Prescott, William (1788-1875)

Name:

Prescott, William (1788-1875)

Title:

Fellow, New Hampshire Medical Society, 1818
Fellow, Massachusetts Medical Society, 1833
Member, American Medical Association, 1849
Member, Strafford County Agricultural Society, 1820
Surgeon, 10th Regiment, New Hampshire State Militia, 1823-1832
Justice of the Peace, Gilmanton, 1825-1832
Justice of the Peace, Concord, 1845-
Member, New Hampshire House of Representatives, 1825, 1826, 1830, 1831
Member, New Hampshire State Senate, 1827
Member, New Hampshire Historical Society, 1827-1875
Vice President, New Hampshire Historical Society, 1829-1832
Member, Essex County Natural History Society, Salem. MA, 1833-1845
Member, Association of American Geologists and Naturalists, 1843
Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1847
Member, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-1875
Member, Baptist Church
Member, Republican Party

Born:

12/29/1788

Birthplace:

Sanbornton, NH

Died:

10/18/1875

Death Location:

Concord, NH

Residence:

Sanbornton, NH 1788-1811
Nottingham, NH 1810-1811
Epping, NH 1811-1814
Gilmanton, NH 1815-1832
Lynn, MA 1832-1845
Concord, NH 1845-1875

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Farmer
Teacher 1810-1814
Physician 1815-1853
Scientist
Geneaologist

Father:

Prescott, William (1762-1845)

Mother:

Welch, Deborah (1764-1797)

Spouse:

Cynthia Parish (1794-1856), June 22, 1819

Children:

Daughter; born 1820; died 1820
William Chase; born 1821; died 1907
Obadiah Parish; born 1823; died 1826
Laura Matilda; born 1825; died 1856

Notes:

Collections of the New-Hampshire Historical Society. Volume III. (Concord, NH: Jacob B. Moore, 1832), 7.

Collections of the New-Hampshire Historical Society. Volume IV. (Concord, NH: Marsh, Capen and Lyon, 1834), 299.

Samuel Cutler, "Necrology of the New-England Historic, Genealogical Society," The New-England Historcial and Genealogical Register, 30(April, 1876), 241.

William Prescott, The Prescott Memorial, Part First, Being a Genealogical Memoir of John Prescott, of 1640, and His Descendants. (Boston, Massachusetts: H. W. Dutton & Son, 1870), 318-323, 440-441.