PRESCOTT FARNSWORTH MARRIAGES
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PRESCOTT
P.32 Benjamin Farnsworth b. l655, 4th child of Matthias
Farnsworth, Groton Ma. m. Mary Prescott, daug. of Jonas
Prescott and Mary (Loker) Prescott of Groton Ma. (see
Pedigree File, Mary Prescott.
p.206 James Prescott of Standish Parish, England m.
Mary Standish. Their son,
Roger Prescott m. Ellen Shaw. Their son,
Roger Prescott II b. 1571 m. Elene..... Their son,
John Prescott b. l604 at Shevington, England m.
Mary Platts. John was the founder of Lancaster,
Ma. Their son,
Jonas Prescott b. l648 at Lancaster Ma. m. Mary
Loker, daug of John Loker and Mary (Draper) Loker
of Sudbury MA. They had
Jonas Prescott and his wife, Mary Loker had issue at Groton, MA
He was the son of John Prescott founder of Lancaster MA and his
wife, Mary Platts.
l. Mary Prescott b. Feb 3, l674 m. Benjamin Farnsworth in l695 son
of
Matthias Farnsworth and his wife, Mary (Farr) Farnsworth.
2. Elizabeth Prescott b. l676 m. l694 Eleazor Green, son of William
Green
and his wife, Mary. Elizabeth died 1744 He d. l731.
3. Jonas Prescott Jr. b. l678 m. l699 Thankful Wheeler of Concord.
res:
Forge Village MA (once part of Groton, MA) He m. (2) Mary Page
b. l687. He d. l750. She d. l781, age 94
4. Nathaniel Prescott b. l680 d. l68l
5. Dorothy Prescott b. 1682 m. l700 John Varnum of Dracut son of
Samuel
Varnum
1. John Varnum, Jr. b. l705 son of Dorothy Prescott and John
Varnum
m. Phebe Parker b. l7l2 daug. of JOSEPH PARKER She d.
l786
age 74 They had l3 Varnum Children
6. James Prescott b. l684 d. l704
7. Sarah Prescott b. l686 m. l705 John Longley b. l683 They had 4
children
She d. l7l6 and he m. (2) Deborah Houghton and they had 7
children.
8. Abigail Prescott b. l688 m. l7ll James PARKER son of Samuel Parker
and
Abigail Lakin Parker their children listed p. 54:
1. Sybil Parker b. l7l2
2. Emme Parker b. l7l3 m. l736 Benjamin Stone son of Sarah
Farnsworth
and Simon Stone
3. Submit Parker b. l7l5
4. Abigail Parker b. l7l7 m. l740 John Blood
5. Peter Parker b. l7l9 m. l742 Prudence Lawrence daug of
Thomas and
Prudence Lawrence
6. Ann Parker b. l720
7. James Parker jr. b. l723 d. l748
8. Jonas Parker b. l727 d. l75l
9. Martha Prescott b. l690 m. l7l4 Shebuel Hobart son of Gershom Hobart
10. Susanna Prescott b. l691 m. l722 William Lawrence son of John
Lawrence
and Ann Tarbell Lawrence
11 Deborah Prescott b. l694 m. l7l4 Samuel PARKER jr brother of James
PARKER
12. Hon. Benjamin Prescott b. l696 m. l7l8 Abigail Oliver of Cambridge
MA
p.184 Ebenezer Prescott b. l700 at Lancaster, Ma.
m. Hannah Farnsworth b.l702 (see Prescott
Memorial and Farnsworth Memorial II.) Hannah
Farnsworth was daug. of John Farnsworth and
his wife, Hannah Aldis, neice of Rev. John
Eliot, the "Apostle to the Indians" Note:
all following Prescott are desc. from John
Farnsworth and Hannah Aldis. John Farnsworth
was brother of Benjamin. John was son of the
founder of this Farnsworth line in Ma., i.e.
Matthias Farnsworth and one of earliest
settlers of Groton Ma.
p.l85 Ebenezer (above) and his wife Hannah Farnsworth
had the following children
l. Ebenezer Prescott, Jr. b. l723 m. Elizabeth Sprague
2. Oliver Prescott b. l725 m. Bertia Underwood b. l729
3. Sarah Prescott b. l726 m. John Edwards of Lancaster.
4. Joseph Prescott b. l726 twin of Sarah Prescott.
5. David Prescott b. l728 m. Abigail Wright.
6. Hannah Prescott b. l730 at Westford, Ma.
7. Rebecca Prescott b. l732 m. James Hildreth
m. (2) Mr. Wright
8. Eunice Prescott b. l734 m. Mr. Warren of Littleton,
Ma.
p.l87 Ebenezer Prescott and wife, Elizabeth Sprague
at Westford Ma. had the following children:
l. Ebenezer Prescott b. l747 m. Lydia Wood of Littleton.
