Prudence (Howe) Hunt (1714 - 1809)

Born 3 Nov 1714 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Isaac Howe — married 21 Apr 1735 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Wife of Henry Hunt — married 25 Dec 1754 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 3 May 1809 at age 94 in Leyden, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Prudence Howe was born on 3 Nov 1714 in Marlboro, Middlesex, Massachusetts, the daughter of Jonathan Howe and his wife Lydia.^[1]

She was a "double" Howe due to her marriage to her 2nd cousin Isaac Howe on 21 Apr 1735. Isaac Howe and the widow Prudence Howe were married on 21 April 1735 at Marlborough. Isaac was the son of John Howe and Deliverance Rice. ^[2] He died in 1752. prudence and Isaac had six children.

Second, Prudence married Henry Hunt of Rutland on 25 Dec 1754, who was appointed guardian of some of her children.^[3]

Prudence Hunt, a widow aged 98, died in Leyden, Franklin, Massachusetts, on 3 May 1809.^[4][5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NH-HR7 : 4 December 2014), Prudence How, 03 Nov 1714; citing MARLBORO,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0844943 IT 2.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSC-7M4 : 13 July 2016), Isaac How and Prudence How, 21 Apr 1735; citing Marriage, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 892,249.
3. ↑ Daniel Wait Howe, Howe Genealogies, Vol. 1, John of Sudbury and Marlborough, NEHGS; Boston;1929, p55-56
4. ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Leyden, Page 347
5. ↑ U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data: Newspapers and Periodicals. American a Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. Columbian Centinel, Massachusetts, 20 May 1809.

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