1Charles James Fox Binney, The History and Genealogy of the Prentice, or Prentiss Family, in New England, etc., p. 278 (1883).
"7. VALENTINE3 PRENTIS, son of John and Hester; removed to Woodbury, Ct., about 1700.* May 12, 1737, he was appointed by the Connecticut General Assembly to be "ensign of the north Co., or trainband, in the town of Woodbury." He married Abigail, dau. of Dea. Zachariah Walker.† Children:
I. JOHN4, bapt. October 1710; d. April 14, 1716.
II. ESTHER4, b. May 16, 1712; d young.
III. JOSEPH4, b. Jan. 20, 1715. [15]
IV. ESTHER4, b. May 2, 1717. [16]
V. JOHN4, b. Nov. 1, 1719. [17]
VI. THOMAS4, b. May 9, 1722; d. same year.
VII. THOMAS4, b. June 23, 1723; d. Nov. 1, 1744.
VIII. CHRISTOPHER4, b. April 13,‡ 1726.
IX. ABIGAIL4, bapt. Nov. 17, 1728; m. Thomas Warner, 1749.
X. PATIENCE4, b. July 7, 1731.".
1Charles James Fox Binney, The History and Genealogy of the Prentice, or Prentiss Family, in New England, etc., pp. 285-286 (1883).
"15. JOSEPH4 PRENTIS, son of Valentine and Abigail; m. Abigail ----- ; resided in Woodbury, Ct. Children:
I. THEOPHILIA5, b. Oct. 1, 1744.
II. VALENTINE5, b. March 16, and bapt. March 26, 1746 [24]
III. ABIEL5, bapt. Nov. 13, 1748; insane,
IV. OZIAS5, bapt. Aug. 1, 1756; m., had family, unknown; d. 1792.
V. SAMUEL GRANT5, Sept.. 10, 1758.
Mrs. D. R. Hatch, China, Me , 1876, writes E. C. Prentiss, "that Valentine, Abiel, Ozias, and Orpha (?) were sons of Joseph and Abigail, and Samuel (?). Abiel was named for his uncle, and lived with him until his death. His uncle's wife did not treat him well, and made him, when seventeen years old, sleep in the room with his uncle's corpse, which made him insane, and he always remained so. When grandfather was twelve years old, his father died, and his mother m. a Mr. Root. She took this boy Abiel home, and always took care of him." (Her account is confused.).".
1Charles James Fox Binney, The History and Genealogy of the Prentice, or Prentiss Family, in New England, etc., p. 291 (1883).
"24. VALENTINE5 PRENTIS, b. in Albany or Woodbury, Ct.; son of Joseph [15] and Abigail; m., in 1772, Sarah Bump, of Sandersfield, Ct. He was said to be a weaver and farmer. He served seven years as an orderly sergeant in the Revolutionary war from Woodbury, Ct., having joined the army after the battle of Lexington, Mass., and until the army was discharged in New York. He removed to China, Me., as a farmer, in 1786, and d. there December, 1821, having been blind eight eight years previous to his death. He was the Revolutionary pensioner in 1818 mentioned in the first edition of this work. His widow d. June, 1824. He was taxed in the United States tax of 1798 for two hundred acres land in Harlem, Me.
Children:
I. LUCINDA6, b. Feb. 29, 1774(sic); m. Jan. 27, 1819, Caleb Hanson, of China, Me; she d. Dec. 19, 1866.
II. ABIEL6, b. Dec. 31, 1777; m. Mrs. Clarissa Chamberlin, and removed, when twenty-one years old, to Attica, N. Y., where he d., sine prole.
III. OZIAS6, b. Dec. 5, 1780. [50]
IV. ABIGAIL6, b. Nov. 2, 1783; m. Samuel Gary, of China, Me., and d. Nov. 9, 1838.
V. JESSE6, b. July 31, 1788, in China, Me. [51]
VI. SAMUEL6, b. July 31, 1788, in China, Me. [52]
VII. PHILO6, b. Jan. 14, 1793, in China, Me. [53]
VIII. SARAH6, b. July 3, 1795; m. Hiram Estes, of Troy, Me., and d. November, 1830 or 1835.
IX. SYBIL6, b. April 26, 1797. [54].".