Thomas PRENTIS

1675 - 1741  (65 years)

• Name	Thomas PRENTIS  [2]
  	Thomas Prentis had no children. He was justice of the peace for the county of New London from 1733 and 1737-1740; in 1734 he was appointed on a committee to build a battery in New London; and in 1739 the General Assembly appointed him, with John Ledyard and Christopher Avery, 2d, a committee to 'bring to the battery at said New London 10 great cannon,' and to get a sloop of sixteen guns ' for the defence of our coast,...these to be kept under the charge and care of said Prentis.' His estate was valued at L2,450 and was divided between the widow and seven brothers and sisters, one of whom was Valentine Prentis, of Woodbury, Ct. He traded to Barbadoes, 1695 to 1720. "Hempstead's Diary' says of him: 'He had been commander in many voyages to Newfoundland and the West Indies, but for twenty years had followed the seas and attended to husbandry and public affairs...He died lamented. He had three wives, but never had a child.' [1]
  Birth	6 Nov 1675  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Feb 1740/1  [1]
  Person ID	I67076	Main Tree
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2018

  
  

  Father	John PRENTICE,   b. England d. 1691
  Mother	Hester NICHOLS
  Family ID	F02243	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary ROGERS,   b. Abt 1678   d. 31 Dec 1720 (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	30 Jan 1704/5  [1]
  Family ID	F36766	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2018

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth PALMES,   b. abt. 1685   d. 9 Nov 1733 (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	1725  [1]
  Family ID	F36767	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2018

  
  

  Family 3	Bethiah DART,   b. 12 Dec 1709
  Marriage	2 Jan 1739  [1, 2]
  Family ID	F26957	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2018

  
  

• Sources

  [S9319] C.J.F. Binney, The History and Genealogy of the Prentice, or Prentiss Family, in New England, Etc., from 1631 to 1883 . [S4618] by John Adams Comstock, "A History and Genealogy of the Comstock Family in America", (The Commonwealth Press Inc - 1949).