Sarah Prence

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name
Sarah Prence
aka
[Sarah Howes, Sarah Hows]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Daughter of Gov. Thomas Prence, whose will left her "my bigest beer bowle," and wife of Jeremiah Howes; her last stepmother, Mary, widow of Thomas Howes, was probably also her husband's mother. Probably the mother of Sarah (Howes) Mayo. She died on 3 Mar 1706/7 in her 60th year; her own mother was perhaps Mary Collier, perhaps Apphia (Quicke) Freeman.
born
date
c. 1646/7
place
Eastham, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[article-elliot-1905-howes-nehgr]
note
From her gravestone, in her 60th year at her death. Her father Gov. Thomas Prence lived at Eastham from about 1645 to 1657, so she was born there.
died
date
3 Mar 1706/7
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[article-elliot-1905-howes-nehgr]
note
The stone reads March ye 3d 1706. The Yarmouth town records give 3 Mar 1703/4; Hawes judged the stone "no doubt the better evidence" (Hawes p. 19).
buried
place
Old Howes burying ground, Dennis, Massachusetts
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-hawes-1917-thomas-howes]
note
Her gravestone, like her husband's (Hawes p. 19).
residences
date
1676
place
Yarmouth, Massachusetts
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
sources
[book-hawes-1917-thomas-howes]
note
As the wife of Jeremiah Howes of Yarmouth, named with him in the sale of her father's land in June 1676.
father
id
thomas-prence-fl1621
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[will-thomas-prence]
mother
id
mary-collier-fl1635
basis
compiled
confidence
possible
sources
[book-hawes-1917-thomas-howes]
research
research/mayo/Mayo_Line_Research.md
note
Hawes and Jacobus/Parke (1960) give her to Mary Collier; the 2 Oct 2026 addendum marks the link unproven.
alternatives
name
Apphia (Quicke) Freeman, Prence's third wife
claimed_by
inferred from Stratton 1986, who has Mary Collier dying about 1644 with only Jane and Mary as her children
confidence
possible
name
Patience Brewster
confidence
disproven
note
Died 1634; Prence married Mary Collier on 1 Apr 1635, years before Sarah's birth.

Gravestone: "Sarah Hows Wife to Jeremiah Hows Departed this life March ye 3d 1706 in ye 60th Year of Her age" (NEHGR 59:217). Her father's will of 1673: "Item I give to my Daughter Sarah howes my bigest beer bowle" (MD 3:204). On 10 June 1676 Gov. Prence's heirs, among them "Jeremiah Howes and his wife Sarah" and "the widow Mary Prence," sold land of his estate (Hawes p. 20, citing the Supplement to Pope's Pioneers).

Her line gives a Prence descent but no Mayflower one: Prence came on the Fortune, and Patience Brewster died before Sarah was born. The Plimoth Plantation sketch says it "is not certain which wife was the mother" of Judith, Elizabeth and Sarah. Elliot (NEHGR 59:218) adds that "the name Patience is never met with in the early branches of the Howes descendants." Her last stepmother, Mary, widow of Thomas Howes, was also her husband's mother, as Elliot showed. Capt. Thomas Howes's will of 15 Jan 1675/6 asks that "my Mother Prence Injoy without molestation During her Naturall life the house shee Now lives in" (MD 6:162, 233). Whichever later wife was Sarah's mother, Patience Brewster had died in 1634.

