John Chiles

Col married Anna Harrelson in 1718 in , New Kent, Virginia, USA. Anna (daughter of Paul Peter Harrelson and Rebecca Burgess) was born in 1699 in Saint Peter and Paul Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA; died on 20 Jun 1760 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Henry Chiles
• Residence: 1704, Saint Peter and Paul Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Captain Henry CHILES was born about 1669 in Jamestown, James City County, Virginia.
He was elected as Vestryman in 1702 in Saint Peter's Parish Church, New Kent County, Virginia.
He served as as Justice of the Peace in Jul 1702 in New Kent County, Virginia.
He served as as Church Warden in Oct 1704 in Saint Paul's Parish Church, Hanover County, Virginia.
He served as as Justice of the Peace in 1714 in New Kent County, Virginia. He signed a will in 1718. He died in 1719/20 in Saint Paul Parish, Hanover County, Virginia.

Parents: Walter CHILES III and Susanna BROOKS.

Spouse: Margaret LITTLEPAGE. Captain Henry CHILES and Margaret LITTLEPAGE were married about 1688 in (probably) Virginia.

Children were: Valentine CHILES, Margaret CHILES, Susannah CHILES, Henry CHILES, Walter CHILES, James CHILES, William CHILES, Hezekiah CHILES, Micajah CHILES, Richard CHILES, Manoah CHILES, Daniel CHILES, Malachi CHILES.

Spouse: Mary Ann WINSTON. Captain Henry CHILES and Mary Ann WINSTON were married about 1720.

Children were: Malachi CHILES.

From The Chiles Family in Virginia (Continued) W. B. Cridlin The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 19, No. 2 (Apr., 1911), pp. 211-215 Published by: Virginia Historical Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243134 Page 215

HENRY CHILES,' SON OF WALTER."

Lived in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent county, x699. In the Parish Register are entries of the baptism of Walter and James, children of Henry Chiles, Gent., (699-1706.)

He was elected a vestryman of St. Peter's Parish in 1702. In the records he is called Capt. Chiles. (St. Peter's Par. Reg., p. 73.)

An old deed, found by the writer in the Clerk's office of King Wil- liam county, transfers from Richard Littlepage, Gent., and Frances, his wife, November 2, 1702, 400 acres in King William, formerly King and Queen, on the north side of Paniunkey River, to Henry Chiles, Gent., of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent. He was a justice in New Kent in 1714. (Va. Hist. Mag., II, 9.)

He married Margarett Littlepage.
Issue:
Margarett,(?)m. Samuel Dagniell,of Middlesex countv, January24, 171 I(ChristChurchRecords);
Henry,
James,
Walter,
Hezekiah,
Richard,
Daniel,(?)and
Valentine, who married Giles Thompkins, May 24, 1738.

Henry Chiles died in 1720 in St. Paul's Parish, Virginia. He married first Margaret Littlepage and second Mary.
--Among the Public Officers in Virginia in 1702 was Henry Chiles, Sr. He was a Justic of the Peace from New Kent County on 18 Jul 1702.
--A King William Courhouse deed dated 20 Nov 1702 records Henry Chiles, Gent, of New Kent purchasing 492 acres on the Pamunkey River from Richard Littlepage, Gent, of New Kent, and Frances his wife. It is a three page deed and very full in describing the transaction.
--On the Quit Rent Rolls (Tax Rolls) Henry was listed as owning 700 acres of land in King William County in 1704 and also 700 acres in New Kent County in the Parish of St. Peters and St. Pauls. (pg. 17)
--Henry married first Margaret Littlepage, and 2nd Mary (last name unknown. who 2ndly married a Mr. Howe).
--In 1671 there is a record of Henry Sr. in the Countil Journal MSS when his father Walter, appears on behalf of his sons John and Henry regarding land in Westmoreland County on 4 April 1671. (pg. 16)
--There is a deed in from Mary Howe, Orange Co., Virginia dated 17 Jun 1765 that mentions certain slaves left to her by will to the said Mary Howle (then Mary Chiles) will bearing the date 29 April 1718 by Henry Chiles.
--The last record of Henry Chiles on the St. Pauls Parish Vestry Book of Hanover Co. was : At a Vestry held at ye lower Church ye 29 Oct. 1720. Mr. David Meriwether was admitted a Vestryman for this Parish in the room of Mr. Henry Chiles, lately deceased. pg. 18)

