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Rev Peter Prudden

Birth	:	Dec 1601 Kings Walden, North Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, England
Death	:	Aug 1656 Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Burial	:	Spicers Gap, Boonah, Scenic Rim Region, Australia
Coordinate	:	-28.0733318, 152.4255524
Description	:	Rev. Peter Prudden, b. in December 1601. He was initially educated at the Merchant Taylor's School at London (1616-1617) and on June 20, 1620 entered Emmanuel College at Cambridge as a "sizar" or non-scholarship student. He later preached in Hertfordshire, England (about 25 miles from London) until prior to arriving in New England. He sailed from London arriving at Boston June 26, 1637 with John Davenport, Theophilus Eaton and Rev. Samuel Eaton, who soon founded present-day New Haven, Conn. Rev. Prudden's first wife, Jane Thomas, daughter of William Thomas, Gent. of Wales, presumably died prior to his coming... Read More	Rev. Peter Prudden, b. in December 1601. He was initially educated at the Merchant Taylor's School at London (1616-1617) and on June 20, 1620 entered Emmanuel College at Cambridge as a "sizar" or non-scholarship student. He later preached in Hertfordshire, England (about 25 miles from London) until prior to arriving in New England. He sailed from London arriving at Boston June 26, 1637 with John Davenport, Theophilus Eaton and Rev. Samuel Eaton, who soon founded present-day New Haven, Conn. Rev. Prudden's first wife, Jane Thomas, daughter of William Thomas, Gent. of Wales, presumably died prior to his coming to America. While still in the Boston area, he married his second wife, Joanna Boyes, purportedly on July 2, 1637 at Boston, or only six days after his arrival in New England. But this stated date of their marriage is unlikely. Joanna was the youngest daughter of Rev. John & Joanna (Stowe) Boyes of Halifax, England, latter both deceased by 1630.[1] Rev. Prudden initially declined an invitation to settle as pastor of the church at Dedham southwest of Boston instead he preached for a short time at Wethersfield, Conn. When Davenport and Eaton's newly formed New Haven Colony purchased a tract called Wepawaug from the Indians, and renamed it Milford, Rev. Prudden and a flock of settlers from New Haven settled there in 1639. On April 8, 1640, Rev. Prudden was ordained the first pastor of the Milford church. Rev. Prudden was given Milford homelot #40, the eastern end of which was "Peter Prudden's Garden" later becoming the first burial ground at Milford. It was used for this purpose until 1675 when his garden was expanded into what is now the Milford Cemetery. Rev. Prudden, himself, as well as his infant son Peter, were buried in his garden. His will dated July 26, 1656 was followed by the inventory of his estate on September 2, 1656. While it is claimed he died in July 1656, one's estate inventory was usually taken within days of a person's death in order to preserve that which was of value to pay for the deceased's debts. This suggests he more likely died in August versus July 1656. Rev. Peter's 2nd wife Joanna was the mother of his nine known children: Joanna (Thos. Chittenden), Mary (Rev. Zachariah Walker), twins Elizabeth (Jehu Burr) and Samuel (Grace Judson), Rev. John (Grace), Abigail (Joseph Walker), Sarah (Gideon Allen), Peter (d. in infancy), and Mildred (Silvanus Baldwin). After Rev. Prudden's death, the widow Joanna became the 2nd wife of Capt. Thomas Willet, formerly of Plymouth, Mass., the founder of Swansea, Mass. and in 1666 the first English mayor of present-day New York City. Willet died in 1674 at Swansea. The widow Willet subsequently became the 2nd wife of Rev. John Bishop of the Stamford First Congregational Church. He died at Stamford in 1694 having for 50 years been the Stamford church's 2nd minister. She wrote her will November 8, 1681 at Stamford with her inventory taken March 22, 1682/3. Her will names her two sons, Samuel and John as joint executors coupled with daughters Joanna, Elizabeth, Abigail, Sarah, Mildred, and two unnamed children of her deceased daughter Mary Walker. She died at Stamford in early 1683, but her place of interment at Stamford remains unknown. Note: The picture to the left is not his tombstone rather a memorial at one end of the Memorial Bridge over the Wepawaug River at Milford honoring Rev. Peter Prudden as the first minister of the Milford Church. Neither he nor his son Rev. Samuel Prudden, who also died at Milford, have extant gravestones at the Milford Cemetery. The standing gravestone of his 4th great grandson Nathan Sherman Prudden (1824-1865) has on its reverse side Nathan's line of descent from Rev. Peter Prudden. That list represents Nathan's ancestral line from Rev. Peter Prudden and a cenotaph gravestone, meaning Rev. Peter was buried elsewhere other than at Orange Cemetery in New Haven. That the reverse side of Nathan's gravestone represents a cenotaph is self evident because his father Samuel, grandfather Samuel and great grandfather Samuel Prudden in that list each have an individual separate standing gravestone at the same cemetery as Nathan. [1] Joanna was one of three sisters to emigrate to New England following the death of their parents. The family name was Boyes, NOT Boyce or Boyse, the latter two phonetic corruptions in New England records and adopted by modern genealogists as the spelling of the family name. ∼See Memorial to Rev. Peter Prudden where he is actually buried. This is a Cenotaph.

