NYPL RESEARCH LIBRARIES 3 3433 080717 7 --tf^wwww itbiiBSimXSSSSSLSLLi V ^ ' v^ PRINDLE GENEALOGY Three hundred copies of this book have been printed from type and the type distributed. This copy is number . .Q U. C^^tT^C^^^Uc^ '^. (^-t.---^^ ("((•// I'Jiir/ infer. ('. S. Nnrif. Ri'ny-Adm'irnl. Retired The Prindle Genealogy EMBRACING THE DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM PRINGLE THE FIRST SETTLER, IN PART FOR SIX, SEVEN AND EIGHT GENERATIONS, AND ALSO THE ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS OF ZALMON PRINDLE FOR TEN GENERATIONS, COVERING A PERIOD OF TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO YEARS 1654 TO 1906 COMPILED BY FRANKLIN C. PRINDLE ' U. S. NAVY '•'•Honor thy fathe7' ainf thy mother'''' > J > > J THE GRAFTON PRESS GENEALOGICAL PUBLISHERS NEW YORK MCMVI THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS R ^ 1906 L COPYRIGHT, 1906 BY THE GRAFTON PRESS c • t la • • • • < t e f to tljc £l9nnorv of Ealmon ]^vint!le a patriot &)olDirr of ttjC amcvican Urbolution CONTENTS Foreword ....... IX Explanatory and Abbreviations . xvii William Prindle, First Settler, and Children 1 Phoebe- Prindle and Descendants 3 John- Prindle and Descendants . 20 Mary^ Prindle and Descendants . 30 Ebenezer- Prindle and Descendants 31 Joseph- Prindle and Descendants 49 Samuel- Prindle and Descendants 89 Eleazer- Prindle and Descendants 113 Hannah- Prindle and Descendants 137 Joseph^ Prindle and Descendants 139 Joel* Prindle and Descendants 173 Zalmon^ Prindle and Descendants 176 Unlocated Branches ..... 1. Abijah Prindle .... 208 2. John Prindle ..... 213 Appendix— Note 1. Sketch of William^ Pringle 227 Note 2. Military Service and Religious Experience of Samuel* Prindle .... 232 Note 3. Kimberly Ancestry .... 239 Note 4. Military Service and Sketch of Zalmon Prindle ..... 243 Note 5. ^Military Service and Sketch of Abraham and Mary Williams .... 249 256 Note 6. Cogswell Ancestry .... 260 Note 7. Oatman Ancestry .... 263 Note 8. Andrew Ancestry .... 267 Note 9. Sketch of Sarah Ann^ Prindle Note 10. Sketch of Franklin C.^ Prindle . 269 274 Note 11. Military Service in Revolutionary War Wars 282 Note 12. Military Service in French and Indian Owner's Lineage Record ..... 287 Index .,...••• 291 Vll ILLUSTRATIONS Franklin Cogswell Prindle . Frontispiece Leather Wallet, carried by Samuel Prindle^ a Revolution- Soldier ary ..... facing page O'-Z .< <^ Mary (Williams) Prindle ... jyg Zenas Prindle ..... .< >< j^g vm FOREWORD "Tell children ye your of it, and let your children tell their and their children another — children, generation." Joel i., 3. In attempting to trace the ancient history of his family the is confronted compiler early with the necessity for sifting facts from and while tradition, many traditions are interesting and fondly cherished, often plausible, as well as suggestive and helpful in re- the search, yet evidence of recorded facts is the only safe guide in order to make such a compilation of much value. As a matter of fact, however, instances occur in these pages where traditions of Revolutionary service have been clues suggesting investigation which led to their verification by the discovery of recorded facts. The name of Pringle is of great antiquity, and has been his- torically eminent in Scotland for many centuries. Alexander appears to have been the great progenitor of the family, and he is said to have been one of the promoters of the Fourth Crusade and commanded one of the divisions of the Scot- tish soldiers engaged in Palestine. Sir James Pringle was a Knight of great courage and discre- tion, and enjoyed the friendship] and favor of King Robert the Bruce; and was one of the Scottish Knights who accompanied the great Lord Douglas on the celebrated pilgrimage of the heart of Robert Bruce. In the arms of all those engaged in that celebrated pilgrimage, a winged heart has been given as a crest, and it ap- pears on some of the Pringle coats of arms. The escallop shells also show that a pilgrimage had been made to Jerusalem. The origin of the Pringles in America is as yet uncertain, al- though it is known that our progenitor in this country, William Pringle, of New Haven, Conn., in 1654, was of Scottish nationality. No attempt has been made to trace his ancestry across the water. The name of Pringle frequently appears in the Publications of the Scottish History Society; and in Vol. 50, entitled "Records of the Baron Court of Stitchill, 1655-1807,"—Edinburg, 1905, there is given the genealogy of Pringles of Stitchill, from the Pringles— of Snailholm, and Hop Pringle of Craiglatch and Newhall two the generations prior to William Hop Pringle, 1485, from whom descent follows. ix X Prindle Genealogy. These Records comprise the minutes of "The firste Court Barron holden at Stitchell," beginning January 8, l655, "be the Right worthy Walter