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Benjamin Prescott

Male 1717 - 1778  (61 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Benjamin Prescott was born on 29 Jan 1717 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts (son of Rev. Benjamin Prescott and Elizabeth Higginson); died on 18 Aug 1778 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.

    Benjamin married Rebecca Minot on 12 Aug 1741 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Rebecca (daughter of Col. James Minot and Martha Lane) was born on 5 May 1720 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 8 Oct 1761 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Rebecca Prescott was born on 20 May 1742 in Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 19 Apr 1813 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Rev. Benjamin Prescott was born on 16 Sep 1687 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts (son of Capt. Jonathan Prescott and Elizabeth Hoar); died on 27 May 1777 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.

    Benjamin married Elizabeth Higginson on 20 Oct 1715 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of John Higginson and Hannah Gardner) was born on 28 Jun 1696 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 20 Mar 1723 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Higginson was born on 28 Jun 1696 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts (daughter of John Higginson and Hannah Gardner); died on 20 Mar 1723 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. 1. Benjamin Prescott was born on 29 Jan 1717 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 18 Aug 1778 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Capt. Jonathan Prescott was born about 1645 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts (son of John Prescott and Mary Gawkroger alias Platt); died on 5 Dec 1721 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

    Jonathan married Elizabeth Hoar on 23 Dec 1675. Elizabeth (daughter of John Hoar and Alice) was born about 1650 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died on 25 Sep 1687 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth Hoar was born about 1650 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts (daughter of John Hoar and Alice); died on 25 Sep 1687 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. Dr. Jonathan Prescott was born on 5 Apr 1677 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 28 Oct 1729 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
    2. 2. Rev. Benjamin Prescott was born on 16 Sep 1687 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 27 May 1777 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.

  3. 6.  John Higginson was born on 20 Aug 1675 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts (son of John Higginson and Sarah Savage); died on 26 Apr 1718 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.

    John married Hannah Gardner on 11 Sep 1695 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. Hannah was born on 4 Apr 1676 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 24 Jun 1713 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Hannah Gardner was born on 4 Apr 1676 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 24 Jun 1713 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. 3. Elizabeth Higginson was born on 28 Jun 1696 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 20 Mar 1723 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John Prescott was born about 1604 in Lancashire, England; died about 1681 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts.

    John married Mary Gawkroger alias Platt on 11 Apr 1629 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England. Mary was born between 1611 and 1612; died in 1674. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Mary Gawkroger alias Platt was born between 1611 and 1612; died in 1674.
    Children:
    1. Sarah Prescott was born about 1637 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
    2. 4. Capt. Jonathan Prescott was born about 1645 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 5 Dec 1721 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

  3. 10.  John Hoar was born about 1619 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England (son of Charles Hoar and Joanna Hinksman); died on 2 Apr 1704 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

    John married Alice about 1645. Alice died on 5 Jun 1696 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Alice died on 5 Jun 1696 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. Mary Hoar was born about 1648.
    2. 5. Elizabeth Hoar was born about 1650 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died on 25 Sep 1687 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

  5. 12.  John Higginson was born in 1646 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut (son of Rev. John Higginson and Sarah Whitfield); died on 23 Mar 1719 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.

    John married Sarah Savage on 9 Oct 1672 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Capt. Thomas Savage and Mary Symmes) was born on 25 Jun 1653 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was christened on 26 Jun 1653 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died before 26 Jun 1713; was buried on 26 Jun 1713 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Sarah Savage was born on 25 Jun 1653 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was christened on 26 Jun 1653 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (daughter of Capt. Thomas Savage and Mary Symmes); died before 26 Jun 1713; was buried on 26 Jun 1713 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. 6. John Higginson was born on 20 Aug 1675 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 26 Apr 1718 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.


Generation: 5

  1. 20.  Charles Hoar was born in of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England (son of Charles Hoar); died between 25 Sep 1638 and 21 Dec 1638.

    Charles married Joanna Hinksman between 1610 and 1612. Joanna died on 21 Dec 1661 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 21.  Joanna Hinksman died on 21 Dec 1661 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. Margery Hoar died on 10 Mar 1687 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
    2. 10. John Hoar was born about 1619 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England; died on 2 Apr 1704 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

  3. 24.  Rev. John Higginson was born before 31 Aug 1616 in Claybrooke, Leicestershire, England; was christened on 11 Aug 1616 in Claybrooke, Leicestershire, England (son of Rev. Francis Higginson and Anne Herbert); died on 9 Dec 1708 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.

