Rev. Benjamin Prescott

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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), p. 52: "Issue of Rev. Benjamin Prescott (54-9) and Elizabeth Higginson of Salem Village. 98. 1. Benjamin,(250) b. Jan. 29, 1717; grad. Harv. Coll. in 1736; m. Aug. 12, 1741, Rebecca, dau. of James and Martha (Lane) Minot, b. May 15, 1720. He was a justice of the peace and an enterprising merchant in Salem, where he d. Aug. 18, 1778, in his 62d year. She d. Oct. 8, 1761, in her 42d year." p. 46: "54. 9. Rev. Benjamin,(98-1) b. Sept. 16, 1687, graduated at Harvard College in 1709 ... ordained over the church at the Second Precinct, in Salem, subsequently Danvers ... Sept. 23, 1713 ... He m. for his first wife, Elizabeth, daughter of John Higginson, Esq., of Salem, Oct. 20, 1715. She was b. June 28, 1696, and d. March 20, 1723 ... The Rev. Benjamin Prescott d. May 27, 1777, ae. 90."

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), pp. 45-47: "Issue of Capt. Jonathan Prescott, by 2d wife, Elizabeth Hoar. 49. 4. Doct. Jonathan ... 50. 5. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 27, 1678 ... 54. 9. Rev. Benjamin,(98-1) b. Sept. 16, 1687, graduated at Harvard College in 1709 ... ordained over the church at the Second Precinct, in Salem ... He m. for his first wife, Elizabeth, daughter of John Higginson, Esq., of Salem, Oct. 20, 1715 ... The Rev. Benjamin Prescott d. May 27, 1777, ae. 90." p. 42: "8. 7. Jonathan,(46-1) ... removed to Concord in 1675, where he m. for a second wife, Elizabeth, dau. of John Hoar, Esq., a lawyer of Concord, Mass., Dec. 23, 1675. She d. Sept. 25, 1687 ... He d. Dec. 5, 1721." Shattuck, History of Concord (1835) Appendix PRESCOTT: "Jonathan came to Concord; m. Elizabeth Hoar 1675; she d. 1687 ... He d. Dec. 5, 1721; had Jonathan, Elizabeth, m. John Fowle, Dorothy, m. Edward Bulkeley, John, Benjamin, H. C. 1709, and Mary, m. John Miles."

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).

4. Salem VR Vol. II Births (1918), PICKERING: "Sarah, d. John, jr. and Sarah (Burrell), July 25, 1686. CT. R." (other Sarahs b. 1703-4 and 1711 too young for the 1707 marriage). Salem VR Marriages: "Joseph [Hardy], and Sarah Pickering, June 25, 1707." Birth of daughter Martha: "Martha, d. Joseph and Sarah (Pickering), Feb. 26, 1710-11."

   Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, Vol. II Births (Essex Institute, 1918), PRESCOT: "Benja[min], s. Rev. Benja[min] and Eliza[beth] (Higginson), Jan. 29, 1716-17." Same block: John (Aug. 2, 1718), Hannah (Dec. 6, 1719), Elizabeth (Sept. 15, 1721), Sarah (Jan. 29, 1722-3), all "d./s. Rev. Benja[min] and Eliza[beth] (Higginson)"; and PRESCOTT "Martha, d. Benj[amin], jr. and Rebecca, Nov. 23, 1744" (already-locked martha-prescott-goodhue-bsb).