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Subject: John Prescott of Concord, Mass.
Source: Prescott Memorial by William Prescott, Concord, N.H., 1870

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Dr. John Prescott b. May 8, 1707 son of Dr. Jonathan Prescott & his wife,
Rebecca Bulkley of Concord, Mass.

Dr. John Prescott grad. Harvard College 1727; m. Anna, dau. of Nathaniel
& Susanna (Willoughby) Lynde. He settled in Concord, Mass., as a physician
with his father, where he was highly esteemed for his professional skill
and excellent character. He enlisted one hundred men which he commanded
in the unfortunate expedition to Cuba in 1740. Upon its failure, in 1743,
he returned to this country, and soon after was sent by the Government to
England, where he was treated with great respect. But being seized with
small-pox he died of that disease in London, December 30, 1743 in his 37th
year. In testimony of the esteem in which his services were held, the
British government conferred upon his widow, an annual pension during her
life. She died May 12, 1795, aged 88 years. They had three sons and two
daughters.

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Dr. John Prescott and his wife Anne Lynde of Concord, Mass. had issue at
Concord:

1. John Lynde Prescott b. Feb 21, 1732; d. March 7, 1732.

2. Ann Prescott b. April 15, 1733; m. Sept 13, 1753, Jonas Heywood.

3. Rebecca Prescott b. Oct 31, 1735; m. Aug 28, 1766 Dr. John Taylor of
Lunenburg, Mass.

4. Martha Prescott b. Feb 1, 1738, died young.

5. John Prescott b. Aug 7, 1739, died Nov 23, 1740.

6. Willoughby Prescott b. Mar 5, 1742; m. 1770 Elizabeth Heywood of Holden,
Mass. a descendant of John Heywood, one of the early settlers of Concord,
Mass. He died April 15, 1808 aged 66 yrs, one month and ten days. She d.
from consumption, Oct 4, 1800. (p.87 their children)

1. Elizabeth Prescott b. Agu 11, 1771.
2. Rebecca Prescott b. Aug 13, 1772; m. June 14, 1804, Thomas Hubbard,
Jr.
3. Lynde Prescott b. Mar. 13, 1774. Died.
4. John Lynde Prescott b. Mar. 7, 1775; m. Mar. 20, 1803, Rebecca
Cotting who died of consumption June 10, 1804. He m. (2) Oct 29,
1807, Mary Hunt.
5. Willoughby Prescott Jr. b. June 7, 1777, m. Mary Russell of Stowe;
lived in Maine; one son, Amory Prescott b. Nov 26, 1805 m. Mary E.,
dau. of George Russell. p.119 for child.
1. Amory Prescott b. Nov. 26, 1805.

6. Anne Prescott b. July 3, 1779; died of cancer, Jan 11, 1820; unm.
7. Mary Prescott b. Feb 8, 1781.
8. Abel Prescott b. Sept 27, 1782; m. April 6, 1806, Ann Jarvis, b. 1782
and died at Cambridge Aug 6, 1825 aged 43 yrs; two children p. 119

1. Emily Prescott b. Feb 21, 1807, m. Nov. 7, 1830,
William Dodge.
2. Emeline Prescott b. Sept 22, 1808. m. Nov. 29, 1827,
Nathaniel Morrill of Lowell, Mass.
9. Hepsibah Jones Prescott b. Sept 20, 1784; m. Oct 14, 1813, John
Shattuck of New Ipswich, N.H. b. July 10, 1785 and brother of
Lemuel Shattuck, Esq. of Boston, Mass. (author of the History of
Concord, Mass.)
10. Sally Prescott b. Aug 6, 1786; m. Jan. 23, 1812, Capt. Humphrey
Hunt.
11. Samuel Prescott b. 1788, m. Oct 15, 1816, Mary Pettes of Windsor,
Vermont, born at Amherst, Mass., Jan 20, 1788; died at Rochester,
New York, June 15, 1863, He died at Matanzas, Cuba, Sept. 1822.
(children p. 119)

1. Charlotte Pettes Prescott b. at Windsor, VT., May 22, 1818;
m. Sept 4, 1837; Jotham Green Searey b. 1798 and died in
Tallahassee, Florida, July 24, 1841 aged 43. He was a civil
engineer and a captain of volunteers in the Florida war. see p.
167.
1. Mary Elizabeth Searey b. Jan 232, 1838.
2. Lucy Frederick Searey b. Sept 27, 1840.
3. Charlotte Pettes Searey b. Feb. 21, 1842.
All born at Tellahassee, Florida.

2. Lucy Richards Prescott b. at Windsor, VT April 17, 1820,
m. Nov 11, 1847, Edward Mott Moore, M.D. of Rochester, N.Y.,
b. 1815. see p.16 7
1. Mary Pettes Moore b. at Rochester, N.Y. Sept 6, 1848.
2. Edward Mott Moore b. at Windsor, VT Aug 25, 1850.
3. Lindley Murray Moore b. at Rochester, N.Y. Mar 19, 1852.
4. Samuel Prescott Moore b. at Rochester, Jan 3, 1854.
5. Richard Mott Moore b. at Rochester, Nov 23, 1855.
6. Abbie Joy Moore b. at Rochester, Aug 25, 1857.
7. Frederick Pettes Moore b. at Rochester, Feb 16, 1859.
8. Charlotte Lucy Moore b. at Rochester, June 9, 1861; died
April 15, 1863.
Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth

Subject: John Prescott
Source: History of Concord, Mass., by Lemuel Shattuck, 1835.

p.245

John Prescott, son of Dr. Jonathan Prescott, was born May 8, 1707 and
graduated Harvard College, 1727. He was a physician in Concord, and highly
esteemed for his professional skill and excellent character. When the
unfortunate expedition to Cuba was proposed, he entered readily into the
views of the government, and enlisted a company of 100 men from this
neighborhood. He sailed from Boston, as commander of this company, Sept.
23, 1740 and was off "Don Maria Bay" in the following February. After the
melancholy failure of the expedition, he returned to this country in 1743,
and long after went to England at the request of the government, where he
was treated with great respect. He died in London of small-pox, December
30, 1743 aged 35 yrs.

He married Ann the 8th child of Nathaniel Lynde, Esq. She died May 12,
1795 aged 88 yrs. Her sister married Joseph Willard of Rutland, who was
killed by the Indians in 1723. Her mother was Susannah Willoughby, and her
father the son of Simon and Newdigate, who came from London. In testimony
of the esteem in which Captain Prescott's services were held, his widow
received a pension from the British government during her life.

p.246

She had five children: Ann, Rebecca, two sons, who died young and

Willoughby, who died in Concord April 15, 1808 aged 65 years.

Peter Prescott, a brother of the foregoing, was born April 17, 1709 and
grad. Harvard College in 1730. He studied law, and resided her and in
Boston. He dealt largely in wild lands. Peterborough, New Hampshire was
name for him. He was out several times in the French War, and commanded
a company at Crown Point in 1758. Some time before the Revolution, he
removed to Nova Scotia, where he was appointed a clerk of one of the courts
and died in 1784.
footnote: Benjamin Prescott, brother of Peter Prescott, entered Harvard in
1744 but was not graduated. He was killed by the Indians.

Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth

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