Doctor John Prentice

- 1721

• Name	John Prentice
  Title	Doctor
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	1690
  	Drafted 1690 Capt Willis' Company, served serval years as a Surgeon Wounded in the thigh and both arms at Oyster River (Dover or Durham NH)
  Death	4 Jan 1721
  Notes	5. Dr. John Prentice,cordwainer," afterwards "physician," son of Thomas and Rebecca; d. 4 Jan 1720-1; m., 1st, Hannah Osland in 1696, who d. May 1704; he m., 2nd, Bethia (surname unknown) who d. before 1754. In his father's deed of gift in 1714, he is called "cordwainer," as he was in a deed of 18 acres of land from John Parker in 1703 in Newton. In 1718, John Prentice of Newton, "physician," and wife, Bethia, convey part of the same 18 acres to Nathaniel Longley, John Prentice having between 1703 and 1718 dropped the "last and lapstone," and taken physic. On 3 Dec 1710, Dr. John Prentice of Newton petitioned the General Court "for payment of his services in the war at the Eastward when impressed in Capt. Willis' company, several years before, in the public service (probably as surgeon in the army); was wounded in the thigh and both arms, and incapable of husbandry work, and indigent. The court granted him
  Person ID	I16032	OurNorthernRoots | Andrew's Ancestor
  Last Modified	6 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Thomas Prentice,   b. Abt 1632   d. 11 Dec 1724 (Age ~ 92 years)
  Mother	Rebecca Jackson,   b. Abt 1636   d. 1694 (Age ~ 58 years)
  Family ID	F10488	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Osland,   b. 1671   d. 2 May 1704 (Age 33 years)
  Children	+ 1. Hannah Prentice,   b. 25 Oct 1697, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 19 Feb 1761, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F10487	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart