Clerk's of., Boston.
(u) Deyo's Barnstable Co. 827.
(u1) Book of Grants of Yarmouth, 164, 165.
(v) Records of Superior Ct. of Judicature, No. 4600; Rec. Book 1686-1700, p. 297; Supreme Ct. Clerk's of., Boston.
(w) Swift, 118.
(x) Ib. 119.
(y) Ib. 124.
(z) 3 Barn. Prob. Recs. 174.
(a) Ib. 177.
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Thomas Prence
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Bef 22 May 1627 - Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Gov. Thomas Prence (1600-1673)
Mother: Patience Brewster (1600-Bef 1634) 2
Gov. Thomas Prence
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1600 - Lechlade, Gloucestershire, England
Baptism:
Death: 29 Mar 1673 - Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Patience Brewster (1600-1603 - Bef 12 Dec 1634) 2
Marriage: 5 Aug 1624 - Plymouth, Plymouth Colony 12
Status:
Children:
1. Mercy Prence (1631-1711)
2. Hannah Prence (1628-Bef 1698) 13
3. Rebecca Prence (1627-Bef 1651) 1
4. Thomas Prence (Bef 1627- )
2. Mary Collier (Est 1615 - Bef Dec 1662) 6
Marriage: 1 Apr 1635 - Plymouth Colony
Status:
Children:
1. Jane Prence (1637-1711)
2. Mary Prence (Cir 1639- )
3. Sarah Prence (Abt 1648-1707)
4. Elizabeth Prence (1647- )
5. Judith Prence (Abt 1645- )
3. Apphia Quicke (Cir 1604 - )
Marriage: Bef 8 Dec 1662 - Plymouth Colony
Status:
4. Mary Burr (Est 1615 - 9 Dec 1695)
Marriage: Bef 1673 - Plymouth Colony
Status:
Notes
General:
Thomas Prence was Governor of Plymouth colony in 1634, 1638, and 1657-1673. He was one of the original settlers on Nauset in 1644, and an Eastham freeman in 1655.
"Gov. Prence is particularly remembered for his interest in establishing a public school system of education which resulted in the early passage of a law requiring each township of fifty families to maintain a teacher of reading and writing, while each of one hundred families was called upon to establish a grammar school.
The years that he was Governor were marked by increased difficulties with the Quakers, partly caused by his own open hostility toward them." - Lowe's Nauset on Cape Cod
"Governor Thomas Prence, was born in Lechlade, Gloucester, England ca. 1600. He died on March 29, 1673 and his will was proved June 5, 1673. He married 1st, at Plymouth ( the 9th marriage in the colony), to Patience Brewster, on August 5, 1624. She was the daughter of William Brewster, and she died in 1634. He then married 2nd Mary Collier, the daughter of William Collier of Duxbury, on April 1, 1635. She died before December of 1662. He then married 3rd Apphia (Quicke) Freeman, before December 8, 1662, the widow of Samuel Freeman, Sr. He married 4th Mrs. Mary Howes, the widow of Thomas Howes of Yarmouth, and she died on December 9, 1695.
Thomas Prence was a businessman and arrived on the Fortune in 1621 and was Governor of Plymouth Colony for 20 years. He followed his father-in-law, William Brewster, to Duxbury in 1632, and moved to Eastham in 1644 with 6 other families, returning later to Plymouth, where he died. His daughter, Hannah Prence, married Nathaniel Mayo, son of Rev. John Mayo." - Jean Mayo 14
Drusilla Presbury
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1708 - Tisbury, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 14 Mar 1763 - North Rochester, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Stephen Pressbury (1660-1730) 15
Mother: Deborah Skiffe (1670-1743) 15
Spouses and Children
1. *Rev Thomas West (26 Aug 1708 - 14 Jul 1790)
Marriage: 1728
Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Rev Thomas West)
12 children (kenshaw2001)
Mary Presbury
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 10 May 1644 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony
Baptism:
Death:
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Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Lodowick Hoxie (Est 1640 - )
Marriage: Dec 1664 - Sandwich, Plymouth Colony
Status:
Children:
1. Bathshua Hoxie (1665- )
2. Anna Hoxie (1669- )
3. Gideon Hoxie (1671- )
4. Hezekiah Hoxie (1675-1771)
5. John Hoxie (1677- )
6. Solomon Hoxie (1679-Bef 1762) 5
Sarah Presbury
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1713 - Tisbury, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 30 Jan 1793 - Tisbury, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Stephen Pressbury (1660-1730) 15
Mother: Deborah Skiffe (1670-1743) 15
Spouses and Children
1. *Timothy Luce (18 Mar 1704 - 6 May 1782)
Marriage: 18 Feb 1731
Status:
Children:
1. Drusilla Luce (Est 1755- )
2. Gamaliel Luce (1757-1796)
Esther Presby
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1907
Baptism:
Death:
Burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Harold Leroy Johnson (1906 - 1985) 16
Marriage:
Status:
Benjamin Prescott
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1710 - (Salem, Mass.)
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Rebecca Minot (Est 1710 - )
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. Rebecca Minot Prescott (1742-1793)
Mary Prescott
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1631 - Sowerby, Halifax, England
Baptism:
Death: Abt 1706 - Lancaster, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Thomas Sawyer (1616 - 1706) 17
Marriage: 1648 - Lancaster, Massachusetts Bay
Status:
Children:
1. Joshua Sawyer (1655-1738)
Notes
General:
Mary came to Barbados with her parents around 1636 and to New England by 1641. She lived first at Watertown, MA and her adult life at Lancaster, MA. She was taken care of in the will of her husband dated 6 March 1705/6 and she was appointed the sole executrix of his estate. She survived her husband by about ten years, living with her son, Thomas Sawyer.Marriage Notes (Thomas Sawyer)
Father: John PRESCOTT b: ABT 1604 in England
Mother: Mary GAWKROGER Platts b: ABT 1612 in England 18
Children
Thomas SAWYER b: DEC 1649
Ephraim SAWYER b: JAN 1651
Mary SAWYER b: JAN 1652
Elizabeth SAWYER b: JAN 1654
Joshua SAWYER b: 13 MAR 1655 in Lancaster
James SAWYER b: 22 MAR 1657
Caleb SAWYER b: 20 APR 1659 in Lancaster
John SAWYER b: 6 APR 1661 in Worcester
Elizabeth SAWYER b: 5 JAN 1663
Deborah SAWYER b: ABT 1665
Nathaniel SAWYER b: 24 NOV 1670
Hannah SAWYER b: 24 NOV 1670 in Lancaster
Martha SAWYER b: 10 AUG 1673