John Prescott

Abt 1604 - 1681  (~ 77 years)

• Name	John Prescott
  Born	Abt 1604	Standish, Lancaster, England
  Christened	1604	Standish, Lancaster, England
  Gender	Male
  Buried	Abt 1681	Old Settlers Burial Field, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  Died	Dec 1681	Lancaster, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I12006	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	6 May 2012

  
  

  Father	Prescott
  Family ID	F112615	Group Sheet

  
  

  Father	Ralph Prescott,   b. 1570, Of Shevington, Lancaster, England ,   d. 1608/1609, Shevington Twp, Standish Parish, Lancashire, England  (Age 39 years)
  Relationship	Disproved or Challenged
  Mother	Mrs Ellen (Helen) Prescott,   b. Abt 1574, Of Shevington, Lancashire, England ,   d. 18 Nov 1643, Shevington, Lancaster, England  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Relationship	Disproved or Challenged
  Married	Abt 1592	Standish, Lancashire, England
  Family ID	F4489	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Mary Gawkroger,   b. 15 May 1607, Sowerby, Halifax, England ,   d. 1674, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 66 years)
  Married	24 Jan 1629	Wigan, Lancaster, England
  Children	1. Mary Prescott,   c. 24 Feb 1629/1630, Sowerby, Yorkshire, England + 2. Mary Prescott,   b. 24 Feb 1630, Sowerby, Halifax, York, England ,   d. Apr 1716, Lancaster, Massachusetts  (Age 86 years)   3. Child Prescott,   b. Abt 1630, Sowerby, Yorkshire, England ,   bur. 3 Jan 1633  (Age ~ 3 years)   4. Child Prescott,   b. Abt 1631, Sowerby, Yorks., England ,   bur. 7 Mar 1630 + 5. Martha Prescott,   b. 11 Mar 1632, Sowerby, Halifax, Yorks, England ,   d. 11 Jan 1656, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 23 years)   6. John Prescott,   b. 1 Apr 1635, Sowerby, Yorkshire, England ,   d. Aft 1748  (Age > 114 years) + 7. Sarah Prescott,   b. 1637, Sowerby, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 25 Aug 1714, Stowe, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  (Age 77 years) + 8. Hannah Prescott,   b. 1639, Barbados, West Indies ,   d. 11 Sep 1696/1697, Massachusetts  (Age 58 years) + 9. Lydia Prescott,   b. 15 Aug 1641, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts ,   d. Aft 1711  (Age > 71 years)   10. Jonathan Prescott,   b. Abt 1643, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts ,   d. 5 Dec 1721  (Age ~ 78 years)   11. Joseph Prescott,   b. Abt 1645, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts ,   d. 31 Dec 1732  (Age ~ 87 years) + 12. Jonas Prescott,   b. 30 Jun 1648, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts ,   d. 31 Dec 1723, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  (Age 75 years)   13. Child Prescott,   b. Abt 1650, Sowerby, Yorkshire, England
  Family ID	F4468	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Buried - Abt 1681 - Old Settlers Burial Field, Worcester County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Carol A. Purinton submission (2008) Carol A. Purinton submission (2008)

  
  

• Notes

  John Prescott was a blacksmith from Sowerby, in the parish of Halifax, west-riding, Yorkshire, England. John came from England to Watertown, Massachusetts about 1640 with his wife and four children. In 1645 or 1646 they removed to the foundation of a new settlement at Lancaster, Massachusetts. John Prescott took the oath of allegiance in 1652, but was not admitted freeman before 1669, was with his family removed shortly after the doleful day of 10 February 1676 and the town was wholly abandoned for several years so that no white man lived between the towns on the Connecticutt river and those on the Concord. In 1682 the number of familes was not more than one-third as large as seven years before. But of these, Prescott's was one. NOTE: Recent data indicates that John is not son of Ralph. ---------- Reference: "History of the Wheeler Family in America", 1914, Albert Gallatin Wheeler, Jr., p 498. "Genealogical Guide to the Early Settlers of America", 1967, p 437. "Ancestrial Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England between 1623 and 1650", 1969, Frederick Lewis Weis, p 34. Chuck Krause, RootsL.