Person:Benjamin Prescott (7)

Name^[1]^[2]	Benjamin Prescott
Gender	Male
Birth^[3]	27 Oct 1757	Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	7 Apr 1783	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United Statesto Hannah Blakeslee
Census^[1]	1790	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States4-3-2.
Marriage	19 Oct 1831	Avon, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Jane Woodford
Death^[1]	23 Oct 1839	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Burial^[1]		Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Prescott, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1974)
6:1478.

"Benjamin Prescott … b c. 1757, d 23 Oct. 1839 æ. 82 (gravestone, City Burial Ground, New Haven); Census (NH) 4-3-2; …"
↑ 256. 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)
69.

"256. … Benjamin (Prescott) … b. Oct. 27, 1757; … Mr. P. d. at New Haven, Oct. 23, 1839, a. 82. … Mr. P. left Salem, Mass., his native town, in 1772, when but 15 years of age, and went to New Haven, Ct., into the family of Hon. Roger Sherman, whose wife was his sister. In 1793 he formed, with Roger Sherman, Jr., the firm of Prescott and Sherman, which continued during his protracted life; eight of his ten children were living at his death, with forty-three grand children and seven great-grand children."
↑ Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Danvers, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1901-1910)
1:280.

"Prescott, … Benjamin, s. Benjamin jr. and Rebecca, [born] Oct. 22, 1757."
Benjamin Prescott, in Find A Grave.

Inscription, as recorded in the Hale Collection, says he died at age 32; according to Jacobus, should be 82.