Joseph, s. Manassah & Asenath, was born Apr. 2, 1781, in Preston, Connecticut[1]
Resided in Plainfield, CT. Was an Episcopal clergyman of Catskill, NY. Died because of an overturned stagecoach. He spelled his name in letters to his family Prentice until 1809, when he started using Prentiss.[2]
Married 1 Jan 1804 or 1805 Sarah Morgan, of Preston. [2]
Buried at: Catskill Village Cemetery, Catskill, Greene County, NY. [3]
Sources
↑ Preston. Connecticut Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. p. 163
↑ 2.02.1 C.J.F. Binney, collector. The History and Genealogy of the Prentice or Prentiss Family: in New England from 1631 to 1832. Boston: Published by the Author, 1852. p 229, 237
↑Photo of gravestone Find a grave 58830808. Joseph Prentiss. Catskill Village Cemetery, Catskill, Greene County, NY
Barbour Collection of Conn. Vital Records to 1850
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