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Mary Mercy Prence 1631–1711 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: JUN 1631

Birth Location: Plymouth, Plymouth, MA.

Death Date: 28 SEP 1711

Death Location: Eastham, Barnstable, MA.

Father: Thomas Prence

Mother: Patience Brewster

Spouse(s): John Freeman

Children(s): Hannah Freeman, Bennet Freeman, John Freeman, Mercy Freeman, Nathaniel Freeman, Thomas Freeman, William Freeman

Mary Mercy Prence was born in 1631 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA., the child of Thomas Prence And Patience Brewster. In 1638, Mary Mercy Prence resided in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Mary Mercy Prence married John Freeman, and had children including Bennet Freeman, Hannah Freeman, John Freeman, Mercy Freeman, Nathaniel Freeman, Thomas Freeman, William Freeman. Mary Mercy Prence passed away in 1711 in Eastham, Barnstable, MA..

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Biography

  • Mary Mercy Prence was born in 1631 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA., the child of Thomas Prence And Patience Brewster.
  • In 1638, Mary Mercy Prence resided in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
  • Mary Mercy Prence married John Freeman, and had children including Bennet Freeman, Hannah Freeman, John Freeman, Mercy Freeman, Nathaniel Freeman, Thomas Freeman, William Freeman.
  • Mary Mercy Prence passed away in 1711 in Eastham, Barnstable, MA..

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Prence
1599–1673
Birth Location: Lechlade, Gloucestershire, England
TP
Patience Brewster
1600–1634
Birth Location: Scrooby, Nottingham, England
PB

Spouses(s)

John Freeman
1626–1719
Birth Location: Billingshurst, Sussex, England
JF

Children(s)

Hannah Freeman
1656–1743
Birth Location: MA
HF
Bennet Freeman
1670–1716
Birth Location: Eastham, Barnstable, MA.
BF
John Freeman
1651–1721
Birth Location: Eastham, Barnstable, MA
JF
Mercy Freeman
1659–1745
Birth Location: Eastham, Plymouth, MA
MF
Nathaniel Freeman
1649–1760
Birth Location: Eastham, Barnstable, MA, U.S.
NF
Thomas Freeman
1653–1715
Birth Location: Sandwich, MA
TF
William Freeman
1661–1686
Birth Location: Eastham, Barnstable, MA, U.S.
WF

Mary Prence's Ancestors

Self
Mary Prence
1631–1711
Birth Place: Plymouth, Plymouth, MA.
Parents
Thomas Prence
1599–1673
Lechlade, Gloucestershire, England
Patience Brewster
1600–1634
Scrooby, Nottingham, England
Grandparents
William (Mayflower) Brewster
1566–1644
Yorkshire, England Brewster Gen.
Mary Wentworth
1569–1627
Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Wentworth
1522–1587
Grace Gascoigne
1522–1590
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Wentworth
1490–1549
Catherine Beeston
1486–1521
John Gascoigne
1490–1557
Anne Vavasour
1506–1554

