Age 71 at death. Of the Old South Church, Boston (Genealogy of the Denny family..., pg. 79)
Thomas Prince was born in Sandwich
Massachusetts in 1687, then part of
Plymouth Colony. He was the 4th son
of Samuel Prince and Mercy Hinckley,
daughter of Thomas Hinckley , the last
Governor of Plymouth Colony.
Thomas Prince was graduated at Harvard
College in 1707. He studied theology at
Cambridge for nearly two years, and
sailed for Europe in 1709. During several
years following, he was traveling on the
continent or remaining in England, chiefly
at Combe in Suffolk where he preached and
was earnestly invited to abide permanently.
He returned to Boston in 1717, and was
ordained pastor of the Old South Church, as
colleague with Dr. Joseph Sewall , his
classmate, October 1, 1718. In this station
he remained till his death, Oct. 22, 1758,
aged 71.
Thomas Prince was of rare excellence in all
the relations of life, and one of the most
accomplished scholars of his time in New
England. His publications were numerous.
Thirty-three of his printed discourses are
known. He is best remembered, however, as
an author and historian by his unfinished
but valuable Chronological History of New
England, in the form of Annals, the first
volume which appeared in January 1736-7;
and three parts of a second were
subsequently printed.
He published also, in the last year of his
life, a revised edition of the New England
version of the Psalms.
Thomas Prince may well be called the Father
of American bibliography. He began in boy-
hood to form the collection which is now
known by his name.
An agreement was made July 11, 1866 between
the Old South Church and the City of Boston:
The said Deacons will deposit in the Public
Library of said City all the books, pamphlets,
maps, printed papers, and manuscripts now in
their possession which were bequeathed to said
Old South Church by Rev. Thomas Prince, by
will dated October 2, 1758, and proved Nov. 3,
1758; the same being known as the Prince Library.
Source: A Register of the Prince Family
by S. Appleton, Printed 1870, Boston
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