Prentice Family

Generation 1

Valentine Prentice was born c1598 at Essex, England and died 1633 at Roxbury (now in Suffolk Co.), MA. He immigrated to Massachusetts in 1631 and was admitted freeman in 1632. He married Alice Bredda. She married second 3 April 1634 to John Watson (1592-1672). Valentine Prentice and Alice Bredda had at least one child:

John Valentine Prentice

b. 6 May 1628 at Chelmsford, Essex, England
d. 1691 at New London, New London Co., CT
m. 5 May 1680 to Esther Nichols at Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT
m. 19 June 1695 to Rebecca Parker

Generation 2

John Valentine Prentice was born 6 May 1628 at Chelmsford, Essex, England and died 1691 at New London, New London Co., CT. He married first 5 May 1680 to Esther Nichols at Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT. She was born 1635 and died 6 January 1679/80 at New London, New London Co., CT. For information on her parents see the Nichols Family. He married second 19 June 1695 to Rebecca Parker. John Valentine Prentice and Esther Nichols had at least one child:

Esther/Hester Prentice

b. 20 July 1660 at Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA
d. 17 May 1751 at Stonington, New London Co., CT
m. c1682 to BenAdam Gallup I at CT

Generation 3

Esther/Hester Prentice was born 20 July 1660 at Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA and died 17 May 1751 at Stonington, New London Co., CT. She married c1682 to BenAdam Gallup I at CT. He was born 1655 at Stonington (now in New London Co.), CT and died 2 August 1727 at Stonington, New London Co., CT. For information on his ancestry see the Gallup Family. They had the following children:

Hannah Gallup

b. 22 May 1683 at Stonington, New London Co., CT
d. 17 August 1754
m. 30 May 1710 to William Wheeler (9 Sep 1681-11 Aug 1747) and had children Hannah Wheeler (12 Jan 1712-), Isaac Wheeler (24 Jan 1714-), Anna Wheeler (23 Dec 1715-), Martha Wheeler (23 Apr 1717-), Dorothy Wheeler (15 Mar 1721-), Esther Wheeler (15 Feb 1722-) and Eunice Wheeler (3 July 1727-)

Esther Gallup

b. 1 November 1685 at Stonington, New London Co., CT
m. 5 January 1705 to Joseph Stanton and had children Joseph Stanton (23 Apr 1707-), Esther Stanton (1708-), Mary Stanton (1711-), Hannah Stanton (1714-), Nancy Stanton (1716-), Sarah Stanton (1719-) and Lucy Stanton (22 Sep 1720-)

Marcy Gallup

b. August 1687

Thomas Gallup

b. between 1687-1693
m. 1719 to Love at Boxford, CT and had children William Gallup (4 Oct 1722-), Samuel Gallup (7 May 1725-), George Gallup (14 Dec 1726-), Jeremiah Gallup (1728-), Sarah Gallup (20 Mar 1733-) and Mary Gallup (14 Feb 1738-)

Mercy Gallup

b. 16 August 1690 at Stonington, New London Co., CT
d. 2 March 1724
m. 10 May 1710 to William Denison (24 Mar 1687-24 Feb 1724) and had children Mercy Denison (25 Jan 1711-9 Dec 1793), Sarah Dension (2 July 1713-), Esther Denison (6 Feb 1714/5-), William Denison (9 Dec1716-July 1779), Hannah Denison (19 Apr 1719-21 Mar 1721), Benadam Denison (6 Feb 1720/1-1757) and Jonathan Denison (11 Feb 1722/3-)

BenAdam Gallup II

b. 18 April 1693 at New London (now Groton), New London Co., CT
d. 30 September 1755 at Groton, New London Co., CT
m. 11 January 1716 to Eunice Cobb at Stonington, New London Co., CT
for further information see the Gallup Family

Joseph Gallup

b. 27 September 1695 at Groton, New London Co., Ct
d. 22 December 1760
m. 24 February 1720 to Eunice Williams (c16 Aug 1702-24 Oct 1772) and had children Martha Gallup (6 Oct 1721-14 Nov 1775), Joseph Gallup (21 or 26 Feb 1725-), Elisha Gallup (21 Apr 1727-24 Aug 1800, m. Mercy Denison d/o Lucy Gallup and George Denison below), Oliver Gallup (28 Mar 1729-1789), William Gallup (16 or 19 Jan 1735-13 Aug 1803), Eunice Gallup (11 Oct 1738-), Phoebe or Prudence Gallup (17 Feb 1742-) and Lucy Gallup (5 Jan 1747-7 Sep 1802)

Margaret Gallup

b. 11 May 1698
d. 2 March 1761
m. 4 June 1717 to Nathaniel Gallup at Stonington, New London Co., CT
for further information see the Gallup Family

Lucy Gallup

b. 12 January 1701 at Stonington, New London Co., CT
d. 7 January 21793
m. 6 June 1717 to George Denison (Feb 1691/2-19 Oct 1777) and had children Ann Denison (6 Aug 1718-), Child name unknown (9 Sep 1720-10 Sep 1720), Lucy Denison (13 Oct 1721-14 Apr 1725), Mary Dension (27 Nov 1723-14 July 1724), George Denison (3 July 1725-), William Dension (14 June 1727-20 Sep 1754), Mercy Denison (24 Feb 1727 or 1730-1 July 1821, m. Elisha Gallup s/o Joseph Gallup and Eunice Williams above), Esther Denison (16 Sep 1732-14 Nov 1754), Samuel Denison (18 Feb 1735-10 Sep 1754) and David Denison (29 Jan 1736/7-)

Sources

New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence Almon Torrey, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD 1985

Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England by John Farmer, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD 1994

Pedigree chart prepared by Don G. Olmstead

Gallup Genealogy by Darwin C. Gallup and Josephine Middleton Peck, Gallup Family Association, 1966

History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, from its First Settlement in 1649 to 1900, with a Genealogical Register of Stonington Families by Richard Anson Wheeler, Lawrence Verry Inc., Mystic, CT 1966

John Howland of the Mayflower, Volume 1: The First Five Generations Through his first child Desire Howland and her husband Captain John Gorham by Elizabeth Pearson White, Picton Press, Camden, ME 1990

Cemetery visitation at Whitehall Cemetery, Mystic, CT by Susan Frost Bennett 11 June 1996

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