Prence, Thomas (b. ABT 1601, d. 29 MAR 1673)

Note: BIOGRAPHY: He came to Plymouth on the "Fortune" in 1621, and from thebeginning seemed to have taken a leading role in Plymouth affairs. Of the eight Plymouth Undertakers, who seemed to be the most important men in the colony in 1627, Prence was the only one who had not arrived on the"Mayflower".

BIOGRAPHY: He became governor in 1634, and was elected an Assistant in 1635,and from then on he was either an Assistant or governor every year for the rest of his life. He also served as treasurer, as president of the Council of War, and in various other capacities. With the death of Bradford in 1657, Prence became without doubt the most important and influential man in the colony. He was of a conservative nature, as is shown by his siding with Bradford and Winslow in the 1645 Vassall controversy, and by his actions against the Quakers. He was involved in several law suits which were decided in his favor, such as 1650, when Strong Fumell of
Boston submitted a written humble apology to the court for having evily slandered Mr. Prence after the latter sued him for 200 pounds damage.

BIOGRAPHY: In 1665 as compensation for having required Prence, as governor, to reside in Plymouth, the court ordered that he would be paid 50 pounds per year as long as he remained governor, and he was given a house in the Plain Dealing area of Plymouth as a residence (in 1668, at his request, the court sold him that house for 150 pound.
He engaged in many land transactions, and he died a wealthy man,leaving a personal estate in excess 400 pounds and some eleven tracts of land, at least two of them containing 100 acres each.

BIOGRAPHY: His chagrin over Arthur Howland's eventually successful suit for the hand of his daughter Elizabeth is related in the text, and he probably was not happy over the marriage of two of his daughters to sons of Edmond Freeman. The mention in his will of his deceased son Thomas's daughter Susanna Prence would indicate that he died without surviving male issue in the Prence line.

BIOGRAPHY: His reputation for intolerance, particularly toward the Quakers, has clouded over his extensive service to the colony. He presided over the court in the very sane and reasonable handling of Plymouth's first witchcraft trial in 1661. He dealt in a humane way with the Indians, and missionary Thomas Mayhew wrote of his "gentle and kind dealing" with them, and he also presided over the court as governor in 1638 when the momentous decision was made to execute the white men who had murdered an Indian. He showed wisdom in 1637 when he negotiated with the Massachusetts men who unjustly demanded much of the land on the Connecticut River that Plymouth had purchased from the Indians and he advocated and brought about a free school system in the colony.


BIOGRAPHY: CHAPTER X - THE INDIANS
from pages 127-149 of the History of Scituate by Harvey Hunter Pratt pub.1929

BIOGRAPHY: 1. "That neither he nor any of his should injure or doe butte to any of their people.

BIOGRAPHY: 2. That if any of his did any hurte to any of theirs, he should send ye offender, that they might punish him.

BIOGRAPHY: 3. That if anything were taken away from any of theirs, he should cause it to be restored; and they should doe ye like to his.

BIOGRAPHY: 4. If any did unjustly wart against him, they would aide him, if any ware against them, he should aid them.

BIOGRAPHY: 5. He should send to his neighbors confederats, to certifie them of this, that they might not wrong them, but might be likewise
comprised in ye conditions of peace.

BIOGRAPHY: 6. That when there men came to them, they should leave their
buws & arrows behind them." Treaty of amity and peace between Massasoit and the Eng. brethren, March 21,22, 1620.

