Job Prince (1723 - 1790)

Born 1723 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Allen) Prince — married 26 Dec 1748 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 1790 at about age 67 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Job Prince was born in Kingston in 1723, the son of Job Prince and Abigail Kimball.^{[1] [2] [3]}

On December 26, 1748, he married Elizabeth Allen, daughter of John Allen, a Boston goldsmith^[4], and their children included:

1. Hezekiah Blanchard, born August 15, 1749^{[4] [5]}, who died at sea on November 28, 1769^[6]
2. Job Jr, born Sept 28, 1751^[4][7], who married Elizabeth (Betsey) Cutler
3. Elizabeth Prince, born May 28, 1753^{[4] [8]} , who married David Higgins and then married William Creed
4. Thomas , born September 27, 1754^{[4] [9]}, who married Rebecca Cutler
5. Sarah Henshaw, born March 29, 1756^[4][10], who married John Tucker
6. James, born Feb 20, 1758^[11], who administered his estate^[4]
7. Samuel, born April 2, 1761^[12], who died young^[4]
8. Samuel, born March 9, 1766^{[4] [13]}, who married Sarah (Sally) Tucker
9. Abigail, born March 14, 1767^{[4] [14]}

"Job was a wealthy ship master of Boston. In 1748, he married Elizabeth Allen, the great-grandaughter of Rev. James Allen, Pastor of the first Church in Boston, from 1668 to 1710. The Prince mansion was on Chamber St. between North and South Allen St., the land extending to the water. Mass. Gen. Hospital stands in what was “Prince’s pasture.” This property was formerly owned by Rev. Mr. Allen, supposed to be the richest man in Boston. This Job Prince’s children were: Hezekiah, Job, Elizabeth, Thomas, Sarah, James, Samuel and Abigal. Ex-Mayor Frederick O. Prince is a grandson of both Thomas and James Prince. His grandfather James was U. S. Marshall for many years, one of Boston’s most prominent citizens. Job Prince, the son of Job and Elizabeth, and grandson of Job and Abigal, was also a wealthy ship-master; he commended the famous ship “Massachusetts,’ built at Germantown (Quincy), in 1789, the largest merchant ship then in America. He lived in the homestead on Chambers St.; died at Amsterdam in 1790. John Tucker Prince of Boston has in manuscript, a full and most valuable record of the descendants of Capt. Job Prince and wife, Elizabeth Allen, of Boston, as well as other branches of the Genealogical tree." ^[15]

Capt Job Prince died in Boston in February 1790^[16], and his estate was administered in 1792^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6Z-7JC : 10 February 2018), Job Prince, 1723; citing KINGSTON,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873752 IT 2
2. ↑ Vital Records of Kingston, Massachusetts V1, page 116 showing Prince, Job, son of Job and Abigail (Kimball), 1723
3. ↑ Brewster, William, MFIP Jonathan, page 79 of the Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-<2015>
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10} Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection), pages 14981-6. Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630–1800 and The Crooked and Narrow Streets of Boston, 1630–1822. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014.) This source also lists their children, and includes several pages of financial transactions over the years as a mariner, a merchant and then a Gentleman, including the administration of his estate
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXK-5VM : 10 February 2018), Hezekiah Blanchard Prince, 15 Aug 1749; citing BOSTON,SUFFOLK,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0014734 V. 24.
6. ↑ Boston, MA: Dexter's Memoranda of the Town of Boston, 1711-1875. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: John Haven Dexter's Memoranda of the Town of Boston in the 18th and 19th Centuries. Boston: New England Historic Genealogial Society, 1997, which states: Hezekiah PRINCE; Record 1769; Location Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; Original Text Hezekiah, son of Job, and mate of sch. - Capt. Frazier from Cape Nichola Mole, d. on the passage, Nov. 1769. [1c]; Record Type Record; Page 10306
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXK-JD9 : 10 February 2018), Job Prince, 28 Sep 1751; citing BOSTON,SUFFOLK,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0014734 V. 24.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHMD-894 : 11 March 2018), Elizabeth Prince, 28 May 1753; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, Vol. 7 Pgs 40-41; FHL microfilm 592,866.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXK-MNL : 10 February 2018), Thomas Prince, 27 Sep 1754; citing BOSTON,SUFFOLK,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0014734 V. 24.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXV-MQX : 10 February 2018), Sarah Prince, 29 Mar 1756; citing BOSTON,SUFFOLK,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0014734 V. 24.
11. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXK-QXS : 10 February 2018), James Prince, 20 Feb 1758; citing BOSTON,SUFFOLK,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0014734 V. 24.
12. ↑ ["Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXK-829 : 10 February 2018), Samuel Prince, 02 Apr 1761; citing BOSTON,SUFFOLK,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0014734 V. 24.
13. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXK-82Q : 10 February 2018), Samuel Prince, 09 Mar 1766; citing BOSTON,SUFFOLK,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0014734 V. 24.
14. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXV-XRH : 10 February 2018), Abigail Prince, 14 Mar 1767; citing BOSTON,SUFFOLK,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0014734 V. 24.
15. ↑ Prince, George. Elder John Prince of Hull, Mass. : a memorial, biographical & genealogical. Boston : G. Prince, 1888, page 25. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044020337093?urlappend=%3Bseq=22
16. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Kingston - Deaths; Image of page 371 stating Prince, Job, child of Job and Abigail Kimball, 1790 in Boston