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Elizabeth PRESTON

Female 1797 - 1852  (54 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Elizabeth PRESTON was born on 5 Mar 1797 in Dromore, Co. Down, IRELAND; died in 1852 in New York, New York, NY.

    Elizabeth married John PRENTICE about 1814 in IRELAND. John was born about 1790 in Dromore, Co. Down, IRELAND; died before 1852 in NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Jane PRENTICE  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1816 in IRELAND.
    2. 3. Belle PRENTICE  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1818 in IRELAND.
    3. 4. George PRENTICE  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1820 in IRELAND.
    4. 5. John PRENTICE  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1822 in IRELAND; died in NY.
    5. 6. William PRENTICE  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1824 in IRELAND.
    6. 7. Robert PRENTICE  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1826 in IRELAND.
    7. 8. James PRENTICE  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1828 in Dromore, Co. Down, IRELAND.
    8. 9. Martin PRENTISS, Sr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 May 1830 in Dromore, Co. Down, IRELAND; died on 30 Jan 1908 in Mount Pleasant, Wayne, PA; was buried in Wheeler Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Mount, Wayne, PA.
    9. 10. Elizabeth PRENTICE  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1832; died in NY.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Jane PRENTICE Descendancy chart to this point (1.Elizabeth1) was born about 1816 in IRELAND.

  2. 3.  Belle PRENTICE Descendancy chart to this point (1.Elizabeth1) was born about 1818 in IRELAND.

  3. 4.  George PRENTICE Descendancy chart to this point (1.Elizabeth1) was born about 1820 in IRELAND.

  4. 5.  John PRENTICE Descendancy chart to this point (1.Elizabeth1) was born about 1822 in IRELAND; died in NY.

  5. 6.  William PRENTICE Descendancy chart to this point (1.Elizabeth1) was born about 1824 in IRELAND.

  6. 7.  Robert PRENTICE Descendancy chart to this point (1.Elizabeth1) was born about 1826 in IRELAND.

  7. 8.  James PRENTICE Descendancy chart to this point (1.Elizabeth1) was born about 1828 in Dromore, Co. Down, IRELAND.

  8. 9.  Martin PRENTISS, Sr. Descendancy chart to this point (1.Elizabeth1) was born on 1 May 1830 in Dromore, Co. Down, IRELAND; died on 30 Jan 1908 in Mount Pleasant, Wayne, PA; was buried in Wheeler Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Mount, Wayne, PA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Immigratn: 1840
    • Census: 31 Jul 1860, Mount Pleasant, Wayne, PA
    • Census: 15 Jul 1870, Mount Pleasant, Wayne, PA
    • Census: 15 Jun 1880, Mount Pleasant, Wayne, PA

    Notes:

    Note:
    It is said that Martin, who ran a general store in Mount Pleasant commissioned a sign to be painted for his store and that the last name was misspelled "Prentiss" and that rather than change the sign, he changed his name.

    Martin is not shown with a general store until the 1900 census, prior to that his occupation is always listed as Shoe and Boot maker. I every census prior to 1900 his name is shown as Prentiss, so the family story may or may not be true.

    Census:
    1860 census shows Martin Prentiss, 31, Boot and Shoe Maker, b. IRELAND; Ann, 28, b. PA; children, birthplace blank: Jane, 5; John, 5; Kate, 2/12.

    Census:
    1870 census shows Martin Prentiss, 40, b. IRELAND, Mftgrs Boots and Shoes; Ann, 37, b.. NY; children b. PA: John, 12; Elizabeth, 8; George, 6; Charles, 3; Margaret, 2; Martin V. 7/12,Dec.

    Census:
    1870 census shows Martin Prentiss, 40, b. IRELAND, Mftgrs Boots and Shoes; Ann, 37, b.. NY; children b. PA: John, 12; Elizabeth, 8; George, 6; Charles, 3; Margaret, 2; Martin V. 7/12,Dec.
    Also enumerated are John Langan, hired, 35, b. IRELAND, shoemaker and Kate Peel, 18, domestic servant, b. PA.

