1. ROBERT PRINCE,     ; died at Salem village, now Danvers, Mass., June 4, 1674;  married April 5, 1662, Sarah Warren of Watertown;  she died  in jail, May 1692.  She was the Sarah Osborne who was the first to die of the Witch Hunt in Salem  Village, Mass in 1692.
 

   Children
        i  James, b. Jan 19, 1664-5; d. Sept., 1666.
        ii  James, b. Aug. 15, 1668.
        iii Elizabeth, b.. Feb. 19, 1669-70
     2. iv Joseph.
 

See part II below for more information on Sarah Warren and the Salem Witch Trials
 

Here is a site which has Robert's will.

2. JOSEPH (5), b. in Salem village;  m. June 3, 1698, Elizabeth Robinson, who was
    bapt. July 9, 1704.  Joseph had the western part of his father's farm in the division
    made May 21, 1696.

    Children
    3. i. Robert, b. Dec. 29, 1700; bapt. Oct. 22, 1704.
       ii. Timothy b. May 30, 1702; d. y.
       iii Joseph, b. Oct. 1703; d. six weeks later.
       iv. Joseph, bapt. Oct. 22, 1704.
       v. Elizabeth,  July 29, 1705; d.  y.
       vi Solomon, bapt. Mar. 30, 1707. Removed to Salem then to Thompson, Conn.  Was
            a "cordwainer." (shoemaker)
        vii Susanna, bapt July 3, 1709.
       viii Abel, bapt. Apr. 8,1711; m. at Salem, July 31,1735, Hannah Eaton.
       ix Martha, bapt. June 21, 1713.  Perhaps the Martha who m. 22 Dec., 1747, Thomas
            Nichols.
       x Elizabeth, bapt. Mar. 18, 1716; m. Oct. 2, 1736, John Nichols.
       xi William bapt. Sept. 8, 1717.
       xii. Samuel, bapt. June 17, 1719.
       xiii. Timothy, bapt. Aug. 12, 1722.
 

3. ROBERT  son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Robinson) Prince, b. in Salem
    village, Dec. 29, 1700; bapt. Oct. 22, 1704; m. first, Phebe Symonds; m. second,
    previous to 1747, Mary _______. July 22, 1720,

       Children by First Wife.

         i   Joseph, bapt July 19, 1730; m. first _______ Perry;  m. second, Elizabeth Starr.
         ii  Mary, bapt Apr. 31, 1731; m. Solomon Ormsbee.
         iii  Ebenezer, bapt July 3, 1732; m. Rebecca Carroll
         iv  Sarah, bapt July 25, 1736; Probably died young.
         v   David, Bapt Feb. 19, 1737; m. Eunice Porter.
         vi   Sarah, bapt June 29,1740; m. William Whittemore.
         vii  Elizabeth, bapt Mar. 13, 1742-3; m. Elijah Corbin.
                         Above born in Salem village.

    Children by Second Wife.

          viii Susanna, b. in Killingly, (North Parish) now Thompson; bapt Nov. 13, 1748;  m.
               Mark Dodge.
        4. ix Robert, .b. Jan. 20, 1754; m. Jemima Bixby

4. Robert Prince, born Jan. 20, 1754 in Thompson m.  March  17, 1775 in Thompson, Jemima
     Bixby, Who was born May 2, 1756; died September 18,   1821. She was the first of six
     children of Nathan Bixby , Jr. and Mary Burril; who were    married in 1755. Nathan Bixby
     came from Topsfield Mass. Robert died 1829. He  served in the 11th regiment militia under
     command of Lieutenant Paine Convese in 1776 on the march to West Chester N.Y. from
     Woodstock, Pomfret, Killingly. He also served in the Lexington Alarm of 1775.

            Children:
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          5. x Jemima Prince , born Apr. 2, 1797 , died Sept. 25, 1856, age 57.
 
 

Here is a link to  Jemima's father Nathaniel on a site dealing with Bixby Genealogy
And here is a link which shows Nathan Bixby's mother's genealogy. She was Abigail ROGERS .
 

5  Jemima Prince ,born Apr. 2, 1797 in Thompson, CT. , m  27 Mar 1820 in Thompson CT, Thomas Benson b. 1788 . Jemima died Sept. 25, 1856, in Thompson, Conn.
 
 

        Children

              i. Robert Prince BENSON b: 1821
              ii. Sarah Key BENSON b: 1823
              iii. Alphonzo BENSON b: 1825
              iv. Mary Ann BENSON b: 1827
              v. Jane Davis BENSON b: 1829
              vi. Cornella BENSON b: 1834
        6.   vii. Thomas BENSON b:  Oct. 23, 1835
              viii. Albert BENSON b: 1840

Here is a link to Amy Crook's Gedcom file on the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Benson
 
 

6   Thomas Benson, b.  Oct. 23, 1835 m.  Apr. 16, 1867 Worcester, Mass. , Sarah
      Blackstone. Thomas d. Thompson Ct. April 12, 1878 .  He was a civil war veteran.
              Children
               7  i.   Eugenia   b. 4 Mar 1868
                  ii   Mary Alice  b. 10 Apr 1870, d. 23 Feb 1872
              8  iii  Helen Frances  b. 11 Mar 1873,
 
 

7  Eugenia Benson b. 4 Mar 1868, m. Abner Boothby of Kennebunkport ME,

            Children
                i    Martha Helen Boothby   b. ca 1903
                ii   Eugenia Mildred Boothby  b. ca 1905
                iii  Wallace Boothby  b.  ca1908

8.   Helen Frances Benson, b. 11 Mar 1873 m. Ellsworth S Wilcox b. 28 Jul 1880, m. ,
    (Son of Charles Augustus Wilcox and Hannah Carpenter) d. Oct. 15, 1937, Putnam
     CT.
               Children:
                i Walter.
             8.ii Marion Agnes b. FEB 10,1907.
                iii Christine.

 Here is a link to Helen's Obituary

Here is a page dedicated to WIlcox Genealogy

Here is a link to a site which gives a chronology of the events of 1692 in Salem. Here is a site which has Robert's will. It was the conflict over this will which put Sarah into conflict with the Putnam's. Thomas and Edward Putnam were amungst those who brought charges against her for witchcraft. This is a link to the warrant for Titube's and Sarah Osborne's arrest.

Here's one which ignores the social controversy but takes an interesting genealogical viewpoint Ninth Generation

This is a page devoted to  Sarah Osborne's House

We took some pictures in Danvers on our visit in 2000. Here is a page with pictures of Sarah and Robert's house and of the Salem Witch Hysteria Memorial.

Here is a bibliography and background on  The Salem Witch Trials  from  Gonzaga University.

Elizabeth Knapp, the grand daughter of John and Margaret Warren of Watertown, MA. may have been Sarah's niece. Elizabeth Knap was also the affected child in the Groton Witchcraft incident recorded by Rev Samuel Willard  in 1671.

The University of Virginia has developed a wonderful site with many original texts available online.  http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/

Ogram's Web site has lots of original source material and links to other information on the Salem witch trials. She also has a page devoted to subscribing to the SALEM-WITCH-L@rootsweb.com. Margo Burns has an excellent 93 item  Annotated Bibliography which covers the Salem Witch Trials and their milieux  This site is the most thorough site I have found so far.
 

The Genealogy of the Prince Family from 1660 to 1899. By Frank A. Prince, Danielson, Conn. 1899 p. 12-25

 
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