By Linus Joseph Dewald Jr., Editor
Summer 2003 and Revised 10 Apr 2009
Update of 10 Apr 2009: Frederick Prentice is #3 in our Summer 2003 article entitled Peter Prentice of Chelmsford, Essex, England . That article now replaces this article.
By email of 31 Mar 2003, Kerry Prentice has provided us with information about the following Prentice family which we have supplemented with census information:
1. Frederick Prentice was b. c. 1816, Chelmsford (per 1851 census). In 1841 he was a Gardener living on Rainsford Lane in Chelmsford, Essex Co., England. In 1847 he lived on Mill St., Chelmasford; in 1849 on Albert Terrace, Chelmsford, and in 1851 on Bark St., Chelmsford.
He m. Eunice. She was b. c. 1814, Newton, Norfolk, England. Their children included:
- Frederick James Prentice, bap 1 Oct 1841, Chelmsford. . . . . . . [2]
- Henry William Prentice, bap 30 Jan 1843, Chelmsford. At home in 1851. Not in IGI, 1861 or 1881 census.
- William Prentice, bap. 29 Feb 1844, Chelmsford. . . . . . . . . . . . .[3]
- Eunice Emma Prentice, bap. 21 Dec 1845, Chelmsford. At home in 1851. Servent in Chelmsford in 1871 census.
- Eliza Prentice, bap. 14 Apr 1847, Chelmsford. At home in 1851. Servent in Chelmsford in 1861 census.
- Emma Prentice, bap. 3 Mar 1849, Chelmsford. At home in 1851.
- Martha Elizabeth Prentice, bap. 29 Jan 1851,Chelmsford.
2. Frederick James Prentice, bap 1 Oct 1841, Chelmsford, his parents then living on Rainsford Lane, Chelmsford. He m. Sarah J., b. c. 1848, Writtell, Essex. Lodger in Chelmsford in 1861 census. In 1865 he was a Carman and lived on Victoria Road, Chelmsford. In the 1881 census he is shown living at 7 North Place, London, Middlesex and was called a Brewer's Drayman. Their children including:
- Emma Agnes Prentice, bap. 4 Mar 1865, Victoria Rd., Chelmsford.
- Frederick J. Prentice, b. c. 1868, M E N Town, Middlesex.
- William Prentice, b. c. 1871, M E N Town, Middlesex.
- James Prentice, b. c. 1876, M E N Town, Middlesex.
- Elizabeth Prentice, b. c. 1878, M E N Town, Middlesex.
- George Prentice, b. c. 1880, M E N Town, Middlesex.
3. William Prentice, bap. 29 Feb 1844, Chelmsford. At home in 1851. Apprentice in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, in 1861 census. In 1871 and 1881 was a "Master Fisherman" in :Vessels, Norfolk, married, but the name of his wife was not given. In 1891 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, living at 3 Queens Road with his wife, Sarah Ann, b. c. 1844, Great Yarmouth. Sarah is likely the same person as Sarah Prentice shown in the 1871, 1881 and 1901 census living in Yarmouth. Children:
- Unice/Eunice Prentice, b. c. 1865, Yarmouth, Norfolk (per 1871 census). At home in 1881.
- Emma Prentice, b. c. 1870, Yarmouth, Norfolk (per 1871 census). At home in 1881.
- Ellen Prentice, b. c. 1873, Great Yarmouth (per 1891 census). At home in 1881.
- Edith Prentice, b. c. 1874, Yarmouth, Norfolk (per 1881 census). At home in 1881 and 1901.
- Eliza Prentice, b. c. 1878, Great Yarmouth (per 1891 census). At home in 1881.
- Eva Prentice, b. c. 1879, Yarmouth (per 1881 census). At home in 1881 and 1901.
- Ethel Prentice, b. c. 1880, Great Yarmouth (per 1891 census). At home in 1881.
- William Prentice, b. c. 1882, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (per 1901 census). At home in 1901.
In reviewing the IGI and our database, the only Frederick Prentice we have located so far in an appropriate time frame is Frederick Horatio Prentice (Prentices of the Colnes, Fall 1999), but he cannot be the right person because he had emigrated to Canada by 1845.
We also checked the earliest census available, the 1851 census, but it does not show any Prentice, either born there or living there, old enough to be the parent of Frederick Prentice who was b. c. 1816 in Chelmsford. Either they were born elsewhere and living elsewhere in 1851, or were deceased by 1851.
If you have any information about the folks mentioned in this article, please contact us at dewald@prenticenet.com.
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