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    Martin married Annie MCCORMICK on 7 Jul 1852 in New York, New York, NY. Annie (daughter of John MCCORMICK and Ann MCKEE) was born on 17 Oct 1832 in New York, New York, NY; died on 17 Oct 1877; was buried in Wheeler Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Mount, Wayne, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Ann Elizabeth PRENTISS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Sep 1853; died on 18 Jan 1857; was buried in Wheeler Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Mount, Wayne, PA.
    2. 12. Jane Jennie PRENTISS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Aug 1855; died on 20 Jan 1874; was buried in Wheeler Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Mount, Wayne, PA.
    3. 13. John PRENTISS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Oct 1857 in PA; died on 4 Jan 1933 in San Bruno, San Mateo, CA.
    4. 14. Anna Cassey PRENTISS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Jan 1860 in PA; died on 19 May 1864; was buried in Wheeler Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Mount, Wayne, PA.
    5. 15. Elizabeth PRENTISS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Mar 1862 in Mount Pleasant, Wayne, PA; died on 31 Oct 1888 in Mount Pleasant, Wayne, PA; was buried in Wheeler Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Mount, Wayne, PA.
    6. 16. George D. PRENTISS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Aug 1864 in Mount Pleasant, Wayne, PA; died on 1 Apr 1912 in Jersey City, Hudson, NJ.
    7. 17. Charles McCormick PRENTISS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Oct 1866 in Mount Pleasant, Wayne, PA; died on 19 Sep 1947 in Alameda Co., CA; was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Alameda, CA.
    8. 18. Margaret PRENTISS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Feb 1868 in Mount Pleasant, Wayne, PA; died on 22 Aug 1963; was buried in Wheeler Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Mount, Wayne, PA.
    9. 19. Martin V. PRENTISS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Nov 1869 in Mount Pleasant, Wayne, PA; died on 16 Apr 1894; was buried in Wheeler Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Mount, Wayne, PA.
    10. 20. Annie PRENTISS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Aug 1871 in Mount Pleasant, Wayne, PA; died on 26 Nov 1887; was buried in Wheeler Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Mount, Wayne, PA.
    11. 21. Robert Preston PRENTISS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Jun 1875 in Mount Pleasant, Wayne, PA; died on 13 Apr 1876 in Mount Pleasant, Wayne, PA; was buried in Wheeler Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Mount, Wayne, PA.

    Martin married Eunice FLETCHER in Jul 1883. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. Clara L. PRENTISS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 May 1884; died on 6 Feb 1948 in Bayonne, Hudson, NJ; was buried in Wheeler Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Mount, Wayne, PA.

  9. 10.  Elizabeth PRENTICE Descendancy chart to this point (1.Elizabeth1) was born about 1832; died in NY.


Generation: 3

  1. 11.  Ann Elizabeth PRENTISS Descendancy chart to this point (9.Martin2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 10 Sep 1853; died on 18 Jan 1857; was buried in Wheeler Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Mount, Wayne, PA.

    Notes:

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  2. 12.  Jane Jennie PRENTISS Descendancy chart to this point (9.Martin2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 10 Aug 1855; died on 20 Jan 1874; was buried in Wheeler Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Mount, Wayne, PA.

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  3. 13.  John PRENTISS Descendancy chart to this point (9.Martin2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 1 Oct 1857 in PA; died on 4 Jan 1933 in San Bruno, San Mateo, CA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1 Jun 1900, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
    • Census: 25 Apr 1910, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

    Notes:

    Census:
    1900 census shows John Prentiss, b. Oct 1856, 43, married 19 years, b. PA, parents b. IRELAND/NY, teamster; Cory, b. Aug 1860, 39, 3 children born, 3 living, b. MN, parents b. MN/MN; Isabel, b. Jun 1883, 16, b. PA; children b. CA: Elizabeth, b. Nov 1886, 13; Margaret, b. Oct 1890, 9.

    Census:
    1910 census shows John Prentiss, 52, widower, b. PA, parents b. IRELAND, teamster, draying co.; children b. PA: Elizabeth C., 23; Margaret G., 18.

    John married Caroline HAWKINS on 28 Apr 1882 in Honesdale, Wayne, PA. Caroline (daughter of Tertius W. HAWKINS and Maria M. SHERWOOD) was born on 2 Aug 1860 in Lake City, Wabasha, MN; died on 10 Jan 1895 in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. Anna Isabelle PRENTISS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Jun 1883 in Pittston, Luzerne, PA; died on 12 Nov 1957 in Alameda Co., CA.
    2. 24. Caroline Elizabeth PRENTISS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Nov 1886 in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; died on 1 Mar 1922 in San Bruno, San Bruno, CA.
    3. 25. Margaret Geraldine PRENTISS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Oct 1891 in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; died on 21 Aug 1961 in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, CA.

  4. 14.  Anna Cassey PRENTISS Descendancy chart to this point (9.Martin2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 15 Jan 1860 in PA; died on 19 May 1864; was buried in Wheeler Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Mount, Wayne, PA.

    Notes:

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  5. 15.  Elizabeth PRENTISS Descendancy chart to this point (9.Martin2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 23 Mar 1862 in Mount Pleasant, Wayne, PA; died on 31 Oct 1888 in Mount Pleasant, Wayne, PA; was buried in Wheeler Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Mount, Wayne, PA.

    Notes:

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  6. 16.  George D. PRENTISS Descendancy chart to this point (9.Martin2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 15 Aug 1864 in Mount Pleasant, Wayne, PA; died on 1 Apr 1912 in Jersey City, Hudson, NJ.

    George married Lulu J. OFFENHEISER on 20 Feb 1905 in Jersey City, Hudson, NJ. Lulu was born about 1874 in Hoboken, Hudson, NJ; died before 1910. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 26. Margaret PRENTISS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Jun 1906 in Jersey City, Hudson, NJ; died in Jun 1978 in Denver, Denver, CO.

