Prentice of Cambridge, Massachusetts -- Surname Saturday

Old Burying Ground, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA

The Prentice line is another old Massachusetts line of mine. The emigrant ancestor, Henry Prentice was my 8th great-grandfather. As usual, my direct lines are in All Caps and in green. If you would like sources, please contact me.


Old Burying Ground (see my post with additional photos)
Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Click on link to see cemetery stones of Henry's child, my direct line, Solomon and his wife.

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Generation No. 1

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1.	HENRY PRENTICE died 9 JUN 1654 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He married JOANE AFT 13 MAY 1643 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. She died AFT 1662. He married Elizabeth. She died 13 MAY 1643 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
	Children of HENRY PRENTICE and JOANE were: + 2   i. Mary PRENTICE was born 25 NOV 1644 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, and died 20 SEP 1699 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. + 3   ii. SOLOMON PRENTICE was born 23 SEP 1646 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 24 JUL 1719 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. 4   iii. Abiah PRENTICE was born 22 MAY 1648 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died BEF DEC 1713. 5   iv. Sarah PRENTICE was born ABT 1649. She married John WOODWARD. 6   v. Samuel PRENTICE was born 3 AUG 1650 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died AFT 31 DEC 1713. + 7   vi. Henry PRENTICE was born ABT 1651 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died AFT 31 DEC 1713.

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Generation No. 2

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2.	Mary PRENTICE (HENRY PRENTICE1) was born 25 NOV 1644 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, and died 20 SEP 1699 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. She married Nathaniel HANCOCK 8 MAR 1664 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, son of Nathaniel HANCOCK and Joan. He was born 18 DEC 1639 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 12 APR 1719.
	Children of Mary PRENTICE and Nathaniel HANCOCK were: 8   i. Nathaniel HANCOCK was born 28 FEB 1665, and died 20 JUL 1665. 9   ii. Mary HANCOCK was born BEF 13 MAY 1666. 10   iii. Sarah HANCOCK was born 23 AUG 1667. 11   iv. Nathaniel HANCOCK was born 27 OCT 1668. 12   v. Abigail HANCOCK was born 20 DEC 1669. 13   vi. John HANCOCK was born 1671, and died 5 DEC 1752. 14   vii. Ann HANCOCK was born 1672, and died 1672. 15   viii. Abigail HANCOCK was born 1672, and died 1672. 16   ix. Samuel HANCOCK was born 2 JAN 1674. 17   x. Abigail HANCOCK was born 23 AUG 1675. 18   xi. Elizabeth HANCOCK was born 26 AUG 1677. 19   xii. Ebenezer HANCOCK was born 10 MAR 1681. 20   xiii. Joseph HANCOCK was born 28 APR 1683.

3.	SOLOMON PRENTICE (HENRY PRENTICE1) was born 23 SEP 1646 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 24 JUL 1719 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He was buried in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He married HEPHZIBAH DUNTON BEF 1678 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. She was born ABT 1653, and died 15 JAN 1742 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. She was buried in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth BEF 1674 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
	Children of SOLOMON PRENTICE and HEPHZIBAH DUNTON were: + 21   i. Solomon PRENTICE was born 1673 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 25 JUL 1758 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. + 22   ii. Thomas PRENTICE was born 9 JUN 1674 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 7 DEC 1709 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. + 23   iii. MARY PRENTICE was born 4 JAN 1679 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 28 JAN 1742 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. 24   iv. Stephen PRENTICE was born 1 JUN 1681 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died AFT 19 MAR 1761. He married Faith FROST 8 JUL 1708 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, daughter of James FROST and Hannah w\o James FROST. She died 23 JAN 1741. He married Lydia PRENTICE 10 NOV 1743. 25   v. Elizabeth PRENTICE was born 20 JUL 1684 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 14 MAY 1727. 26   vi. Nathaniel PRENTICE was born 20 JUL 1684 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 18 SEP 1688 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. + 27   vii. Nathaniel PRENTICE was born 18 OCT 1689 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 24 OCT 1723 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. 28   viii. Henry PRENTICE was born ABT 1693 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 18 DEC 1778 in Holliston, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth RAND 18 SEP 1718, daughter of William RAND. She was born in of Charlestown, Massachusetts, and died 13 MAR 1749. He married Elizabeth HALEY 8 NOV 1749. She was born in of Boston, and died 7 APR 1775. 29   ix. Samuel PRENTICE was born 12 JUN 1698 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Child of SOLOMON PRENTICE and Elizabeth was: + 21   i. Solomon PRENTICE was born 1673 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 25 JUL 1758 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

