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The Prentices of Norwich, England
Winter 1998 and Revised 14 Nov 2000
By E-mail of 11 Dec 1998, we received the following information from Ian Prentice,
our English correspondent. He thought the information would be of interest to
readers of our Newsletter, and we thought so, too. His information is as follows:This family group, the Prentices of Norwich, almost certainly links back to the Pulham St. Mary Magdalene Prentices via John Prentice who died in East Dereham in 1681 and naming two sons in his will: Caleb and Charles. However, because of the loss of relevant parish registers it will be difficult to prove this connection. 1. John Prentice married Sarah Harrison on 1 Nov 1739 in Norwich St. Helen. He most probably had a brother Charles who married Ruth and had a son, Charles who was baptised in Norwich St. Helens on 14 Dec 1740. John and Sarah had sons: i. Samuel Prentice who was baptised on 1 Sept 1742. (2) ii. John Prentice baptised on 3 Dec 1740 in Norwich St. Stephen. (3) 2. Samuel Prentice was baptised on 1 Sept 1742 in St. Stephens; he married Mary. Children: i. John Prentice baptised on 13 Jan 1771 at St. Martin at Oak and died young ii. Charles, Prentice baptised on 23 Feb 1772 and died before 1738 iii. Samuel Prentice born in 1773. He was an Inn Keeper and Counsellor of Norwich North Ward in 1808. He was buried on 11 Jan 1841; his wife, Elizabeth, was buried on 5 Dec 1842 also in St. Peter Mancroft Churchyard. iv. Ann, Prentice baptised on 13 Nov 1774 in St. Augustin; she died before 1841. v. John Prentice baptised on 24 Nov 1776 and died young vi. Elizabeth Prentice baptised on 1 Nov 1778 in St. Martin. She married James Clarke on 28.12.1797 in St. Peter Mancroft vii. John Prentice baptised on 25 Feb 1781 but had died by 1841 viii. Mary Prentice baptised on 18 Sept 1798 at St. Martin. She may have married John Henry Williams on 19 Jun 1821 in St. Peter Hunsgate 3. John Prentice was baptised on 3 Dec 1740 in Norwich St. Stephen. He was a Cooper and was living in Hardwick in 1790 and 1799. He married Susanna Thompson on 14 Apr 1765 in Norwich St. Paul (she was born in 1744 in Hindolveston). Children: i. Robert, Prentice baptised on 27 Apr 1766 in St. Paul (4) ii. John Prentice baptised on 19 Jun 1771, he was buried on 24. Apr 1772 iii. John Prentice baptised on 1 Oct 1772 but buried on 26 Aug 1773 in St. George Tombland iv. John Prentice baptised on 8 Jan 1775. (5) v. Mary Prentice baptised on 15 Dec 1776 and married William Le Strip on 8 Jun 1794. 4. Robert, Prentice, baptised on 27 Apr 1766 in St. Paul. He was a Winemerchant and Counsellor of Wymer Ward in Norwich in 1800. He died in 1805 having married Catherine Beazor of Thorpe on 4 Mar 1786 in St. George Tombland. She died in 1818. Children: i. Robert Prentice who died before 1818 ii. John Prentice baptised on 2 May 1788 in Norwich Independent Meeting House and died unmarried in 1811 iii. Elizabeth Prentice baptised on 30 May 1790; she had died by 1818. iv. Mary Prentice baptised on 26 Dec 1792; she married Peter Elwin Williams on 2 Mar 1813 in St. George Tombland iv. Martha Prentice baptised on 16 Mar 1797; she died by 1818 v. Susanna Prentice baptised on 28 Mar 1805; she died by 1818 vi. Louisa Prentice baptised on 28 Mar 1805; she died by 1818 vii. Julia Prentice who was alive in 1818 5. John Prentice, baptised on 8 Jan 1775. He was a Farmer in St. Lawrence Ilketshall, Suffolk and was buried in the Bungay Independent Church Burial Ground on 13 Mar 1814. He married Elizabeth Spratt on 12 Sept 