Capt. Jonathan Prescott

Family

Sources

1. Shattuck, History of Concord (1835) p. 386 WHEELER: "Timothy m. for his second wife, Mary Brooks; he d. June 7, 1687; she d. 1693; leaving no male issue. He gave the ministerial lot to the town"; footnote: "Captain Timothy Wheeler died July 10, 1687, aged 86. He came to Concord in 1638, and, as tradition says, from Wales ... captain of a military company, and represented the town eighteen years in the General Court, between 1653 and 1672 ... His will, which is recorded in the Suffolk Probate Records, was dated the 1st of March next before his death." Concord VR: "mary daftuer of Lut Timothy Wheeler & mary his wife, borne the 3th October. 1657"; "Mrs Mary Wheeler ye Relict Widow of Captn Timothy Wheeler dyed Octobr ye 4th 1693".

   Concord, Massachusetts: Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1635-1850 (1895): "Benjamin Prescote ye son of Jonathathan Prescote & Elizebeth his wife was Borne Septembr ye 16th 1687."; marriage "Jonathan priscot and Elizabeth Hoar maried 23. desembr. 1675."; death "Elizebeth Prescote ye wife of Lt Jonathan Prescote dyed September ye 25th 1687" (nine days after Benjamin's birth); "Capt Jonathan Prescot husband to Ruth his wife dyed December ye 5 : 1721". Matches benjamin-prescott-rev-bsb (b. 16 Sep 1687).

2. Shattuck, History of Concord (1835) p. 386 WHEELER: "Timothy m. for his second wife, Mary Brooks; he d. June 7, 1687; she d. 1693; leaving no male issue. He gave the ministerial lot to the town"; footnote: "Captain Timothy Wheeler died July 10, 1687, aged 86. He came to Concord in 1638, and, as tradition says, from Wales ... captain of a military company, and represented the town eighteen years in the General Court, between 1653 and 1672 ... His will, which is recorded in the Suffolk Probate Records, was dated the 1st of March next before his death." Concord VR: "mary daftuer of Lut Timothy Wheeler & mary his wife, borne the 3th October. 1657"; "Mrs Mary Wheeler ye Relict Widow of Captn Timothy Wheeler dyed Octobr ye 4th 1693".

   William Prescott, "The Prescott Memorial" (1870): "First, of the descendants of John and Mary Platts, who had issue as follows: SECOND GENERATION. Issue of John Prescott (1) and Mary Platts. 2. 1. Mary ... bap. at Sowerby ... 1630 ... 8. 7. Jonathan,(46-1). It is not known when or where this son was born ... highly probable that he was born at Watertown, and about 1648. He settled in Lancaster, where he m. 1st, Dorothy, Aug. 3, 1670; she d. and he removed to Concord in 1675 ... Elizabeth, dau. of John Hoar ... He d. Dec. 5, 1721." p. 39: "5. John ... He married, Jan. 21, 1629, Mary Platts, at Wygan in Lancashire." Shattuck (1835) Appendix PRESCOTT: "Jonathan Prescott was the common ancestor of the Concord branch of this distinguished family. His father, John P., from Lancashire, Eng., m. Mary Platts of Yorkshire, and came to this country about 1640; and, after living a short time at Watertown, was a leading settler of Lancaster, where he d. 1683. His children were Mary, m. Thomas Sawyer, Sarah, m. Richard Wheeler, Lydia, m. Jonas Fairbank, Martha, John, Jonathan, Joseph, and Jonas."

3. Shattuck, History of Concord (1835) p. 386 WHEELER: "Timothy m. for his second wife, Mary Brooks; he d. June 7, 1687; she d. 1693; leaving no male issue. He gave the ministerial lot to the town"; footnote: "Captain Timothy Wheeler died July 10, 1687, aged 86. He came to Concord in 1638, and, as tradition says, from Wales ... captain of a military company, and represented the town eighteen years in the General Court, between 1653 and 1672 ... His will, which is recorded in the Suffolk Probate Records, was dated the 1st of March next before his death." Concord VR: "mary daftuer of Lut Timothy Wheeler & mary his wife, borne the 3th October. 1657"; "Mrs Mary Wheeler ye Relict Widow of Captn Timothy Wheeler dyed Octobr ye 4th 1693".

   Concord, Massachusetts: Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1635-1850 (1895): "Benjamin Prescote ye son of Jonathathan Prescote & Elizebeth his wife was Borne Septembr ye 16th 1687."; marriage "Jonathan priscot and Elizabeth Hoar maried 23. desembr. 1675."; death "Elizebeth Prescote ye wife of Lt Jonathan Prescote dyed September ye 25th 1687" (nine days after Benjamin's birth); "Capt Jonathan Prescot husband to Ruth his wife dyed December ye 5 : 1721". Matches benjamin-prescott-rev-bsb (b. 16 Sep 1687).