Prudence WEBSTER b. 25 Dec 1744 Hampton Falls, Rockingham, NH St Andrews, Charlotte, NB: Boombridge Genealogy

1744 - 1823 (~ 78 years)

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Name	Prudence WEBSTER
Born	25 Dec 1744	Hampton Falls, Rockingham, NH [1]
Gender	Female
Residence	7 May 1764	Georgetown, Lincoln, ME
Residence	19 Sep 1765	Georgetown, Lincoln, ME
	see husband. deed
Residence	1780
Residence	4 Jul 1783	Penobscot, Lincoln, ME
	Downeast Ancestry December 1983 Volume 7 Number 4 Penobscot Loyalists: A Bicentennial Tribute Robert C. Brooks Penobscot Inhabitants Certified Loyal: 1783 The copy from which this transcript was made is at the Public Archives of Nova Scotia (PANS] in Halifax (Reference: MG 100, vol 26, no 15) and is presented here with PANS's permission. 2 August 1783 + do not stand in need of clothing Name +10 -10 Total Samuel Trott 3 [Samuel, Prudence, Moses Blake] 3 [Timothy Blake, Samuel Trott, Mary Trott] 6 total
Residence	10 Jun 1784	Passamaquoddy, St Andrews, Charlotte, NB
	http://members.shaw.ca/caren.secord/locations/NewBrunswick/Lists/PenobscotGroupSorted.html Return of Men, Women and Children of the Penobscot Loyalists Settled in the District of Passamaquoddy the 10th of June 1784 Men: Samuel Trott Women: Prudence Trott, Sarah Trott, Susannah Trott Children above 10: [Before 1774] Lydia Trott, John Trott, James Trott Children under 10: [1774-1784] Samuel Trott, Mary Trott, Daniel Trott, Samuel Trott, Josiah Trott, Susannah Trott
Residence	1790	[with father in law Moses?] Penobscot, Hancock, ME
Residence	1800	Not with Daniel, Andrew or Moses
Died	St Andrews, Charlotte, NB [1]
Buried	6 Jan 1823	Poor House, St Andrews, Charlotte, NB
	All Saints Anglican Burials 06/01/1823 Whitney Poor House 85 MrS [1738]
Person ID	I28899	4 February 2018
Last Modified	7 Feb 2019

Father	Andrew WEBSTER, b. 12 Nov 1710, Salisbury, Essex, MA
Mother	Prudence Locke WEARE
Married	29 Dec 1742	Hampton Falls, Rockingham, NH
Family ID	F12429	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Timothy BLAKE, b. 6 Jan 1740, Kensington, Rockingham, NH , d. Between 1 May 1781 and 21 Jun 1783, [West Point, NY] (Age 41 years)

Married 7 May 1764 Georgetown, Sagadahoc, ME [1]

https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/581614?availability=Family%20History%20Library
Court records, 1761-1989
Authors: Maine. Court of General Sessions (Lincoln County)
Court dockets 1834-1842 Court records v. 1-4 1761-1816
Family History Library
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Timothy Blake to Prudence Webster Ditto [both of Georgetown] May the 7 1764
Married by Aaron Hinkley Justice pacis
A True Copy as appears of Record Attest Samuell Denny Town Clerk of Georgetown

Residence 1780 Pawtuxet, RI

See military

Children

	1. Daniel BLAKE, b. 11 Sep 1764, d. 9 Jan 1833, Brooksville, Hancock, ME (Age 68 years)
	2. Andrew Webster BLAKE, b. 23 Jun 1766, Georgetown, Lincoln, ME , d. Bef 1830 CENSUS?
	3. Mehitable BLAKE, b. 7 Oct 1769, Bagaduce [Penobscot], Lincoln, ME , d. YOUNG?
	4. Moses BLAKE, b. 23 Oct 1772, Penobscot Falls, Lincoln, ME , d. 10 Mar 1860, Knox, Waldo, ME (Age 87 years)
	5. Timothy BLAKE, b. 1 Oct 1775, d. C 1803?

