John Prescott

1604 - 1681  (77 years)

• Name	John Prescott  [1]
  Birth	1604	Standish, Lancashire, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 Dec 1681	Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  Burial	Old Settlers Burial Ground, Lancaster, Worcester, MA, USA
  Person ID	I19480	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2026

  
  

  Father	Ralph Prescott,   b. Abt 1571, England d. Abt 1608, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 37 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Helen,   b. Between 1563 and 1585, England d. Aft 1608, USA (Age > 46 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Between 1587 and 1606	Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F4687	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Ralph Prescott,   b. 15 Jun 1569, Lancashire, England d. 24 Jan 1609, Standish, Lancashire, England (Age 39 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ellen Shaw,   b. 1570, Standish, Lancashire, England d. 18 Nov 1643, Standish, Lancashire, England (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F3716	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Gawkroger Platts,   b. 15 May 1607, Halifax, Yorkshire, England d. 1674, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	11 Apr 1629	Halifax, Yorkshire, England   [1]
  Children	1. John Prescott,   b. 1 Apr 1635, Halifax, Yorkshire, England d. 17 Jul 1700, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Prescott,   b. 3 Jan 1634, Sowerby, Yorkshire, England, England d. 8 Jul 1643, Yorkshire, England (Age 9 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Mary Prescott,   b. 1650  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Child PRESCOTT,   b. 1650, Sowerby, Yorkshire, England, England d. 1651 (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Hannah Prescott,   b. 1639, Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina, United States  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. John Prescott,   b. 1 Apr 1635, Halifax, Yorkshire, England d. 11 Nov 1668, Halifax, Yorkshire, England (Age 33 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Martha Prescott,   b. 11 Mar 1632, Halifax, Yorkshire, England d. 1655, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 22 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Hannah Prescott,   b. 16 Apr 1639, probably Barbados Islands d. 11 Sep 1696, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Jonas Prescott,   b. Jun 1648, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. 31 Dec 1723, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Sarah Prescott,   b. 16 Apr 1637, Yorkshire, England d. 25 Aug 1714, Stowe, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   11. Lydia Prescott,   b. 15 Aug 1641, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 31 Dec 1723, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   12. Mary Prescott Sawyer,   b. 24 Feb 1630, Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, England d. Apr 1716, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   13. Lydia Prescott Fairbanks,   b. 1657, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 31 Dec 1723, Yorkshire, England (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   14. Jonathan Prescott,   b. 1643, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 31 Dec 1732, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 89 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5345	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Platts,   b. Abt 1607, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. Aft 1678, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age > 72 years)
  Marriage	11 Apr 1629	Halifax, Yorkshire, England   [2]
  Children	1. Mary Prescott,   b. Abt 1629, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA d. Between 1656 and 1723, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age 27 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5346	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2026

  
  

  Family 3	Mary Gawkroger-Platts,   b. Abt 1612, Sowerby, Halifax Parrish, Yorkshire, Eng. d. Aft 1678, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Age > 67 years)
  Marriage	11 Apr 1629	Sowerby, Halifax Par., Yorkshire, England   [2]
  Children	1. Mary Prescott,   b. Abt 1629, Halifax parrish, Yorkshire, England d. Aft 1706, Prob. Lancaster, MA (Age > 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5347	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2026

  
  

• Notes

  [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 3, Ed. 1, Tree #1036, Date of Import: Aug 25, 1997] SOURCES: EARLY RECORDS OF LANCASTER, MA, 1643-1725, Nourse, ed., 1884, p., 325. THE STORY OF COLONIAL LANCASTER, Safford, 6,7,45,46 & 47. BIRTH, MARRIAGE AND DEATH REGISTER, CHURCH RECORDS AND EPITAPHS OF LANCASTER, MA, 1643-1850, Henry s. Nourse, A. M., ed., 1890, p.20. [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 7, Ed. 1, Tree #4588, Date of Import: Aug 24, 1997] John Prescott, Founder in 1645 of Lancaster, Massachusetts, born in Standish Parish, Lancashire, England, in 1604, died at Lancaster, Massachusetts, in December 1681, where he fought in a garrison against the Indians in 1675 and 1676.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Record for John Prescott .