The history and antiquities of Boston .. . ory. Mr. Prince died at the age of PRINCE. jje had been one of the Pastors of the Old South Church forty years and twenty-one days.* His father was SamuelPrince, Esquire, of Middleborough, in the Colony of Plymouth, and hismother was Mercy, daughter of Thomas Hinckley, Esquire, one of theGovernors of that Colony. His grandfather was Mr. John Prince, ofHull, who emigrated to New England about 1633. The town of Prince-ton was named for him, and Prince-street in the City perpetuates thename, though not named for him. But a few days aft
The history and antiquities of Boston .. . ory. Mr. Prince died at the age of PRINCE. jje had been one of the Pastors of the Old South Church forty years and twenty-one days.* His father was SamuelPrince, Esquire, of Middleborough, in the Colony of Plymouth, and hismother was Mercy, daughter of Thomas Hinckley, Esquire, one of theGovernors of that Colony. His grandfather was Mr. John Prince, ofHull, who emigrated to New England about 1633. The town of Prince-ton was named for him, and Prince-street in the City perpetuates thename, though not named for him. But a few days after the death of Mr. Prince, occurred thatof Charles Apthorp, Esquire, at the age of sixty years. He wasreputed the greatest and most noble Merchant on this death was very sudden. As he was about to retire for the night,he complained of feeling cold, and nearly at the same moment fell life-less upon the floor. His funeral took place twelve days after, at KingsChapel, and his remains were therein deposited. He is characterized. Nov. 10. G., at Albany. It gives minute directionsabout the discharge of certain troops, withpaternal expressions for their comfort upontheir return march ; strictly ordering that theyshould be well supplied with provisions andother necessaries. * As I have elsewhere published a Memoirof Mr. Prince, it is not necessary to be moreparticular here. — -See N. E. His. G. Reg.(1851) v., p. 375, &c. In that Memoir an at-tempt was made to make a perfect catalogueof his writings. Since that publication I havecome into the possession of several other of hisworks. In 1826, Mr. Hale, of the BostonDaily Advertiser, printed an edition of theNew England Chronology (by the Prince). After about twenty-five years]\lr. Hale had left of his edition some fiftycopies. The greater part of these I purchased,and added to them my INIemoir, some cori-ec-tions, a list of the original subscribers (of1736) and some engravings. This was denomi-nated the third edi
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