Family ID F8510 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 Samuel TROTT, b. Bef 1741, d. Bef 16 June 1787 (Age < 46 years)

Married 1781-1783

Children

	1. Mary TROTT, b. 21 Jun 1783, d. 10 Aug 1878 (Age 95 years)
	2. Sarah TROTT, b. 13 Jun 1786, d. 14 Dec 1857 (Age 71 years)

Family ID F10894 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 3	John WHITNEY, d. Aft 1797
Married	4 Dec 1793	All Saints Anglican, St Andrews, Charlotte, NB
Married	All Saints Anglican Marriages 04 Dec 1793 Whitney [ ] Trott Prudence 29
Married	5 Dec 1793	Saint Andrews, Charlotte, NB
Family ID	F14602	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Documents
The Connection Between the Blakes and the Johnsons

Timothy Blake Bible

Notes

Registry Books Charlotte County: Nil
Johnson's Vitals: Nil
All Saints Anglican: Nil
Early NB Probate: Nil
Lincoln County Probate: Nil
Hancock County Probate: Nil
Old Soldiers: Nil
Johnson's Vitals: Nil
Eastport Sentinel: Nil
Early NB Probate: Nil
St Andrews Assessment 1822: Nil
St Stephen Assessment 1822: Joel Whitney, Joel Whitney Jr, Daniel Whitney, Paul Whitney
St Stephen Assessment 1823: Joel Whitney, Daniel Whitney, Joel Whitney Jr, Paul Whitney
St David 1823: Nil
Lincoln County Land Records -1800: Blake, Trott, Whitney
All Saints Anglican
Burials
06/01/1823 Whitney Poor House 85 MrS
[1738]
Town Lot 1 Block D Moriss's Division St Andrews

Volume A Page 280 [283/485]
No 125
Prudence Trot Town St Andrews
Robert Pagan Town St Andrews
$5
Town Lot 1 Block D Morris's Division
Granted to late husband Samuel Trott
now sold by me to purchase board for the maintenance of his children
16 June 1787
Prudence Trott [Her mark]
Wit: James Stewart, Wm Gallip
What Happened to Timothy Blake's Family After he Died?

Before Timothy enlisted in 1777, he sold off all his land in Maine. His family followed his regiment until he left for New York in 1780. His family remained encamped at Pawtuxet, Rhode Island. I imagine the bible went with them. The movements of the Blake family are unclear after this, but they are back at Penobscot by 1783. Mary Trott was probably born there.

So it looks like Timothy died before 1783. The 1783 date comes from a deposition given more than 60 years later (1745), and there are no contemporary records to corroborate it, so it could be off. Samuel Trott and Prudence were likely married before the birth of their daughter in 1783. Just how the Blakes got from Rhode Island back to Maine, and where they went, is hard to say.

What I can say is that both the Websters and the Blake had loyalties that were on shifting sands.
-Timothy Blake was a Sergeant with the Rebels, died in service.
-Prudence his widow married the Loyalist Samuel Trott and fled to New Brunswick.
-Timothy's brother in law Luxford Goodwin m Ruth Blake fought for a short time with the rebels with the rank of Lieutenant, then worked at Fort George after the British won Penobscot, providing oxen for the construction of the fort.
-Prudence's brother Andrew Webster didn't flee with the Loyalists after the war, but there's no record he fought with the Rebels either. In fact, after the British took Penobscot, Andrew helped them pull the American guns from the wrecks on the River.
-Daniel Webster didn't fight with the Rebels either, nor did he go to New Brunswick. He also provided oxen for the British during the construction of the fort.

So Prudence and her children returned to the Majabigwaduce area by 1783, perhaps soon after she learned of her husband's death. Her closest family in Maine were not stanch Rebels, nor through and through Loyalists, but were folks who chose the most stable and immediate course to follow after the Penobscot Expedition, ie under the Crown. [A lot of folks in the area took that tack.]

Sources
[S356] Descendants of Jasper Blake, Emigrant from England to Hampton, NH, ca 1643, 1640-1979, Carlton E Blake, (Rpt. 1980, Higginson Book Company, Salem, MA).