    John married Sarah Whitfield before 1646 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut. Sarah (daughter of Rev. Henry Whitfield and Dorothy Sheafe) was born before 1 Nov 1620; was christened on 1 Nov 1620 in Ockley, Surrey, England; died on 8 Jul 1675 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 25.  Sarah Whitfield was born before 1 Nov 1620; was christened on 1 Nov 1620 in Ockley, Surrey, England (daughter of Rev. Henry Whitfield and Dorothy Sheafe); died on 8 Jul 1675 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. 12. John Higginson was born in 1646 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut; died on 23 Mar 1719 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.

  5. 26.  Capt. Thomas Savage was born about 1607; died on 15 Feb 1682 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

    Thomas married Mary Symmes on 15 Sep 1652 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Rev. Zachariah Symmes and Sarah Baker) was born on 9 Apr 1628 in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England; was christened on 16 Apr 1628 in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England; died on 18 Jul 1710 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was buried on 19 Jul 1710 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 27.  Mary Symmes was born on 9 Apr 1628 in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England; was christened on 16 Apr 1628 in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England (daughter of Rev. Zachariah Symmes and Sarah Baker); died on 18 Jul 1710 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was buried on 19 Jul 1710 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. 13. Sarah Savage was born on 25 Jun 1653 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was christened on 26 Jun 1653 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died before 26 Jun 1713; was buried on 26 Jun 1713 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.


Generation: 6

  1. 40.  Charles Hoar was born in of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England; died after 29 May 1632 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England.
    Children:
    1. 20. Charles Hoar was born in of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England; died between 25 Sep 1638 and 21 Dec 1638.

  2. 48.  Rev. Francis Higginson was born before 6 Aug 1586; was christened on 6 Aug 1586 in Claybrooke, Leicestershire, England (son of Rev. John Higginson and Elizabeth); died on 6 Aug 1630 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.

    Francis married Anne Herbert on 8 Jan 1616 in St. Peter's, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. Anne died before 25 Feb 1640 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 49.  Anne Herbert died before 25 Feb 1640 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut.
    Children:
    1. 24. Rev. John Higginson was born before 31 Aug 1616 in Claybrooke, Leicestershire, England; was christened on 11 Aug 1616 in Claybrooke, Leicestershire, England; died on 9 Dec 1708 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.
    2. Anne Higginson was born on 26 Jan 1627; was christened on 28 Jan 1627 in St. Mary's, Leicester, Leicestershire, England.

  4. 50.  Rev. Henry Whitfield was born about 1590 in Mortlake, Surrey, England (son of Thomas Whitfield and Mildred Fortune Manning); died before 17 Sep 1657; was buried on 17 Sep 1657 in Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England.

    Henry married Dorothy Sheafe in 1618. Dorothy (daughter of Rev. Thomas Sheafe and Mary Wilson) died in 1669 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 51.  Dorothy Sheafe (daughter of Rev. Thomas Sheafe and Mary Wilson); died in 1669 in England.
    Children:
    1. 25. Sarah Whitfield was born before 1 Nov 1620; was christened on 1 Nov 1620 in Ockley, Surrey, England; died on 8 Jul 1675 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.

  6. 54.  Rev. Zachariah Symmes was born on 5 Apr 1599 in Canterbury, Kent, England; was christened on 8 Apr 1599 in St. George, Canterbury, Kent, England (son of William Symmes and (Unknown first wife of William Symmes)); died on 4 Feb 1671 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachussets.

    Zachariah married Sarah Baker on 13 Aug 1622 in St. Saviour, Southwark, Surrey, England. Sarah (daughter of Humphrey Baker and Alice Hickman) was born before 22 Apr 1604; was christened on 22 Apr 1604 in St. Gregory by St. Paul, London, England; died before 28 Dec 1676 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachussets. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 55.  Sarah Baker was born before 22 Apr 1604; was christened on 22 Apr 1604 in St. Gregory by St. Paul, London, England (daughter of Humphrey Baker and Alice Hickman); died before 28 Dec 1676 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachussets.
    Children:
    1. Capt. William Symmes was born before 10 Jan 1627; was christened on 10 Jan 1627 in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England; died on 22 Sep 1691 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachussets.
    2. 27. Mary Symmes was born on 9 Apr 1628 in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England; was christened on 16 Apr 1628 in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England; died on 18 Jul 1710 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was buried on 19 Jul 1710 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.