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Abigail Brown (Prescott)

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Birthplace: Kingston, Province of New Hampshire
Death: 1790 (50-51)
Hampton Falls, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Ebenezer Prescott and Abigail Prescott
Wife of Jedidiah Brown
Mother of Josiah Brown
Sister of Samuel Prescott; Sarah Prescott; Capt James Prescott; Josiah Prescott; Mary Hilliard and 1 other

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  • The Prescott memorial : or, A genealogical memoir of the Prescott families in America, in two parts (1870)
  • http://archive.org/details/prescottmemorial00byupres
  • http://archive.org/stream/prescottmemorial00byupres#page/243/mode/1up
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  • Issue of Ebenezer Prescott (27 — 6) and Abigail Tilton.
    • 96. 1. Samuel,(343) b. Jan 26, 1729, bap. March 9, 1729; m. 1st, Ruth Smith, Jan. 30, 1753. She was dau. of Reuben Smith and Joanna Morgan, and b. May 9, 1735, and d. Jan. 15, 1767. They were admitted to the church Nov. 25, 1753. He m. 2d, Mehitable Dow, 1770 ; he m. 3d, Mary Worthen, June 30, 1791. She d. in 1792. He then (Dec 13, 1792), m. 4th, Hope Pike, who survived him, and in 1803, she m. Ebenezer Tucker of Salisbury, Mass. He was Lieut. Col. of the regiment commanded by Col. Peter Gilman, that was raised in 1755 to reinforce the Colonial troops that had been defeated at a fort on Lake George. See New Hampshire Adj't Gen's Rep., 1866, vol. ii., pp. 145. Samuel Prescott signed the Association Test at Kensington in 1776 ; was a farmer and d. Nov. 20, 1797.
    • 97. 2. Sarah, b. April 21, 1731.
    • 98. 3. (Capt.) James,(349) b. Dec. 5, 1733, bap. Jan. 20, 1734; m. Jan. 1, 1756, Mary, dau. of Samuel Lane, and sister to Abigail, who m. Deacon James Prescott (86 — 7). She was b.
    • http://archive.org/stream/prescottmemorial00byupres#page/244/mode/1up
    • Pg.244
    • Dec. 6, 1734. He lived and d. in Hampton Falls ; was many years a selectman and moderator; captain in the militia, and a lieutenant in the Revolutionary army. They were admitted to the church, July 18, 1756. He resided on the farm opposite that owned by tha late Wells Healey, where his father and grandfather lived before him. He d. Feb. 27, 1813, a. 79 yrs. 2 mos. and 22 days; she d. May 24, 1718, a. 83 yrs. 5 mos. and 18 days.
    • 99. 4. Josiah, b. Feb. 19, 1736. Nothing more is known of this son ; probably d. young.
    • 100. 5. Abigail, b. March 15, 1739 ; m. Jedediah, son of Jeremiah Brown, Nov. 17, 1759. Settled as a farmer in Raymond, where he d. Aug. 7, 1783; she d. Sept. 21, 1790, a. 51 yrs. 3 mos. 6 days.
    • 101. 6. Mary,(360) b. Oct. 8, 1741 ; m. Benj. Hilliard, Jr.,(137— 3) April 3, 1760. He was son of Benjamin Hilliard and Mary Prescott,(40— 6) b. Nov. 25, 1731.
    • 102. 7. Meribah, b. Nov. 11, 1748; m. Samuel James, March 10, 1767.
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  • History of the Town of Hampton, New Hampshire: From Its Settlement in 1638, to the Autumn of 1892 (1894)
  • http://archive.org/details/historytownhamp01dowgoog
  • http://archive.org/stream/historytownhamp01dowgoog#page/n367/mode/1up
  • Pg.929
  • III. James Prescott, Deacon of church in Hampton Falls, son of James (1) ; married, first, Mar. 1, 1695, Maria, daughter of Capt. William Marston (3) ; second, June 17, 1746, Mrs. Abigail Sanborn, daughter of Edward Gove (1) ; lived in Hampton Falls, near his father's. Children : ..... etc.
    • Ebenezer, b. Dec. 3, 1705; m. Dec. 15, 1726, Abigail, dau. of Samuel Tilton (4); lived on the old homestead in H. F.; d. 1750. Had ch. : Samuel. Sarah. James, Captain, m. Mary, dau. of Samuel Lane (4). Josiah. Abigail. Mary. Meribah.
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  • PRESCOTT, Abigail
  • b. 15 MAY 1739 Hampton Falls, Rockingham, NH.
  • d. 21 SEP 1790 Raymond, Rockingham, NH.
  • Parents:
  • Father: PRESCOTT, Ebenezer
  • Mother: TILTON, Abigail
  • Family:
  • Marriage: 17 NOV 1759 Hampton Falls, Rockingham, NH.
  • Spouse: BROWN, Jedediah
  • b. 13 JAN 1737/8 Hampton Falls, Rockingham, NH.
  • d. 7 AUG 1783 Raymond, Rockingham, NH.
  • Parents:
  • Father: BROWN, Jeremiah
  • Mother: WEARE, Mary
  • Children:
    • BROWN, Mary b. 21 NOV 1760 Raymond, Rockingham, NH.
    • BROWN, Levi b. 4 OCT 1762 Raymond, Rockingham, NH.
    • BROWN, Josiah
    • BROWN, Abigail b. 16 JUN 1778 Raymond, Rockingham, NH.
    • BROWN, Dorothy
  • From: http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_2fb.htm#91
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1739
1739
Kingston, Province of New Hampshire
1769
1769
1790
1790
Age 51
Hampton Falls, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States
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