Copy of document in book of the Indenture 20 November 1673 between James Wadding, Susanna his wife, late the wife and executrix of Walter Chiles of James City aforesaid gentleman deceased, and John Page.....It mentions in the indenture (1649 Walter Chiles of James City aforesaid Gentleman, (father of the aforesaid Walter Chiles)....towards the end---And in or about the year of our Lord, one thousand six hundred fifty and three, the said Walter Chiles, the father dyed (leaving the said Walter Chiles late husband to the said Susanna Wadding party to these parts) his eldest son and heir at law.....the fifteenth day of November Annos Domi one thousand six hundred seventy one he the said Walter Chiles the son, made his last will and testament in writing, and Susanna his then wife (now Susanna Wadding party to these presents) sole executrix thereof....Shortly after the making of the will the said Walter Chiles the son dyed. (pages 10-12)

The 2 known children of Henry and Mary are:
IV. Manoah Chiles
Micajah Chiles b. 1678 d. 1734
References
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http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mfludvigsen&id=I2200

Henry died in 1720 in St. Paul's Parish, Virginia. He married first Margaret Littlepage and second Mary.
--Among the “Public Officers in Virginia in 1702” was Henry Chiles, Sr. He was a Justic of the Peace from New Kent County on 18 Jul 1702.
--A King William Courhouse deed dated 20 Nov 1702 records Henry Chiles, Gent, of New Kent purchasing 492 acres on the Pamunkey River from Richard Littlepage, Gent, of New Kent, and Frances his wife. It is a three page deed and very full in describing the transaction.
--On the Quit Rent Rolls (Tax Rolls) Henry was listed as owning 700 acres of land in King William County in 1704 and also 700 acres in New Kent County in the Parish of St. Peters and St. Pauls. (pg. 17)
--Henry married first Margaret Littlepage, and 2nd Mary (last name unknown. who 2ndly married a Mr. Howe).
--In 1671 there is a record of Henry Sr. in the Countil Journal MSS when his father Walter, appears on behalf of his sons John and Henry regarding land in Westmoreland County on 4 April 1671. (pg. 16)
--There is a deed in from Mary Howe, Orange Co., Virginia dated 17 Jun 1765 that mentions certain slaves left to her by will to the said Mary Howle (then Mary Chiles) will bearing the date 29 April 1718 by Henry Chiles.
--The last record of Henry Chiles on the St. Paul’s Parish Vestry Book of Hanover Co. was : “At a Vestry held at ye lower Church ye 29 Oct. 1720. Mr. David Meriwether was admitted a Vestryman for this Parish in the room of Mr. Henry Chiles, lately deceased.” pg. 18)

Copy of document in book of the Indenture 20 November 1673 between James Wadding, Susanna his wife, late the wife and executrix of Walter Chiles of James City aforesaid gentleman deceased, and John Page.....It mentions in the indenture (1649 Walter Chiles of James City aforesaid Gentleman, (father of the aforesaid Walter Chiles)....towards the end---”And in or about the year of our Lord, one thousand six hundred fifty and three, the said Walter Chiles, the father dyed (leaving the said Walter Chiles late husband to the said Susanna Wadding party to these parts) his eldest son and heir at law.....the fifteenth day of November Annos Domi one thousand six hundred seventy one he the said Walter Chiles the son, made his last will and testament in writing, and Susanna his then wife (now Susanna Wadding party to these presents) sole executrix thereof....Shortly after the making of the will the said Walter Chiles the son dyed. (pages 10-12)

The 2 known children of Henry and Mary are as follows:

IV. Manoah Chiles
Micajah Chiles b. 1678 d. 1734

John married Margaret Littlepage in 1688 in , Hanover, Virginia, USA. Margaret was born in 1673 in Saint Peter and Paul Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA; died on 20 Jun 1760 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: 1689, , New Kent, Virginia, USA

