Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameGov. Thomas PRENCE 
2771
2771Birthabt 1600, Lechlade, Gloucestershire, England2447, p 601,2694, p 340,2772, p 3
Memodied age 73
Removal1621, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts2773, p 894 Age: 21
Memoin the Fortune
Settlement1644, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts2773, p 894 Age: 44
Settlement1663, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts2773, p 894 Age: 63
Death29 Mar 1673, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts2519, p 34,2773, p 894 Age: 73
Burial8 Apr 1673, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts2519, p 34
FlagsEarliest Immigrant
FatherThomas PRENCE
MotherElizabeth TOLDERBY
Individual Notes
• Prence arrived at Plymouth Colony in 1621 on the Fortune, and from the beginning 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. 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 the rest of his life. With the death of Bradford in 1657, Prence became without doubt the most important and influential man in the colony.2694, p 340
Spouses
Birthabt 1600, England2684, p 122,2772, p 3; place only
Memo“a woman of 20”
Death1634, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts2619, p 390; date only,2615, p 2,2775, p 2 Age: 34
Memoof pestulent fever
FlagsMayflower Descendant
FatherElder William BREWSTER , MCS-04 (~1567-1644)
MotherMary WYRALL (~1569-1627)
Individual Notes
• Came in the Ann, July, 1623.2619, p 390
Marriage5 Aug 1624, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts2447, p 601,2619, p 390,2770, date only
ChildrenRebecca (~1627-~1650)
Mercy (~1631-1711)
Birthabt 1614, England2771
Deathabt 1662, Plymouth?, Plymouth, Massachusetts2684, p 453 Age: 48
FatherWilliam COLLIER (~1585-1670)
MotherJane CLARK (~1590-)
Marriage1 Apr 1635, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts2447, p 601,2772, p 3,2770, date only
ChildrenSarah (~1644-1706)
Elizabeth (->1711)
Marriagebef 8 Dec 16622447, p 601,2770
Marriage Notes
• States marriage date between 1662 and 1668.2694, p 341
Birthabt 1603, England2771, date only,2767
Death9 Dec 1695, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts2447, p 394; year only,2768 Age: 92
Marriageabt 16682447, p 601,2770, date only
Marriage Notes
• Gives marriage date as bef 1 Aug 1668.2694, p 341