Mary Prence's Descendants

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Mary (Mercy) Prence (JUN 1631–28 SEP 1711) m. John Freeman (28 JAN 1626–28 OCT 1719)
  1. 1. Hannah Freeman 1656–1743 m. John Mayo 1652–
    1. 1. Mary Mayo 1694–1771 m. Joseph Hopkins 1668–1771
      1. 1. Prince Hopkins 1731–1771 m. Patience Snow 1732–1823
        1. 1. Seth Hopkins 1753–1841 m. Mercy Rogers 1756–1825
      2. 2. Joseph (Hopkins) Jr. 1715–1762 m. Mary Berry 1717–1798
        1. 1. Solomon (Hopkins) Capt. 1739–1792 m. Elizabeth Crosby 1741–1804
  2. 2. Bennet Freeman 1670–1716 m. John Paine 1662–1731
    1. 1. Mary Paine 1693–1770 m. Samuel Freeman 1688–1751
      1. 1. Alice Freeman 1719–1790 m. George Brown 1716–1767
      2. 2. Elizabeth Freeman 1715–1784 m. Samuel Snow 1709–1784
        1. 1. Abigail Snow 1734–1735
        2. 2. Barnabas Snow 1754–1755
        3. 3. Betty Snow 1741–1742
        4. 4. Freeman Snow 1753–1828 m. Abigail Horton 1756–1813
        5. 5. Joseph Snow 1745–1746
        6. 6. Mary Snow 1743–1744
        7. 7. Mercy Snow 1737–1738 m. Nathan Hinckley 1734–
        8. 8. Phebe Snow 1750–1751
        9. 9. Samuel (Snow) Jr 1735–1736
        10. 10. Sparrow Snow 1748–1749
        11. 11. Treat Snow 1739–1740
  3. 3. John Freeman 1651–1721 m. Sarah Merrick 1654–1696
    1. 1. John Freeman 1678–1708 m. Mercy Watson 1685–1708
      1. 1. Sarah Freeman 1704–1733 m. Constant Myrick 1701–1792
  4. 4. Mercy Freeman 1659–1745 m. Samuel Knowles 1651–1737
    1. 1. Ruth Knowles 1657–1714 m. Joseph Collins 1645–1724
      1. 1. Benjamin Collins 1687–1756 m. Sarah Bangs 1687–1688
      2. 2. John Collins 1674–1765 m. Hannah Doane 1669–1765
        1. 1. Anna Collins 1700– m. Jacob Woodhouse 1697–
        2. 2. David Collins 1715–1716
        3. 3. Hannah Collins 1711–1729 m. Stephen SMITH 1706–1766
        4. 4. Jane Collins 1717–1768 m. George Godfrey 1709–
        5. 5. John Collins 1709–1710 m. Thankful Taylor 1720–
        6. 6. Joseph Collins 1713–1771 m. Abigail Crowell 1723–1788
        7. 7. Martha Collins 1708–1756 m. Moses Godfrey 1705–1773
        8. 8. Samuel Collins 1705–1706 m. Patience Howes 1725–
        9. 9. Solomon Collins 1704–1705 m. Eunice Atkins 1705–
  5. 5. Nathaniel Freeman 1649–1760 m. Mary Howland 1652–1743
  6. 6. Thomas Freeman 1653–1715 m. Rebecca Sparrow 1655–1740
    1. 1. Edmund Freeman 1680–1681
    2. 2. Hannah Freeman 1687–1688
    3. 3. Hatauld Freeman 1691–1773 m. Abigail Hallett 1698–
    4. 4. Jonathan Freeman 1678–1679 m. Mercy Bradford 1681–1738
      1. 1. Bradford Freeman 1713– m. Sarah Church 1717–1759
        1. 1. Charles Freeman 1735–1736
        2. 2. Charles Freeman 1751–1752
        3. 3. Hannah Freeman 1737–1738
        4. 4. Jonathan Freeman 1745–1746
        5. 5. Mary Freeman 1757–1758
        6. 6. Mercy Freeman 1742–1743
        7. 7. Molly Freeman 1739–1740
      2. 2. Ichabod Freeman 1714– m. Isaac Cushman 1681–1729 m. John Freeman 1681–1729
      3. 3. Jonathan Freeman 1709–1748 m. Sarah Rider 1712–
      4. 4. Mercy Freeman 1711– m. Thomas Waterman 1707–1751
        1. 1. Abigail Waterman 1733–1756 m. James Thomas 1729–1768
        2. 2. Freeman Waterman 1748–1767 m. Joanna Thompson 1748–1764
        3. 3. Jonathan Waterman 1730–1764 m. Hannah Soule 1742–1820
        4. 4. Mercy Waterman 1739–1755 m. Joseph Joslin 1739–1758
        5. 5. Priscilla Waterman 1745–1746
        6. 6. Rebecca Waterman 1736–1752 m. Samuel Hayford 1736–1755
        7. 7. Thomas Waterman 1742–1761 m. Pricilla Perkins 1742–1758
    5. 5. Joseph Freeman 1682–1683
    6. 6. Joshua Freeman 1684–1685
    7. 7. Mercy Freeman 1674–1747 m. Paul (Sears) Jr 1669–1740
