Mary (Haynes) Prescott (1647 - 1718)

Born 1647 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Josiah Howe Sr. — married 18 May 1671 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Wife of John Prescott — married 15 Nov 1710 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 23 Feb 1718 at about age 71 in Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Birth

No record of Mary's birth was found in Sudbury Vital Records, unlike all her siblings. More research needed.

Marriages

Mary Haynes married Josiah Howe March 18, 1671, in Sudbury, Massachusetts. ^[1][2]

All of Mary's children were with her first husband Josiah.

She married second, John Prescott on November 15, 1710, in Marlborough, Massachusetts^{[3][4] [5]}

Mary Prescott died at Lancaster, Massachusetts, February 23, 1718.^[6]

Research Notes

NOTE: The following information is here for information only; these children are actually the children of her son, John Prescott, and his wife Dorothy, despite what the linked source says.

Mary and John Prescott had the following known children:^[7]

1. John, m Mary White of Lancaster in 1742; d 1750
2. Tabitha, m (1) Aaron Sawyer, May 10, 1731 and settled in Shrewsbury; m (2) Silas Brigham who was born Aug 9, 1710

Sources

1. ↑ Middlesex, Massachusetts, Vital Records of Sudbury, p. 219
2. ↑ Torrey Clarence A., New England Marriages prior to 1700 (Baltimore, MD, USA:: Genealogical Publishing Co.,, 2004), p. 392
3. ↑ Middlesex, Massachusetts, Vital Records of Marlborough through 1850, page 270
4. ↑ Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Reference Page 799
5. ↑ Prescott, William M. D. The Prescott Memorial: Or, A Genealogical Memoir of the Prescott Families in America. In Two Parts, published 1870. Reference pages 45, 49
6. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Reference Lancaster Volume 1, page 406. $Subscription
7. ↑ Dutton, H.W., The Prescott Memorial: Or, A Genealogical Memoir of the Prescott Families in America. In Two Parts, published 1870. Reference page 49

• http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=26914960&pid=2002523293 (private tree)

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVQ-VM2D : 7 August 2020), Mary Rachel Haynes Prescott, ; Burial, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, Old Settlers Burial Yard; citing record ID 6238509, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6238509/mary-rachel-prescott

Acknowledgments

This person was created through the import of 2011-05-03 Family Tree_2011-05-24.ged on 25 May 2011.