Thomas Prence - Will and Death

Will and Death

Prence's will was dated March 13, 1672/73, proved June 5, 1673. He named his wife Mary, seven surviving daughters, Jane, the wife of Mark Snow; Mary Tracy; Sarah Howes; Elizabeth Howland; Judith Barker; Hannah; and Mercy; his grandson Theophilus Mayo; his granddaughter Susanna Prence, the daughter of his deceased son Thomas; his son John Freeman; Lydia Sturtevant; and his brother Thomas Clarke. The mention in his will of his deceased son Thomas’s daughter Susanna Prence would indicate that he died without a surviving male heir in the Prence line. Prence engaged in many land transactions and died a wealthy man, leaving a personal estate in excess of 400£ and some eleven tracts of land, with at least two of the holding 100 acres each.

Thomas Prence died March 29, 1673. He is buried at Burial Hill, a historic cemetery in Plymouth, Massachusetts where many Pilgrims are buried.

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