John Prescott

Abt 1605 - 1681  (~ 76 years)

• Name	John Prescott
  Born	Abt 1605
  Gender	Male
  Died	Dec 1681	Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA
  Buried	Aft Dec 1681	Old Settlers Burial Yard, Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA
  	Inscription: Original grave marker: JOHN PRESCOTT DECASED A memorial stone erected a long time after John Prescott's death: HERE WITH HIS CHILDREN ABOUT HIM LIES JOHN PRESCOTT FOUNDER OF LANCASTER AND FIRST SETTLER OF WORCESTER COUNTY BORN AT STANDISH, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND DIED AT LANCASTER, MASSACHUSETTS, DEC. 1681. INSPIRED BY THE LOVE OF LIBERTY AND THE FEAR OF GOD, THIS STOUT-HEARTED PIONEER FORSAKING THE PLEASANT VALES OF ENGLAND TOOK UP HIS ABODE IN THE UNBROKEN FOREST AND ENCOUNTERED WILD BEAST AND SAVAGE TO SECURE FREEDOM FOR HIMSELF AND HIS POSTERITY HIS FAITH AND VIRTUES HAVE BEEN INHERITED BY MANY DESCENDANTS WHO IN EVERY GENERATION HAVE WELL SERVED THE STATE IN WAR, IN LITERATURE, AT THE BAR, IN THE PULPIT, IN PUBLIC LIFE AND IN CHRISTIAN HOMES
  Notes	From FindaGrave: John Prescott, founder of Lancaster, MA. John Prescott, Sr. was born about 1605 in England and died in Lancaster, MA in 1683. He married Mary Gawkroger (alias Platt) (1607-1718) on April 11, 1629 in Sowerby, Yorkshire, England. The first 5 of their children were born in England except for the fifth child Hannah who was probably born in Barbados, West Indies in 1639. Their children included: Mary (Thomas Sawyer), Martha (John Rugg), John, Jr. (Sarah), Sarah (1 Richard Wheeler, 2 Joseph Rice), Hannah (John Rugg widower of Martha), Lydia (1 Jonas Fairbanks, 2 Elias Barron, Jr.), Capt. Jonathan (1 Dorothy Heald, 2 Elizabeth Hoar, 3 Rebecca Wheeler, 4 Ruth Brown), Joseph (probable that there was no son Joseph and that his existence at all is due to a clerks error in an early history of Concord, MA), Capt. Jonas, Sr. (Mary Loker). John and Mary were in Watertown, MA in 1640 and moved from there to the Nashaway Plantation in 1643 which was later to become Lancaster. Jonas was born here before Lancaster was incorporated so his birth was registered in Groton. There may have been two other children who died in infancy in England. Mary's alias "Platts" appears to come from English lands by that name that passed down through the Gawkroger family. The main source of this information is William Prescott's 1870 "Prescott Memorial." Bio Submitted by: Bob Speckman, Salem, OR, August 2008 _____________ According to societies like "The Order of The Crown of Charlemagne in the United States of America", John Prescott's father was Sir Ralph Prescott and his mother was wife Ellen. Famous Descendants are President George HW Bush, President George W Bush, Senator Prescott Bush, Governor Jeb Bush.
  Person ID	I53915	Stedman/Steadman/Steedman Families of the New World
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2014

  
  

  Family	Mary Gawkroger,   b. Bef 15 Mar 1606/07,   d. 20 Oct 1688, Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA  (Age ~ 81 years)
  Alt. Marriage	24 Jan 1628/29	Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK
  Married	11 Apr 1629	Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK
  Children	1. John Prescott, of Lancaster,   b. Bef 1 Apr 1634,   d. Aft 1710  (Age ~ 76 years)   2. Sarah Prescott,   b. 16 Apr 1637, ____, Yorkshire, England, UK ,   d. 20 Nov 1727, Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA  (Age 90 years)   3. Dr. Jonathan Prescott,   b. Abt 1643, Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA ,   d. 23 Dec 1721, Concord, Middlesex Co., MA  (Age ~ 78 years)   4. Capt. Jonas Prescott,   b. 30 Jun 1648, Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA ,   d. 31 Dec 1723, Groton, Middlesex Co., MA  (Age 75 years)
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2014
  Family ID	F19885	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Died - Dec 1681 - Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA  = Link to Google Earth