Both Benjamin and his wife Abigail were born and died in Massachusetts.
This profile gives them a son Col. William Prescott, born February 20, 1726 Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
This profile, and many others, give them a daughter Elizabeth b. 1726 in N.C., who married John Hale.
How did Elizabeth get born in North Carolina, the same year William was born in Massachusetts?