BIOGRAPHY: The war scare was genuine and thorough. Having taken the steps indicated in the foregoing excerpt from the record, the Court proceeded to name Captain Standish as the leader of "those forces that shall be sent forth;" Mr. Thomas Prence "to be his counsell and adviser in the wars, William Palmer to be lieutenant and Peregrine White "ancient bearer." A tax of 225 was immediately assessed for "the charges for & about ye soldliers which are to be sent forth" of which Plymouth was to pay five pounds, Scituate four, Duxbury and Sandwich each three and Barnstable, Yarmouth,
Taunton and Marshfield each two, plus. A council of war consisting of the Governor and eleven of the foremost men of the colony was chosen. Timothy Hatherly and William Vassall represented Scituate upon this newly created board. Before the magistrates adjourned on this feverish occasion, "finding the danger to be so great, and every man's life p 161 in such hazard" and realizing that they were "marvelously unprovided of lead and powder in the various townships," they let down the bars and authorized the partners in the trade at Kennebec, who under their agreement were re-stricted from selling furs an(] skins out of the colony, to sell " some moose skins and other skins out of the government."

BIOGRAPHY: They further ordered that these partners should forthwith procure the necessary ammunition and sell it to the town named taking their pay in kind.

BIOGRAPHY: The fear was groundless and the preparation unnecessary; but the fright had its good effects. Military service and training at once became and continued, (1642) active.

BIOGRAPHY: Although a military discipline was not regularly established in Scituate, probably as Deane says because of the recent removal of so many of the freemen with Mr. Lothrop
to Barnstable, William Hatch having been "elected by the townsmen to be their leuftennant for trayneing their men, was presented by their committee to the Court and allowed." The commissioners who had been chosen to treat with the Bay Colony upon the confederation, had agreed with the latter and in 1643, the articles, having been read in court, were subscribed with Massachusetts, Connecticutt and New Haven. This same year the General Court framed and promulgated its orders for the organization and control of
the militia. Each "hand or company" was to have a "captain, leiftenant, clark (clerk)" and one or more "serjeants."

BIOGRAPHY: General orders were issued August 29, 1643 as follows:-

BIOGRAPHY: ORDERS
1. That the exercise be always begun and ended with prayer.

BIOGRAPHY: 2. That there be one procured to preach a sermon once a year; viz: at the election of their officers, and the first to begin in September next.

BIOGRAPHY: 3. That none shall be received into this military company but such as are of honest and good report, & freemen, not servants, and shall be well approved by the officers and the whole company, or the major part. p.162 4. That every person, after they have recorded their names in the military list, shall from tyme to tyme be subject to the commands and orders of the officers of this military company in their places respectively.

BIOGRAPHY: 5. That every delinquent shall be punished at the discretion of the officers and the military company, or the major part thereof, according to the order of military discipline and the nature of the offence.

BIOGRAPHY: 6. That all talking, and not keeping silence, during the time of the exercises, jearing, quarrelling, fighting, departing collers, without License, or dismission and/or any other misdemeanor, so adjudged to be by the officers and the company or the major part thereof, to be accounted misdemeanors, to be punished as aforesaid.

BIOGRAPHY: 7. That every man that shall be absent, except he sick or some extraordinary occasion or hand of God upon him, shall pay for every such default. And if fined, to pay it upon demand, or within a month after, then to appear before the Company, & be disapplined for it & put out of the list.

BIOGRAPHY: 8. That if any man shall upon the dayes appointed, appear without his armes, or with defective armes, shall forfeit for every training day as followeth:-
For want of a musket or a piece approved every time vjd
For want of a sword vjd
For want of a rest vjd
For want of bandelires vjd
Six monthes tyme given to provide it.

BIOGRAPHY: 9. That every man that hath entred himself upon the military list and hath not sufficient arms, & doth not or will not procure them within Six monthes next ensuing, his name to be put out of the list.

BIOGRAPHY: 10. That there be but sixteen pikes in the whole company, or at the most for the third part, viz: vj for Plymouth, vj for Duxburrow, and two for Marshfield.

BIOGRAPHY: 11. That all that are or shall be elected chief officers in this military company shall be so titled and forever afterwards be so reputed, except he obtain a higher place.

BIOGRAPHY: 12. That every man entered into the military list shall pay vjd the quarter to the list of the company.

BIOGRAPHY: 13. That when any of this military company shall dye or depart this life, the company, upon warning, shall come together with their arms, and inter his corpse as a soldier, and according to his place and quality.