Paul married Rebecca Burgess. Rebecca (daughter of Joseph Burgess and Patience Freeman) was born on 17 Jan 1667 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; died on 1 Apr 1734 in , Hanover, Virginia, USA; was buried in , Hanover, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Rebekkah Harrelson

Notes:

Born in England, Walter Charles JR came to Jamestown, America in 1638. Walter CHILES III died 15/16 Nov 1671 in Jamestown, James City County, Virginia. He was born about 1630 in Bristol County, Avon, England.
He served as in the House of Burgesses in 1653 in Virginia.
He served as in the House of Burgesses in 1658 in Virginia.
He served as in the House of Burgesses in 1659 in Virginia.
He served as in the House of Burgesses in 1660 in Virginia.
He served as in the House of Burgesses in 1663 in Virginia.
He served as on a jury in Oct 1670 in James City, Virginia.
He served as Church Warden of Jamestown Parish in Jamestown, James City County, Virginia.

Parents: Walter CHILES II and Elizabeth SANDERS.
Spouse: Mary PAGE. Walter CHILES III and Mary PAGE were married about 1663. Children were: John CHILES, Elizabeth CHILES.

Spouse: Susanna BROOKS. Walter CHILES III and Susanna BROOKS were married between 1668 and 1670. Children were: Captain Henry CHILES.

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The Chiles Family in Virginia (Continued) W. B. Cridlin The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 19, No. 2 (Apr., 1911), pp. 211-215 Published by: Virginia Historical Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243134
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Walter married Susannah Wadding. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peter married Rebekka Mary Harrelson. Rebekka was born in 1635; died in 1664 in , New Kent, Virginia, USA; was buried in Putneys Mill, New Kent, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1673, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 22 Dec 1675, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA

Joseph married Patience Freeman in Sep 1665 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. Patience (daughter of Edmund Freeman and Rebecca Prence) was born in 1647 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; died on 16 Aug 1738 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1738, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Walter Chiles was born in 1608 in England and died in 1653 in Jamestown, Virginia. Walter married Elizabeth Maury. She was born ca. 1602 in Middlesex, England and died in 1672.

The first mention of the original Chiles emigrant to Virginia is found in the records of the High Court of Admiralty Examinations in England. In the record of Examination No. 301 dated 24 July 1637 the Witness was Walter Chiles, Sr. of Bristol, a clothworker ages 29 who signed his own name to the document. He states that he was a passenger on the ship 'Blessing', of Falmouth and was employed to assist Henry Tuton, the ship’s purser. The ship was at James Town, Virginia for fourteen weeks. The date of Walter Chiles's first arrival in Virginia was probably 1636.

Some six months later after the 24 Jul 1637 Examinations, Walter Chiles, Sr. had outfitted his own ship and by 1 Mar 1638 was again in Virginia. On that date he was awarded 400 acres in Charles City County. The award stipulation was: “50 acres being due for his own personal adventure, 50 for his wife Elizabeth, 50 for his son William, 50 for son Walter and two hundred for the transportation of four other persons, viz: Henry Fulton, John Govey John Shaw and Sarah Cole, to the colony.” The location of the land was Westerly upon the Appamattuck River, Northerly upon land of Edward Tunstall and Southerly towards the falls.

The records of 20 Oct 1642 granted Walter Chiles 613 acres in Charles City Couty, “At Appamattocke River, beginning at the upward bounds of Mr. Tunstall’s land and adjoining William Sanders. Due by virtue of a former patent and transportation of 4 persons:.....(page 1)

We do not know the name of Walter Chiles's ship in 1838, but the name of his ship in 1652 was, “The Fame of Virginia”, and it was engaged in trade with Holland and England.

He was chosen Speaker of the Assembly of the House of Burgesses Jun/July 6, 1652 but he refused at that time because he was having a dispute with the authorities over his ship. (see page 2). He was a member of the 1641 Virginia Assembly. He was held in high esteem by the colonists. He represented Charles City in the House of Burgesses in 1642 and 1643, represented James City in 1645,46,49, and in 1652 was elected Speaker of the House. Other records are missing so he may have been a representative for other years.