Pringle of Greenkow. In the name of and haveing full power and commission fra the Right worthy Robert Pringle of Stitchill, Barroun and heretable proprietor of the Lands, Paro- chin, and Barrony of Stitchill/' and extending to November 21, 1807. This Baron Court was that of the village, barony and parish of Stitchill in Roxburgshire, three miles north of Kelso on tlie river Tweed. Walter Pringle of Greenkow was the second son of Robert the first laird of Stitchill. The name of Pringle is found with the Kers, Elliotts, Scotts and others, all ancient and renowned Border names, who were in full sympathy with the principles of the Covenant, and exerted un- dying influence on those living upon their estates. The lairds of Stitchill were Covenanters and the head of the family (in 1732) originated the secession in the parish from the Church of Scotland. There was a "Prindle Hill" near Scrooby, in Nottingham, Eng- land, the birth-place of Rev. John Davenport, the founder of the New Haven Colony in 1636, and which suggests that some of the name lived in that vicinity. Scrooby Manor was near to the borders, both of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, though itself in the County of Nottingham. It was also an ancient possession and occasional residence of the Arch- bishop of York, and located a little south of Bawtry, a market and post town situated on the boundary line between Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire. Northumberland is still the home of Pringle families, as also the southeastern counties of Scotland, just over the border from Northumberland, where the Pringles of Yair and Whytbank were neighbors and distant kinsfolk of Sir Walter Scott. There are many graves of Pringles in Melrose Abbey and church-yard, with quaint inscriptions and tablets bearing dates from February 28, 1585, to January 13, 1899, the oldest of which is on an effigy lying on the floor of No. 5 chapel, and reads as follows: Heir Leis ane Honourabil Man Andro Pringil Feuar of Galloschiels Quha Decesit ye 28 OF Februare An. Dom. 1585. The word Feuar is very common over all parts of Scotland and elsewhere, and means a person having a long lease of a piece of Foreword. XI from another ground superior at a nominal rent. These leases vary from 99 years up to say 200 and 300 years, and many houses are built all over the country on ground taken in such a way. There are also old inscriptions of several Alexander Pringles, this name having been transmitted through several generations; and two or three of John Pringle, the earliest having died April 24, 1675, aged 72. The earliest record so far found of Prindles in America is of John, whose name appears as an "after planter" in Milford, Conn., in 1645; and nothing further has yet been found until the name of William appears in the New Haven Colonial Records, in 1653-4. And in order to a better understanding of the matter it is desirable to make a brief reference to some of the events leading up to the settlement of this Colony, and the appearance of William, whom we find taking the oath of fidelity to the New Haven Jurisdiction in 1654. The early settlers brought with them a high regard for church and town records, and so noted down with much care and minute- ness the current facts connected with the family and business life. Some of these old records may seem of little moment, and even trivial, to the ordinary reader, but to the historian and genealogist they are often found to be of great value. The history of the New Haven Colony begins as early as l635, when the first steps were taken in the organization of the Daven- port and Eaton Company, in England and Holland. The Rev. John Davenport, as pastor of the Church in Coleman Street, Lon- don, was made to feel the persecuting hand of Archbishop Laud, and to escape which he sought refuge for a time in Holland. The- ophilus Eaton, the other founder of this Colony, was a London mer- chant of means and influence, and is said to have been a member fourth of the former's congregation. This company was the colony which had set out for New England, and is mentioned as being better equipped as to men and means than any of its predecessors. On arrival at Boston they were urged to join the Massachusetts from settlers Bay Colony. But glowing accounts had reached them who had "swarmed" from the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and while a suitable wintering in Boston some of their number had sought for location in Connecticut. Fearing that Archbishop Laud might trouble the Massachusetts Bay Colony if they remained with it, xii Prindle Genealogy. and having their own ideas about the management of civil and re- ligious affairs^ they were moved to decline the invitation as a colony, though doubtless some individuals may have remained, and others of the Bay Colony joined the newer enterprise.