Thomas Prence, Governor of the Plymouth Colony

Abt 1600 - 1673  (~ 73 years)

• Name	Thomas Prence  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Suffix	Governor of the Plymouth Colony
  Birth	Abt 1600	Lechlade, Farindon, Gloucestershire, England   [5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 Mar 1673	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Burial	8 Apr 1673	Burial Hill, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachussets   [5, 6]
  Person ID	I8811	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of LDN, Ancestor of TNH, Ancestor of TSW, Ancestor of TWK
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2023

  
  

  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, 5, 6, 7, 9]
  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   [6, 7, 10]
  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  [6]
  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  [6]
  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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