Does anyone here know anything about a Reuben Prentice/ Prentis from Somers, Connecticut?

Question

My great grandfather,  Albert Prentice is a brick wall for me. His death certificate says he was born in Somers, Connecticut in 1860 and that his parents were unknown. He doesn't seem to exist until the 1880 census when he was living with a Gowdy family as a servant. I have a letter of reference from Mr. Gowdy in my family papers. He married Emma Colvin of Enfield and they raised their family there. My father and I have DNA matches to multiple descendants of Reuben Prentice. Thanks.

Answer 1

Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)

Name:	Reuben Prentice
Age:	84
Birth Date:	1766
Death Date:	1850
Death Place:	Somers, Connecticut, USA

Source Information:

Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.

Original Data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.

Description:

Answer 2

Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)

Name:	Reubin Prentice
Marriage Date:	23 Apr 1789
Marriage Place:	Somers, Connecticut, USA
Residence Place:	Somers
Spouse:	Olive Graves
Spouse Residence Place:	Belchertown
Household Members:	Name Age Olive Graves Reubin Prentice

Source Information:

Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.

Original Data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.

Answer 3

his sons

James 1795-1820 found no spouse

Benjamin 1797-1851  married Adaline Nichols

William 1799-1854  married Theodocia Allen

Russell 1813- ?  married Martha Nichols

documents for all on Ancestry

Comments

James , died 1820, buried in Enfield cemetery.

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Albert named a son William. Folks back then kept names in the family. William that married Theodocia maybe Albert's grampa ?

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Thank you.  I've thought about that as well.  I've only been able to find one son for William (of Reuben) and he died young, age 19, I think. The other problem is that Albert's wife's father was also named William.

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Very difficult to find records for this area after the late 1850s.