7.	Henry PRENTICE (HENRY PRENTICE1) was born ABT 1651 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died AFT 31 DEC 1713. He married Mary GOVE 2 APR 1682 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, daughter of John GROVE.
	Children of Henry PRENTICE and Mary GOVE were: 30   i. John PRENTICE was born 6 MAR 1683. 31   ii. Mary PRENTICE was born 11 JAN 1685, and died 2 MAY 1685. 32   iii. Mary PRENTICE was born 4 JAN 1686, and died 11 MAR 1686 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. 33   iv. Hannah PRENTICE was born 19 JAN 1687, and died 3 JUN 1687 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. 34   v. Jonathan PRENTICE was born 4 APR 1688, and died 1 MAY 1688 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. 35   vi. Sarah PRENTICE was born 6 APR 1689, and died 31 MAY 1689. 36   vii. Tabitha PRENTICE was born BEF 18 AUG 1697. 37   viii. Nathaniel PRENTICE was born BEF 11 DEC 1698. 38   ix. Jacob PRENTICE was born 18 AUG 1700, and died 28 FEB 1701. 39   x. Susanna PRENTICE was born 29 MAR 1703.

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Generation No. 3

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21.	Solomon PRENTICE (SOLOMON PRENTICE2, HENRY PRENTICE1) was born 1673 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 25 JUL 1758 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He married Lydia.
	Children of Solomon PRENTICE and Lydia were: 40   i. Ruth PRENTICE was born 31 OCT 1700 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died AFT 1760. 41   ii. Lydia PRENTICE was born 8 MAR 1702 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died AFT 1758. She married John COOPER 6 APR 1721. She married Thomas KIDDER 8 APR 1725. He died AFT 1758. 42   iii. Solomon PRENTICE was born 11 MAY 1705 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. 43   iv. Samuel PRENTICE was born 5 MAY 1707 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. 44   v. Joanna PRENTICE was born 5 FEB 1710 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 25 NOV 1772 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. She married Samuel COOK 31 MAR 1726. 45   vi. Ebenezer PRENTICE was born 27 MAY 1712 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. 46   vii. Sarah PRENTICE was born 11 MAR 1715 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died AFT 1758. She married Jonathan COOPER 25 OCT 1732. He died AFT 1758.

22.	Thomas PRENTICE (SOLOMON PRENTICE2, HENRY PRENTICE1) was born 9 JUN 1674 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 7 DEC 1709 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He was buried in Old Burying Ground. Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He married Maria RUSSELL 23 DEC 1696. She died 1 MAY 1701. He married Mary BATSON 6 NOV 1701. She was born in of Boston, and died 2 MAR 1760 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
	Children of Thomas PRENTICE and Maria RUSSELL were: 47   i. Thomas PRENTICE was born BEF 21 NOV 1697, and died young. 48   ii. Mary PRENTICE was born BEF 2 APR 1699. Children of Thomas PRENTICE and Mary BATSON were: 49   i. Elizabeth PRENTICE was born 22 AUG 1700. 50   ii. Thomas PRENTICE was born 9 NOV 1702. 51   iii. John PRENTICE was born 3 NOV 1703. 52   iv. Henry PRENTICE was born 25 NOV 1706. 53   v. William PRENTICE was born 24 JUL 1708. + 54   vi. Hepzibah PRENTICE was born 29 OCT 1709.

23.	MARY PRENTICE (SOLOMON PRENTICE2, HENRY PRENTICE1) was born 4 JAN 1679 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 28 JAN 1742 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. She was buried in Old Burying Ground. Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. She married BENJAMIN BALCH 4 JAN 1712 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, son of FREEBORN BALCH and MIRIAM MOULTON. He was born 17 APR 1688 in Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 28 JAN 1741.
	Children of MARY PRENTICE and BENJAMIN BALCH were: + 55   i. THOMAS BALCH was born 17 OCT 1711 in Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, and died 8 JAN 1774 in Dedham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts. 56   ii. Mary BALCH was born 14 JUN 1714 in Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, and died 29 APR 1782 in New Ipswich, New Hampshire. She married Isaac BROWN 19 APR 1738 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

27.	Nathaniel PRENTICE (SOLOMON PRENTICE2, HENRY PRENTICE1) was born 18 OCT 1689 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 24 OCT 1723 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He married Hannah WYETH ABT 1712.
	Children of Nathaniel PRENTICE and Hannah WYETH were: 57   i. Jonas PRENTICE was born 25 APR 1713. 58   ii. Nathaniel PRENTICE was born MAY 1715. 59   iii. Hannah PRENTICE was born 16 DEC 1716. 60   iv. Tabitha PRENTICE was born 30 AUG 1718. 61   v. Solomon PRENTICE was born 31 JAN 1721.