Martha Prescott

1632 - 1656  (~ 23 years)

• Name	Martha Prescott
  Christening	11 Mar 1632	Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England   [1, 2]
  Married	4 Nov 1654 (~ 22 years)	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  John Rugg. After Martha's death, on 4 May 1660 John, married second, Hannah Prescott, at age 21, daughter of John Prescott and Mary Platts, in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. John was first in Lancaster in 1654 as evidenced by his signature on the town orders and he became a freeman in 1669. He died about 1696 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. His will was proved 1 February 1697. Issue: 1. infant Rugg (1656-1656) 2. infant Rugg (1656-1656)
  Death	24 Jan 1655/56	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 4]
  Cause: She died as the result of childbirth, both of her twins having died at birth.
  Her death was recorded as 24 (11) 1655.
  Siblings	6 brothers and 4 sisters
  + 1. Mary Prescott,   c. 24 Feb 1629/30, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England d. Apr 1716, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 86 years) ▻ Thomas Sawyer,  m. 2 Jul 1648   2. baby boy Prescott,   b. 7 Mar 1631, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England d. 7 Mar 1631, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England  (Age 0 years)   3. Martha Prescott,   c. 11 Mar 1632, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England d. 24 Jan 1655/56, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 23 years)   4. baby boy Prescott,   b. 1633, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England d. 3 Jan 1634, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England  (Age 1 year)   5. John Prescott,   c. 1 Apr 1635, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England d. After 1718  (Age ~ 83 years) + 6. Sarah Prescott,   c. 16 Apr 1637, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England d. 25 Aug 1714, Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 77 years) ▻ Richard Wheeler,  m. 2 Aug 1658 ;   Joseph Rice,  m. 23 Dec 1677   7. Hannah Prescott,   c. 16 Apr 1639, Barbadoes d. 11 Sep 1697, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 58 years)   8. Lydia Prescott,   b. 15 Aug 1641, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1712  (Age 70 years)   9. Joseph Prescott,   b. 1645, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 31 Dec 1732  (Age 87 years)   10. Captain Jonathan Prescott,   b. 1646, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 5 Dec 1721, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 75 years)   11. Captain Jonas Prescott,   b. Jun 1648, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 31 Dec 1723, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 75 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	William Prescott   (3 x Great Grandfather)  Mary Platts,   b. Wygan, Lancashire, England d. After 1678, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   (Mother)
  Person ID, Branch	I16338
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2018

  
  

  Father	John Prescott,   c. 1604/05, Shevington, Standish Parish, Lancashire, England d. 20 Dec 1681, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age ~ 76 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary Platts,   b. Wygan, Lancashire, England d. After 1678, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F501	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Martha Prescott(1632 – 24 Jan 1655/56) 2John Prescott(1604/05 – 1681) 4Ralph Prescott(1569 – 1609) 8Roger Prescott(Abt 1532 – 1594) 16James Prescott(1508 – 1568) 17Alice Standish(1510 – 1564) 9Ellen Shaw 18 19 5Helen(Abt 1571 – 1643) 10 20 21 11 22 23 3Mary Platts( – 1678) 6Abraham Gawkroger Platts 12James Gawkroger Platts 24Richard Platts 25unknown wife 13Genet Fairbanke(1552 – ) 26George Fairbanke(Abt 1530 – 1610) 27Sybil Waide(1532 – 1573) 7 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Christening - 11 Mar 1632 - Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England Married - 4 Nov 1654 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 24 Jan 1655/56 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S485] Wheeler, Daniel Merrick. The Wheeler Family of Rutland, Mass. and Some of their Ancestors, (Pittsfield, Massachusetts: by the author, 1924). [S1048] Potter, Charles Edward. Genealogies of Some Old Families of Concord, Mass. and Their Descendants in Part to the Present Generation, (Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1887). [S67] Ancestral File (LDS), (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), Questionnable Source. [S994] Ward, Andrew Henshaw. "Lancaster Records", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XVI, 1862).