Open questions

  • Was her mother Mary Collier or Apphia (Quicke) Freeman? If the latter, the Colliers drop out of the line.
  1. ---
  2. name: Sarah Prence
  3. aka: [Sarah Howes, Sarah Hows]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Daughter of Gov. Thomas Prence, whose will left her "my bigest beer bowle," and wife of Jeremiah
  8. Howes; her last stepmother, Mary, widow of Thomas Howes, was probably also her husband's mother.
  9. Probably the mother of Sarah (Howes) Mayo. She died on 3 Mar 1706/7 in her 60th year; her own
  10. mother was perhaps Mary Collier, perhaps Apphia (Quicke) Freeman.
  11. born:
  12. date: c. 1646/7
  13. place: Eastham, Massachusetts
  14. basis: documented
  15. confidence: probable
  16. sources: [article-elliot-1905-howes-nehgr]
  17. note: "From her gravestone, in her 60th year at her death. Her father Gov. Thomas Prence lived at Eastham from about 1645 to 1657, so she was born there."
  18. died:
  19. date: 3 Mar 1706/7
  20. basis: documented
  21. confidence: proven
  22. sources: [article-elliot-1905-howes-nehgr]
  23. note: The stone reads March ye 3d 1706. The Yarmouth town records give 3 Mar 1703/4; Hawes judged the stone "no doubt the better evidence" (Hawes p. 19).
  24. buried:
  25. place: Old Howes burying ground, Dennis, Massachusetts
  26. basis: compiled
  27. confidence: probable
  28. sources: [book-hawes-1917-thomas-howes]
  29. note: Her gravestone, like her husband's (Hawes p. 19).
  30. residences:
  31. - date: "1676"
  32. place: Yarmouth, Massachusetts
  33. basis: inferred
  34. confidence: probable
  35. sources: [book-hawes-1917-thomas-howes]
  36. note: "As the wife of Jeremiah Howes of Yarmouth, named with him in the sale of her father's land in June 1676."
  37. father:
  38. id: thomas-prence-fl1621
  39. basis: documented
  40. confidence: proven
  41. sources: [will-thomas-prence]
  42. mother:
  43. id: mary-collier-fl1635
  44. basis: compiled
  45. confidence: possible
  46. sources: [book-hawes-1917-thomas-howes]
  47. research: research/mayo/Mayo_Line_Research.md
  48. note: Hawes and Jacobus/Parke (1960) give her to Mary Collier; the 2 Oct 2026 addendum marks the link unproven.
  49. alternatives:
  50. - name: Apphia (Quicke) Freeman, Prence's third wife
  51. claimed_by: inferred from Stratton 1986, who has Mary Collier dying about 1644 with only Jane and Mary as her children
  52. confidence: possible
  53. - name: Patience Brewster
  54. confidence: disproven
  55. note: Died 1634; Prence married Mary Collier on 1 Apr 1635, years before Sarah's birth.
  56. ---
  58. Gravestone: "Sarah Hows Wife to Jeremiah Hows Departed this life March ye 3d 1706 in ye
  59. 60th Year of Her age" (NEHGR 59:217). Her father's will of 1673: "Item I give to my Daughter
  60. Sarah howes my bigest beer bowle" (MD 3:204). On 10 June 1676 Gov. Prence's heirs, among them
  61. "Jeremiah Howes and his wife Sarah" and "the widow Mary Prence," sold land of his estate (Hawes
  62. p. 20, citing the Supplement to Pope's Pioneers).
  64. Her line gives a Prence descent but no *Mayflower* one: Prence came on the *Fortune*,
  65. and Patience Brewster died before Sarah was born. The Plimoth Plantation sketch says it
  66. "is not certain which wife was the mother" of Judith, Elizabeth and Sarah. Elliot
  67. (NEHGR 59:218) adds that "the name Patience is never met with in the early branches of
  68. the Howes descendants." Her last stepmother, Mary, widow of Thomas Howes, was also her
  69. husband's mother, as Elliot showed. Capt. Thomas Howes's will of 15 Jan 1675/6 asks that "my
  70. Mother Prence Injoy without molestation During her Naturall life the house shee Now lives in"
  71. (MD 6:162, 233). Whichever later wife was Sarah's mother, Patience Brewster had died in 1634.
  73. ## Open questions
  75. - Was her mother Mary Collier or Apphia (Quicke) Freeman? If the latter, the Colliers
  76. drop out of the line.
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