Captain Jonathan Prescott

1646 - 1721  (75 years)

• Name	Jonathan Prescott
  Birth	1646	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 3]
  Potter (1887) states he was born in 1643. [1]
  Offices Held	say 1670 (24 years)	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Jonathan served as a constable.
  Married	3 Aug 1670 (24 years)	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 3, 4]
  Dorothy ______. She died on Monday 8 October 1674 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Samuel Prescott (1671-1671) 2. Jonathan Prescott (1671-1671) 3. Jonathan Prescott (1672-____) 4. Samuel Prescott (1674-____)
  Their marriage date was recorded as 3 (6) 1670.
  Married	23 Dec 1675 (29 years)	Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 3]
  Elizabeth Hoar, the daughter of John and Alice Hoar. She was born about 1650 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. She died on Thursday 25 September 1687 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Jonathan Prescott (1677-1729) 2. Elizabeth Prescott (1678-____) 3. Dorothy Prescott (1681-1748) 4. John Prescott (1683-1706) 5. Mary Prescott (1685-____) 6. Benjamin Prescott (1687-1777)
  History	1676 (30 years)
  After the massacre, he along with two others were sent as messengers to the Indians to try and obtain the captive's release.
  Married	18 Dec 1689 (43 years)	Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 3, 5]
  Rebecca Wheeler, the daughter of Lt. Joseph and Sarah (Goldstone) Wheeler. She was born on 6 September 1645 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Her birth was recorded as 6 (7) 1645. On 16 April 1667 Rebecca, at age 21, married first, the Hon. Peter Buckley, at age 23 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She died on Saturday 20 February 1717/18 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  Freeman	1690 (44 years)
  Offices Held	1692 (46 years)
  He was a Representative to the General Court and for nine years after.
  Living	Feb 1707 (61 years)
  Married	18 Aug 1718 (72 years)	Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 3]
  Ruth Wheeler, the daughter of Capt. Thomas and Ruth (Wood) Wheeler. She was born about 1653 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.Ruth, married first, ______ Brown. She died on Tuesday 9 February 1740 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  Death	5 Dec 1721	Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 3]
  Siblings	5 brothers and 5 sisters
  + 1. Mary Prescott,   c. 24 Feb 1629/30, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England d. Apr 1716, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 86 years) ▻ Thomas Sawyer,  m. 2 Jul 1648   2. baby boy Prescott,   b. 7 Mar 1631, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England d. 7 Mar 1631, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England  (Age 0 years)   3. Martha Prescott,   c. 11 Mar 1632, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England d. 24 Jan 1655/56, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 23 years)   4. baby boy Prescott,   b. 1633, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England d. 3 Jan 1634, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England  (Age 1 year)   5. John Prescott,   c. 1 Apr 1635, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England d. After 1718  (Age ~ 83 years) + 6. Sarah Prescott,   c. 16 Apr 1637, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England d. 25 Aug 1714, Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 77 years) ▻ Richard Wheeler,  m. 2 Aug 1658 ;   Joseph Rice,  m. 23 Dec 1677   7. Hannah Prescott,   c. 16 Apr 1639, Barbadoes d. 11 Sep 1697, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 58 years)   8. Lydia Prescott,   b. 15 Aug 1641, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1712  (Age 70 years)   9. Joseph Prescott,   b. 1645, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 31 Dec 1732  (Age 87 years)   10. Captain Jonathan Prescott,   b. 1646, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 5 Dec 1721, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 75 years)   11. Captain Jonas Prescott,   b. Jun 1648, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 31 Dec 1723, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 75 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	William Prescott   (3 x Great Grandfather)  Mary Platts,   b. Wygan, Lancashire, England d. After 1678, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   (Mother)
  Person ID, Branch	I16344
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2018

  
  

  Father	John Prescott,   c. 1604/05, Shevington, Standish Parish, Lancashire, England d. 20 Dec 1681, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age ~ 76 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary Platts,   b. Wygan, Lancashire, England d. After 1678, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F501	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Captain Jonathan Prescott(1646 – 1721) 2John Prescott(1604/05 – 1681) 4Ralph Prescott(1569 – 1609) 8Roger Prescott(Abt 1532 – 1594) 16James Prescott(1508 – 1568) 17Alice Standish(1510 – 1564) 9Ellen Shaw 18 19 5Helen(Abt 1571 – 1643) 10 20 21 11 22 23 3Mary Platts( – 1678) 6Abraham Gawkroger Platts 12James Gawkroger Platts 24Richard Platts 25unknown wife 13Genet Fairbanke(1552 – ) 26George Fairbanke(Abt 1530 – 1610) 27Sybil Waide(1532 – 1573) 7 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1646 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Offices Held - say 1670 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 3 Aug 1670 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 23 Dec 1675 - Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 18 Dec 1689 - Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 18 Aug 1718 - Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 5 Dec 1721 - Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1048] Potter, Charles Edward. Genealogies of Some Old Families of Concord, Mass. and Their Descendants in Part to the Present Generation, (Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1887). [S67] Ancestral File (LDS), (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), Questionnable Source. [S485] Wheeler, Daniel Merrick. The Wheeler Family of Rutland, Mass. and Some of their Ancestors, (Pittsfield, Massachusetts: by the author, 1924). [S994] Ward, Andrew Henshaw. "Lancaster Records", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XVI, 1862). [S1179] Trask, William B. "Early Records of Boston", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume VIII, 1854).