James Lewis Prescott 


      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: Mar 8, 1828 - Epsom, NH
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          Death: Jan 29, 1915 - Takoma Park, MD
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Parents 
         Father: Amos Prescott
         Mother: Lydia H. Dugan
Spouses and Children 
1. *Harriet Morrill Tripp
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                1. Lewis Morrill Prescott
                2. Amos Lewis Prescott
                3. William Warren Prescott
                4. Charles Henry Prescott
                5. Harriet Isabel Prescott
                6. George Morrill Prescott
                7. James Edward Prescott
                8. Frank Howard Prescott
                9. Fred Everett Prescott
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From John Johnsen, NY State

I have since obtained obituaries which state they were buried in Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, DC. They both died in Takoma Park, MD (JL on 29 Jan 1915 and Harriet on 1 Mar 1920). JL moved the family to North Berwick, ME, about the time he started the JL Prescott Co., which manufactured stove polish. The company flourished (branching out into, among other things, steam automobiles) and he eventually moved it to Passaic, NJ. Meanwhile, this family had become members of the Seventh Day Adventist Church while they were in Penacook, NH. I don't know how widespread this was among the Prescotts generally, but at least
JL and his family and his parents were members. Of course, they began (in 1842) as members of one of the Baptist millenarian cults which had sprung up and which predicted the end of the world in 1844. As JL reports in the obituary he wrote for the SDA newspaper about his mother, Lydia's, death, she was "among those who suffered great disappointment in the passing of time in 1844." Some of these groups pulled together after the "great disappointment" in 1844 and formed the SDA church.
JL's son William Warren became a significant figure with the church, serving as president of several SDA colleges, and touring the world as a missionary. The church had a headquarters in Takoma Park, which is how JL and Harriet ended up there.

James M. Prescott 
      Sex: M
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          Birth: 1895
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         Father: John Robert Prescott
         Mother: Minnie Rachel Sanford
James Moses Prescott 
      Sex: M
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          Birth: Mar 16, 1818 - Meredith, NH
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Events

•  Baptism: Epsom, NH, May 10, 1818.
Parents 
         Father: Jeremiah Prescott
         Mother: Betsy Chesley
Spouses and Children 
1. *Patience Kenney
       Marriage: Jul 6, 1839
       Children:
                1. Josiah Henry Prescott
James Moses Prescott 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: Dec 14, 1815
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          Death: Mar 18, 1816 - Epsom, NH
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Parents 
         Father: Jeremiah Prescott
         Mother: Betsy Chesley
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DIed at age 4 months. Twin to Betsy Moses.

Jane Sanborn Prescott 
      Sex: F
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          Birth: Apr1 6, 1800 - Epsom, NH
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Parents 
         Father: Jeremiah Prescott
         Mother: Molly Sanborn
Spouses and Children 
1. *Amos Cram
       Marriage: May 8, 1821
Jane Sherburne Prescott 
      Sex: F
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          Birth: Mar 22, 1804 - Epsom, NH
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Parents 
         Father: John Prescott
         Mother: Deborah Hill
Spouses and Children 
1. *Abraham Drake
       Marriage: Feb 20, 1823 - Chichester, NH 37
       Children:
                1. Child Drake
Notes
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Resided in New Hampton.

Jay Edwin Prescott 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: Abt 1889 - Concord, NH
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         Father: Edwin Baxter Prescott
         Mother: Eliza Jane Elliott
Spouses and Children 
1. *Cleo Sarepta Cowen
       Marriage: Aug 12, 1912 - Boscawen, NH
Jedediah Prescott 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: Jun 1, 1719 - Hampton Falls, NH
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          Death: Jul 24, 1793 - Monmouth, ME
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Parents 
         Father: John Prescott
         Mother: Abigail Marston
Spouses and Children 
1. *Hannah Bachelder
       Marriage: May 12, 1742
       Children:
                1. Josiah Prescott
                2. Elizabeth Prescott
                3. Jedidiah Prescott
                4. Abigail Prescott
                5. Mercy Prescott
                6. Reverend John Prescott
                7. Samuel Prescott
                8. Ruth Prescott
                9. Jesse Prescott
                10. James Prescott
Jedediah Prescott 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: Apr 12, 1787 - Deerfield, NH
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          Death: Feb 1835
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         Father: Reverend John Prescott
         Mother: Mehitable Morrill
Spouses and Children 
1. *Olive Shedd
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Died suddenly, some question as to date.

Jedidiah Prescott 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: Sep 20, 1746 - Brentwood, NH
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          Death: Mar 31, 1827 - Scarsmont, ME
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         Father: Jedediah Prescott
         Mother: Hannah Bachelder
Spouses and Children 
1. *Sarah Morrill
       Marriage: Sep 11, 1772

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