Captain Prince Stetson served with Plymouth County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
Prince Stetson is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A108639.
Birth
Prince Stetson was born in Aug 1741 at Hanover, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. [1], The fifth child and son of Abijah and Deborah (Turner) Stetson[2][B].
Marriage
Married First (1) Eunice Sylvester. 6 Feb 1768 at Hanover, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States (as "Unis Sylvester"). [3]
Sgt in Capt Amos Turner's Minute Men, Col. John Bailey's Regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775. He was afterward Lieutenant and first Lieutenant of this company, later of the Committee of Safety, and "Captain of Hanover company of Mattross stationed at Hanover[10]
Captain Prince lived in Hanover and moved to Freeport, Maine after the Revolutionary War.[2].
Death
Reported to have died in 1788 [11], but that date is also the date reported for the death of his first wife, and precludes his marriage to Jane (Grant) Stetson. [A]
Research Notes
Stetson Kindred Genealogical Index: 1-2-1-7-5
A. From O.F. Stetson: Sarah (Merrill) Stetson, wife of Thomas J, who was living at Freeport, Maine, gave Mr. Barry (reference above) the information concerning the second wife and her 3 children after he had published his book on the Stetson genealogy. There are no dates recorded in "The Descendants..." [8].
Marriage 5 Jun 1729.Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial America. [2].
Child: Prince Stetson.
C. Not all of the Children recorded here [12] have birth dates. Most have been estimated from the date of his first marriage (1768), and the birth order listed in "The Descendants" or in sources listed on the individual child's page.
D. Don't confuse daughter "Sage Stetson" here with Sage Stetson, the daughter of Temperance and Jacob Stetson born in 1799.
Sources
↑ Source: #S6 Ancestral File No:151G-WT7 See Also: Film No: 962062
Historical reg. of officers of the Continental Army. By Francis Bernard Heitman. Washington, DC, 1914. (685p.): 518 held by: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Prince by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Prince: