Rebecca (Minot) 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), Part I pp. 67-68, 92: "The second child of Benjamin Prescott and Rebecca Minot was 251. 2. Martha,(491) b. Nov. 23, 1744; m. Sept. 29, 1767, Stephen, son of Benjamin Goodhue of Salem, and had twp children." Issue of Martha Prescott (251—2) and Stephen Goodhue of Salem: "490. 1. Benjamin, b. May 28, 1768 ... 491. 2. Martha,(838) b. Feb. 2, 1770; m. 1796, Captain Richard Wheatland of Salem." Salem VR marriages (Essex Institute): "GOODHUE ... Stephen, and Martha Prescott, Sept. 29, 1767 PR 170"; "Martha [daughter Stephen and Martha (Prescott) PR 170], and Richard Wheatland, certif. Oct. 29, 1796*." Exact match to locked martha-prescott-goodhue-bsb (m. Stephen 1767; mother of Martha Goodhue Wheatland b. 2 Feb 1770) and maiden Minot.

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), 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."

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): "Rebeckah Minott the Daughter of mr James Minott and Martha his wife was born May 15 day 1720"; "mr James minott of Concord and mrs martha Lane of Billerica was married by Justice minott nouember 14 day 1716"; "mr Benjamin Prescott of Salem & mrs Rebekah Minott of Concord were married by Justice Minott august 12 1741"; death: "mrs Martha Minott Wife to Major James Minott her husband died January 18 1733/4 [in her 40th yr. g.s.]".

4. Vital Records of Danvers, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, Vol. I Births (Topsfield Historical Society, 1909), PRESCOTT: "Martha, d. Benjamin, jr. and Rebecca, Nov. 23, 1744." Same block: Rebecca (May 20, 1742), Benjamin (Mar. 14, 1746), James (Mar. 16, 1748), Elizabeth (Dec. 1, 1752), Mercy (Feb. 5, 1755), Benjamin (Oct. 22, 1757), Mary (May 9, 1760) — all "Benjamin, jr. and Rebecca" / "Benjamin and Rebecca".

   Vital Records of Danvers, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, Vol. I Births (Topsfield Historical Society, 1909), PRESCOTT: "Martha, d. Benjamin, jr. and Rebecca, Nov. 23, 1744." Same block: Rebecca (May 20, 1742), Benjamin (Mar. 14, 1746), James (Mar. 16, 1748), Elizabeth (Dec. 1, 1752), Mercy (Feb. 5, 1755), Benjamin (Oct. 22, 1757), Mary (May 9, 1760) — all "Benjamin, jr. and Rebecca" / "Benjamin and Rebecca".

5. 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), Part I pp. 67-68, 92: "The second child of Benjamin Prescott and Rebecca Minot was 251. 2. Martha,(491) b. Nov. 23, 1744; m. Sept. 29, 1767, Stephen, son of Benjamin Goodhue of Salem, and had twp children." Issue of Martha Prescott (251—2) and Stephen Goodhue of Salem: "490. 1. Benjamin, b. May 28, 1768 ... 491. 2. Martha,(838) b. Feb. 2, 1770; m. 1796, Captain Richard Wheatland of Salem." Salem VR marriages (Essex Institute): "GOODHUE ... Stephen, and Martha Prescott, Sept. 29, 1767 PR 170"; "Martha [daughter Stephen and Martha (Prescott) PR 170], and Richard Wheatland, certif. Oct. 29, 1796*." Exact match to locked martha-prescott-goodhue-bsb (m. Stephen 1767; mother of Martha Goodhue Wheatland b. 2 Feb 1770) and maiden Minot.