Family: John Prescott / Mary Platts (F501)  ^[1] 

• Male John Prescott

  
  

  Birth
  Christening	1604/05	Shevington, Standish Parish, Lancashire, England
  Death	20 Dec 1681	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  Burial
  Marriage	21 Jan 1628/29  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]	Wygan, Lancashire, England  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Father	Ralph Prescott | F500 Group Sheet
  Mother	Helen | F500 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Mary Platts

  
  

  Birth		Wygan, Lancashire, England
  Death	After 1678	Massachusetts
  Burial
  Father	Abraham Gawkroger Platts | F502 Group Sheet
  Mother

  
  

  Female + Mary Prescott

  
  

  Birth
  Christening	24 Feb 1629/30	Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England
  Death	Apr 1716	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  Burial
  Spouse	Thomas Sawyer | F503
  Marriage	2 Jul 1648	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts

  
  

  Male baby boy Prescott

  
  

  Birth	7 Mar 1631	Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England
  Death	7 Mar 1631	Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England
  Burial

  
  

  Female Martha Prescott

  
  

  Birth
  Christening	11 Mar 1632	Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England
  Death	24 Jan 1655/56	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  Burial

  
  

  Male baby boy Prescott

  
  

  Birth	1633	Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England
  Death	3 Jan 1634	Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England
  Burial

  
  

  Male John Prescott

  
  

  Birth
  Christening	1 Apr 1635	Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England
  Death	After 1718
  Burial

  
  

  Female + Sarah Prescott

  
  

  Birth
  Christening	16 Apr 1637	Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England
  Death	25 Aug 1714	Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Burial
  Spouse	Richard Wheeler | F504
  Marriage	2 Aug 1658	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  Spouse	Joseph Rice | F505
  Marriage	23 Dec 1677	Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

  
  

  Female Hannah Prescott

  
  

  Birth
  Christening	16 Apr 1639	Barbadoes
  Death	11 Sep 1697	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  Burial

  
  

  Female Lydia Prescott

  
  

  Birth	15 Aug 1641	Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Death	1712
  Burial

  
  

  Male Joseph Prescott

  
  

  Birth	1645	Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Death	31 Dec 1732
  Burial

  
  

  Male Captain Jonathan Prescott

  
  

  Birth	1646	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  Death	5 Dec 1721	Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Burial

  
  

  Male Captain Jonas Prescott

  
  

  Birth	Jun 1648	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  Death	31 Dec 1723	Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Burial

  
  

• Notes

  Weis (1682) says they were married at Sowerby Parish on 15 March 1607. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S1196] Drake, Samuel G. "Brief Memoirs and Notices of Prince's Subscribers" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume VI, 1852). [S1197] Somerby, H. G. "Pedigree of Lawrence", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume X, 1856). [S1198] Hunt, John G. "Notes on Families of the Parish of Halifax, Yorkshire - Farrer, Deane, Platts, Fairbank, Prescott", (New Haven, Connecticut: The American Genealogist, volume XL, 1964). [S485] Wheeler, Daniel Merrick. The Wheeler Family of Rutland, Mass. and Some of their Ancestors, (Pittsfield, Massachusetts: by the author, 1924). [S804] MacKenzie, George Norbury. Colonial Families of the United States of America, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1966).