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Subject: [GM-L] HILDRETH
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 22:07:07 EST

Surname: HILDRETH
Source: Prescott Memorial
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Jonas Prescott b. Jan 26, 1703 son of Jonas Prescott Jr. and his wife Thankful
Wheeler of Groton, MA

Jonas Prescott m. (1) Apr 30, 1726 Elizabeth Spaulding who d. Dec 27, 1729.
He m. (2) Elizabeth Howard of Chelmsford, MA He and his brother Ebenezer
Prescott and Ebenezer Townsend petitioned the General Court of MA to be set
off from Groton to Westford, which petition was granted that year, 1750.

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Elizabeth Prescott b. Sept. 15, 1734 dau of Jonas Prescott and his 2nd wife,
Elizabeth Howard of Westford, MA (formerly part of Groton, MA) m. April 12,
1753, Zachariah Hildreth of Westford, MA. He was born 1726 and died April 18,
1784, aged 58. She died May 1, 1812 aged 77 years. Twelve children:

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Zachariah Hildreth and his wife, Elizabeth Prescott had issue at Westford, MA
1. Zachariah Hildreth, Jr. b. Jan 13, 1754
2. Elizabeth Hildreth b. Oct 18, 1755 m. May 27, 1784 Samuel Richardson of
Westford, MA
3. Hannah Hildreth b. Jan 3. 1758
4. Timothy (twin) b. April 11, 1760
5. Esther (twin b. April 11, 1760
6. James Hildreth b. Mar 7, 1762
7. Lucy Hildreth b. Jan 18, 1764 m. Dec 17, 1786 William Whitney of Westford.
8. Jonas Hildreth b. June 25, 1766; m. May 10, 1794 Deliverance Johnson
He died Jan 14, 1808
9. Ruth Hildreth b. May 8, 1768 m. Nov 24, 1802, Abel Hildreth
10. Edward Hildreth b. Nov 3, 1771
11. Jesse Hildreth b. Sept 22, 1773 m. Mar 24, 1801 Onley Fletcher.
12. Mehitable Hildreth b. Sept 24, 1775 m. Nov 5, 1805 Joseph Adams of
Littleton, MA

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Hannah Varnum b. June 27, 1736 dau John Varnum Jr. and Phebe Parker of
Dracut, MA

Hannah Varnum m. March 28, 1772 Josiah Hildreth (record ends)

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Abel Prescott b. Aug 3, 1816 son of Capt. Abraham Prescott and his wife
Polly Fletcher of Westford, MA

Abel Prescott m. March 28, 1855 Caroline Hildreth. He was a dealer in wood
and
coal at Groton Junction (MA) He was a justice of the peace. Their children,
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1. Olive A. Prescott b. 1856
2. Mabel Helen Prescott (twin) b. June 10, 1858 d. June 13, 1858
3. Abel Edwin Prescott (twin) b. June 10, 1858.
4. Caroline A. Prescott b. Nov 10, 1860 d. June 4, 1861
5. Wilton Hamilton Prescott b. May 11, 1862 d. Jan 13, 1863.

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Harriet Prescott b. July 18, 1803 dau of Isaiah Prescott and his wife Betsy
Wright
of Ashby, MA

Harriet Prescott m. Jan 1823 Simeon Hildreth, Jr. of Westford, MA b. May 1799;
they lived at Deerfield, NH. where he died Jan 29, 1859 (see 208)

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Simeon Hildreth and his wife, Harriet Prescott had issue at Deerfield, NH
1. Timothy Prescott Hildreth b. Aug 23, 1823 m. Nov. 1. 1852, Rhoda J.
Upham of Cohoes, NY

2. Simeon L. Hildreth 3d b. April 10, 1825 m. Oct 1854 Helen J. Miller of
Clinton, ME. She died at Lowell 1858. One child, Ada Maria Hildreth
b. at So. Deerfield NH July 9, 1855.

3. Henry A. Hildreth b. Jan 14, 1828 m. June 2, 1850 Lorana Morrison of
Clinton, ME She d. at Lowell 1861 He m. (2) Estelle Welch of Lowell MA
on May 19, 1864 They lived in Lowell. One child, Walter Hildreth b. at
Lowell June 19, 1866

4. Rufus Hildreth b. June 16, 1830 d. at So. Deerfield NH Oct 7, 1850

5. Harriet M. Hildreth b. Aug 17, 1832 was a teacher in Manchester, NH

6. Martha A. Hildreth b. July 23, 1834

7. Sherman F. Hildreth b. Aug 26, 1836 served in the 11th NH Reg. 3 years
in the Union Army and in 1868 was working at Lowell, MA

8. Isiah Edward Hildreth b. at So. Deerfield, NH May 8, 1839 d. 1840

9. Mary E. Hildreth b. at So. Deerfield, NH Sept. 1841 d. June 1850

10. Lydia Jane Hildreth b. July 25, 1843; m. July 11, 1868 Alpheus Wright of
Westford, MA and resided at Lawrence, MA

In the Jonathan Farnsworth/Ruth Shattuck Line

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Joel Farnsworth b. Feb 18, 1784 son of Simeon Farnsworth and his wife, Esther
Ellenwood of Washington, N.H.

Joel Farnworth removed to Haverhill, N.H. thence to Enosburg, VT where he died
April 21, 1828. He m. Rhoda Hildreth.
1. Rev. Joel Farnsworth b. abt 1816 m. Feb 1, 1841 Chloe Martha Learned
b. Mar 11, 1822 at Chautauqua, NY. He was a minister of some note.

Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth
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