When George Prudence Prewett was born on 6 October 1816, in Alderbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, George Prewett, was 25 and his mother, Jane Stevens, was 22. He married Martha Brazier on 8 February 1840, in Alderbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 5 December 1901, in Downton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 85, and was buried in Alderbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom.
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