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Prentice related excerpts from "Dwight Family" by B.W.Dwight, 1874

Gathered by Scott Prentice, 31 July 1997, at Sutro Library, San Francisco.

Edmund Terry, b. May 23, 1817 [son of Hon. Roderick Terry (son of Judge Eliphalet Terry and Mary Hall), b. March 2, 1788, m. Oct. 11, 1814, Harriet Taylor, b. May 18, 1794 (dau. of Rev. John Taylor of Enfield, Ct., and Elizabeth Terry).] m. March 8, 1855, Anna Prentice (dau. of John H. Prentice of Brooklyn, NY, and Sarah Davis), grad. at Yale in 1837, a lawyer in N.Y. and Resides in Brooklyn.
Children:

1. Edmund Roderick Terry, b. June 11, 1856.
2. Marian Jane Terry, b. Jan. 26, 1860.
3. John Prentice Terry, b. Sept. 30, 1861.
4. Arthur Hall Terry, b.April 7, 1863, d. Feb. 16, 1870.
5. Wyllys Terry, b. Dec. 6, 1864.
6. Eliphalet Bradford Terry, b. Oct. 1, 1866.
7. Henry Fowler Terry, b. May 12, 1868.
8. George Davis Terry, b. Feb. 5, 1870.
9. James Taylor Terry, b. Oct. 8, 1872.

Alpheus Dwight, (son of Seth Dwight, Senior, of Somers, Ct., and Joanna Kellogg), b. April 7, 1760, m. Jan. 1, 1784, Fanny (Phanna) Prentice, b. Jan. 19, 1764 (dau. of John and Dorothy Prentice, of Somers, Ct. John Prentice was son of Nathl. Prentice of Dunstable, Mass., and was b. there in 1734. His wife, Dorothy Sexton, was b. in 1740, and was the dau. of Amos Sexton of Somers).
... [additional info. about Alpheus Dwight not recorded here] ...
Children:

1. Peletiah Dwight, M.D., b. Jan. 14, 1785.
2. Alpheus Dwight, Jr., b. June 10, 1787, d. April 1859, aet. 72.
3. Lyman Dwight, b. Nov. 3, 1789, d. April 19, 1790.
4. Lyman Dwight, 2nd, b. Aug. 8, 1797.
5. Harvey Prentice Dwight, b. May 31, 1799, d. Oct. 6, 1844, aet. 45.

Capt. Jeremiah Baker, b. May 22, 1762, m. Nov. 1785, Fanny Whitting, b. Jan. 30, 1764 (dau. of Col. Daniel Whitting, of Dover, Mass., and Mehitable Haven). She d. June 20, 1819, and he m. Sept. 1820, for a 2d. wife, Lucy Newell, b. in 1778 (dau. of Nathan Newell of Belchertown, Mass., and --- Baker, his wife), without issue. She d. Dec. 7, 1821, aet. 43. He m. for 3rd wife, June 26, 1822, Abigail Prentiss, b. May 19, 1791 (dau. of Rev. Thomas Prentiss of Medfield, Mass., and Mary Scollay).
... [additional info. about Jeremiah Baker not recorded here] ...
Children:
[5 by first wife, not recorded here]

By Abigail:

6. Frances Mehitable Baker, b. May 12, 1823, d. Sept. 9, 1823.
7. Frances Whitting Baker, b. July 28, 1823.
   [hand written notes: 1823 was crossed out, 1824 written in, also hand written: d. Sept. 29, 1905]
8. Mary Elizabeth Baker, b. Jan. 29, 1827, m. Augustus Parker of Roxbury, Mass.
   [hand written note: Died March 26, 1915]