Descendants of Thomas (Prince) Prence
Gnuse Lineage
1. Thomas (Prince) Prence occupation Carriage maker, married (?). Thomas died All Hallows, Barking, London.
Children:
+2. i Thomas Prence born c. 1600.
Second Generation
2. Thomas Prence (1.Thomas1) born c. 1600, Lechlade, Gloucestershire, England, married (1) Aug 5, 1624, in Plymouth MA, Patience Brewster, born c. 1600, England, (daughter of William Brewster and Mary Wentworth) died bf Dec 12, 1634, Plymouth, MA, married (2) Apr 1, 1635, in Plymouth, Mary Collier, baptized: feb 18, 1611, St. Olave Park., Southwark, Surrey, England, (daughter of William Collier and (?)) died c. 1658, Eastham, married (3) bf Dec 8, 1662, Apphia (Quick) Freeman, married (4) Mercy Southworth. Thomas died Mar 29, 1673, Plymouth, MA, buried: Apr 8, 1673. Proper name is Prince, but he spelled it this way. Came on ship Fortune in 1621. Note: WFT1 has a daughter Hannah Prence, but she is of a different line (m. Nathaniel Mayo) Apphia: Widow of Samuel Freeman of Watertown. May be wrong Thomas. Chrchyrd shows wife as Mary Burr, m bet. 1665/7
Children by Patience Brewster:
3. i Thomas Prence born bf May 22, 1627, Plymouth, died bf Mar 13, 1671. returned to England
+4. ii Rebecca Prence born bf May 22, 1627.
+5. iii Mercy ( Marcy) Prence born bf Sep 28, 1631.
+6. iv Hannah Prence born bf 1633.
Children by Mary Collier:
7. v Sarah Prence married Jan 5, 1705/6, Jeremiah Howes, born c. 1637, (son of Thomas Howes and Mary Burr).
8. vi Mary Prence married John (Tracey) Tracy.
+9. vii Elizabeth Prence.
+10. viii Judith Prence.
+11. ix Jane Prence born Nov 1, 1637.
Third Generation
4. Rebecca Prence (2.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) born bf May 22, 1627, Plymouth, married Apr 22, 1646, Edmund Freeman, baptized: Nov 26, 1620, Billinghurst, Sussex, England, (son of Edmund Freeman and Bennett Hodsoll) died bfJan 5, 1703/4, Sandwich, MA. Rebecca died bf Jul 18, 1681.
Children:
12. i Rebecca Freeman born c. 1647.
5. Mercy ( Marcy) Prence (2.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) born bf Sep 28, 1631, Plymouth, married Feb 13, 1649, in Eastham MA, John Freeman, born c. 1622, England, baptized: Jan 28, 1626/7, Billingshurst, Sussex, England, (son of Edmund Freeman and Bennett Hodsoll) died Oct 28, 1719, Eastham MA. Mercy died Sep 28, 1711, Eastham MA. John: came to New England in 1635 - settled Eastham MA in 1650. Called Major. MD 5:143-51; Barnstable Co.PR 3:527-30.
Children:
13. i John Freeman born Feb 2, 1650. died in infancy
+14. ii John Freeman born Dec 1651.
15. iii Thomas Freeman born Sep 1653, Eastham, MA, married Dec 31, 1673, Rebecca Sparrow. Thomas died Feb 9, 1715/6, Harwich (Brewster) MA.
16. iv Edmund Freeman born Jun 1657, married (1) Ruth Merrick, married (2) Sarah Mayo.
17. v Hannah Freeman married Apr 14, 1681, John Mayo.
18. vi Mercy Freeman born Jul 1659, married Dec 1679, Samuel Knowles.
19. vii William Freeman born c. 1660, married c. 1684/5, Lydia Sparrow.
20. viii Patience Freeman born c. 1667, Eastham MA, married Jan 31, 1682, in Eastham MA, Samuel Paine, born c. 1652, Eastham MA, (son of Thomas Paine and Mary Snow) died Oct 13, 1712, Eastham MA. Patience died af Jan 27, 1719. Mayflower thru Mercy Prence(3), Patience Brewster(2) and William Brewster(1).
21. ix Prince Freeman born Feb 3, 1665/6. died young
22. x Nathaniel Freeman born Mar 20, 1669, married c. 1690, Mary (?).
23. xi Bennet Freeman born Mar 7, 1670/1, married Mar 14, 1689, in Eastham MA, John Paine, born Mar 14, 1660/61, Eastham MA, (son of Thomas Paine and Mary Snow) died Oct 18, 1731, Orleans, Barnstable, MA.
6. Hannah Prence (2.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) born bf 1633, Plymouth, married (1) Nathaniel Mayo, born c. 1627, England, (son of John Mayo and Tamsen (?)) died c. 1661/1662, Eastham, married (2) c.1667/1671, in Eastham, Jonathan Sparrow, born c. 1633/4, England, (son of Richard Sparrow and Pandora (?)) died Mar 21, 1706/7, Eastham. Hannah died bf Nov 1698.
