Paul Prince (May 14, 1720 – November 25, 1809) was a
patriot
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in the
American Revolutionary War
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.
Princes Point Road in
Yarmouth, Maine
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, is now named for him.
Life and career
Prince was born in
Duxbury
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,
Province of Massachusetts Bay
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, in 1720,
a second son to
shipwright
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Benjamin Prince and Abial Nelson. While Princes Point Road in Yarmouth, Maine, is named for Paul,
Princes Point itself is named for his father, who died, aged 44, when Paul was seventeen years old; his mother died when he was twenty-four.
He married Hannah Cushing (1722–1814) in 1743. The couple had ten children, including
Cushing Prince in 1745. The other nine were Sarah (born 1744), Rachel (1747), Hannah (1749), Ruth (1751), David (1753), Else (1756), Paul Jr. (1758), Pyam (1760) and Ammi (1763).
Prince compiled a book, known as the ''Paul Prince Bible'', containing the record of births of his children. It was printed in Edinburgh in 1791.
Between 1775 and 1779, both Paul Sr. and Paul Jr. are listed as serving in the
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Regiment during the Revolutionary War.
Death
Prince died in
North Yarmouth
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,
(now in
Maine
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), in 1809, aged 89.
He is interred in Congregational Cemetery in
Cumberland Center, Maine
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, beside his wife, who survived him by just over four years.
References
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1720 births
1809 deaths
People from North Yarmouth, Maine
American diarists
People of Massachusetts in the American Revolution
Patriots in the American Revolution
People of Maine in the American Revolution
People from pre-statehood Maine