Saturday, November 5, 2011

Surname Saturday - PRESCOTT (England > Massachusetts)

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It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week. I am up to number 289, who is Dorothy PRESCOTT (1702-1772), one of my 6th-great-grandparents. [Note: The 6th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts]

My ancestral line back through four generations of PRESCOTT  families (ancestors in blue) is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

18.  Edward Hildreth (1831-1899)
19.  Sophia Newton (1834-1923)

36.  Zachariah Hildreth (1783-1857)
37.  Hannah Sawtell (1789-1857)

72.  Zachariah Hildreth (1754-1828)
73.  elizabeth Keyes (1759-1793)

144.  Zachariah Hildreth (1728-1784)
145.  Elizabeth Prescott (1734-1812)

288.  James Hildreth, born 23 December 1698 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 25 February 1761 in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 576. Ephraim Hildreth and 577. Anna Moore.  He married 20 December 1721 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
 289.  Dorothy Prescott, born 1702 in Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 03 September 1774 in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of James Hildreth and Dorothy Prescott are: Oliver Hildreth (1723-1793); Rebecca Hildreth (1726-1785); Zachariah Hildreth (1728-1784); Anna Hildreth (1730-????); Dorothy Hildreth (1733-1735); Dorothy Hildreth (1736-1782); Amos Hildreth (1738-1807); Lucy Hildreth (1742-1763); Samuel Hildreth (1745-1748).

578.  Samuel Prescott, born 1674 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; died 25 July 1758 in Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married  05 May 1698 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
579.  Esther Wheeler, born 01 December 1678 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died before 19 August 1756 in Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 1158. John Wheeler and 1159. Sarah Larkin.

Children of Samuel Prescott and Esther Wheeler are: Esther Prescott (1699-????); Dorothy Prescott (1702-1772); Amos Prescott (1705-????); Mary Prescott (1708-????); Mary Prescott (1710-????); Dorcas Prescott (1712-????); Abigail Prescott (1718-????); Rebecca Prescott (1719-????); Dinah Prescott (1725-????).

1156.  Jonathan Prescott, born about 1645 in probably Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; died 05 December 1721 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married  03 August 1670 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
1157.  Dorothy Heald, born 16 October 1649 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 08 October 1674 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 2314. John Heald and 2315. Dorothy Royle.

Children of Jonathan Prescott and Dorothy Heald are: child Prescott (1671-1671); Jonathan Prescott (1672-1672); Samuel Prescott (1674-1758).

 2312.  John Prescott, born about 1604 in probably Lancashire, England; died December 1681 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.  He married 11 April 1629 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England.
 2313.  Mary Gawkroger, born before 07 February 1613 in Sowerby, Yorkshire, England; died 1674 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 4626. Abram Gawkroger alias Platts and 4627. Martha Riley.

Children of John Prescott and Mary Gawkroger are: Mary Prescott (1630-1716); child Prescott (1631-1631); Martha Prescott (1632-1656); child Prescott (1634-1634); John Prescott (1635-1635); Sarah Prescott (1637-1727); Hannah Prescott (1639-1697); Lydia Prescott (1641-1712); John Prescott (1643-1718); Jonathan Prescott (1645-1721); Jonas Prescott (1648-1723).

There are many sources of information about the English ancestry and New England life of John Prescott. In my opinion, the most authoritative work is from the book:

MaryLovering Holman, The Ancestry of Colonel John Harrington Stevens and his wife Frances Helen Miller, Concord NH : Rumford Press, 1948.

One line of the John Prescott family was treated in the book:

Joan S. Guilford, The Ancestry of Dr. J.P. Guilford, Sheridan Psychological Services, Inc., 1990, Volume 1.

I suspect that there will be many readers that are descended from John Prescott, but not too many that are descended from Jonathan and Samuel Prescott.

2 comments:

Bill West said...

Yep, I'm descended from John and Mary's daughter Mary Prescott who married Thomas Sawyer in Lancaster in 1648.

Donna Hague Wendt said...

I'm a descendent of John Prescott and Mary Gawkroger through their daughter, Mary Prescott, also. Hi cousins Randy and cousin Bill! My source was "Ancestors of Rogers Bruce Johnson," by R. B. Johnson, 1999. I'll try to email what I transcribed if I can get it to you both via email.
Aloha, Cousin Donna Wendt in Hawaii.