David Prince (1738 - 1796)

Born 27 Nov 1738 in Danvers, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Died 28 Jan 1796 at age 57 in Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Private David Prince served with 2nd Regiment, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

David Prince is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A093236.

David Prince, the son of James Prince & Hannah (Putnam) Prince , was christened on 03 December 1738 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. On 20 December 1763, in Killingly, Connecticut, he married Eunice Porter born on 12 - May - 1743 at Killingly, Windham Co, CT; she died at Windsor Berkshire Co MA on 6 - Jul - 1796.

Private David Prince served in the American Revolution under 1) LT PAINE CONVERSE 2) CAPT WILLIAM CLARK, COL BENJAMIN SIMONDS.

In 1776, he served in the Connecticut militia under Lieutenant Paine Converse.^[1]

In 1780, he entered the Massachusetts service of Captain Clark, under Colonel Simonds and marched on an alarm Northward.^[2]

David Prince was residing in Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts, according to the 1790 Census.

Sources

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed April 21 2017), "Record of PRINCE,DAVID", Ancestor # A093236.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-6YFT : 13 July 2016), David Prince, 27 Nov 1738; citing Birth, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 758,829.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDQ-1B4 : 4 December 2014), David Prince, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 874,031, 874,032, 874,033.

• Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016); citing Danvers, V. 2, p. 435 of 491. [1]

David PRINCE

Death 1796

Location Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Original Text David, s. James and Hannah, Jan. 28, 1796. [1797. P. R. 7. ]

Town Info Danvers

Volume Name Danvers - V2 Page 435

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKL-M6Y : accessed 13 May 2017), David Prince, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 189, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,144.

• WikiTree profile Prince-534 created through the import of murray_10_12_2012.ged on Oct 12, 2012 by Robert Murray. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Robert and others.

1. ↑ Connecticut Men in the Revolutionary War Ancestry.com. Connecticut Men in the Revolutionary War [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003. Original data:Johnston, Henry P., ed.. The Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service During the War of the Revolution 1775-1783. Vol. I-III. Hartford, CT, USA: 1889.
2. ↑ Massachusetts, U.S., Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data:Massachusetts. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War. Vol. 1-17. Boston, MA, USA: Wright & Potter Printing, 1896-1908.