When Henry Prentice was born on 25 November 1706, in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Thomas Prentice, was 30 and his mother, Mary Batson, was 30. He married Catharine Felch on 30 January 1729, in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1706. He died on 23 August 1787, in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 80.
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Scottish (Lanarkshire) and English (East Anglia): from Middle English prentis, prentiz, a shortened form of apprentis ‘apprentice’ (Anglo-Norman French apprenti(e)z, prentiz, prentice, from Old French aprendre ‘to learn, to understand’, Latin appre(he)ndere ‘to understand, grasp’), denoting someone learning a craft or trade, but probably originating as a nickname in the case of the surname.
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Possible Related NamesMiddlesex County MA probate docket #18025 Thomas Prentice of Cambridge died without a will. Administration was grated to the widow Mary Prentice on December 19, 1709. Inventory includes various rea …
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