Jonas
PRESCOTT
wager1686
1648
- 1723
Father: John PRESCOTT
Mother: Mary GAWKROGER
Family 1 : Mary LOKER
1. Mary PRESCOTT
2. Elizabeth PRESCOTT
3. Jonas PRESCOTT
4. Nathaniel PRESCOTT
6. James PRESCOTT
7. Sarah PRESCOTT
8. Abigail PRESCOTT
9. Martha PRESCOTT
10. Susanna PRESCOTT
11. Deborah PRESCOTT
12. Benjamin PRESCOTT
____Roger PRESCOTT______
| (1538 - 1594) m 1568
___Ralph PRESCOTT______|
| (1569 - 1609) m ca1587 |
| |____Ellen SHAW__________
| (1549 -
....) m 1568
____John PRESCOTT___|
| (ca1605 - 1681) m 1629 |
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|____Ellen
?????__________
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(1570 - 1463) m ca1587
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- Jonas PRESCOTT
| (1648 - 1723) m 1672 __Richard GAWKROGER__+
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_____James GAWKROGER_____| (ca1504 - ca1570) m
| | (1540/1 - 1592) m 1571 |_____Isabella ?????______
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_Abraham GAWKROGER_|
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| (1574 - 1623) m 1607 | __George
FAIRBANKS____+
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| |____Jenet FAIRBANKS_______| (1530 - 1577) m 1550
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| (1552 -
....) m 1571 |___Sybil WADE________
|_Mary GAWKROGER___|
(1532 - 1573) m 1550
(1607 - 1674) m 1629 |
| _____Terry RILEY______
| | (ca1550 - ....) m 1576
|_____Martha RILEY______|
(1579 - 1627) m 1607 |
|____Margaret LUME_______
(1553 - ....) m 1576
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He was a blacksmith by trade, and owned the mill in the south part of Groton, now within the limits of Harvard. Needing a blacksmith, the town granted him land about 1675. He built a house and shop on the lot, which was situated on the east side of James's Brook. He soon became one of the largest owners of real estate in the town. Jonas filled many important positions in the town, and represented it in the General Court 1699 and 1705. Jonas Prescott was captain of the Groton company during Queen Anne's War (see Green's Indian Wars) and was also grandfather of Col. William Prescott, the commander at Bunker Hill.
In recent times, a piece of wall was removed near the fork
in Boston Road; it contained a stone bearing this inscription: "I.
P./1680/Rebuilt by/O. P./1784/Rebuilt by/S. J. Park/1841." The initials
"I. P." stand for "Jonas Prescott," and "O. P."
his grandson, "Dr. Oliver Prescott."
From Sheila Stratton-Peel's Website (link below):
"Jonas Prescott settled in Groton, MA. He, or his father for him, built the mill in the south part of Groton, now within the limits of Harvard, Massachusetts, and is still called the 'Old Mill.' At a town meeting held in Groton, 19 NOV 1673, it was voted that 'By agreement of the town Jonas Prescott is to grind the town's corn for the town every second and every sixth day in every week.' At a town meeting at Groton, 13 JUN 1681, liberty was granted to Jonas Prescott to set up his corn mill at Stony Brook.
"An agreement between Jonas Prescott and the town of Groton that he, the
said Prescott, have liberty to set up a saw mill at Stony Brook on conditions
that he furnished the town with the merchantable boards at six pence a hundred
feet cheaper than they are sold at any other saw mill, and for town pay, and
that the town be supplied before any other person. (This privilege was to
continue or cease at the pleasure of the town.) John Prescott bought lands in
Groton until he became one of the largest landholders in town. He was also a
blacksmith. The town of Groton, being the great want of a blacksmith, invited
Jonas Prescott to remove to near the center of the town to a lot of land which
the town voted to give him as an inducement. He accepted the invitation and
built the house and shop on said lot (lying on the east side of James Brook)
and removed (moved) there in 1675. To be found on a large stone in a wall which
encloses this farm can be seen an inscription (visible in 1866): 'I. P. 1680
Rebuilt by O. P. 1784 Rebuilt by S. J. Park 1841.' The 'I. P.' is for 'Jonas
Prescott.' Upon the resettlement of the town, after the destruction by the
Indians in 1676, he built mills and a forge for the manufacture of the iron
from the ore at Forge Valley, which was then in Groton, but now in Westford. He
was a man of extensive influence. He was town clerk in 1691; a selectman for
several years; represented the town in the General Assembly in 1699 and 1705;
was also captain in the militia and justice of the peace. He maintained an
elevated rank in the community."
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