Maj. Jonathan Prescott, Jr., MD

Dr. Jonathan Prescott, Jr., MD

From Find A Grave Memorial# 20813304

Issue of Captain Jonathan Prescott. by 2d wife, Elizabeth Hoar:

Doctor Jonathan,(82-1) born on April 5, 1677; married July 9, 1701, Rebecca, only daughter of the Honorable Peter Bulkeley, Esquire

He settled in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, as a physician, where he pursued his professional duties with success.

We transcribe the following extract from an inscription on his monument at Concord:

"He was a gentleman of virtue and merit; an accomplished and successful physician; excelling in surgery; possessing much sagacity and penetration of mind. His liie was highly valued and his death greatly lamented. He died on October 28, 1729, as. 52."

Vault inscription reads:

Here lye the remains of Major Jonathan Prescot ESQ A gent of virtue and merit. An accomplished physician but excelling in chyrurgery of uncommon sagacity penetration and success in his practice and so of very extensive service his life was much valued and his death very generally lamented. He married the amiable and only duaghter of the honourable Coll Peter Bulkley ESQ by who he had ten children. He was removed from ministring to mens bodies into the world of spirits October 28, 1729 AETATIS SUAE 5L 

Children

• 82. 1. Jonathan,(212) b. June 3, 1702; m. Mary ;settled in Littleton. He had a son Jonathan, who became a physician and settled in Nova Scotia; (see 212-1.)
• 83. 2. Rebecca, b. Aug. 14, 1704.
• 84. 3. (Dr.) John,(213j b. May 8, 1707; grad. Harvard College 1727; m. Ann, dau. of Nathaniel and Susanna (Willoughby) Lynde. He settled in Concord, Mass., as a physician, with his father, where he was highly esteemed for his professional skill and excellent character. He enlisted one hundred men, which he commanded in the unfortunate expedition to Cuba, in 1740. Upon its failure, in 1743, he returned to this country, and soon after was sent by the Government to England, where he was treated with great respect. But, being seized with the small-pox, he d. of that disease in London, Dec. 30, 1743, in his thirty-seventh year. In testimony of the esteem in which his services were held, the British Government conferred upon his widow, an annual pension during her life. Shed. May 12,1795, aged 88. They had three sons and two daughters.
• 85. 4. Peter,(219) b. April 17, 1709; graduated at Harvard College, 1730; studied law and resided at Concord and Boston. He dealt extensively in wild lands, and Peterboiough, N. H., derived its name from him. He was out in the service of his country several times during the French war, and commanded a company at Crown Point in 1758. He removed to Annapolis, Nova Scotia, previous to the Revolution, where he was appointed clerk of one of the courts, and where he d. in 1784, aged 75. He m. in 1746 or '7, (?) Elizabeth She d. Feb. 14, 1804.
• 86. 5. (Col.) Charles,(224) b. Aug. 15, 1711; m. about 1736, Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph and Bebecca (Minot) Barrett, b. Jan. 9, 1717. Res. in Concord, Mass., where he was a selectman in 1756, '7, '8, and in 1762, '5 and '6, and a representative to the General Court in 1758 to 1763 inclusive, and from 1765 to 1767 inclusive. He was also colonel of militia. He also served three years in the war of the Revolution. He was an influential, enterprising, and highly honored citizen, and died much lamented, Feb. 2, 1779, aged 68. She d. April 23, 1799, aged 82.
• 87. 6. Elizabeth,(231) b. Dec. 2, 1713; m. June 24, 1731, Rev. David Hall, son of Joseph, son of John, Jr., son of John Hall, senior, who came to Charlestown, Mass., in 1630. He was b. 1704; graduated at Harvard College in 1724; ordained at Sutton, Mass., Oct. 15, 1729; received the degree of D.D. from Dartmouth College in 1777; d. May 8, 1789, aged 85.
• 88. 7. Dorothy, b. May 13, 1716; d. July 5, 1784.
• 89. 8. (Dr.) Abel,(243) b. April 7, 1718; m. 1st, Abigail Brigham; she died, and he m. 2d, June 12, 1775, Mrs. Mary, widow of John Beaton, who died aged 78. He enjoyed, during a long period, a very extensive professional patronage in Concord, and lived in the house more recently owned by Captain Moore, a little below the village. He died from mortification of the foot, Oct. 26, 1805, aged 87 years 6 months and 19 days.
• 90. 9. Mary, b. July 3, 1720.
• 91. 10. Lucia, b. Aug. 25, 1728; d. April 20, 1725.
• 91£.ll. Benjamin, b. about 1724 or '5; killed by the French and Indians in May, 1745, in the expedition that captured Louisburg under Sir Wm. Pepperell. He had previously entered college but left to enter the army.

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Dr. Jonathon10 Prescott (Jonathan, #82); born 5 Apr 1677 Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts,[N]; married Rebecca Bulkeley (see #69), daughter of Peter Bulkeley and Rebecca Wheeler, 9 Jul 1701 Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts; died 28 Oct 1729 Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, at age 52[N].

Children of Dr. Jonathon10 Prescott and Rebecca Bulkeley (see #69) were:

54 i. Dr. Abel9 Prescott.

• Prescott, William. The Prescott memorial, or, A genealogical memoir of the Prescott families in America: in two parts. (Boston: Henry W. Dutton & Son, 1870. Page 46.
• Prescott, William. The Prescott memorial, or, A genealogical memoir of the Prescott families in America: in two parts. (Boston: Henry W. Dutton & Son, 1870. Page 50.

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Vault inscription reads:

Here lye the remains of Major Jonathan Prescot ESQ A gent of virtue and merit. An accomplished physician but excelling in chyrurgery of uncommon sagacity penetration and success in his practice and so of very extensive service his life was much valued and his death very generally lamented. He married the amiable and only duaghter of the honourable Coll Peter Bulkley ESQ by who he had ten children. He was removed from ministring to mens bodies into the world of spirits October 28, 1729

AETATIS SUAE 5L* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jun 22 2019, 22:17:16 UTC