2. Joseph Prescott b. l749 m. Abigail Dalrymple
m. (2) Rachel Cobleigh the
widow of Mr. Cutter
3. Rebecca Prescott b. l751 m. James Fletcher at
Westford, Ma.
p. l87 Oliver Prescott and wife, Bertha Underwood
at Groton Ma. had the following children:
l. Susanna Prescott b. l750 m. Nathaniel Adams of
Charlestown, Ma.
2. Hannah Prescott b. l752 m. Richard Waite.
3. Col. Benjamin Prescott b. l754 m. Rachel Adams of
Chelmsford, Ma. They moved to Jaffrey, N.H. then,
still a wilderness. He acted as a spy and the day
before the battle at Bunker Hill, was captured by
the British but escaped. Later became Rep. to
N.H. Legis. l790 to l796 and l809 to l8l4. Was
Deacon of the Baptist Church.
p.l88 4. Betsy Prescott b. l756 became a Shaker d. unm.
5. Bethia Prescott b. l758 became a Shaker d. unm.
6. Oliver Prescott b. l760 m. Keziah Howard, b.l762
at Jaffrey N.H. They moved to Whitestown, Oneida
Co., N.Y.
7. Polly Prescott b. l762 d. l766
8. Phebe Prescott b. l763 became a Shaker, d. unm
9. Lucy Prescott b. l765 became a Shaker, d. unm
l0. Mary Prescott b. l767 m. (l) Eliakim Hutchins
m. (2) Hezekiah Sprague of
Littleton, Ma.
ll. Abraham Prescott b. l769 m. Polly Fletcher b.l776
m. (2) Olive Adams of
Chelmsford, Ma.
l2. Isaac Prescott b. l771 m. Lucy Hinckley of Boston.
p.l88 David Prescott and wife, Abigail Wright at Jaffrey
N.H. had the following children:
l. David Prescott Jr. b. l753 m. Mary Blood daug of
Joseph and Hannah (Blood) Blood. She b. l754 at
Groton Ma. David fought at Bunker Hill, Rev.
2. Abigail Prescott b. l755
3. Ezra Prescott b. l756 m. l780 Dolly Wright b. l76l
m. (2) Oliver Wright.
4. Dr. Joel Prescott b. l759 m. l793 Lucy Reed of Groton
She m. (2) John Taylor
5. Eunice Prescott b. l76l d. l770.
6. Sampson Prescott b. l762 m. Lucy Blood, sister to
Mary Blood.
7. Azubah Prescott b. l764
8. Rachel Prescott b. l766
9. Amos Prescott b. l768
l0. Zaccheus Prescott b. l773.
p. l89 Ebenezer Prescott and wife, Lydia Wood at
Westford, Ma. had the following children:
l. Ebenezer Prescott b. l776 m. (l) Hannah Waite
(2) Charlotte Jones
(3) Sally Fletcher
Sally m. (2) Zaccheus Reed.
2. Asa Prescott b. l778 m. Sophia Derby
3. Lydia Prescott b. l780 m. l799 Bulkley Ames of Groton
4. Jonathan b. l783 m. l809 Huldah Robins b. l785.
5. Elizabeth Prescott b. l788 m. l808 Henry Herrick.
6. Nancy Prescott b. l791 m. Mr. Varnum of Dracut Ma.
7. Lucy Prescott b. l793 m. l825 Andrew Gage.
p.l89 Joseph Prescott and lst wife, Abigail Dalrymple
at Westford Ma. had following children:
l. Edee Prescott b. l775 d. unm.
2. William Prescott b. l777 m. Eunice Wheeler of Little-
ton, Ma. b. l782 She m. (2) Bulkley Prescott..
3. Jeptha Prescott b. l799 d. unm.
4. Avery Prescott b. l78l m. (l) l806 Lucy Lawrence
m. (2) Betsy Capen b. l788.
