[629] concur in representing him as an active, energetic, and valuable public officer. He d. 7 July 1709, a. 89, in consequence of a fall from his horse about two months previously, on his return from a meeting on the Sabbath. His wife Grace d. 9 Oct. 1692.
2. James, also resided on the south side of the river, and by w. Susanna, had James, prob. b. 11 Mar. 1655-6; Susanna, b. 29 June 1657; Hannah, b. 24 Ap. 1659; Elizabeth, b. 25 Aug. 1660; Sarah; Rose. James the f. d. 7 Mar. 1709-10. His w. Susanna survived.
3. Thomas, early called Thomas, Jr., to distinguish him from his contemporary the ‘Trooper,’ supposed to be brother to James (2), with whom he purchased a farm in 1650, m. Rebecca. dau. of Edward Jackson, and had (as given by Binney in his History of the Prentice Family), Thomas, b. about 1669; John; Edward, b. about 1685; James; Rebecca; Hannah; Enos; Ebenezer. He is supposed to be the same who d. 6 Nov. 1722, a. 93.
4. Thomas, s. of Thomas (1), m. Sarah Stanton 20 Mar. 1675, and had Thomas, b. 13 Jan. 1676; John, b. about 1682; birth not recorded, but named in the will of his Uncle John, 1689, and supposed to be the grad. of H. C. 1700, and minister at Lancaster. Binney mentions also, Grace; and Samuel, b. about 1689. Thomas the f. d. 19 Ap. 1685, and administration was granted 4 May, to his wid. Sarah and his father, Captain Thomas Prentice.
5. John, s. of Thomas (3), cordwainer, and afterwards physician, m. Hannah Osland 1696; she d. 2 May 1704, and he m. Bethia——. He d. at Newton 4 Jan. 1720-21, naming in his will w. Bethia and six daughters, who are again named in the division of his estate 1754: Hannah, w. of Thomas Soden; Experience, w. of William Darby; Rebecca, w. of Daniel Collins; Elizabeth, unm.; Bethia, deceased; Anna, w. of Nathan Hyde, also deceased.
I here dismiss the Newton family of Prentice, as since 1688 it disappears from the Camb. Records. An extensive genealogy may be found in the History of the Prentice Family by C. J. F. Binney, and the History of Newton by Francis Jackson.
6. Henry, was an early emigrant to New England, and the ancestor of the Camb. family of Prentice. He was a proprietor, and perhaps a resident. of Sudbury, but settled here before 1643. He sold his Sudbury lands to John Goodnow 6 Feb. 1648. His w. Elizabeth d. here 13 May 1643; and he m. Joane (Joanna）——, by whom he had Mary, b. 25 Nov. 1644, m. Nathaniel Hancock 8 Mar. 1663-4; Solomon, b. 23 Sept. 1646; Abiah, b. 22 May 1648; Samuel, b. 3 Aug. 1650; Sarah, m. John Woodward; Henry; all these, except Abiah, were living, and named in a conveyance of real estate 31 Dec. 1713. Henry the f. was a husbandman, and d. 9 June 1654; his w. Joanna m. John Gibson 24 July 1662.
7. Solomon, s. of Henry (6), m. Elizabeth——, who d. and he m. Hepzibah ——, before 1676. His children were Solomon, b. 7 June 1674; Thomas, b. 25 Aug. 1676; Mary, b. 4 Jan. 1678-9, m. Benjamin Balch of Chs. 4 Jan. 1710-11, d. before 1742, and was mother of Rev. Thomas Balch of Dedham, who grad. H. C. 1733; Stephen, b. 1 June 1681; Nathaniel, b. 20 July 1684, d. 18 Sept. 1688; Elizabeth (twin), b. 25 July 1684, d. unm. 14 May 1727; Nathaniel, b. 18 Oct. 1689; Henry, b. about 1693. Solomon the f. was a husbandman and brickmaker. In 1672 he bought a house and land on the westerly side of the Common, on which estate near the close of his life he erected a new house, supposed to be the same not long ago occupied by Misses Betsey and Persis Bates. He d. 24 July 1719, a. nearby 73; his w. Hepzibah d. 5 Jan. 1741-2, a. 88. [According to the Town Records, Thomas, s. of Solomon and Elizabeth, was b. 7 June 1674, and the birth of Solomon is not recorded. I am confident that Thomas is a mistake for Solomon. Solomon was 84 years old at his death in 1758, as inscribed on his gravestone, corresponding with his birth in 1674; and the age of Thomas, at his death 7 Dec. 1709, is inscribed on his gravestone with much minuteness, as 33 years 3 months and 12 (lays, answering to his birth at the date assumed by me, 25 Aug. 1676. Moreover, there is no evidence that Solomon was the son of the 2d w. Hepzibah; but it is certain, from the recorded settlement of Hepzibah's estate, that Thomas was her son.]
