Gov Thomas PRENCE^[1]

1600 - 1673  (73 years)

• Name	Thomas PRENCE
  Prefix	Gov
  Born	1600	Lechdale, Gloucestershire, England
  Gender	Male
  Migration	“Fortune”
  Occupation	4th Governor of Plymouth Colony
  Immigrant?	Y
  Died	29 Mar 1673	Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I19560	Main
  Last Modified	24 Oct 2020

  
  

  Family	Patience BREWSTER,   b. 1603, Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England ,   d. Abt 12 Dec 1634, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts  (Age 31 years)
  Married	5 Aug 1624	Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts
  Last Modified	11 May 2018
  Family ID	F6504	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Married - 5 Aug 1624 - Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Died - 29 Mar 1673 - Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Histories

  The Good Ship Fortune 1621 Passenger list

  
  

• Notes

  s/o Thomas Prence & Elizabeth Tolderby Husband of Patience (Brewster) Prence — married 5 Aug 1624 (to 12 Dec 1634) in Plymouth Colony Husband of Mary (Collier) Prence — married 1 Apr 1636 (to about 1644) in Plymouth Colony Husband of Apphia (Quick) Prence — married 1645 (to before 1 Aug 1668) in Plymouth Colony Husband of Mary (Burr) Prence — married 1 Aug 1668 (to 29 Mar 1673) in Plymouth Colony —— He was particularly remembered for his interest in establishing a public school system of education which resulted in the passage of a law requiring each township of fifty families to maintain a teacher of reading and writing, while each of a hundred families was called upon to establish a grammar school. [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S181] Caleb Johnson’s MayflowerHistory.com, Johnson, Caleb. [S151] WikiTree, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Prence-1.