Prescott, Abraham (1789-1858)

Name:

Prescott, Abraham (1789-1858)

Title:

Member, Baptist Church, Deerfield, NH, 1827
Deacon, Baptist Church, Concord, NH

Born:

07/05/1789

Birthplace:

Deerfield, NH

Died:

05/01/1858

Death Location:

Concord, NH

Residence:

Deerfield, NH, 1789-1833
Concord, NH, 1833-1858

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Farmer 1789-1812
Musical Instrument Maker
Stringed Instrument Maker 1809-1850
Melodeon Maker 1837-1850

Father:

Prescott, Abraham

Mother:

Cram, Hannah

Relations:

4 sons followed him in the musical instrument making business.
Partnership with son Abraham J. Prescott, A. Prescott & Son 1845-1850
Partnership of Abraham J., Joseph W., and Josiah B., Prescott & Brothers, 1850-1853
Partnership of Abraham J., Joseph W., and Josiah B., Prescott Brothers, 1853-1859

Siblings:
Prescott, Sally (1774-; m1. Jospeh Eastman of Deerfield; m2. Maj. Jabez James of Gilford, NH; 8 children)
Prescott, Benjamin (1777-1819; not married)
Prescott, Abraham (d. infancy)
Prescott, Polly (1785-1815; m. Timothy Goodhue; no children; died from spotted fever)

Spouse:

(1) Sally Prescott (1796-1838), July 5, 1816. Marri

Children:

Children of Sally Prescott:
Prescott, Abraham James (1816-1891; musical instrument maker; m1 Paulina Maria Little; 1 child; m2 Mrs. Sarah B. Chase 1855)
Prescott, Hannah Cram (1819-; m. S. Prentiss Hill 1857)
Prescott, Mary Jane (1821-; b. Deerfield, NH; educated at Young Ladies Seminary, New Hampton, NH; m. Rev. Lucian Hayden 1858; teacher; principal of the female dept. of the Literary & Scientific Institution in New London; 1 child who died in infancy)
Prescott, Joseph Warren (1824-; m. Mary Peterson White 1852; musical instrument maker; Concord, NH, rep; 1 child, Freddie Warren Prescott)
Prescott, Josiah Barnaby (1825-1859; m. Jane N. Dole 1855; musical instrument maker; d. Concord, NH, of consumption; 1 dau, Carrie Dole Prescott)
Prescott, Sarah Elizabeth (1828-; b. Deerfield, NH; res. in New Hampton, NH; teacher of Latin, Italian, & History; m. Rev. Foster Henry 1853)
Prescott, Abigail Thompson (1830-; m. Thomas Wadleigh 1856; 1 child, Sarah Maria Wadleigh)
Prescott, Martha Augusta (1832-1844)
Prescott, George D. B. (1834-; m. Susan Elizabeth Dunkley 1860; musical instrument maker)
Prescott, Benjamin Franklin (1836-1837)

Notes:

SEE ALSO (son): Prescott, Abraham James (2)
SEE ALSO (son): Prescott, George D. B.
SEE ALSO (son): Prescott, Joseph Warren
SEE ALSO (daughter): Prescott, Mary Jane

William Prescott, The Prescott Memorial: Or a Genealogical Memoir of the Prescott Families in America, In Two Parts. (Boston, Massachusetts: Henry W. Dutton & Son, 1870), 277-279, 356-357.