1797 when they were both living in Hardwick. She was buried on 27 Nov 1857 when she was livng in the parish of Bungay Holy Trinity. Children: i. Elizabeth Prentice baptised on 18 May 1799 in Hardwick. She married William Lark, a Wine and Spirit merchant on 18 Oct 1825 in Bungay Trinity. ii. John Prentice baptised on 28 Mar 1801 in Norwich Independant Meeting House; he was buried on 26 Mar 1809 in Ilketshall St. Lawrence. iii. Mary Prentice baptised on 13 Oct 1803; she was buried on 6 Apr 1878 iv. Susan(na) Prentice baptised on 13 Oct 1803 in Norwich Independent Meeting House and married William Dutt, Coachmaker of Ditchingham on 13 Sept 1841 in Bungay. By email of 14 Nov 2000, Edmund Gooch indicates that Susanna and William Dutt (coachmaker of Ditchingham) are the parents of the East Anglian author, William Alfred Dutt, who both worked for the Eastern Daily Press and wrote a number of topographical books on the region including "Highways and Byways in East Anglia" and "A Guide to the Norfolk Broads". These three may be found on the 1881 Census Enumerators' Returns, living perhaps at Bungay. William Alfred Dutt later married one of the daughters of Edmund Gooch, a police constable, originally from Hempnall in Norfolk - all three later lived in retirement at Carlton Colville, near Lowestoft. v. William Prentice who was buried in 1809 in Ilketshall St. Lawrence vi. Robert Prentice baptised on 15 Sept 1805. (6) vii. William Prentice baptised on 28 July 1808 in Bungay. He was a Builder and Venetian Blind Maker in Yarmouth in 1830 but a Chemist by 1847. He died between 1872 and 1878 having married Ella L. Howard in 1835 in Docking, north Norfolk. Children: a. Isabella Prentice who died in Docking in 1842 b. Susan Prentice. c. Samuel Prentice born in 1840 in Docking; he was alive in 1878 d. William Prentice born in 1843 in Docking; he was alive in 1872 e. Robert John Prentice born in 1847 he died on 5 Aug 1847 viii. John Prentice born on 21 Dec 1809 in Bungay. He died on 12 July 1872, a Gentleman of Ipswich. He married Mary in 1838. Their only child was: a. Kate Prentice born in 1840 in Ipswich she was at school in Bury St. Edmunds in 1851. She married Edwin Sewell of Butley Abbey, Suffolk in 1860 in Ipswich. Kate died before 1872 and they had two daughters who lived near Bristol. ix Stephen who had died by 1878; he married Elizabeth Gooch on 29 Dec 1835 in Woodbridge, near Ipswich 6. Robert Prentice, baptised on 15 Sept 1805; he died in 1863 in Norwich having married Pamela Andrews on 28 Dec 1823 in Ipswich St. Lawrence . Children: i. Elizabeth Mary who married Henry William Smith in 1856 in the Strand, London ii. Charles Andrew, Prentice baptised on 23 Feb 1824 in Ipswich St. Lawrence; he died a Gentleman and unmarried on 6 Jan 1878 in Ipswich. iii. John Robert Prentice baptised on 11 Sept 1825. (7) 7. John Robert Prentice baptised on 11 Sept 1825 in Ipswich St. Nicholas he was a Draper in Old Brompton, London in 1878. He died in Camberwell in 1891 having married Catherine Peck in 1852 in Ipswich. Children: i. Catherine Prentice born in 1852 in Ipswich ii. Montague John born in 1853; he died in York in 1939 iii. Ellen Pamela Prentice born in 1855 she died in Epsom unmarried in 1929 iii. Bertha Seaman Prentice born in 1857 she married in 1877 iv. Horace Andrews Prentice born in 1863; he may have died in Norwich in 1950 Best wishes, IanIf you have any information which can help us identify any of the folks mentioned
above, please contact us at dewald@prenticenet.com
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