Nathaniel Prentiss

Brief Life History of Nathaniel

When Nathaniel Prentiss was born on 14 October 1743, in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Jonas Prentice, was 28 and his mother, Mercy Pierce, was 29. He married Abigail Logan on 22 November 1764, in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 18 June 1817, in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Nathaniel Prentiss
1743–1817
Abigail Logan
1744–1825
Marriage: 22 November 1764
Dr. Nathaniel Shepherd Prentiss
1766–1853
John Prentiss
1768–1768
Abigail Prentiss
1771–1859
James Prentice
1774–1794
Lydia Prentice
1779–1864
Jonas Prentiss
1781–1832
Jonathan Cooper Prentiss
1783–1856
Harriet Prentice
1786–1864

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  • Nathaniel Prentice, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Nathaniel Prentice, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
  • Nathaniel Prentiss, "Find A Grave Index"

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1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776 · The Declaration to the King

"""At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""

1783 · A Free America

The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.

Name Meaning

Scottish and English (Kent): variant of Prentice .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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