BIOGRAPHY: 14. That all that shall be admitted into this military company shall first take the oath of fidelyty, if they have not taken it already, or else be not admitted.

BIOGRAPHY: 15. That all postures, of pike and musket, motions, ranks, & files, &c., messengers, skirmishes, sieges, batteries, watches, sentinels, &c be always performed according to true military discipline.

BIOGRAPHY: 16. That all that will enter themselves upon this company shall be propounded one day, received the next day, if they be approved."

Note: The surname is Prince, but Governor Thomas chose to write it Prence.

Note: Governor Thomas did not believe in religious tolerance and set about persecuting the Quakers and Baptists.

Immigration: Date: 1621

Census: Date: 1910
Place: Mattapoisett, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Census: Date: 1920
Place: Mattapoisett, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Source: (Name)
Title: GEDCOM File : ~ATF1.ged
Note: ABBR GEDCOM File : ~ATF1.ged

Data:
Text: 4 DEC 2002

Note: Died in Philip's War

Note: Ralph married Thank Ye The Lord, daughter of Thomas Lord and Dorothy Bird, on 21 May 1632 in Towcester Northampton England. (Thank Ye The Lord was born on 30 Jun 1609 in Towchester Northamptonshire England, christened in 1612 in Towchester Northamptonshire England and died in 1666-1681 in Malden Middlesex MA.)

Immigration: Date: 1635
Place: From Stepney Parish London to Massachusetts

Note: Social Security Death Index
about Charles A. Hullihen
Name: Charles A. Hullihen
SSN: 208-30-0848
Last Residence: 15849 Penfield, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Born: 28 Sep 1940
Died: 8 Apr 1993
State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (1955-1957 )

Source: (Name)
Title: GEDCOM File : ~ATF1.ged
Note: ABBR GEDCOM File : ~ATF1.ged

Data:
Text: 4 DEC 2002

Note: Will: In his will dated April 12, 1694, Jeremaiah mentions wife Margaret,dec eased; current wife, Alice; daughter Rhodia, deceased; son Jeremiah. Agreement for division of estate was made June 26, 1696, between Jeremia h, Isaac, Sarah the wife of Joseph Boyce, Rebecca the wife of John Meca rter, Bethiah the wife of George Hacker and Hannah Gill, widow.

Middlefield Massachusetts History - Appendix i: Notes and Genealogies of Pioneer Families

Jeremiah Meachum, the emigrant, was b. England, 1613; d Salem 11-11-1696; m 1st Margaret - ; m 2nd Widow Alice (Doutch) Dane. Lived in Salem. They had a son Isaac.

Note: Capt. Isaac Meachum, s. of Jeremiah Meachum, was b. Salem 1643; d Enfield, Conn. 4-29-1715; m 12-28-1669; Widow Deborah (Browning) Perkins. He was one of the first settlers of Enfield where he had one of the first fulling mills in the Connecticut valley. Among his eleven children were; Isaac b 11-13-1672

Note: MILITARY: Levi Chapin b- 8-23-1751 MA d- 8-19-1814 MA m Sarah RichardsonPvt PA PNSR is listen as being a proven Rev. War Vet. If you would like a record copy of the application papers, you can order them from Registrar General NSDAR. Record Copy Dept., 1776 D. Street NW, Washington DC 20006-5303. Send a check for $5.00 payable to Treasurer General NSDAR. Mail the check and the information as listed on your Patriot ancestor and allow 6-8 weeks to receive the copy as they get many requests.

If you need help joining a Chapter let us know whered you live and we will see if we can put you in touch with the Chapter, OR see if teh Chapter's regent is listed at your local library and you cna contact them.
Levi did get a pension.

This is a free lookup service as provided by DAR volunteers at the DAR Message board.

Note: Joseph Chapin, Jr. of S. & Elizabeth Field of Somers, Marriage intention.*Dec. 8, 1748, Massachusetts Marriage records, compiled by Liahona Research at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City, UT