Governor William Berkeley, in 1649, sold the home known as the “Kemp House” to Walter Chiles for the sum of 26,000 pounds of tobacco. It was the first brick house in America and was located in Jamestown.

Walter married Elizabeth Maury. Elizabeth was born in 1602 in , , Middlesex, England; died in 1672 in Jamestown, James City, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: , , , USA
• Arrival: 1630, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Thomas married Dorothy Waynes Goodman in 1628 in Truro, Cornwall, England. Dorothy was born in 1603 in Barton, Lancashire, England; died on 27 Feb 1687 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Dorothy Phippen Waynes

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 26 Nov 1620, Billingshurst, Sussex, England

Edmund married Rebecca Prence on 22 Apr 1646 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. Rebecca (daughter of Thomas Prence and Patience Brewster) was born on 22 May 1627 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 18 Jul 1651 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Alternative Tree
Thomas Burgess II 1580-1626
Son of Thomas Burgess 1550-1623
Son of Ellice II Orunce Burges 1512=1559
Son of Edward I Sir Lord Burgess 1494-1595
Son of John Burges 1465-1550

son of Thomas Sir Knight 5th Lord Chaundos Brugge or Burgess 1427-1492

Son of Giles 4th Lord Chaundos, Sheriff of Gloucestershire, Sir Knight of the Shire Brugge or Burges or Burgess

=Birth 21 Dec 1386 in Haresfield, Gloucestershire, England=Death 13 Apr 1467 in Coberley, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, EnglandSon of Thomas Sir Knight De Brugge=Birth 1356 in Bridge Sollers, Herefordshire, England=Death 7 Apr 1408 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England

son of Baldwin Sir De Brugge or Burges or Burgess
Birth 1328 in Brugge Upon Wye, Bridge Sollers, Herefordshire, EnglandDeath 1377 i n Bridge Sollers, Herefordshire, England

son of John Sir Knight MP De Brugge or Burges or Burgess
Birth abt 1296 in Bridge Sollers, Herefordshire, EnglandDeath abt 1350 in England

son of Isabel Elizabeth Lady Ashperton de Grandison
Birth 1340 in Ashpert on, Herefordshire, EnglandDeath 4 Apr 1406 in Herefordshire, England

Thomas I and Thomas II Constituency Dates
TRURO
1604

Family and Education
s. of Ellis Burges of Truro. m. by c.1579, Honor ( bur. 1 Jan. 1633), da. of Humphrey Sydnam of Tregony, Cornw., 5s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. bur. 13 Aug. 1623.1 sig. Thomas Burges.

Offices Held
Mayor and j.p. Truro 1589, 1620-1, alderman by 1619.

Biography
Although a dearth of local records renders Burges invisible prior to his nomination as Truro’s first mayor in 1589, he had evidently been a prominent figure in the town for some time. By 1594 he was shipping tin, Cornwall’s most lucrative commodity, to France and London, while four years later his partners included the leading London Pewterer, John Catcher. Burges’ 1599 valuation at £10 for the purpose of subsidy confirmed his position as one of Truro’s wealthiest residents, and like many merchants he maximized his capital by lending money.

Doubtless on the strength of his local standing, Burges was elected in 1604 to serve the borough in Parliament. Though unmentioned in the surviving parliamentary records, he would have been entitled, as a port town Member, to sit on various committees considering legislation relevant to Truro, such as the 1604 measures on free trade and abuses by custom-house officials (24 Apr., 5 May), and the 1607 bill on merchants’ debts (5 June). The committee appointed on 3 Apr. 1606 to examine an anti-usury bill may well also have interested him, since only two months earlier he had taken advantage of his presence at Westminster to file a Star Chamber suit arising from his money-lending activities.