Children by Nathaniel Mayo:
24. i Thomas Mayo born Dec 7, 1650, Eastham.
25. ii Nathaniel Mayo born Nov 16, 1652, Eastham.
+26. iii Samuel Mayo born Oct 12, 1655.
27. iv Hannah Mayo born Oct 17, 1657, Eastham.
28. v Theophilus Mayo born Dec 17, 1659, died af Mar 28,1673, Eastham.
29. vi Bathsheba Mayo born afDec 19, 1661.
Children by Jonathan Sparrow:
30. vii Richard Sparrow born Mar 17, 1669. died young
31. viii Patience Sparrow born bfOct 25, 1675, Eastham, married (1) May 27, 1691, in Eastham, MA, Joseph Paine, born 1667, Eastham MA, (son of Thomas Paine and Mary Snow) died Oct 1, 1712, Eastham MA, married (2) Nov 23, 1715, in Barnstable, MA, John Jenkins, born Nov 13, 1659, Barnstable, MA, died Jul 8, 1736, Barnstable, MA. Patience died Oct 25, 1745, Barnstable, MA. From William Brewster(1) thru Hannah Prence(3), Patience Brewster(2).
32. ix Richard Sparrow born c. 1675, Eastham, married Mercy Cobb. Richard died Apr 13, 1728.
9. Elizabeth Prence (2.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) married 1667, Arthur Howland.
Children:
+33. i Prince Howland.
10. Judith Prence (2.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) married Isaac Barker.
Children:
+34. i Rebecca Barker.
11. Jane Prence (2.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) born Nov 1, 1637, Duxbury, Plymouth, MA, married Jan 9, 1660/1, in Eastham, Barnstable, MA, Mark Snow, born May 9, 1628, Plymouth, Plymouth MA, (son of Nicholas Snow and Constance Hopkins) died abt Dec, 1694, Eastham, Barnstable, MA. Jane died Jun 28, 1712. Her half sister was Hannah (Prence) Mayo m. Jonathan Sparrow
Children:
35. i Mary Snow born Nov 30, 1661, Eastham MA, married Jan 22, 1690/1, in Eastham, MA, William Nickerson. Mary died 1718/9, Harwich, MA.
36. ii Nicholas Snow born Dec 6, 1663, Eastham MA, married (1) Apr 4, 1689, in Eastham, Barnstable, MA, Lydia Shaw, married (2) Lydia Bangs. Nicholas died 1751, Rochester MA.
37. iii Elizabeth Snow born May 9, 1666, Eastham MA, died Jan 18, 1675, Eastham MA.
38. iv Thomas Snow born Aug 6, 1668, Eastham MA, married (1) Feb 8, 1692/3, in Eastham MA, Hannah Sears, married (2) Sep 30, 1706, in Harwich MA, Lydia Sears. Thomas died af May 1, 1737, Eastham MA.
39. v Sarah Snow born May 10, 1671, Eastham MA, died af Dec 21, 1703.
40. vi Prence Snow born May 22, 1674, Eastham MA, married c. 1698, Hannah Storrs. Prence died Jul 7, 1742, Harwich MA, buried: Old Cemetery, Brewster MA.
41. vii Elizabeth Snow born Jun 22, 1676, Eastham MA, died Mar 22, 1677/78, Eastham MA.
42. viii Hannah Snow born Sep 16, 1679, Eastham MA.
Fourth Generation
14. John Freeman (5.Mercy3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) born Dec 1651, Eastham, married (1) Dec 18, 1672, Sarah Merrick, born Aug 1, 1654, Eastham MA, died Apr 21, 1696, Brewster MA, married (2) c. 1696/7, Mercy Hedge, born bf Jul 4, 1659, (daughter of William (Hedges) Hedge and (?)) died Sep 27, 1721, Harwich. John died Jul 27, 1721, Harwich (now Brewster) MA, buried: Old Burial Ground, Brewster MA. (4) from William Brewster(1) thru Mercy Prence(3), Patience Brewster(2) Sarah: also DHGreen Mercy: Chrchyrd.GED calls her Mrs. Mercy Watson, so perhaps she previously married.
Children by Sarah Merrick:
43. i John Freeman born Sep 3, 1674, died bf July 1678, Died young.
44. ii Sarah Freeman born Sep 1676, Eastham MA, married c 1695, Edward Snow, born Mar 26, 1672, (son of Jabez Snow and Elizabeth Smith) died c. 1754-1758, Harwich, Barnstable, MA. Sarah died aft Apr 2,1721, Harwich MA. Descendent of William Brewster
45. iii John Freeman born July 1678.
46. iv Rebecca Freeman born Jan 28, 1680, died bf Apr 22. 1721. prob died unmarried
47. v Nathaniel Freeman born Mar 17, 1682/3.
