Lydia (Fletcher) Prescott (1734 - 1798)

Born 18 Feb 1734 in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Timothy Prescott — married 22 Feb 1753 in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 1 May 1798 at age 64 in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Lydia was born, the daughter of Gershom Fletcher and his wife Lydia, was born on February 18, 1733/34 and in 1734.

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She married Timothy Prescott February 22, 1753. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHR8-3W1

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Military

Private Timothy Prescott, born 21 November 1728 in West Pct, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, died there 30 April 1808, and his wife Lydia Fletcher (1733-1798) are honored for service by the Daughters of the American Revolution: 1) CAPT BATES, COL PRESCOTT; SELECTMAN, WESTFORD. Their daughter Anna Prescott(1761-1821) married Elnathan Read in 1782. ^[1]

Marriage

Lydia Fletcher married Private Timothy Prescott in Westford, Massachusetts, on Feb. 22, 1753.*

Family

Lydia & Timothy Prescott's children, born Westford, Massachusetts:

1. Sarah (Prescott) Wright, born 31 March 1765. ^[2] Sarah married Steven Wright, the son of Ellen & Peter Wright, on 05 April 1787 in Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. ^[3][4]

Death

Lydia (Fletcher) Prescott, born 18 Feb 1734, died 01 May 1798 and is interred at Westlawn Cemetery in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed July 14, 2021), "Record of Timothy Prescott", Ancestor # A092842.
2. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7827/87/142420757
3. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed July 18, 2021), "Record of Timothy Prescott", Ancestor # A092842.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-FZLM : 29 November 2018), Lydia Fletcher Prescott in entry for Stephen Wright and Sarah, 5 Apr 1787; citing Marriage, Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007578571.
5. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKD-K171 : 5 August 2020), Lydia Fletcher Prescott, ; Burial, Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America, Westlawn Cemetery; citing record ID 38897518, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).

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