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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.