This page contains information for seven generations. Originally from North Carolina, we migrated to Texas and then to Oklahoma. The bullets and indents indicate each generation.

First Generation

Second Generation
- Third Generation
  - Fourth Generation
    - Fifth Generation
      - Sixth Generation
        
        Seventh Generation

John Prentice¹ (born 1813 in North Carolina, died in Denton, Texas in 1869) married Rachel Prentiss in 1838 in Carroll County, Tennessee. Together they had eleven children.

Children of John and Rachel
Cynthia Jane Prentice (born 1840 in Tennessee) and married Leonard White.
Nancy M. Prentice (born 1841 in Tennessee)
John W. Prentice (born 1845 in Tennessee) married Mary E. and had three children.
- Children of John W. and Mary.
- Nancy Prentice (born 1870 in Texas)
- Emmie Prentice (born 1872 in Texas)
- Laura Prentice (born 1879 in Texas)
Louisa C. Prentice (born 1845 in Tennessee)
Benjamin Calvin Prentice (born 1848 in Tennessee) married M. A. Gage and had two children.
- Children of Benjamin and M. A. Gage
- Warren Prentice (born 1870 in Texas)
- N. R. Prentice (daughter) (born in 1874 in Texas)
Sarah Prentice (born 1850 in Tennessee)
Mary F. Prentice (born 1853 in Tennessee)
Milly Prentice (born 1855 in Tennessee)
Samuel Prentice (born 1857 in Texas, died Dec. 23, 1882 in Texas)
Sabrina A. Prentice (born 1860 in Texas)
James Monroe Prentice {Prentiss}(born 1862 in Texas, died 1940 in Sentinel, Oklahoma). Married first {Name Unknown} about 1882. She died before 1887. Together they had one child. Married second Nora S. Covington on June 16, 1887 in Wise County, Texas. Together they had three children.
- Child of James Monroe and first wife.
- James Claude Prentiss (born March 9, 1883 in Texas, died June 21, 1946 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma). Married first Alice Roberts on May 24, 1902 in Comanche County, Indian Territory. Together they had five children. Married second, LouElla Odom (born October 7, 1895 in Tennessee, died April 28, 1934 in Oklahoma). Together they had five children.
  - Children of James Claude and Alice Roberts
  - Estie Lee Prentiss (born April 15, 1903 in Oklahoma)
  - Mima Jewel Prentiss (born March 3, 1905 in Oklahoma)
  - Bettie (Bertie) Prentiss (born March 24, 1906 in Oklahoma)
  - James Homer Prentiss (born February 13, 1908 in Oklahoma, died July 22, 1909 in Oklahoma)
  - Sarah Jane Prentiss (born January 12, 1910 in Oklahoma, died January 12, 1910 in Oklahoma)
  - Children of James Claude and LouElla Odom
  - Olin Prentiss (born approx. 1916 in Oklahoma, died in California, date unknown) Was married but do not know to whom. Had children but do not know how many.
  - Grace Marie Prentiss (born 1918 in Oklahoma, died March 13, 1947 in Chickasha, Oklahoma) married Howard Norton.
  - Albert Lafon Prentiss (born September 27, 1919 in Chickasha, Oklahoma, died September 12, 1944 in Chickasha, Oklahoma). Married Alvenda Letha Jarnagin. Together they had two children.
    - Children of Albert Lafon and Alvenda
    - Vernon Eugene Prentiss (born July 23, 1941 in Chickasha, Oklahoma). Married Arlita Jean Vidana on August 4, 1961. Together they had three children.
      - Children of Vernon and Arlita.
      - Kitty Junene Prentiss (born October 1, 1963 in Chickasha, Oklahoma). Married Gary Paul Butler. Together they had two children.
        
        Children of Kitty and Gary.
        Brandon Todd Butler (born March 24, 1987 in Chickasha, Oklahoma).
        A.J. Christopher Butler (born March 24, 1987 in Chickasha, Oklahoma).
      - Kent Damon Prentiss (born November 23, 1964 in Chickasha, Oklahoma). Married Lisa Kathryn Green. Together they had one child.
        
        Child of Kent and Lisa.
        Summer Kathryn Prentiss (born February 26, 1993 in Amarillo, Texas).
      - Kris Annette Prentiss (born January 26, 1968 in Chickasha, Oklahoma). Married Keith Eugene McAlister. Together they had one child.
        