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Where is Rev Peter Prudden's memorial?
Rev Peter Prudden's memorial is located at: Spicers Gap, Boonah, Scenic Rim Region, Australia.
When did Rev Peter Prudden death?
Rev Peter Prudden death on Aug 1656 in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Rev Peter Prudden's memorial?
Latitude: -28.0733318
Longitude: 152.4255524

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Joanna Boyse Bishop

(1616 - 1681)

Siblings

James Prudden Sr.

(1591 - 1648)

Children

Rev Samuel Prudden

(1644 - 1685)

Sarah Prudden Allen

(1650 - unknow)

Peter Prudden

(1652 - 1652)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Spicers Gap
Boonah, Scenic Rim Region, Australia
Coordinate: -28.0733318, 152.4255524

2. Aratula Lutheran Cemetery
Aratula, Scenic Rim Region, Australia
Coordinate: -27.9813240, 152.5425210

3. Mount Alford Church Cemetery
Mount Alford, Scenic Rim Region, Australia
Coordinate: -28.0656790, 152.5952250

4. Maryvale Cemetery
Maryvale, Southern Downs Region, Australia
Coordinate: -28.0607800, 152.2474610

5. Maryvale Homestead Cemetery
Warwick, Southern Downs Region, Australia
Coordinate: -28.0669430, 152.2405230

6. Fassifern Pioneer Cemetery
Fassifern Valley, Scenic Rim Region, Australia
Coordinate: -27.9568800, 152.5816230

7. Rosevale Church of Christ Cemetery
Rosevale, Scenic Rim Region, Australia
Coordinate: -27.8708920, 152.4900461

8. Kalbar Catholic Cemetery
Kalbar, Scenic Rim Region, Australia
Coordinate: -27.9488811, 152.6218414

9. Rosevale Lutheran Cemetery
Rosevale, Scenic Rim Region, Australia
Coordinate: -27.8644230, 152.4758150

10. Old Kerwitz Property
Rosevale, Scenic Rim Region, Australia
Coordinate: -27.8641190, 152.4761580

11. Yangan Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Yangan, Southern Downs Region, Australia
Coordinate: -28.1972310, 152.2142130

12. Yangan General and Anglican Cemetery
Emu Vale, Southern Downs Region, Australia
Coordinate: -28.2059990, 152.2207110

13. Engelsburg Baptist Cemetery
Kalbar, Scenic Rim Region, Australia
Coordinate: -27.9409199, 152.6324768

14. Kalbar St Marks's Lutheran Cemetery
Kalbar, Scenic Rim Region, Australia
Coordinate: -27.9463482, 152.6394653

15. Dugandan Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
Boonah, Scenic Rim Region, Australia
Coordinate: -28.0141312, 152.6751958

16. Kalbar General Cemetery
Kalbar, Scenic Rim Region, Australia
Coordinate: -27.9259260, 152.6250030

17. St. Stephen's Church of England Cemetery
Rosevale, Scenic Rim Region, Australia
Coordinate: -27.8492955, 152.5104143

18. Kalbar Lutheran Cemetery
Kalbar, Scenic Rim Region, Australia
Coordinate: -27.9423180, 152.6490440

19. Boonah Baptist Cemetery
Hoya, Scenic Rim Region, Australia
Coordinate: -27.9762870, 152.6779890

20. Boonah General Cemetery
Boonah, Scenic Rim Region, Australia
Coordinate: -27.9905370, 152.6988230

21. Hoya Lutheran Cemetery
Hoya, Scenic Rim Region, Australia
Coordinate: -27.9692370, 152.6949360

22. Maroon General Cemetery
Maroon, Scenic Rim Region, Australia
Coordinate: -28.1700802, 152.7097015

23. Swan Creek Anglican Cemetery
Swan Creek, Southern Downs Region, Australia
Coordinate: -28.1974400, 152.1364830

24. Coulson Cemetery
Coulson, Scenic Rim Region, Australia
Coordinate: -27.9584650, 152.7201030