Jonathan PRESCOTT

                   BIRTH-DATE-PLACE-PARENTS:  Based on information found in the book:  "GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY HISTORY of the STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE", vol. III, pages 1651-58.

MARRIAGE-SPOUSE-FAMILY:  Based on information found in the book:  "GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY HISTORY of the STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE", vol. III, pages 1651-58.

DEATH-DATE-PLACE:  Based on information found in the book:  "GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY HISTORY of the STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE", vol. III, pages 1651-58.

BIOGRAPHY:  The following is from the book "GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY HISTORY of the STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE", vol. III, page 1654.

       "Jonathan, third son and fourth child of James and Mary [Boulter] Prescott, of Hampton, New Hampshire, was born Agust 8, 1675, probably in that part of town now known as Hampton Falls.  He saw military service in the Colonial wars.  In 1696 he labored for ten days at Fort William and Mary at Newcastle, New Hampshire, and in 1710 was one of the scouting party under Captain John Gilman.  He settled in that part of Hampron which in 1737 became Kensington and was one of the petitioners for the new town.  Here he was admitted to the church March 5, 1749, in his seventy-fourth year.  Jonathan married Elizabeth __________, but her last name and the date of her married are unknown.  She was admittted to the church, August 29, 1708.  they had six children:  Captain Jonathan, who took part in the capture of Louisberg; Jeremiah; Benjamin; Abigail, who married Nathanial Locke; Joseph, who served under his elder brother at Lockhard; and Maru, who married Benjamin Hilliard, of Hampton.  Jonathan died at Kensingtpon, New Hampshire, January 6, 1755, in his eightieth year."