        Child of Kris and Keith.
        Jacey Nichole McAlister (born April 23, 1994 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma).
    - Albert Lafon Prentiss (born May 17, 1943 in Chickasha, Oklahoma). Married first Marie Elaine Vidana. Together they had two children. Married second Shenia Denise Drake in Fayetteville, Arkansas on October 6, 1987. Together they had one child.
      - Children of Albert and Marie.
      - Stacy Lafon Prentiss (born February 10, 1967 in Chickasha, Oklahoma). Married Richard Eugene Vann. Together they had two children.
        
        Children of Stacy and Richard.
        Kassi Nicole Vann (born November 7, 1989 in Lawton, Oklahoma).
        Kyle Richard Vann (born July 19, 1993 in Chickasha, Oklahoma).
      - Peggy Elaine Prentiss (born September 7, 1971 in Chickasha, Oklahoma). Married first Richard Lee Quillin. Together they had one child. Married second Calvin Carl Alderman. Together they had one child.
        
        Child of Peggy and Richard.
        Tiffany Leigh Quillin (born October 30, 1987 in Chickasha, Oklahoma).
        Child of Peggy and Calvin.
        Sadie Caitlin Alderman (born September 12, 1994 in Chickasha, Oklahoma).
      - Child of Albert and Shenia.
      - Shannon Diane Prentiss (born February 2, 1980 in Chickasha, Oklahoma).
  - Billy Leon Prentiss² (born March 9, 1923 in Chickasha, Oklahoma, died August 5, 1999 in Chickasha, Oklahoma). Never married, no children.
  - Claudie Imogene Prentiss (born August 2, 1926 in Chickasha, Oklahoma, died March 12, 1996 in Chickasha, Oklahoma). Married Raymond Lester Babel (born February 7, 1923 in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania) on January 9, 1957 in Duncan, Oklahoma. Together they had two children.
    - Children of Claudie and Raymond
    - Ethel Imogene Babel (born April 26, 1959 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma). Married Lawrence Butler Lee Hurt (born June 29, 1952 in Aiken, South Carolina) on September 30, 1983. Together they had one child.
      - Child of Ethel and Lawrence
      - Ayla Michelle Hurt (born May 13, 1987 in Chickasha, Oklahoma).
    - Raymond Lester Babel Jr. (born August 29, 1960 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma). Married first Glenda Wright, second Reba Mullins, and third Peggy Rea. Raymond has no children.
- Children of James Monroe and Nora.
- Hillis Maude Prentiss (born August 1888 in Texas)
- Luther O. (Hugh) Prentiss³(born July 1890 in Texas, died before 1910 in Oklahoma)
- Charlotte Prentiss (born March 1892 in Indian Territory)

Personal Notes

¹Information regarding John Prentiss and his children, with the exception of James Monroe, was acquired from PrenticeNet. Thank you Joe Dewald! All other information comes directly from my own personal research. All of this information, with the exception of my personal notes, can also be found in PrenticeNet's North Carolina file. With my permission, Joe published it there.

²Personal notes on Billy Leon Prentiss:
"Leon" is a Veteran of WWII. According to his discharge papers, Leon served just over three years and five months, most of this time being overseas in Europe. He was with the 114th Antiaircraft Artillery Group. Battles and Campaigns he was in included, Normandy, Rhineland, Northern France, and Central Europe. Decorations and Citations he received were: Good Conduct Medal, HAME Theater Ribbon and Four Bronze Service Stars, World War II Victory Ribbon, and American Theater Ribbon.

After the war, Leon made use of the G.I. Bill and learned upholstery. He worked for the place that trained him for three years before going to work for Antinorio's Upholstery. When Mr. Antinorio retired in the early '70s, Leon and his nephew (Albert) started their own business called: Prentiss Carpets and Upholstery. Leon retired January 1, 1997 at the age of 73.

³Personal note: The death of Luther O. Prentiss and a fight between Hillis and Charlotte over Luther's portion of their land holdings, was what caused my grandfather, James Claude, to leave the family and settle in Chickasha. (Per Claudie Imogene Prentiss-Babel, as told to her by James Claude Prentiss.)

Personal note: I have not been able to find out for certain when or why my great-grandfather James Monroe Prentice/Prentiss changed the spelling of the family name. I have been able to deduce that it was before the birth of my grandfather James Claude Prentiss.

James Monroe Prentice/Prentiss moved his family from Texas to Oklahoma some time between 1890 and 1892, homesteading in the lands once set aside for the Choctaw Nation of Indian Territory. Located in present day Washita County, Oklahoma.