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9. Margaret Ann Parsons b: 01 Jun 1785 in Carthage, Jefferson, NY
Further of his ‘Life and Letters’ [601 pages] may be read at
http://books.google.com/books/about/Life_and_letters_of_Samuel_Holden_Parson.html?id=llssAAAAMAAJ
Another fine biography of Gen. Parsons may be read on page 186 of Publications, Volumes 1-3, by Historical and Philosophical
Society of Ohio, at
http://books.google.com/books?id=8XsVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA217&dq=%22benjamin+tupper%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nrIYT6jiFajz0gGq
5snbCw&ved=0CEkQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22benjamin%20tupper%22&f=false
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Samuel Prentice
The History and Genealogy of the Prentice, or Prentiss family, by Charles James Fox Binney
http://books.google.com/books?id=0EJfQJUmarMC&pg=PA405&dq=%22samuel+prentice%22+%22saybrook%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei
=rFz_TpHzJ4jk0QGFk5GSAg&sqi=2&ved=0CE0Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22samuel%22&f=false
Col. Samuel Prentice, b. 1736, son of Jonas and Lucy; m. Abigail, b. 1 Mar 1707, or Phoebe, b. 1738, dau. of Ebenezer and
Phoebe Denison Billings. He d., age 70, in Stonington, Ct., July 1807; she d. Dec 1829, ae. 91. Her mother was Phoebe Denison,
dau. of John and Phoebe Denison. Jonas Prentice, father of Samuel Prentice, fought for the king in the old French war, and Col.
Samuel Prentice against the king in the American Revolution. He was a captain and major of 3rd Company, 6th Regiment from
Connecticut, 1775, and rose to the rank of colonel. William Bond's MSS. list (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston) of
held officers, in the Continental army in Cambridge, Nov. 4, 1775, has Samuel Prentice as major. (See "Herrick Family," Bangor,
Me., 1846.) Col Prentice was six feet high, weight 200 pounds, and muscular. (He and his son Samuel spelt their name Prentice; the
sons subsequently altered it to Prentiss.) He was a stern and fearless commander, and as a civilian beloved and esteemed; since
his death there has been no time but some of his descendants have held civil or military offices. Children of Col. Samuel Prentice:
I. SAMUEL, b. in Stonington, Ct., 1759; surgeon and physician; m. Lucretia Holmes. [38]
II. LUCINDA, m. 19 Jan 1786, Dr. Elijah Herrick, a physician of Lansingburg, next of Grand Isle, Plattsburg, and lastly of
Buffalo, NY. She d. several years ante 1852. She left several children in Plattsburg.
III. BETSEY, b. ?
IV. NANCY both she and Betsey lived in Stonington, Ct. One of them m. a Hewitt.
V. SALLY, m.David Moore; she d. 3 Mar 1817.
VI. REBECCA, b. 1765; d. 27 Jan 1786, age 21.
VII. PHOEBE, b. 1769; d. 20 Jun 1786, age 17.
William Williams said, "There was a Capt. Prentice (afterwards Col. Prentice of the Provincial militia) a captain of grenadiers at the
capture of Port Royal, Acadia, Aug. 16, 1754." (See Mrs. Lee's "Life of Buckminster.") (This Col. Prentice [19] was b. 1736.)
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Rufus Putnam
http://www.freemason.com/past-grand-masters/82-rufus-putnam-1808.html
Rufus Putnam was born at Sutton, MA, 9 Apr 1738 the son of Elisha and Susan (Fuller) Putnam. Typical of many early pioneers, he
was a man of great physical strength and endurance. At the age of nineteen he enlisted as a private and served three years in the
French and Indian War. Leaving the army in 1759 he purchased a farm at New Braintree, MA, and devoted his time to farming and
building of mills. Meanwhile studying practical surveying, he soon became sufficiently master of the business and devoted himself to
it.
In 1761 he was married to Elizabeth Ayers, daughter of William Ayers of Brookfield, Massachusetts, she died within the year and a
few months later their infant son was laid to rest beside his mother. In January 1765 he married again, to Persis Rice, daughter of
Zebulon Rice of Westborough, MA, to this union six daughters and two sons were born.
On 19 Apr 1775 he again enlisted in the army at the onset of the Revolutionary War, he was
commissioned a Lieutenant Colonel and charged with the responsibility of building the
fortifications about such important towns as Boston and Charlestown, MA, West Point, New
York and Newport, Rhode Island. In 1776 General Washington gave him the assignment to
drive the British from Boston. As was typical of Rufus Putnam, he was successful. This
success led to many other important assignments, such as Chief Engineer of the army and
commander of the 5th Massachusetts regiment. In recognition of his conspicuous service,
the Congress in 1782 commissioned him a Brigadier General. Early in 1883 he resigned his
commission and returned to his farm and surveying.
General Putnam was probably the outstanding figure in the opening up of the Northwest
Territory and was frequently referred to as "The Father of the Northwest Territory". Under his
leadership the Ohio Company of Associates (New England veterans of the Revolution)
landed at the mouth of the Muskingum River on 7 Apr 1788 and founded the settlement of
Marietta, the first permanent settlement within the limits of the Northwest Territory.
He was made a Master Mason in American Union Lodge, an army Lodge, in New York in
1779. He was one of ten Brethren who, on 25 Jun 1790, petitioned for the reorganization of
American Union Lodge. At the first meeting held at Campus Martius on 28 Jun 1790, Rufus
Putnam was elected Junior Warden. He later served as Master in 1794, 1798, 1800, the last
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