5. Jacob Prescott b. l783 m. Bathsheba Dadman b. l782
m. (2) the wid. Rachel
(Cobleigh) Cutter
6. Sophia Prescott b. l804 m. Jaquith Carter of Westford.
p. l90 Col. Benjamin Prescott and wife, Rachel Adams
at Jaffrey N.H. had the following children:
l. Benjamin Jr. b. l776 d. l777
2. Benjamin 2d b. l778 m. l830 the wid. Sally Hodge
3. Oliver Prescott b. l78l m. l8ll Mary Clay of Putney,
Vt. daug. of James and Betsy Clay.
m. (2) wid. Phebe (Coffin)
Brown. b. l795
m. (3) wid. Mary (Bonner)
Stratton b. l789 at
Winchester, N.H.
4. Rachel Prescott b. l783 m. l815 James Clay, brother
Mary Clay He. b. l783 at Putney. res. Rindge N.H.
5. Eldad Prescott b. l786 m. l816 Clarissa Hunt b. l791
m. (2) Betsy Hunt (sister)
6. Nabby Prescott b. l789 d. l800
7. John Adams Prescott b. l793 m. l828 Martha Ryan.
8. Susanna Prescott b. l797 d. l800
9. Bethia b. l800 d. l807
p. l90 Oliver Prescott and wife Kezia Howard (lst 3
b. at Jaffrey N.H., next ll b. at Whitestown
(now New Hartford, N.Y.)
l. Oliver Prescott b. l789 m. l8ll Ruth Morgan
2. Kezia Prescott b. l790 d. l793
3. Bethia b. l792 m. l8l2 Jared P. Todd b. l791 at New
Haven, Conn. res. Paris, N.Y.
4. Benjamin Prescott b. l794 m. l8l9 Experience Huntley.
res. Hastings, N.Y.
5. Polly Prescott b. l796 m. l819 Allen Harrison b.l789
res. Grand Rapids, MI.
6. Anson Prescott b. l797 m. (l) l820 Hannah Paddock
m. (2) l827 Nancy Campbell
m. (3) l854 Alma Cole
7. Anna Prescott b. l800 m. l8l7 William Dixon
8. Susan Prescott b. l802 m. l825 Samuel Mallory
9. John Prescott b. l804 m. l827 Julia Haven
l0. Jeremiah Prescott b. l806 m. l83l Deborah Linman
res. Rome, N.Y.
ll. Phebe Prescott b. l808 m. l828 Benjamin Mallory
l2. Price Howard Prescott b. l8ll m. l833 Rebecca W.
Thomas b. l804 m.(2) Olive Prescott
the widow of his bro. Francis.
l3. Rev. Francis Prescott b. l8l3 m. (l) Mary Bond
m. (2) Olive Wright
then, Olive Wright Prescott m. (2) Price Prescott
l4. Sarah Prescott b. l8l5 m. l836 Cram Cole.
p.l9l Abraham Prescottand wife, Polly Fletcher at
Westford, Ma. had the following children:
l. Polly Prescott b. l799 m. l830 Benjamin Spaulding.
2. Martha Prescott b. l800 d. l80l
3.Olive Prescott b. l802 m. l85l Calvin Howard
4. Bethia b. l804 m. l854 Elliott Heyward of Westford
5. Hon.Oliver Prescott b. l806 m. l862 Helen Howland
of New Bedford, Ma.
6. Abram b. l809 d. l845 unm.
7. Henry Adams Prescott b. l8ll m. l837 Mary Fletcher
m. (2) Olive Reed
they moved to Lawrence, Ma.
8. Sarah Prescott b. l813 m. David Prescott Lawrence
he b. l8l0 res. Lowell, Ma. He was Captn of Rifle
Co.
9. Abel Prescott b. l8l6 m. l855 Caroline Hildreth of
Groton Ma.
l0 Jackson Prescott b. l8l9 d. l841
ll. Edward Prescott b. l821 m. l852 Augusta Babbitt
of Groton,Ma. and he was trustee for the Groton
School, formerly the Lawrence Academy.
p. l92 Isaac Prescott and wife, Lucy Hinckley at
Westford, Ma. had the following children:
l. Lucinda Prescott b. l797 m. Mason Pierce b. l798
2. Harriet Prescott b. l799 d. l800
3. Harriet Prescott 2d b. l80l d. l802
4. Harriet Prescott 3d b. l804 m. David Plaisted
5. Charles Prescott b. l805 m. l83l Rebecca Prescott
6. Ann Prescott b. l807 d. unm.
7. Lucy Prescott b. l8l0 m. Rev. Stephen Manning
8. Isaac Prescott b. l8l2
9. Joseph Prescott b. l8l6 d l828
p.l92
David Prescott and wife, Mary Blood at Jaffrey, NH:
l. David Prescott b. l780
2. Mary Prescott b. l782 m. l807 John Blodgett b. l782 at
Groton, MA
3. HANNAH PRESCOTT b.l785 m. Levi Prescott, SON OF JONAS PRESCOTT
AND REBECCA BULKLEY Prescott.
