Family of Jonas + PRESCOTT and Mary + LOKER
Husband: Jonas + PRESCOTT
Jonas + PRESCOTT
| Name: |
Jonas + PRESCOTT |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Father: |
John + PRESCOTT (1604-1681) |
| Mother: |
Mary + GAWKROGER (1607-1674) |
| Birth |
30 Jun 1648 |
Groton, Middlesex, MA, US4 |
| Occupation |
|
Blacksmith |
| Death |
31 Dec 1723 (age 75) |
Groton, Middlesex, MA, US |
| Burial |
|
Old Burying Grounds |
|
Groton, Middlesex, MA, US
Inscription - HERE LIES BURIED THE BODY OF JONAS PRESCOTT ESQ. WHO DECEASED DECEMBER YE 31ST 1723 AGED 76 YEARS |
Wife: Mary + LOKER
Mary + LOKER
| Name: |
Mary + LOKER |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Father: |
John + LOKER (1611-1653) |
| Mother: |
Mary + DRAPER (1626-1697) |
| Birth |
28 Sep 1653 |
Sudbury, Middlesex, MA, US4 |
| Death |
28 Oct 1735 (age 82) |
Groton, Middlesex, MA, US |
| Burial |
|
Old Burying Grounds |
|
Groton, Middlesex, MA, US
Inscription - HERE LIES BURIED YE BODY OF YE MARY PRESCOTT RELIK OF JONAS PRESCOTT WHO DEC'D OCTOBER 28TH AD 1735 IN YE 82ND YEAR OF HER AGE |
| Name: |
Mary PRESCOTT |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Birth |
3 Feb 1674 |
|
| Name: |
Elizabeth PRESCOTT |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Birth |
23 Jan 1676 |
|
| Name: |
Jonas PRESCOTT |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Birth |
25 Oct 1678 |
|
| Name: |
Martha PRESCOTT |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Birth |
1679 |
|
| Name: |
Nathaniel PRESCOTT |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Birth |
21 Dec 1680 |
|
| Name: |
Dorothy PRESCOTT |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Birth |
16 Feb 1682 |
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Spouse: John + LONGLEY
| Name: |
Sarah + PRESCOTT |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Spouse: |
John + LONGLEY (1683-1750) |
| Birth |
3 May 1686 |
Groton, Middlesex, MA, US |
| Death |
8 Mar 1718 (age 31) |
Groton, Edwardston, Suffolk, England4 |
| Name: |
Abigail PRESCOTT |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Birth |
1688 |
|
| Name: |
James PRESCOTT |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Birth |
20 Feb 1690 |
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| Name: |
Susannah PRESCOTT |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Birth |
31 Dec 1691 |
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| Name: |
Deborah PRESCOTT |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Birth |
5 Mar 1694 |
|
| Name: |
Benjamin PRESCOTT |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Birth |
4 Jan 1695 |
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Note on Husband: Jonas + PRESCOTT
ound 1680, the blacksmith and Groton landholder named Jonas Prescott (b. 1648), son of John and Mary Prescott, built the first iron works in nearby Forge Village and began its 300-year history of industrial activity. He lived with his wife Mary (Laker) at the southwest corner of Pine and Town Farm Roads. He mined bog-ore in Groton to be smelted into iron at the mill site on Stony Brook. The iron was used for making candlesticks, farm tools and household items such as irons according to local historian Gordon Seavey's 1988 local news article on the influence of Stony Brook. Mr. Prescott might also have operated a grist mill at the outflow of Forge Pond at this time according to town histories of Westford and Chelmsford.
Some of his descendants who influenced the development of the town are the town clerk Jonas Prescott Jr. (1678-1750) and his wife Thankful Wheeler (1682-1716), Jonas Prescott III (1701-1784) and his wife Esther Spalding (1705-1730) and Lieutenant Jonas Prescott (1727-1813). (Information from Westfords Historic Commission)
According to SAC, Jonas and Mary, had 12 children: Mary, Elizabeth, Jonas, Nathaniel, Dorothy, James, Sarah, Abigail, Martha, Susannah, Deborah and Benjamin.
Note on Wife: Mary + LOKER
Wife of Jonas Prescott (1648-1723). The story of the romance of Mary and Jonas is told in William Prescott's "Prescott Memorial", p.42-43, and also in Caleb Butler's "History of the Town of Groton", pages 287-288. They were the parents of twelve children, ten living to maturity and each had a large family. It is said that Mary lived to see 176 of her descendants. 5
Sources
| 1 | "US and International Marriage Records, 1550-1900" (on-line, Yates Publishing, Provo, UT). |
| 2 | "US New England Marriages prior to 1700". |
| 3 | William M. Clemens, "American Marriages before 1699" (Pompton Lakes, NJ Biblio Co, 1926). |
| 4 | "MA Town and Vital Records 1620-1988 Record". |
