Mary (Platts) Prescott

Family

Sources

1. Shattuck, History of Concord (1835) Appendix HOAR: "John of Concord, who lived in Scituate from 1643 to 1655, came to Concord about 1660; was a lawyer ... d. April 2, 1704; his wife Alice d. June 5, 1697. His daughter Elizabeth m. Jonathan Prescott, and Mary m. Benjamin Graves". Prescott Memorial p. 42: "Elizabeth, dau. of John Hoar, Esq., a lawyer of Concord, Mass., Dec. 23, 1675. She d. Sept. 25, 1687". Concord VR: "mr Jn° Hoar ye husband of mrs Ales his wife dyed, Aprill ye 2d day 1704"; "Alice Hoar ye wife of mr Jn° Hoar her Husband dyed June ye 5th day 1696". Mother (Alice) not named as mother of Elizabeth = LEAD.

   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."

2. Shattuck, History of Concord (1835) Appendix HOAR: "John of Concord, who lived in Scituate from 1643 to 1655, came to Concord about 1660; was a lawyer ... d. April 2, 1704; his wife Alice d. June 5, 1697. His daughter Elizabeth m. Jonathan Prescott, and Mary m. Benjamin Graves". Prescott Memorial p. 42: "Elizabeth, dau. of John Hoar, Esq., a lawyer of Concord, Mass., Dec. 23, 1675. She d. Sept. 25, 1687". Concord VR: "mr Jn° Hoar ye husband of mrs Ales his wife dyed, Aprill ye 2d day 1704"; "Alice Hoar ye wife of mr Jn° Hoar her Husband dyed June ye 5th day 1696". Mother (Alice) not named as mother of Elizabeth = LEAD.

   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."