4. Benjamin J. Prescott b. l787
5. Hepzibah Prescott b. l788m. l808 Silas Lawrence of Groton, MA.
6. Sampson Prescott b. l790 m. (l) l8l3 Sally Lawrence b. l784
(2) l845 Susanna Blood of Groton
7. Abigail Prescott b. l793 m. Luther Trowbridge at Warren MA >
Tennesee
p.l93 Ezra Prescott and wife Dolly Wright at Jaffrey NH
l. Ezra Prescott b. l78l m. Elizabeth Hardy Res: Am-
herst, NH
2. Eunice Prescott b l782 d. l865 unm.
3. Dr. Joel Prescott b. l784 m. Clamira STEARNS He was
nephew of Dr. Joel Prescott They moved to Phelps
NY
4. Dolly Prescott b. l786 m. _____Hardy
5. Phebe Prescott b. l788 m. _____Green Res: Lowell MA
6. Abigail Prescott b. l789 m. ______Dadman Res: Lowell, MA
p. l93 Dr. Joel Prescott and wife Lucy REED at Phelps NY
l. Imley Prescott b. l794 m (l) l8l6 Maria Cross b. l796
m. (2) l839 Anna BUTTERFIELD b.
Whitestown NY
He was quartermaster War l8l2 Battle Fort Erie.
2. Zachariah W. Prescott b. l796 m. l834 Panthy Merry a
Dakota Indian. He went west in l8l9 to penetrate
Indian country for trading. Fort Snelling (US Fort)
was trader with Northwest Fur Co. trading w/Indians.
Panthy remarried after his death, to Owen Edmonston
widower of Philedia Prescott, Zachariah's sister.
3. John Reed Prescott b.l798 d l8l7
4. child b. l800 d. l800
5. Philander Prescott b. l80l went west with brother,
Zachariah. He also m. Indian girl Nah-he-no-wenah,
(Spirit of the moon) daug of Kee-e-hei (the man that
flies), a Dakota Chief. Her mother was Moz-ah-win-
dag-awin (checkered iron)
6. Philedia Prescott b. l803 m. l829 Owen Edmonston.
He m (2) Panthy Merry the Indian widow of Philadia's
brother Zachariah Prescott
7. Sophia Prescott b.l806 m (l) Porter Hawks
m. (2) JAMES R. DARROW
P.l94 Sampson Prescott and wife, Lucy Blood at Jaffrey, NH
l. Sampson Jr. b. l785 unm.
2. David b. l788 unm.
3. Royal Prescott b. l79l unm (A sea captain of Salem,MA
4. Sylvanus Prescott b. l794 unm
5. LUCY PRESCOTT b. l794 unm.
6. Hannah Prescott b.l796 unm.
7. Thirza Prescott b. l798 unm.
8. Susan Prescott b. l799 unm.
9. Phineas Wright Prescott b. l802 m. l833 Mary Conant
GATES b. l808 daug of Eli Gates and Anna (Dakin)
