Brief Life History of Prudence Towson
When Prudence Towson Sater was born on 25 November 1743, in Chestnut Ridge, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, her father, Henry Sater, was 54 and her mother, Dorcas Osage Towson, was 23. She married Benjamin Howard on 21 September 1762, in Baltimore, Maryland, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. She died on 22 September 1822, in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (11)
- Invalid user-supplied link with no documentation - Legacy NFS Source: Prudence Sater - birth-name: Prudence Sater
- Invalid user-supplied link with no documentation - U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
- Prudence Sater Howard, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1742–1828 Male
1743–1822 Female
Children (13)
1760–1836 Male
1764–1848 Female
1766–1828 Male
1768–1836 Female
1770–1840 Male
+8 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1689–1754 Male
1720–1757 Female
Siblings (6)
1740–1768 Male
1743–1822 Female
1745–1788 Male
1747–1823 Female
1751–1820 Male
+1 More Child
World Events (6)
1776
Age 33
1776
Age 33
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Age 43
Name Meaning
Americanized form of Norwegian Sæter: habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads named Sæter, from Old Norse sætr ‘farmstead’ or setr ‘mountain summer farm’.
Polish: unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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