PRINCE FAMILIES

USA & Around The World

Many of our Princes stop about late 1700's, but we are diligently searching for those illusive parents in order to stretch our lines back further. We do not know yet, where everyone connects, but these pages will show our ancestors as we know them now.

The Prince families came to the Colonies, some in the early 1600's, and from their initial landings, have spread out across the United States. Some came with money, so there are records to be found. They had land, so we are able to find land deeds, wills, records of political activities, church records, tax records. Some came with only a dream of what could be. Some of the early records also list Princes as "convicts", shipped to the colonies. Their "crimes" were petty, but the King of England, did not see them that way. Some just owed money and couldn't pay their debts.

These Princes worked hard to carve a life here. Some of them, also left records. There are still many records that have not been found. Sometimes the wills found still leaves questions as to how do some of the heirs fit into the family.

Over the 300 plus years that the Prince name has been in this country, many records have been lost. The wars that took place along the Eastern seaboard, destroyed some of the record depositories. Natural disasters, fires, also took their toll. Many of these early records will never be found. Many of the Princes were just downright illusive, evading the census, and leaving no records of any sort.

In searching for our ancestors, when we cannot locate information put down in writing, sometimes, strong circumstantial evidence will point to a certain family line that perhaps could be ours. Items considered were locations, migration patterns, common names, and time frames. Some of the connections will likely never be confirmed, so we are left with "probable ancestor" in our lines.

The Prince research group was formed in 1997 to help each other with these searches. If you are visiting our pages and have a Prince hanging from a branch in your family tree, we invite you to join our group on PRINCE-L. You may hold the key to one of our dead ends!. Or.... perhaps..... one of your new cousins will have the key you need! The message board has many entries. Perhaps an answer is there. Post your query here, maybe there is someone with the answer out there.