American Revolutionary War. The Prentiss family were descendants of Captain Thomas Prentice, who emigrated from England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1640s and served as a captain during King Philip's War. In 1815 Prentiss married Catherine Cox Morris (1795–1818), the daughter of General Jacob Morris and granddaughter of Lewis Morris. In 1828 he married Urilla Shankland (1799–1890). His children with his first wife included Mary Martha (1817–1854) and Catharine Lucretia (1817–1901). With his second wife his children included Alexander Shankland (1829–1854), John Holmes, Jr. (1832–1923), Rachel Ann (1834–1874), and Charlotte Darbyshire (1837–1935). References External links 1784 births 1861 deaths Politicians from Worcester, Massachusetts People from Cooperstown, New York American newspaper editors American bankers New York (state) postmasters American militia officers Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) Burials in New York (state) 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American businesspeople Military personnel from Massachusetts