Love (Madison) Prince (1804 - 1889)

Born 1804 in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States

Wife of Lawrence Prince — married 26 Jun 1823 in Edgartown, Ma

Descendants

Died 31 Jul 1889 at about age 85 in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Love was Wampanoag.

Love (Madison) Prince was a Native American born in 1804 and passed away in 1889.

Residences:

• In 1849, Love and her husband Lawrence Prince are recorded as members of the Chappequidic Wampanoag Tribe on the Briggs Report.

1. Prince, Lawrence 57 M Chappequiddic
2. Prince, Love 45 F Chappequiddic ^[1]

• In 1861, Love is recorded on the Earle Report. Husband Lawrence had passed away in 1852.

1. Prince, Love 56 F Chappequiddick Chappeq Plt ^[2]

• 1880: Love Prince is 78yo and widowed. She is living with her daughter Frances Curtis and Grandson Leonard at Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts.^[3]

Marriage:

• 26 June 1823: Love Madison and Laurence [int. Lawrence] Prince, coloured, June 26, 1823.^[4][5]

1. Lawrence Prince was from Nova Scotia. On June 26, 1823, he married Love Madison of Chappaquiddick, Massachusetts, where he became a farmer. He and his wife had the following children: Charlotte, Margaret, and Frances. Lawrence Prince died from consumption in 1852. Pierce and Segel, Wampanoag Families of Martha's Vineyard, 773-774.^[6]

Death:

• 31 July 1889: Love passed away at Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts.

1. Father's Name: William Madison aka: [Samuel Madison]. Father's Birthplace: Edgartown, Mass.
2. Mother's Name: Charlotte Peters aka: [Charlotte Madison]. Mother's Birthplace: Edgartown, Mass.^[7]

Foot Notes

1. http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10876273/person/6034296224^[8]

Acknowledgments

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Sources

1. ↑ https://sites.rootsweb.com/~usnatttp/wampanoag/briggsrpt1849.htm
2. ↑ https://sites.rootsweb.com/~usnatttp/wampanoag/earlerpt1861.htm
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH6W-35N : 14 January 2022), Love Prisice in household of Francis Curtis, Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
4. ↑ https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Dukes/Edgartown/Images/Edgartown_M143.shtml
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC4J-F4C : 29 July 2021), Love Madison in entry for Laurence Prince, 1823.
6. ↑ https://nativenortheastportal.com/bio/bibliography/prince-lawrence-1790-1852
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NW95-3JC : 7 April 2022), Love Prince, 31 Jul 1889; citing Edgartown, Massachusetts, v 400 p 224, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,240.
8. ↑ Entered by Kerry Fisher