  7. 17.  Charles McCormick PRENTISS Descendancy chart to this point (9.Martin2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 3 Oct 1866 in Mount Pleasant, Wayne, PA; died on 19 Sep 1947 in Alameda Co., CA; was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Alameda, CA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Birth: 3 Oct 1865, PA
    • Birth: 3 Oct 1867, Mount Pleasant, Wayne, PA

    Notes:

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    Charles married Katherine ANDERSON on 29 Apr 1894. Katherine was born in Dec 1872 in NY; died on 22 Nov 1926 in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 18.  Margaret PRENTISS Descendancy chart to this point (9.Martin2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 6 Feb 1868 in Mount Pleasant, Wayne, PA; died on 22 Aug 1963; was buried in Wheeler Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Mount, Wayne, PA.

    Notes:

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  9. 19.  Martin V. PRENTISS Descendancy chart to this point (9.Martin2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 5 Nov 1869 in Mount Pleasant, Wayne, PA; died on 16 Apr 1894; was buried in Wheeler Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Mount, Wayne, PA.

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  10. 20.  Annie PRENTISS Descendancy chart to this point (9.Martin2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 10 Aug 1871 in Mount Pleasant, Wayne, PA; died on 26 Nov 1887; was buried in Wheeler Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Mount, Wayne, PA.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Annie is not present in the 1880 census with Martin.

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  11. 21.  Robert Preston PRENTISS Descendancy chart to this point (9.Martin2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 16 Jun 1875 in Mount Pleasant, Wayne, PA; died on 13 Apr 1876 in Mount Pleasant, Wayne, PA; was buried in Wheeler Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Mount, Wayne, PA.

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  12. 22.  Clara L. PRENTISS Descendancy chart to this point (9.Martin2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 18 May 1884; died on 6 Feb 1948 in Bayonne, Hudson, NJ; was buried in Wheeler Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Mount, Wayne, PA.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Clara is listed in the 1900 census as a daughter to Martin. She was born after the death of Annie McCormick Prentiss. She is enumerated in the 1920 census living with Margaret Prentiss and is listed as her sister although the birth place of Margaret's mother is listed as NY and Clara's mother as PA. Margaret and Clara are enumerated together in 1930 as well, Clara's mothers birthplace is listed as NY.

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Generation: 4

  1. 23.  Anna Isabelle PRENTISS Descendancy chart to this point (13.John3, 9.Martin2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 29 Jun 1883 in Pittston, Luzerne, PA; died on 12 Nov 1957 in Alameda Co., CA.

    Anna married Carl Edgar NELSON on 19 Dec 1907 in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. Carl (son of Samuel NELSON and Anna Lisa TELL) was born on 10 Apr 1882 in Burlington, Des Moines, IA; died on 18 Jun 1972 in Berkeley, Alameda, CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 27. Prentiss Carl NELSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Jan 1909 in Oakland, Alameda, CA; died on 13 Nov 1995 in Peoria, Maricopa, AZ.
    2. 28. Dorothy Isabelle NELSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Oct 1910 in Oakland, Alameda, CA; died on 1 Feb 2005 in Oakland, Alameda, CA.
    3. 29. Anna Grace Loretta NELSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Jun 1912 in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO; died on 2 Dec 2006.
    4. 30. David Arthur NELSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Dec 1914 in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO; died on 27 Dec 1997 in Walnut Creek, Contra Costa, CA.
    5. 31. Robert Edgar NELSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Jul 1915 in Oakland, Alameda, CA; died on 1 Feb 1996.

  2. 24.  Caroline Elizabeth PRENTISS Descendancy chart to this point (13.John3, 9.Martin2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 24 Nov 1886 in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; died on 1 Mar 1922 in San Bruno, San Bruno, CA.

    Caroline married Manuel L. BENEMELIS on 3 Jul 1910 in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. Manuel was born on 14 Nov 1886 in CUBA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 25.  Margaret Geraldine PRENTISS Descendancy chart to this point (13.John3, 9.Martin2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 27 Oct 1891 in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; died on 21 Aug 1961 in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, CA.

    Margaret married Charles H. HOLT about 1911. Charles was born about 1887 in CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Margaret married Charles Herrington HOLT on 9 Aug 1919 in Auburn, Placer, CA. Charles died on 12 Apr 1955 in Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 26.  Margaret PRENTISS Descendancy chart to this point (16.George3, 9.Martin2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 5 Jun 1906 in Jersey City, Hudson, NJ; died in Jun 1978 in Denver, Denver, CO.

    Notes:

    Note:
    After the death of her parents Margaret lived with her aunt's Margaret and Clara.

    Margaret married William J. CONWAY on 27 Jun 1931 in Jersey City, Hudson, NJ. William was born on 16 Dec 1901 in NJ; died on 20 May 1995 in Englewood, Arapahoe, CO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



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