Person:Benjamin Prescott (9)

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Rev. Benjamin Prescott
b.16 Sep 1687 Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
d.27 May 1777 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 23 Dec 1675
  1. Dr. Jonathan Prescott1677 - 1729
  2. Elizabeth PrescottAbt 1678 - 1753
  3. Dorothy Prescott1681 - 1760
  4. Mary Prescott1685 -
  5. Rev. Benjamin Prescott1687 - 1777
Spouse and Children
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m. 20 Oct 1715
  1. Benjamin Prescott1716/17 - 1778
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Rev. Benjamin Prescott1687 - 1777
  • W.  Mercy Gibbs1696 - 1744
m. Aft 19 May 1732
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m. 6 Oct 1748
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Rev. Benjamin Prescott
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 16 Sep 1687 Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Degree[1] 1709 Harvard College.
Occupation[1] Bet 1713 and 1758 Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts, United StatesMinister at Danvers.
Marriage 20 Oct 1715 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Elizabeth Higginson
Marriage Aft 19 May 1732 to Mercy Gibbs
Marriage 6 Oct 1748 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Mary Pepperell
Death[1][3] 27 May 1777 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Burial[3][4] 30 May 1777 Prescott Memorial, Peabody, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 54. Rev. Benjamin Prescott, in Prescott, William. The Prescott memorial, or, A genealogical memoir of the Prescott families in America: in two parts. (Boston: Henry W. Dutton & Son, 1870)
    46-47.

    "54. … Rev. Benjamin (Prescott), … b. Sept. 16, 1687, graduated at Harvard College in 1709, studied and prepared for the ministry, and was ordained over the church at the Second Precinct, in Salem, subsequently Danvers and South Danvers, now (1869) the town of Peabody, Sept. 23, 1713, where he officiated with fidelity and success for 45 years. … April 18, 1766. The Rev. Benjamin Prescott d. May 27, 1777, æ. 90. His mind being well stored with political, as well as theological knowledge, he, upon retiring from his pastoral duties, entered into public life, where he always exhibited the same uniform piety and virtue in every station in which he was placed, discharging his duties with fidelity, and with honor to himself and usefulness to the public. …"Mi

  2. ↑ Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1891)
    48.

    "Benjamin Prescote ye son of Jonathathan Prescote & Elizebeth his wife was Borne Septembr ye 16th 1687."

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records to the End of the year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1916-1925)
    6:159.

    "Prescot, … Benj[amin], Esq., bur. May 30, 1777, a. 90 y. (Diary of Benjamin Lynde [printed], Boston, 1880.)"

  4. ↑ Rev Benjamin Prescott, in Find A Grave.
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