Gates at Stow MA Res: Nashua NH
p.l94 EBENEZER PRESCOTT and wife, Hannah Waite at Westford MA
l. Asa Prescott b. l800
2. George Prescott b. l80l d. l80l
3. Susan Prescott b. l802
4. Almira Prescott b. l806 d. l8l5 age 9
5. Elnora Prescott b. l806 (Almira's twin) m. l832
Timothy Wright of Westford d. l86l
6. Franklin Prescott b. l808 d. l8l2 age 4 (drowned)
7. Ebenezer Prescott b. l8l0 d. l8l0
8. Ebenezer Prescott 2d b. l8ll d. l8l5 age 4.
9. Franklin Prescott 2d b. l8l3
l0. Timothy Prescott b.l8l5
ll. Nathan P. Prescott b. l8l7 m. l842 Bethia Sargent of
Strafford, Vt. Res: Dorchester MA
l2. Charlotte b. l8l9 d. l858
By his 2d wife Sally Fletcher Ebenezer had:
l3. Samuel Prescott b. l822 m (l) Paratina Hayden of Groton
m (2) Mary Cass of Westford MA
>later to California
l4. Joseph F. Prescott b. l823 m. l848 Sarah LAWRENCE of
Pepperell MA
l5. Simeon Prescott b. l826 moved to Maine
p.l95 Asa Prescott and wife Sophia Derby at Westford MA
l. Julia A. Prescott b. l822 m. l842 CALVIN RAYMOND of
Littleton MA
2. Augustus Prescott b. l823
3. Charles Prescott b.l825 d. l827
4. Charles 2d b. l828
5. Mary Prescott b. l830 d. l832
6. George Prescott b.l83l
7. Augusta Prescott b.l834 d. l837
8. Ebenezer Prescott b. l836 d. l837
9. Melvina Prescott b. l838
l0. Elias Prescott b.l840
ll. Martha Prescott b. l842
p.l95 Jonathan Prescott and wife, Huldah Robins at Forge Village,
MA: l. Luther Prescott b. l809 m. l837 Olive Prescott b.
l8l5
p.l95 William Prescott and wife Eunice WHEELER at Westford MA
NOTE SHE m. (2) BULKLEY PRESCOTT
l. Alvah Prescott b. l803
2. George Prescott b. l805
3. William Prescott b. l807 note all 3 above died l870
EUNICE WHEELER PRESCOTT M. (2) BULKLEY PRESCOTT
4. Rebecca Prescott b.l8l2 m. l83l Charles Prescott
5. Peter Prescott b.l8l3 m. l84l Zebiah Richardson
p.l96 Avery Prescott and lst wife Lucy LAWRENCE at Westford MA
l. Avery Prescott b.l807 d. l830
2. Lucy Prescott b. l809 d. l833
By his 2d wife, Betsey Capen:
3. Francis Prescott b.l8l9
4. Charles Prescott b. l824 lived at Harvard MA d. unm.
p.l96 Jacob Prescott and wife Bathsheba DADMAN at Bennington
Vt
l. Nathan Prescott b. l807 d. l8l0
2. Edee Prescott b. l809
3. Joseph Prescott b. l8ll m. l845 Persis Thompson Res:
Brattleboro, Vt.
4. Ornan Prescott b. l8l6 Res: Guilford, Vt. m. _______
d. l869
His son Ornan,Jr. b. l843 l6th Reg. Vt. Volunteers
l862 fought at Gettysburg l863
5. Atherton Prescott b. l822
p.l96 Oliver Prescott and wife, Mary Clay at Jaffrey, NH:
l.Oren Prescott b. l8l3 d. l8l6 age 3
2. Daniel Prescott b. l8l5 m. l84l Abigail Davidson at
Fitzwilliams, NH
3. Elizabeth Prescott b. l8l7 d. l8l8
4. Elizabeth Prescott 2d b.l8l9 m. l84l Major Rufus
Heywood b.l820. He was apptd by Pres. Abe Lincoln
in l864 Paymaster in Union Army. Was Lieut Col. in
l865. Res: Fredonia, NY
p.l97 Eldad Prescott and wife Clarrissa Hunt at Jaffrey NH
l. Eldad Prescott b.l8l7 m. l843 Frances Hammond of
W. Bradford, MA
2. Benjamin Prescott b. l8l8 m. l846 Lovinia Brown
b. l8l6 at Wickendon, MA daug of Joseph Brown and
Martha (Wilder) Brown
3. Oliver Prescott b. l821 m. l846 Adelia Bigelow of
Framingham MA. she b. l827
4. Oren Prescott b. l823 m. (l) l846 Martha Adams of
Rindge NH m. (2) Caroline Nutting of Jaffrey
m. (3) Louisa PLUMMER of Goffstown NH
By his 2d wife Betsy Hunt he had:
5. John Prescott b.l830 d. l863
6. Henry Prescott b. l832 d. l852
7. Addison Prescott b.l836 m. l866 Mary SAWYER of Sharon NH
p.l97 John Adams Prescott and wife, Mary Ryan at Jaffrey NH
l. George Prescott b. l833 d. l834
2. Martha Prescott b. l835 m. l855 Spencer BAILEY b.l829
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