By 1610 it is impossible to trace Burges’ trading ventures with certainty, since the Truro port books do not distinguish between him and his eldest son, Thomas II. However, the family had apparently acquired their own ship, the Toy of Falmouth, the use of which was shared with Burges’ younger son Richard and nephew Balthazar, and they were now engaged primarily in the exchange of fish and salt between Truro and La Rochelle. No entries relating to Burges or his heir have been found in the port books later than 1614, though both men continued to call themselves merchants, and remained prominent in local affairs. That same year Burges secured one of the borough’s parliamentary seats for Thomas junior. His active role in Truro’s 1619-20 dispute with Plymouth over Ship Money probably contributed to his own re-election as mayor shortly afterwards. As borough returning officer in 1621, he may have contributed to the election victory of Sir John Catcher, the son of his former partner. Burges drew up his will on 20 Sep 1619, by which date he had acquired a small landed estate. Part of this he now bequeathed to Truro borough to fund an annual sermon, and to his wife he left an income of just over £30 a year. Burges was interred at Truro church on 13 Aug 1623, and his place in borough politics passed, albeit briefly, to his son Thomas.

Ref Volumes: 1604-1629
Author: Paul Hunneyball

Notes
1.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 64; Reg. St. Mary’s, Truro (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc.) ed. S.E. Gay et al. 246, 264, 271; mar. date based on birth-date of Thomas Burges II*.
2.C66/1334; C219/37/33-4.
3.E190/1018/1, 16; 190/1020/6, 12, 22; 190/1021/6; E179/88/260; STAC 8/61/30; C.A. Markham, Pewter Marks, 127.
4. CJ, i. 183b, 199a, 292b, 379b; STAC 8/50/3.
5.E190/1024/8; 190/1025/3-4, 13; 190/1026/7; PROB 11/142, f. 471v; 11/149, f. 274.
6.Cornw. RO, B/T 294/6, 11, 22, 24, 29.
7.PROB 11/142, ff. 471v-2v.

Constituency Dates
TRURO
1614
TRURO
1621

Family and Education
b. c.1579,1 1st s. of Thomas Burges I* of Truro and Honor, da. of Humphrey Sydnam of Tregony, Cornw. m. 27 Nov. 1598, Elizabeth ( bur. 18 June 1626), da. of Anthony Pye of St. Stephen in Brannel, Cornw., 12s. (4 d.v.p.) 7da. (3 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1623. bur. 7 May 1626.2 sig. Tho[mas] Burges.

Offices Held
Burgess, Truro by 1619.3

Biography
Like his father Thomas, Burges was a Truro merchant. In the early seventeenth century the family seems primarily to have traded with France and Spain, exchanging Cornish fish for salt, iron and vinegar, but the precise extent of Burges’ activities cannot be determined because the port’s customs records do not distinguish between the older and younger man. Thomas senior apparently entrusted his affairs to his son while he attended Parliament in 1604, since in April that year the latter allegedly assaulted men who were attempting to repossess livestock sequestered by his father in lieu of a debt.

In 1614 Burges was elected to represent Truro at Westminster. Since even six years later he was only a junior member of the borough’s corporation, he presumably relied on his father’s local standing to secure his place. No evidence survives of his participation in the Parliament’s proceedings, but he was entitled as a port town Member to attend legislative committees concerned with such issues as the export of iron ordnance (11 May), the repeal of a fish-packing patent (24 May) and extortions by customs officials (25 May). By 1620 Burges had acquired a measure of personal status in Truro, and signed documents in connection with the borough’s Ship Money dispute with Plymouth. However, he is not known to have contested Truro’s 1620 parliamentary election, even though his father acted as returning officer, and did not again obtain a seat in Parliament until 1624, by which time he was the head of his family. On this occasion at least he agreed to pay his own expenses. As before, he was not recorded as speaking in the Commons, but he did attend two meetings of the bill committee discussing customs officials’ fees in April.

Although Burges described himself as a merchant throughout his life, he in fact converted much of his capital into property. Early in 1626 he was assessed for subsidy purposes at £6 in land, the highest such valuation in Truro, reflecting an estate which now included two manors, two half-manors and almost 2,000 acres. A significant proportion of this lay in or near his wife’s home parish of St. Stephen in Brannel, which suggests that the acquisition process dated from her marriage settlement in 1598. Burges drew up his will on 22 Apr 1626, by which time he had entered his final illness. In providing for his exceptionally large family, he specified legacies totalling around £2,000 for his children alone, though his second son John was required to serve abroad as a soldier for three years before receiving his share of £250. Burges died two weeks later, and was buried at Truro church on 7 May. His wife possibly contracted the same disease, for she outlived him by barely a month.

