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Ebenezer Prindle
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Family
ClaimDetailEvidence
FatherWilliam Prindle (e1632-~1690) [S410]
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MotherMary Desborough (e1633-)
SpouseElizabeth Hobby (e1663-) 
Child +Benjamin Prindle (e1703-) [S2053] [S2930]
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Attributes
ClaimDetailEvidence
GenderMale
NameEbenezer Prindle [S366] [S410] [S2053] [S2930]
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FatherWilliam Prindle (e1632-~1690) [S410]
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Timeline
ClaimDateDetailAgeEvidence
BirthSep 10, 1661New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States [S366]
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Marriageabt 1690Elizabeth Hobby (e1663-), Connecticut, United States [S366]
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FlourishingJul 4, 1703Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States [S2053]
admitted to church
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WillJun 26, 1740Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States [S2930]
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Death Jun 26, 1740 - Aug 8, 1740Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States [S366] [S2930]
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ProbateAug 8, 1740Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States [S2930]
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InventoryAug 16, 1740Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States [S2930]
Source: Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 for Ebenezer Prindle - Hartford
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Sources
IndexTitle
[S366] Torrey, Clarence Almon, "New England Marriages Prior to 1700" (GPC, Baltimore, Maryland; 1985).
[S410] "Probate Records: William Prindle".
[S2053] "Connecticut Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920".
[S2930] "Probate Records: Ebenezer Prindle, 1740" (Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999) (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XC9P7Va_gTaGx3pQ520krW5NIpBEMvRX).
Note
Ebenezer Prindle was the son of William Prindle and Mary Desborough. He was born on September 10, 1661 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut [PRI]. He died in Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut sometime between June 26, 1740, when he wrote his will, and August 8, 1740, when his estate was probated [PRI].
He was a selectman in the first town government in Milford, Connecticut, and on July 4, 1703 he and his wife were baptized into the Milford Church.
About 1709 or 1710, he removed to Newtown where he settled. He was one of the first 37 proprietors there, and was a member of the first town government.
In 1711, he was appointed surveyor of highways in Milford.

[PRI] Prindle, Paul W., "Ancestry of Elizabeth Barrett Gillespie", Polyanthos, c. 1976, pg 220.
Note
https://www.americanancestors.org/features/probate

Ebenezer PRINDLE
Fairfield County, CT: Probate Records, 1704–1757
Court, Land and Probate Records
WILL:1740
LOCATION:Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
VOLUME NAME:8 P 2954
TEXT:

Prindle, Ebenezer, late of Newtown, will dated June 26,1740, probated Aug 19, 1740, mentioned his children Joseph, Jehoshaphat, Jonathan, Nathan, Ephraim and the children of testator's son Benjamin, deceased,no names. Executors his sons Joseph and Jehoshaphat. Witnesses Sarah Sherman,*** Phebe Booth, and John Beach, page 534.

Inventory taken Aug. 16, 1740, by Samuel Ferris and John Northrop, and filed Aug. 19, 1740, page 535.
Family Note
Ebenezer Prindle married Elizabeth Hobby and they had the following children:

Sarah (bef 4 Jul 1703 - ) m. John Foote
Ebenezer (bef 4 Jul 1703 - bet 17 May 1758 and 6 Nov 1758) not married
Enos (bef 4 Jul 1703 - bef 3 Ded 1724)
Joseph (bef 4 Jul 1703 - 11 Nov 1772) m1. Mary Adams, m2. Sarah Kimberly
Benjamin (bef 4 Jul 1703 - bef 6 Feb 1732/3)
Jonathan (bef 4 Jul 1703 - ) m. Elizabeth Thompson
Nathan (7 Apr 1704 - 8 Jul 1746) m. Mary Richason
Ephraim (19 Apr 1707 - ) m1. Elizabeth _____, m2. Mary Sherman
Jehoshaphat (12 Jul 1709 - 1812) m1. Hannah Smith, m2. Hannah Basten
Elizabeth (aft Feb 1710 - 20 Jun 1785) m. Samuel Root(s)
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