Alice (Bredda) Watson (abt. 1600 - aft. 1672)

Born about 1600 in Chelmsford, Essex, England [uncertain]

Wife of Valentine Prentice — married 29 Jun 1626 in Chelmsford, Essex, England

Wife of John Watson — married 3 Apr 1634 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died after 1672 after about age 72 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, New England [uncertain]

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Biography

Alice Bredda married Valentine Prentice at Chelmsford, Essex, England on June 29, 1626. Her maiden name is not legible in the marriage record, but appears in the baptismal record of their first child, Josiah. Her origins are unknown. Her husband Valentine was baptized at Felstead, Essex, England on February 25, 1599/1600, son of Valentine and Mary (unk/widow Luke) Prentice. ^[1]

They emigrated to Roxbury in New England, likely on the Lyon arriving in Massachusetts Bay on November 2, 1631, with their son John, another son having died at sea. ^{[1] [2]}

Valentine Prentice and wife Alice were admitted to the Roxbury Church. Church records indicate he was made a Freeman on August 7, 1633, and died later that year. ^[3]

Widow Alice Prentise married second, John Watson at Roxbury on April 3, 1634. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} John Watson, was born about 1590 and arrived on the ship Lyonon September 11, 1632. ^[5]

John Watson died on January 5, 1671/2. ^{[3] [5]}

By his will of March 4, 1671; proved February 5, 1672, John Watson left bequests to:

• wife Alice, executrix
• sons John, Caleb
• daughters Dorcas and Mary
• son/stepson John Prentice
• overseers: sons John and Caleb Watson, sons-in law Timothy Dwight and Thomas Stedman ^{[6] [5]}

Prentice Children

1. Josias, baptized at Chelmsford on April 13, 1627; buried on May 16, 1627. ^[1]
2. John baptized on May 6, 1628; removed to New London, Connecticut where he married first, Hester Nichols c 1651; married second by 1683 Esther Nichols, his first wife's cousin; married third Rebecca Nichols 'by a contract dated June 12, 1685. ^{[1] [7] [3]}
3. Jeremiah baptized on April 9, 1630; likely the son that died at sea. ^[1]

Watson Children

1. John born in January, 1635 ^[8]; died on Aug. 13, 1693 ^[4]; married Mary Eccles. ^[5]
2. Joshua born in August, 1637 ^[8]; buried on April 30, 1649, aged 11. ^{[4] [5]}
3. Dorcas born on September 20, 1639 ^[8]; married first Timothy Dwight at Medfield, Massachusetts on July 8, 1669; married second May 8, 1677 at Medfield, John Adams of Ipswich. ^[5]
4. Caleb born on June 29, 1641 ^[8]; married Mary Hide on December 15, 1655. ^{[4] [5]}
5. Mary born May 2, 1644 ^[8]; married Thomas Stedman by 1669. ^[5]

Research notes

Roxbury Births

Watson, John, s. John, Jan. ----, 1634. (p. 354)

Watsonn, Josua, s. John, Aug. ----, 1637. (p. 354)

Watson, Dorcas, d. John, Sept. 20, 1639. (p. 353)

Watson, Caleb, s. John, June 29, 1641. [29: 5 m. CT.R.] (p. 353)

Watson, Mary, d. John, May 2, 1644. (p. 354) ^[8]

Roxbury, Marriages

Prentis, Allice and John Watson, Apr. 3, 1634. (p. 328: 413)

Watson, Caleb and Mary Hide, Dec. 15, 1655. (p. 413)

Roxbury, Deaths

WATSON, John, Dec. 2, 1671, a. 77 y. G.R.1. (p. 658)

WATSON, John, sr., bur. 5: 11 m: 1671-2. C.R.1. (p. 658)

Watson, Josuah [Joshua. C.R.1.], s. John [suddenly. C.R.1.], bur. Apr. 30, 1649. [a. 11 y. C.R.1.] (p. 658)

Watson, John, [jr. GR1] Aug. 13, 1693 [a. 59 GR1] ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Mahler, Leslie. The English Origin of Valentine Prentice of Roxbury, Massachusetts in: The American Genealogist, Volume 77, New Haven, Connecticut, 2002 p. 173-5 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Anderson, Robert C. Valentine Prentice in: Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N.E. 1620-1633, Vols. I-III, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1995, p. 1525 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Thwing, Walter Eliot, History of the First Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1630-1904, W. A. Butterfield, Boston, Massachusetts, 1908 p. 46-7: 62
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} Vital Records Of Roxbury Massachusetts To The End Of The Year 1849, Volume 2: Marriages and Deaths, The Essex Institute Salem, Massachusetts 1926
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7} Anderson, Robert C. John Watson in: The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volume 3, Anderson New England Historic Genealogical Society,1995, p. 1947-9 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)
6. ↑ Preble, George Henry. Genealogical Sketch of the First Three Generations of Prebles in America: With an Account of Abraham Preble the Emigrant, Their Common Ancestor, and of His Grandson Brigadier General Jedediah Preble, and His Descendants (family circulation), D. Clapp and Son, Portland, Maine 1868 p. 252
7. ↑ Binney, Charles J. F. The History and Genealogy of the Prentice Or Prentiss Family in New England, from 1631 to 1852, Boston, Massachusetts, 1852 p. 4
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5} Vital Records Of Roxbury Massachusetts To The End Of The Year 1849, Volume 1: Births, The Essex Institute Salem, Massachusetts 1925

See also:

• Cutter, William Richard. New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume, Lewis Historical Publ. Co., 1913