Ref Volumes: 1604-1629
Author: Paul Hunneyball

Notes
1.STAC 8/190/5.
2.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 64, 387; Reg. St. Mary’s, Truro (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc.) ed. S.E. Gay et al. 154, 247, 259, 261, 265-6; PROB 11/149, f. 274r-v.
3. Vis. Cornw. (Harl. Soc. ix), 285.
4.E190/1024/8; 190/1025/3-4, 13; 190/1026/7.
5.STAC 8/190/5.
6. Procs. 1614 (Commons), 202, 332, 339, 450.
7.Cornw. RO, B/T 294/11, 24.
8.Cornw. RO, EN2469(c), f. 5; HLRO, Lords main pprs., 20 May 1624.
9.Harl. 6243, ff. 24v-25v; E179/89/306; C142/783/8.
10.PROB 11/149, f. 274r-v.
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Thomas married Elizabeth Pye on 27 Nov 1598 in Truro, Cornwall, England. Elizabeth was born in 1572 in Truro, Cornwall, England; died on 20 Jun 1626 in Truro, Cornwall, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Elizabetha Ivye

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1617, Cowfold, Sussex, England
• Residence: 20 Apr 1669, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1674, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA

Edmund married Bennett Hodsoll on 26 Jun 1617 in Cowfold, Sussex, England. Bennett was born in 1596 in Pulborough, Sussex, England; died in Apr 1630 in Pulborough, Sussex, England; was buried on 12 Apr 1630 in Pulborough, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1617, Cowfold, Sussex, England

Other Events and Attributes:

• Departure: 1621
• Residence: 1632, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1649, Nauset, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1665, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Thomas Prence --- from
http://www.caskey-family.com/genealogy/ThomasPrence.htm
Born: 1600 Near Cricklade In Wilts, Leclade, CG, England
Name Var: Prince
Note: Thomas Prince, Senior, carriage maker of All Hallows, Dorking, London, England, in his will of 1630 mentions, "my son Thomas Prence now remayninge in New England in parts beyond seas." The proper spelling of this surname is Prince and it was so written by his immediate and collateral forebares, but Gov. Thomas chose to write it as Prence.

Immigration: 1621
Note: Came to Plymouth Colony in the "Fortune".

Occupation: 1633
Note: Was the first elected Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony. Served either as Governor or Assistant Governor for the remainder of his years.

1st Marriage: 01 APR 1635 to Patience Brewster, daughter of Elder Brewster

Note: 1637 Details: He raised a corps of volunteers to assist the Connecticut and Massachusetts Bay Colonies in defeating the Pequot Indians. In 1638, he was active in the capturing, trial, and execution of four young servant men of Plymouth who attacked a solitary Indian at Pawtucket, within the Colony limits, robbing and mortally wounding him."

Birth of Daughter: Rebecca Prence
Birth of Daughter: Mary Prence
Birth of Daughter: Hannah Prence
Birth of Son: Thomas Prence

2nd Marriage: 01 APR 1635 to Mary Collier in Plymouth, Massachusetts

Birth of Daughter: Jane Prence
Birth of Daughter: Mary Prence
Birth of Daughter: Sarah Prence
Birth of Daughter: Elizabeth Prence
Birth of Daughter: Judith Prence

Note: 1644
Details: "He was the first of a group of Plymouth residents to settle at Eastham on Cape Cod in 1644, where he built his home in 1646. Legend, woodcut and poem testify to the pear tree which he brought from England and planted on his Eastham farm. . . He again became Governor in 1657, stipulating that he must continue to reside in Eastham, contrary to the usual requirement of Plymouth residence for Governors of the Colony. In October of 1665, the Colony finally requested his removal to Plymouth 'for the more convenient administration of justice'. The Colony purchased of Edward Gray the residence 'Plain Dealing' for the Governor's use, located nearly two miles from the center of town on the road to Boston."

