Prudence Russell was born on May 30, 1670, in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, died there 15 May 1742, daughter of Joseph Russell (1636-1694) and Mary (Belcher) Russell (abt 1645-1691);[1]
she married before 1690 Nathaniel Hancock III, born at Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Mass. 29 Oct 1668, died there 10 May 1755, son of Nathaniel Hancock Jr. (1638-1719) and Mary (Prentice) Hancock, (1644-1699) [2] ; buried at Old Burying Ground,
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. [3]
Children of Nathaniel Hancock III and Prudence (Belcher) Hancock (all born at Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Mass.): [4][5]
Mary, b. 1690, died 1760 at Medford, Mass., married (1st) 20 Dec 1711 John Parker, she married (2nd) Francis Whitmore.
Martha, b. 21 Feb 1696/7, died at Cambridge 20 Oct 1712.
Prudence, b. 27 Dec 1696, died 16 Jan 1755.
Tabitha, b. 23 April 1699, died at Cambridge, Mass. 20 Oct 1717.
Nathaniel IV (Rev.), b. 14 Jan 1701, died at Cambridge, Mass. Sept 1774.
Elizabeth, b. 16 Nov 1704, died at Cambridge bet. 1772-1781, married 20 Dec 1733 John Wyeth.
Solomon, b. 10 Nov 1706, died 20 Sept 1756 at Lake George, New York in the French and Indian War.
Belcher, b. 24 April 1709, graduated Harvard 1727, died 8 Nov 1771at Cambridge, unmarried.
Martha, b. 16 April 1714, died at Cambridge 12 Dec 1781. unmarried.
↑ Grousset, Agnes M., Horns A’Plenty: Newells, Tiemanns, Wyeths, (Baltimore: Gateway Press Inc., 1980), Hancock Supplement, p. 235.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21019527/prudence-hancock : accessed 12 October 2021), memorial page for Prudence Russell Hancock (30 May 1670–15 Jul 1742), Find a Grave Memorial ID 21019527, citing Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by the moo (contributor 46834101) .
↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Cambridge, Massachusetts Vital Records, Births, pp. 322-324. (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7674/322/22250970
↑ Grousset, Agnes M., Horns A’Plenty: Newells, Tiemanns, Wyeths, (Baltimore: Gateway Press Inc., 1980), Hancock Supplement, p. 235.
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