Thomas Prence, Governor of the Plymouth Colony

Abt 1600 - 1673  (~ 73 years)

• Name	Thomas Prence  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Suffix	Governor of the Plymouth Colony
  Birth	Abt 1600	Lechlade, Farindon, Gloucestershire, England   [6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 Mar 1673	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Burial	8 Apr 1673	Burial Hill, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachussets   [6, 7]
  Person ID	I8811	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	4 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas Prence,   b. of Lechlade, Farindon, Gloucestershire, England d. Aft 31 Jul 1630, Barking, London, England
  Family ID	F2290	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Patience Brewster,   b. Abt 1603, England d. 1634, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age ~ 31 years)
  Marriage	5 Aug 1624	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [4, 6, 7, 8, 10]
  Children	+ 1. Rebecca Prence   d. Abt 1650 + 2. Hannah Prence,   b. Between 22 May 1627 and 12 Dec 1634, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. Bef 23 Nov 1698, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age ~ 71 years) + 3. Mercy Prence,   b. Abt 1631, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 28 Sep 1711, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age ~ 80 years)
  Family ID	F2691	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Collier,   b. Bef 18 Feb 1612   d. Bef 1644 (Age < 31 years)
  Marriage	1 Apr 1635	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [7, 8, 11]
  Children	+ 1. Mary Prence
  Family ID	F8773	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family 3	Apphia Quick   d. Bef 1666
  Marriage	Aft 1 Jul 1644  [7]
  Children	+ 1. Sarah Prence,   b. Bef 1646   d. 3 Mar 1707, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age > 61 years) > 2. Elizabeth Prence,   b. Abt 1647   d. Aft 1711, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age ~ 65 years)
  Family ID	F5563	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 May 2018

  
  

  Family 4	Mary   d. 9 Dec 1695
  Marriage	Between 26 Feb 1666 and 1 Aug 1668  [7]
  Family ID	F8772	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 May 2018

  
  

• Notes

  Three-time governor of Plymouth Colony. Wikipedia article here. "A wellwiller to all that feared God and a terrour to the wicked." Arrived in 1621 on the Fortune. First at Plymouth, then Duxbury 1637, Eastham 1644, Plymouth by 1655.

  
  

• Sources

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