Note: It was in 1660 when Thomas Prence was Governor of the Colony, and concerned his daughter. "The tolerant course of the elder Arthur Howland toward Quakers had earned the ill will of Gov. Prence, and when in 1660 he found Arthur Howland, Jr., had woed his daughter Elizabeth, he had the swain before the General court, where he was fined œ5 because he had disorderly and unrighteously endeavored to obtain the affections of Mistress Elizabeth Prence, and was put under a bond of œ50 to refrain and desist. But Prence, like Canute, was unable to control the forces of nature. This action was in July, but before the next spring the imperious Governor seems to have been forced to capitulate, for Arthur, Jr., and Elizabeth were united and in the course of events there was a Thomas Howland and a Prence Howland. Governor Prence's friend and neighbor, Constant Southworth, had a like experience with his daughter Elizabeth. In his will, 1679, he gave her "My next best bed and furniture, with my wife's best bed, provided she do not marry Wm. Fobes, but if she do, then to have 5s." The bed and adjuncts were then worth thirty times 5s, for a fine bed was thought a goodly bequest; but it was the grand old story; Elizabeth chose to have 5s with William, to two beds without him, and provided her own beds." - Lysander Salmon Richards, History of Marshfield, Volume One

3rd Marriage: BEF 08 DEC 1662 Apphia (Quick) Freeman
4th Marriage: BET 1665 - 1668 to Mary Howes, widow of Thomas Howes
Death: 29 MAR 1673 Plymouth, Massachusetts
Note: The Plymouth Church Records said of him, 'He was excellently qualifyed for the office of a Governour, he had a countenance full of majesty and therein as well as otherwise a terrour to evil doers'. (see also his will on page 74)."

Burial: 08 APR 1673 Plymouth, Massachusetts

Thomas married Patience Brewster on 5 Aug 1624 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Patience (daughter of William Brewster, IV and Mary Love Wentworth) was born in 1600 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England; died on 12 Dec 1634 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth: unknown
Scrooby
Nottinghamshire, England
Death: 1634
Plymouth
Plymouth County
Massachusetts, USA

Patience Brewster was born most likely in Scrooby, England, to Elder William Brewster and Mary (maiden name varies by source). Her birthdate ranges from 1595 to 1603.

She arrived in Plymouth aboard the "Anne" in 1623 along with her sister, Fear. Her parents and brothers, Love and Wrestling, arrived during 1620 on the Mayflower. Her other brother, Jonathan, arrived with her future husband, Thomas Prence, on the ship Fortune.
On August 5, 1624, she married Thomas Prence who would, on January 1, 1634, become the 4th Governor of the Colony. Together, they had four children, Rebecca, Thomas, Hannah and Mercy.

She died in 1634 of "a pestilent feaver", and is buried on Burial Hill, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Some SOURCES:
1. BOOK: Mayflower Families in Progress, WILLIAM BREWSTER of the Mayflower and his Descendant for Four Generations, revised edition, 2000 (MFIP Brewster #20).

2. A History of the Town of Duxbury, Massachusetts, With Genealogical Registers, by Justin Winsor, published online by Ancestry.com, The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, 2007. Originally published Boston, 1849, reprinted for Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1995.

3. The History of Cape Cod: The Annals of The Thirteen Towns of Barnstable County, Volume II], by Frederick Freeman, Published Boston 1862, published online by Google Books 2009, original publisher Geo. C. Band & Avery & Cornhill, Boston, Mass. 1858

4. Eugene Aubrey Stratton, Plymouth Colony: Its History and People, 1620-1691, (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Publishing, 1986), pp. 340, 341


Family links:
Parents:
William Brewster (1566 - 1644)
Mary Brewster (1570 - 1627)

Spouse:
Thomas Prence (1600 - 1673)*

Children:
Mercy Prence Freeman (____ - 1711)*
Hannah Prence Mayo Sparrow (1629 - ____)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Coles Hill Burial Ground
Plymouth
Plymouth County
Massachusetts, USA