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Dorothy Prescott (Heald)

Also Known As: "Dorithy Held", "Mrs Prescott of Watertown 'angsaxam"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Death: October 08, 1674 (24)
Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Place of Burial: Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Heald and Dorothy Royle
Wife of Captain Jonathan Prescott
Mother of {A child} Prescott; Jonathan Prescott and Samuel Prescott
Sister of Sgt. John Heald; Timothy (Heald) Hale; Dorcas (Heald) Heald; Gershom (Heald) Hale; Ebenezer Hale and 6 others

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About Dorothy Prescott

Detached John Fletcher as husband.


From findagrave.com:

Birth: unk

Death: 1674

Inscription: "Here lies Dorothy, wife of Jonathan Prescott" this is the first wife of Jonathan Prescott, son of John & Mary Platts Prescott

Burial: Old Settlers Burial Yd, Lancaster, Worcester Co, MA, USA

Issue of Capt. Jonathan Prescott (8—7) and 1st wife, Dorothy.

  • 46. 1. A child, b. May 2, 1671, and d. same day.
  • 47. 2. Jonathan, b. April 10, 1.672, d. May 4, 1672.
  • 48. 3. Samuel,(75-3) b. 1674; m. Esther Wheeler, May 5, 1698; he settled in Acton, bad a son Amos and six or eight daughters; d. July 25, 1758, aged 84.

References

  • Prescott, William. The Prescott memorial, or, A genealogical memoir of the Prescott families in America: in two parts. (Boston: Henry W. Dutton & Son, 1870), 46.
  • http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Dorothy_Heald_%284%29
  • John Heald, in Threlfall, John B. Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England & their Origins. (Madison, Wisconsin: J.B. Threlfall, 1990), 201. "Dorothy (Heald), b 16 Oct 1649 at Concord; … d 8 Oct 1674."
  • Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1891), 5. "Dorithy the daughter of John and Dorithy Held, [born] the (16) of the (8) mo: 1649 [October 16, 1649]."
  • Nourse, Henry Stedman. Birth, Marriage, and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1643-1850. (Clinton, Massachusetts: W.J. Coulter, 1890), 19. "Dorothy Prescott, wife of Jonathan, at Lancaster, [died] ---, 1674."
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Dorothy Prescott's Timeline

1649
October 16, 1649
Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
1671
May 2, 1671
1672
April 10, 1672
1674
October 8, 1674
Age 24
Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
1674
Lancaster, Worcester, MA
1923
September 17, 1923
Age 24
1924
January 11, 1924
Age 24
1948
May 21, 1948
Age 24
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Old Settlers Burying Yard, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States