7. Delight Prentice (Oliver , Oliver ) was born 1 on 5 Jun 1781 in Horton, Kings, NS. She died in 1840/1846.
Delight Prentice joined the Horton Church in 1790.
Delight's husband, Nathan Tupper, was the brother of Sophia Tupper who married Delight's brother Harris Prentiss.
She was married to Nathan Tupper at Saint John's Anglican Church, Cornwallis Township, Kings County, NS.
Delight married 1 (1) Capt. Nathan Tupper Jr. son of Major Nathan Tupper * and Lydia Freeman * on 20 Oct 1799 in Cornwallis, NS by Rev. William Twining, St. Johns Church. Nathan was born on 7 Jan 1779 in Liverpool, Queens, NS. He died about Oct 1810.
Delight (Prentiss) Tupper is listed as his widow in
his probate record..
He died as a master of the schooner Polly on a voyage from St. Croix
to Liverpool according to Simeon Perkins' diary.
He was sometimes referred to as "Nathan the privateersman."
They had the following children:
Delight married (2) John Fraser. John died about 1840.
Delight (Prentiss) Fraser is still living at the time of probate of John Fraser's estate.
9. Capt. Harris Prentiss * (Oliver , Oliver ) was born 1 about 1785 in Horton, Kings, NS. He died in 1819 in Liverpool, Queens, NS.
Harris Prentice resided in Liverpool, NS. He was a ships captain.
There are many references to him in the Diary of Simeon Perkins.
For example, " On Feb 19, 1812 The Lark sailed about 11 o'clock for
the West Indies, William Thomas, Master, Harris Harrington, Mate, Joseph Brunaby, & Harris Prentice,
Seamen, Gorham, cook."Harris Prentice was a prize-master of the Privateer Liverpool Packet during the War of 1812.
Harris Prentice was a prize-master of the Liverpool Privateer Schooner "Retaliation" in the War of 1812.He was lost overboard and drowned off Coffin Island, a lighthouse island just outside Liverpool, NS.
His vessel was wrecked.
He lived in Bristol, NS, next to Liverpool with Hallet Collins, a well-known merchant of Liverpool.
The Prentice family lived in Liverpool, Bristol, and Milton, NS. They had a house at the top of
Union Street in Liverpool.Harris Prentiss' estate was administered in 1819 in Liverpool, NS, where
he is listed as a master mariner. He left no will.
Harris married 1 Sophia Tupper * daughter of Major Nathan Tupper * and Lydia Freeman * on 29 Dec 1814 in Liverpool, Queens, NS. Sophia was born on 4 Sep 1793 in Liverpool, Queens, NS. She died on 29 Jul 1849.
Sophia Tupper was the sister of Nathan Tupper, Jr., who married Harris' sister Delight Prentice.
She is described as "of Liverpool" at the time of her second marriage to Henry Parker in 1821.
They had the following children:
21 F i Eunice Prentiss was born 1 on 28 Nov 1815 in Liverpool, Queens, NS. She died in Jun 1874 in Beverly, MA. Eunice married Jacob Whitman son of Jacob Whitman and Elizabeth Langley on 4 Jul 1837. Jacob was born on 18 Jun 1816. He died on 20 Aug 1844. 22 F ii Augusta Prentiss was born 1 on 22 Aug 1817 in Liverpool, Queens, NS. Augusta married 1, 2 Henry Whitman son of Oldham Whitman and Nancy Fairn on 30 Sep 1835 in Annapolis, NS. + 23 M iii Dea. Harris Prentiss * was born in 1820. He died on 27 Apr 1884.
11. Dorcas Prentice (Oliver , Oliver ) was born in 1799 in Prob., Cornwallis, Horton, NS. She died on 11 Oct 1852 in Prob., Milton, Queens, NS. She was buried in Milton Cemetery, Milton, NS..
Dorcas Prentice is described as "of Liverpool" when she married in 1825.
Dorcas married Thomas Knowles son of Capt. James Knowles and Elizabeth Burbank on 22 Oct 1825 in Liverpool, Queens, NS. Thomas was born on 20 May 1798 in Liverpool, Queens, NS. He died on 7 May 1886 in Milton, Queens, NS. He was buried in Milton Cemetery, Milton, NS..
Thomas Knowles is described as "of Liverpool" when he married in 1825.
He was a blacksmith from Milton, NS.
His family is well covered in NEHGR V.71-90 80:p 130.
Thomas and Dorcas had the following children: