A Maine Family's History - Smith / Glidden Surnames

Prince

Rev. John PRINCE rector of East Shefford / Sufford / Shetford in Berkshire England, educated University of Oxford, one of Puritan ministers of Church of England who in part conformed, 1584 owned Abbey Foregate

Spouse: Elizabeth TOLDERBURG

Children: John; Joane bp. Shefford 10/1/1614; Dorothye bp 3/2/1615; total of 7 daughters & 4 sons

John PRINCE born 1609/1610 East Shefford / Sufford, Berkshire, England, 1633 settled first at Watertown then Hull, died 8/16/1676 Hull MA

Spouse: (1) Alice/Anna HONOUR / HONOR married 1637 at Watertown (2) Anne Barstow married 1674 widow of William Barstow

Children: John born 1638; Elizabeth born 1640; Joseph born 1642 married Elizabeth Morton, died at Quebec; Martha born 1645; Job born1647, lost in English Channel; Mary born 7/29/1649 Hingham MA; Sarah born 2/22/1652 died 1653; Sarah born 2/22/1652 Hingham married Thomas Sayer; Benjamin born 1652 died at Jamaica; Isaac born 1654 married Mary Turner daughter of John & Mary Brewster Turner, died at Boston; Deborah born 8/23/1657 Hingham married William King; Samuel of Sandwich married (2) Mercy Hinckley; nine children by first wife; Thomas born 1658 in Scituate married Ruth Turner, he died in Barbados

Mary PRINCE born 1649 Hingham died 1729 died Scituate 6/23/1726

Spouse: Joseph JOY married 8/29/1667 Hingham born 2/1/1645 Boston Middlesex Co. MA died 5/31/1697, carpenter & farmer

Children: Joseph born 7/30/1668 Hingham died 4/29/1716 Hingham; Thomas born 11/25/1669 Hingham died 10/;11/1718 Hingham; Margaret born 3/6/1670 Hingham died 6/1670; Margaret born 4/15/1672 died 6/1/1672; Mary born 5/19/1673 Hingham; John born 8/28/1675 died 10/7/1675 Hingham; Benjamin born 9/9/1676; John born 8/28/1678 died 7/17/1680 Hingham; Simon born 11/1/1679 died 7/19/1680; Sarah born 4/14/1681; Jonathan born 12/22/1681 died 1/5/1682; Margaret born 12/14/1682 married Nathaniel Chubuck 1707; Deborah born 1/14/1685; Ruth born 11/27/1687 died 3/28/1688; Lydia born 3/12/1689 died 3/27/1689

Pioneers of MA: Prince, John, Hingham propr, town officer. Wife Margaret, ch. Mary b 8 (2) 1649 m Joseph Joy; Sarah b 2/22/1652 d 21 (3) 1653; Sarah m Thomas Sayer; Deborah b 8/23/1657 m Wlm. King. His will dated 6/10/1689, prob 2/5/1696-7, beq to the above-named; to gr ch Wm and Deborah King, Thomas Sayer and Joseph "Jay".

History of Summers County from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time: First in the history of this family we have John Prince who was rector of East Shefford Church Berkshire England and who married a daughter of Dr Toldenbury of Oxford England. There were four sons born of this marriage and seven daughters. Second John Prince, the eldest son of John No 1, born at East Shefford England in 1610, came to America in 1633, and married Alice Honor of Watertown Mass in May 1637 of which there were the following issue: John, Elizabeth, Job, Joseph, Martha, Samuel, Benjamin, Isaac, and Thomas. John Prince was the elder of the church at Hull Mass for thirty four years and died at that place on August 6 1676.

The Prince library: A catalogue of the collection of books and manuscripts : The Reverend John Prince rector of East Shefford in Berkshire England was the father of John Prince who came to America in 1633 and finally settled at Hull Massachusetts and whose oldest son Samuel of Sandwich married for his second wife Mercy the daughter of Thomas Hinckley the last Governor of Plymouth Colony.

A history of Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, from the earliest explorations: Dea Job Prince was a descendant in the fifth generation from Elder John Prince of Hull Mass who in 1633 being then a student at Oxford England and expecting to succeed his father Rev John Prince as rector of the East Shefford Church Society in Berkshire was driven to America by the persecutions of Archbishop Laud. Rev John Prince married Elizabeth daughter of Rev Dr Tolderburg and had four sons and seven daughters. Elder John Prince born in 1610 at East Shefford was their oldest child. He lived at different periods after coming to America at Watertown, Hingham, Nantasket and Hull, was Ruling Elder at the latter place in 1644 and died there. He was twice married first to Alice Honour and second Anne. His death occurred in 1676. Nine children all by first wife. Thomas the youngest child born in 1658 at Scituate married Ruth daughter of John Turner St of Scituate. He died at Barbadoes in 1704. Five children.

Autobiography of William Seymour Tyler ... and related papers: Rev John Prince, an Oxford graduate and minister of East Sufford Berkshire, married Elizabeth daughter of Henri Toldfrby, son of Dr John Tolderby DD and Alyce. The name is called Tolderby in Am Ancestry IX 113 and Tolderbury in New Eng Geneal Reg V 383. Their son John Prince of Cambridge or Watertown was made freeman March 4 1635. He was born about 1610 at East Sufford, emigrated to Watertown 1633 and was also at Hingham, settled at Nantasket 1638, was the first ruling elder at Hull 1644. The Gen Register says his first wife was Alice Honour but Savage gives him a wife Margaret as probably the mother of Samuel. He had a second wife Ann. John Prince died at Hull August 16 1676. His fourth son Samuel Prince (John Jr) was born at Boston May 1649.

History of Scituate, Massachusetts: The first of this family who came to this country settled at Nantasket in 1638. His name was John. He was the son of Rev John Prince, rector of East Strafford in Berkshire Eng, born 1610. He had been three years at Oxford University but he did not engage in the ministry. He was chosen the first ruling elder at Hull in 1644. He died at Hull August 6 1676 aged sixty six. His children were John born 1638, Elizabeth 1640, Joseph 1642, Martha 1645, Job 1647, Mary 1648, Samuel 1650, Sarah 1651 died early, Benjamin 1652, Isaac 1654, Deborah 1656 wife of William King of Salem probably 1678, and Thomas 1658. Of these sons John remained in Hull and deceased 1690, Joseph married Elizabeth Morton of Plymouth 1670, Samuel Esq of Rochester and Middleboro married a daughter of Gov Thomas Hinckley a second wife and by her was the father of Rev Thomas Prince born 1687, graduated at Harvard College 1707, minister in Boston and author of that most accurate work Prince's Chronology Eliot's Biography. Isaac married Mary daughter of John Turner sen of Scituate 1683, Thomas married Ruth daughter of John Turner sen of Scituate 1685. We have placed his name at the head of this article because he resided several years in Scituate where his children were born viz Thomas born July 10 1686, Benjamin 1693, Job 1695. It is conjectured that Gov Thomas Prince of Plymouth Colony was a relative of John of Hull.

Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of ..., Volume 4: Onner Prince Loud wife of Francis Loud 2 was born at Hull in 1701 daughter of lsaac 2 and Mary Turner Prince of Hull. Isaac Prince 2 was son of John and Anna Honor Prince. John Prince 1 was born in England in 1610 son of Rev John and Elizabeth Tolderburg Prince of England, was a student at Oxford and was expected to succeed his father as rector of East Shefford parish in Berkshire but he incurred the enmity of Archbishop Laud because of his liberal views and was obliged to flee to New England, in 1633 settled in Cambridge Massachusetts where he was a landholder, in 1634 admitted a freeman March 4 1635 and about that time removed to Hull where he died August 16 1676, was deputy to the general court from Hull in 1642, married 1637 Anna Honor; married second 1674 Anna Barstow widow of William Barstow, was ruling elder of the church at Hull for many years. Mary Turner Prince wife of Isaac Prince 2 died in 1738 aged eighty years. She was the daughter of John and Mary Brewster Turner of Scituate who was born at Leyden Holland. Mary Brewster was daughter of Jonathan and Lucretia Brewster.