Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register

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[631] m. Charles Hill of Berwick 15 Sept. 1757. Henry the f. was a husbandman and brickmaker; Deacon of Dr. Appleton's Church from 24 Nov. 1741 to 14 July 1774, when he resigned on account of his advanced age. He inherited the homestead on the westerly side of the Common: he also purchased in 1729 a large part of the Holden Farm, bounded south on Fresh Pond and east on Alewife Brook, being the former southeasterly corner of Arlington. He retained possession of both estates through life; but what proportion of the time he resided on each, has not been ascertained. When the War of the Revolution commenced, and Camb. became the headquarters of the Continental Army, Deac. Prentice retired to the house of his son, Rev. Joshua Prentice of Holliston, where he d. 18 Oct. 1778, a. 84; his w. Elizabeth d. 7 Ap. 1775, a. 78.

14. John, s. of Henry (8), m. Mary Smith 5 Jan. 1704-5, and had Mary, b. 8 Oct. 1705, m. James Pierce of Chs. 10 Feb. 1731-2; John, b. 18 July 1707, a currier, residing in South Carolina 1736; Henry, b. 4 Ap. 1711; Susanna, b. 20 Oct. 1712; Abigail, b. 24 May 1716; Smith and Ishmael, b. 11 Sept. 1718; [there is some confusion here; the births are entered in different places on the Town Records, but of the same date, yet Smith's baptism is dated 6 Mar. 1725-6;] Lydia, b. 16 Mar. 1721-2, prob. m. Stephen Prentice 10 Nov. 1743; Reuben, b. 14 June 1726, m. Martha Hubbard 1 Mar. 1757, served in the French War, and was drowned 5 Oct. 1764; Tabitha, b. 8 Oct. 1728. John the f. was a brickmaker, and res. on the south side of the Common, a very little in the rear of the old Washington School-house, the same estate which was for many years afterwards occupied by Miss Mary Hancock. He d. 24 Jan. 1741-2.

15. Nathaniel, s. of Henry (8), grad. H. C. 1715, minister at Dunstable from about 1720, m. Mary, dau. of Maj. William Tyng 1724, and had Mary, b. 2 Jan. 1725; William Henry, b. 2 Dec. 1726; Nathaniel, b. 29 May 1729, an ‘officer in the Navy,’ d. unm. and Abraham Watson of Camb. was appointed administrator 1 May 1770; Lucy, prob. m. Abraham Watson 28 Mar. 1751; John. All these children are named in their father's will 6 Dec. 1736. Nathaniel the f. d. 27 Feb. 1736-7, a. about 38.

16. Solomon, s. of Solomon (9), grad. H. C. 1727, settled in the ministry at Grafton 1731, m. Sarah, dau. of Nathaniel Sartell of Groton, 26 Oct. 1732, and had Solomon, b. 29 Oct. 1733, killed in blasting a well 25 Oct. 1747; Nathaniel Sartell, b. 8 Dec. 1735, settled at Alstead, N. H.; Sarah, b. 14 Feb. and d. 2 Mar. 1737-8; John, b. 24 Feb. 1738-9, d. in Auburn, 26 Feb. 1812; Sarah, b. 29 Nov. 1740, d. young; Henry, b. 17 Nov. 1742; Sarah, b. 1 July 1744; Lydia, b. 22 May 1746; Solomon, b. 13 Aug. 1748, d. at Edenton, N. C.; Mary, b. 12 Aug. 1751, m. Amos Binney of Hull, and was mother of the late Amos Binney, Navy Agent at Boston. Rev. Mr. Prentice was dismissed from his charge at Grafton 10 July 1747, on account of his favoring the preaching of Whitefield. He afterwards preached in Easton a few years, then in Bellingham, then in Hull from 1768 to 1772, and afterwards returned to Grafton, where he d. 22 May 1773, a. 68. [For most of the particulars in this paragraph, I am indebted to Binney's History of the Prentice Family.]

17. Samuel, s. of Solomon (9), m. Elizabeth Cook 23 Dec. 1736, and had Lydia, b. 11 Mar. 1737-8, m. Samuel Whitney of Wat. 15 Jan. 1765; Elizabeth, b. 2 Ap. 1741, d. here unm. 10 Aug. 1817. Samuel the f. res. in Wat. and d. between 30 Sept. and 6 Nov. 1749. His w. Elizabeth survived.

18. Ebenezer, s. of Solomon (9), m. Sarah Peirce of Chs. 21 Aug. 1735, and had Ebenezer, b. 4 Mar. 1736-7; Solomon, b. 24 Ap. and d. 24 May 1739; Sarah, b. 20 Aug. 1741, m. John Robbins of Lex. 14 May 1761; Solomon, b. 14 Mar. 1743-4; George, b. 27 Sept. 1746; Mary, b. 16 Oct. 1747, d. young; Elizabeth, b. 4 Mar. 1748-9, d. 1750; Mary and Elizabeth, twins, b. 11 Jan. 1751-2, both d. young; Love, b. 27 Mar. 1755, m. Moses Hovey 11 Mar. 1776, and d. 9 May 1824. Ebenezer the f. was a housewright, resided in Menot. and d. 30 Aug. 1790, a. 78; his w. Sarah d. 10 Nov. 1772.

19. Daniel, s. of Solomon (9), m. Deborah Wyeth 29 Dec. 1743, and had Daniel, bap. 30 Dec. 1744, a housewright, was of Harvard 1796; Sarah, bap.