48. vi Benjamin Freeman born July 1685.
49. vii Mercy Freeman born Aug 3, 1687, Eastham MA, married Chillingsworth Foster, born Jul 11, 1680, Marshfield MA, (son of John Foster and Mary Chillingsworth) occupation Deacon, died Dec 22, 1764, Harwich MA. Mercy died Jul 7, 1720, Harwich MA. Descendant of William Brewster
50. viii Patience Freeman.
51. ix Susannah Freeman.
52. x Mary Freeman born bf Apr 21, 1696.
53. xi Patience Freeman married Oct 24, 1706, in Eastham, MA, Eleazar Crosby, born Mar 31, 1680, Harwich, Barnstable, MA, (son of Thomas Crosby and Sarah Fitch) died Jul 20, 1760.
Children by Mercy Hedge:
54. xii Elizabeth Freeman born Jul 1698.
55. xiii Phebe Freeman married Jan 16, 1728/9, in Rochester, MA, Thomas Ashley, born Feb 21, 1703/4, Rochester, MA, (son of Joseph Ashley and Elizabeth Percival) died bf May 24, 1762, Rochester, MA. Phebe died bf. 1749, Rochester, MA. Marriage is VR 2:18,133
26. Samuel Mayo (6.Hannah3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) born Oct 12, 1655, Eastham, married Ruth Hopkins, born June 1653, (daughter of Giles Hopkins and Catherine Wheldon). Samuel died Oct 29, 1730, Cape Cod area, MA.
Children:
56. i Mercy Mayo married Feb 8, 1726/7, in Eastham MA, John Cole, born Oct 14, 1696, Eastham MA, (son of John Cole and Mary Rogers) died c. 1753, Eastham, MA. See Mayflower Quarterly, Nov, 1797) re identity of Mercy Mayo, wife of John Cole. Their children are all descendants of Thomas Rogers, William Brewster, and Stephen Hopkins. John: pg 201-202 Nov 1979 Mayflower Quarterly Will made Oct 12, 1753. Probated Nov 6, 1753
57. ii Samuel Mayo.
58. iii Jonathan Mayo.
59. iv Rebecca Mayo married (?) Cole.
60. v Mary Mayo married Ralph Smith.
61. vi Hannah Mayo married (?) Hopkins.
62. vii Sarah Mayo married James Higgins, born Jul 22, 1688, Eastham MA, died Jul 11, 1777, Eastham MA. Sarah died bf Dec, 1726. Mayflower – descendant of Giles, Stephen Hopkins. James: Descendant of Thomas Rogers thru Hannah Rogers(3), Joseph Rogers(2), Thomas Rogers(1).
33. Prince Howland (9.Elizabeth3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) born prob. Marshfield, married Feb 13, 1706/7, in Scituate MA, Deborah Barker, born Nov 7, 1686, Duxbury MA, died c. Jul 3, 1732. Prince died bf. Jan 8, 1713. Deborah: (4) from Richard Warren (1) thru Alice Snow(3), Abigail Warren(2), Richard Warren(1).
Children:
63. i Robert Howland born Aug 31, 1707, Duxbury MA.
64. ii Alice Howland born Oct 30, 1709, married Hezekiah (Keene) Keeny, born Aug 6, 1702, Duxborough, (son of Josiah (Keene) Keeny and Lydia ( Barker) Baker) died Dec 27, 1776. Alice died Oct 13, 1785. Marriage and children (subsequent progeny) from Mayfl06 GED
65. iii Prence Howland born Oct 3, 1713, Marshfield, died bf Jul 14, 1731.
34. Rebecca Barker (10.Judith3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) married John (Keene) Keeny, born 1667, Marshfield, MA. John: Because of discrepancies, this line is separate until resolved (see note under 3001). WFT3 says this is the son of Josiah Keene and Hannah Dingley(2).
Children:
66. i Marcy (Keene) Keeny born Apr 3, 1698.
67. ii Rebecca Keen / Keeny born Dec 1, 1701, Pembroke MA, married Oct 18, 1738, in Barnstable MA, Joseph Smith, born Oct 9, 1692, Eastham MA, died c. Dec 7, 1778, prob. Eastham MA. Rebecca died 1775,1777, prob. Eastham MA. widow of (?) Thacher. This person is not listed in WFT3, however is retained here as authenticity of Mayflower lineages being more correct. Other siblings listed here are per WFT3. Joseph: He is dec (5) from Stephen Hopkins thru Samuel(4), Mary Hopkins(3), Giles Hopkins(2) to Stephen(1).
68. iii Hannah (Keene) Keeny born Mar 1, 1693/4.
69. iv Isaac (Keene) Keeny born Feb 1695/6.
70. v Shadrack (Keene) Keeny born May 1, 1703.
71. vi John (Keene) Keeny born Apr 22, 1713, Pembroke, MA, married Mary (?). John died Jun 28, 1803, Turner, ME.