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Prudence (Unknown) Stetson (abt. 1642 - 1687)

Prudence Stetson formerly [surname unknown]
Born about in Scituate, Plymouth Colonymap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 1670 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , , and
Died at about age 45 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusettsmap
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Biography

Prudence was the second wife of Joseph Stetson. Her maiden name is not known. They married by 1670. There were seven children from their marriage.[1]

Notes

Some gedcoms give her name as Prudence Clapp, with no references I've seen. This is just a guess, but did researchers find a young woman named Prudence Clapp and just assume she was the same Prudence who married Joseph Stetson? There is one reference to this marriage in The Second Boat, 199, page 30, no sources given.[2]

Sources

  1. ↑ Briggs, page 868.
  2. ↑ Entered by Katherine Patterson.
  • Briggs, L. Vernon. History and genealogy of the Briggs family, 1254-1937. Vol. 3. Boston: C. E. Goodspeed & Co., 1938.
  • Title: The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. APID: 1,2129::0
  • Title: Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. APID: 1,2495::0
  • Title: Family Data Collection - Deaths Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,5771::0
  • Title: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Author: Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,3599::0
  • Title: U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,3824::0
  • Also see the surname page at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clapp_(surname).
  • The Descendants of Cornet Robert Stetson, Stetson Kindred, Vol 1 P 22
  • The Damon family : listing some of the Ohio descendants of Amos Damon of Chesterfield, Mass.
  • Gen. Column of the Boston Transcript. 1906-1941: 17 Nov 1920, 8454

Acknowledgments

  • This person was created through the import of Shortened files.ged on 30 December 2010.




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Smith-62120 Ellen Smith
Thomas Clapp apparently had a daughter Prudence, but she was unmarried as of the date of his will in 1684. Thus, she can't be the Prudence who married Joseph Stetson by 1670. I am disconnecting Clap-82 as her father.
posted by Ellen Smith
Lamberton-139 Roy Lamberton
Unknown-132602 and Clapp-1655 appear to represent the same person because: Right now Joeseph Stetson is shown as having 3 wives - 2 of them named Prudence. I'm pretty sure that these two are the same lady.

In any case it would be cleaner to only show 2 wives... not 3.

posted by Roy Lamberton
Smith-62120 Ellen Smith
Yes, the Internet is full of user-created content (Ancestry Trees, Findagrave, etc.) identifying her as Prudence Clapp, but none of the serious genealogists who have researched this family have found any records identifying her last name.

I've also not seen a record of a date of death for her. What's the source for the Dec 1687 date recently added to this profile? I see that the Findagrave page gives that date, but there's no indication of a gravestone there. Is that date based on probate records or land deeds?

posted by Ellen Smith
Luper-22 James Luper III
Unknown should be corrected to Clapp
posted by James Luper III
Smith-62120 Ellen Smith
Clapp-677 and Unknown-132602 are not ready to be merged because: These are clearly the same person (Prudence, second wife of Joseph Stetson), but some decision is needed on whether the LNAB should be Clapp (if te evidence is strong enough) or "Unknown". There are 4 profiles needing to be meged.
posted by Ellen Smith

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