Sarah Prescott

• Preferred Name: Sarah Prescott^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}
  
• Gender: F
  
• Death: 8 MAR 1718 in Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America at LATI: N2.5333 LONG: E71.4667 with note: Standardized location
  
• FSID: LH6L-3D9
  
• Birth: 3 MAY 1686 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America at LATI: N2.6116 LONG: E71.5746 with note: Standardized location
  
• Burial: MAR 1718 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America at LATI: N2.6116 LONG: E71.5746 with note: Standardized location
  
• Notes:

  === !BIRTH:FATHER:Groton Vital Records to 18 ===
  !BIRTH:FATHER:Groton Vital Records to 1850;Vol 1,Pg 192.
  
  === !BIRTH: VITAL RECORDS OF GROTON MASSACHU ===
  !BIRTH: VITAL RECORDS OF GROTON MASSACHUSETTS, VOL I--BIRTHS; 1655-1849; Pub by The Essex Institute, Salem MA, 1926; p 192, Mesa Family History Center, Mesa AZ, 974.44/G1/V2e/v1; NOTE: "Sarah, d. Capt. Jonas and Marey, May 3, 1686."
  
  === !SOURCE: Descendants of William Longley ===
  !SOURCE: Descendants of William Longley FHL film # 0178181 History of the Town of Groton pp. 416-417. FHL book The Descendants of Willoughby Prescott FHL book # 929.273/P925p
  
  === !Groton Vital Records pg 243. ===
  !Groton Vital Records pg 243.
  
  === m. 1705 John Longley. ===
  m. 1705 John Longley.
  
  === "Sarah Prescott was a daughter of Jonas ===
  "Sarah Prescott was a daughter of Jonas Prescott. In "Annals of Lancaster" Jonas is recorded as the youngest of the eight children of John Prescott, the founder of Lancaster Town. Jonas married Mary Loker, an heiress of Sudbury, on 14 Dec. 1672. they were married in Lancaster and their first child born there; afterward removed to Groton where Jonas became Captain, Selectmen and Justice. He died in Groton 31 Dec 1723. He had twelve children, the above Sarah being one; her brother Benjamin was the father of Colonel William Prescott of Bunker Hill fame; another noted descendant of Jonas was Wm. H. Prescott, the Historian.
  
  Sarah Precott Longley's ancestry is ancient and contains the names of many of history's great personages. Alfred the Great, Charlemange, Willim I (The Conqueror), and David I, King of Scotland. Her Standish ancertor was a relative of Capt. Miles Standish of "Mayflower" fame. Her grandfather, John Prescott, was the only man among the original proprietors of Lancaster, Massachusetts, those who purchased land from Sholan, Chief of the Nashaways, to settle there permanently, and was called "The Founder of Lancaster."
  
  The Prescott family has been honored by many worthy descendants. Namely-Benjamin Prescott, who carried on Paul Rever's famous ride to warn the citizens of Concord; Col. William Prescott, commander at the Battle of Bunker Hill; the noted historian, William Hickling Prescott, and Charles Warren Fairbanks, Vice-President of the United States.

• m. 1705 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
• m. 1705 in Of Lancaster, Worcester, Mass

1. William Longley, b. 20 FEB 1708 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America     d. 15 MAY 1788 in Shirley, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

1. Title: Sarah Prescott, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   Author: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-HFN4 : 18 October 2022), Sarah Prescott, 3 May 1686; citing Birth, , Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011182.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-HFN4;
   
2. Title: Sarah Prescott, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   Author: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-XVFR : 18 October 2022), Sarah Prescott, 1716; citing Death, , Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007578571.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-XVFR;
   
3. Title: Sarah Prescott, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   Author: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-ZZLX : 18 October 2022), John Longley and Sarah Prescott, 1705; citing Marriage, , Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007578571.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-ZZLX;
   
4. Title: Sarah Prescot, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   Author: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9S-977 : 20 May 2022), Sarah Prescot, 3 May 1686; citing Birth, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9S-977;
   
5. Title: Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
   Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/2495/records/80201214;
   
6. Title: Sarey Longley, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   Author: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-64TR : 18 October 2022), Sarey Longley, 8 Mar 1718; citing Death, , Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011182.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-64TR;
   
7. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Sarah Prescott - Published information: burial: March 1718; Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
   Author: Book, Records of Littleton, Massachusetts, Commissioned by: Sanderson, Frost & Harwood, The Patriot Press, Concord, Mass., Page number: 451
   Note: Published information: burial: March 1718; Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States has that Sarah died 1716
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3245079739