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Mary Jones Prentiss

Birth
Patchogue, Suffolk County, New York, USA
Death
Mar 1860 (aged 29–30)
Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, USA
Burial
Patchogue, Suffolk County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Daughter of Samuel D. Jones and Francis Kern, wife of Homer W. Prentiss (Prentice), whom she married on July 3, 1849 in Brookhaven, NY, and mother of DeWitt Garrett (married Lucy A. Palmer), George W., Mary M., and John J. Prentiss.

In 1850, Mary Prentiss, aged 20, was living in Brookhaven, NY, with her husband, Homer Prentiss, aged 25, and son, Gerrit Prentiss, aged 1 month, in the home of her parents, Samuel Jones, aged 54, a laborer, and Frances Jones, aged 52. Homer was shown to be unemployed. Also living in the housed were James Jones, aged 24, Mary Jones, aged 20, Melissa Jones, aged 11, and Charlotte Jones, aged 13. The census was taken on August 14th, 1850.

Also in 1850, Mary Prentiss, aged 20, was shown living in the household of Peter Hookero (?), aged 25, a foreman, most likely at the lace mill, in Brookhaven, NY. Also living in the household were David Bush, aged 17, Henry Hookero, aged 40, a spinner, Elizabeth Kookero, aged 23, David, Kookero, aged 4, Sarah Kookero, aged 2, an infant Kookero, aged 3 months, , Abram Cherry, aged 38, a laborer, Elizabeth Cherry, aged 37, and her sisters, Charlotte Jones, aged 14, and Sally Jones, aged 16.

Death Record - Mary E. Prentice, aged 30, of New York, died in March 1860 of Hasty Consumption of which she had been ill for four months. Also that year, John J. Prentice, aged 4 months, died from a cold from which he had suffered for a week.

(Long Island Surnames; 1850 US Federal Census; Mary E Prentice in the U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-18, page 2)
Daughter of Samuel D. Jones and Francis Kern, wife of Homer W. Prentiss (Prentice), whom she married on July 3, 1849 in Brookhaven, NY, and mother of DeWitt Garrett (married Lucy A. Palmer), George W., Mary M., and John J. Prentiss.

In 1850, Mary Prentiss, aged 20, was living in Brookhaven, NY, with her husband, Homer Prentiss, aged 25, and son, Gerrit Prentiss, aged 1 month, in the home of her parents, Samuel Jones, aged 54, a laborer, and Frances Jones, aged 52. Homer was shown to be unemployed. Also living in the housed were James Jones, aged 24, Mary Jones, aged 20, Melissa Jones, aged 11, and Charlotte Jones, aged 13. The census was taken on August 14th, 1850.

Also in 1850, Mary Prentiss, aged 20, was shown living in the household of Peter Hookero (?), aged 25, a foreman, most likely at the lace mill, in Brookhaven, NY. Also living in the household were David Bush, aged 17, Henry Hookero, aged 40, a spinner, Elizabeth Kookero, aged 23, David, Kookero, aged 4, Sarah Kookero, aged 2, an infant Kookero, aged 3 months, , Abram Cherry, aged 38, a laborer, Elizabeth Cherry, aged 37, and her sisters, Charlotte Jones, aged 14, and Sally Jones, aged 16.

Death Record - Mary E. Prentice, aged 30, of New York, died in March 1860 of Hasty Consumption of which she had been ill for four months. Also that year, John J. Prentice, aged 4 months, died from a cold from which he had suffered for a week.

(Long Island Surnames; 1850 US Federal Census; Mary E Prentice in the U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-18, page 2)


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  • Added: Aug 31, 2018
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192716512/mary-prentiss: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Jones Prentiss (1830–Mar 1860), Find a Grave Memorial ID 192716512, citing Waverly Street Cemetery, Patchogue, Suffolk County, New York, USA; Maintained by Aislin (contributor 46535342).