Everything to daughter Catharine wife of William Hamilton Muriett? Esq of St. Catharines, Upper Canada
Executors: Brother Col. William Prendergast, William Marvin Esq son of my sister Minerva, and Alexander T. Prendergast Esq son of my brother James
Witnesses: Deborah Prendergast and Martha Bemus
His name is recorded as Jediah and Jedediah, His Grandfather was JEDEDIAH WING and probably the correct spelling of his;
Son of William Prendergast and Mehitable WING
Jediah PRENDERGAST, 4th son of Wm. and Mehitable WING Prendergast, born Pawling NY May 13, 1766, and married to Penelope CHASE, born Kingston RI Dec 22 1774. He was one of the family tour that went from Pittstown NY to Tennessee, then north to Chautauqua and one of those who went from Ripley to Canada, to winter, where provisions were more plentiful. He did not return with the rest, but being a physician, remained there to practice his profession. In 1811 he left Canada, and settled at Mayville, where he commenced the mercantile business, in partners with his brother Martin, in the fall of 1811. Dr. Jediah Prendergast was a man of varied accomplishments,was a NY Senator a scientific scholar, and numbered Martin VanBUREN, DeWITT CLINTON, and Peter R. LIVINGSTON among his friends, he died March 1, 1848,(* he is buried Prendergast Cemetery,she may be here or in Canada) His wife Penelope CHASE died while on a visit to her son-in-law, Hon, Hamilton MERRITT at St. Catherines Canada, Feb.1, 1845.
Everything to daughter Catharine wife of William Hamilton Muriett? Esq of St. Catharines, Upper Canada
Executors: Brother Col. William Prendergast, William Marvin Esq son of my sister Minerva, and Alexander T. Prendergast Esq son of my brother James
Witnesses: Deborah Prendergast and Martha Bemus
His name is recorded as Jediah and Jedediah, His Grandfather was JEDEDIAH WING and probably the correct spelling of his;
Son of William Prendergast and Mehitable WING
Jediah PRENDERGAST, 4th son of Wm. and Mehitable WING Prendergast, born Pawling NY May 13, 1766, and married to Penelope CHASE, born Kingston RI Dec 22 1774. He was one of the family tour that went from Pittstown NY to Tennessee, then north to Chautauqua and one of those who went from Ripley to Canada, to winter, where provisions were more plentiful. He did not return with the rest, but being a physician, remained there to practice his profession. In 1811 he left Canada, and settled at Mayville, where he commenced the mercantile business, in partners with his brother Martin, in the fall of 1811. Dr. Jediah Prendergast was a man of varied accomplishments,was a NY Senator a scientific scholar, and numbered Martin VanBUREN, DeWITT CLINTON, and Peter R. LIVINGSTON among his friends, he died March 1, 1848,(* he is buried Prendergast Cemetery,she may be here or in Canada) His wife Penelope CHASE died while on a visit to her son-in-law, Hon, Hamilton MERRITT at St. Catherines Canada, Feb.1, 1845.
Family Members
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Matthew Prendergast
1756–1838
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Thomas Prendergast
1758–1842
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Mary Polly Prendergast Bemus
1760–1845
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James Prendergast
1764–1846
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John Jeffrey Prendergast
1770–1849
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Susannah Prendergast Whiteside
1773–1847
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Martha Prendergast
1777–1849
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Col William Prendergast Jr
1779–1857
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Minerva Prendergast Marvin
1782–1858
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