      1. 1. Daniel Sears 1710–1771 m. Mercy Snow 1713–1790
        1. 1. Eros Sears 1752–1822 m. Rebecca Kelley 1756–1833
        2. 2. Micajah Sears 1738–1823 m. Anna Crowell 1737–1785
        3. 3. Paul Sears 1750–1808 m. Eleanor Smith 1760–1824
      2. 2. Deborah Sears 1701–1751 m. Thomas Howes 1699–1764
        1. 1. Betty Howes 1731–1755 m. Edmund Fish 1704–1754
        2. 2. Daniel Howes 1738–1771 m. Sarah Collins 1745–1771
        3. 3. Deborah Howes 1727–1764 m. Nathaniel Sears 1749–1764
        4. 4. Desire Howes 1727–1754 m. Samuel Sears 1721–1753
        5. 5. Edmund Howes 1742–1778 m. Abigail Crosby 1734–1778
        6. 6. Jerusha Howes 1735–1736 m. Daniel Hall 1673–1749
        7. 7. Mercy Howes 1732–1764 m. John Tobey 1711–1764
        8. 8. Moody Howes 1724–1806 m. Hannah Snow 1727–1758 m. Sarah Ellis 1732–1815
        9. 9. Reuben Howes 1745–1806 m. Bethiah Sears 1748–1778
        10. 10. Sarah Howes 1749–1777 m. George Howes 1736–1776
      3. 3. Ebenezer Sears 1694–1728 m. Sarah Howes 1699–1728
        1. 1. Desire Sears 1725–1780 m. John Markham 1702–1753
        2. 2. Sarah Sears 1721–1788 m. Thomas Mayo 1718–1762
      4. 4. Edmund Sears 1712–1796 m. Hannah Crowell 1725–1802
        1. 1. Edmund (Sears) II 1744–1832 m. Hannah Taylor 1753–1828
      5. 5. Rebecca Sears 1701–1791 m. Joseph Hall 1697–1772
        1. 1. Barnabas Hall 1742–1824 m. Mary Crocker 1745–1781
        2. 2. Hanna Hall 1726–1786 m. Nathaniel Bassett 1721–1764
    8. 8. Prence Freeman 1689–1769 m. Mary Doane 1691–1733
      1. 1. Barnabas Freeman 1724–1799
      2. 2. Hannah Freeman 1719–1786 m. James (L) Sutton 1709–
      3. 3. Hatsuld Freeman 1716–1717
      4. 4. Mary Freeman 1721–1744 m. James Freeman 1710–1740
        1. 1. James Freeman 1740–1776 m. Anna Godfrey 1722–1775
      5. 5. Nathaniel Freeman 1718–1791
      6. 6. Priscella Freeman 1714–1776
      7. 7. Susanna Freeman 1723–1791
    9. 9. Rebecca Freeman 1694–1695 m. John (Wing) IV 1680–1758
      1. 1. Phoebe Wing 1726–1790 m. Nathaniel Foster 1725–1789
        1. 1. David Foster 1758–1821 m. Lydia (Susannah) White 1756–1829
        2. 2. John Foster 1751–1823 m. Deborah Elwell 1752–1829
        3. 3. Nathaniel Foster 1748–1749 m. Lydia (M) Crosby 1746–
        4. 4. Ruth Foster 1750–1816 m. Abner Crosby 1744–1767
        5. 5. Thomas Foster 1756–1832 m. Hannah Bliss 1754–1841
  7. 7. William Freeman 1661–1686 m. Lydia Sparrow 1661–
    1. 1. Lydia Freeman 1684–1716 m. Richard Godfrey 1677–1741
      1. 1. Elisabeth Godfrey 1704–1791 m. Prence (Prince) Doane 1703–1751
        1. 1. Abigail Doane 1732–1777 m. Hezekiah Ackley 1739–1783

Mary Prence's Timeline

4 Records

1631
JUN 1631
Birth of Mary Mercy Prence in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA.
Plymouth, Plymouth, MA.
1638
1638
Age 7
Mary Mercy Prence resided here in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
1711
SEP 1711
Age 80
Burial of Mary Mercy Prence in Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
1711
28 SEP 1711
Age 80
Death of Mary Mercy Prence in Eastham, Barnstable, MA.
Eastham, Barnstable, MA.

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: JUN 1631
    Event Place: Plymouth, Plymouth, MA.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1638
    Event Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: SEP 1711
    Event Place: Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 28 SEP 1711
    Event Place: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 SEP 1711
    Event Place: Eastham, Barnstable, MA.

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Custom Event
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