Prescott, Asa (b. 2 JAN 1778, d. ?)

Source: (Name)
Title: Vital Records of Middlesex Co., MA to the end of the year 1849.
Publication: Search & Research Publishing. Wheat Ridge, CO. 1999
Media: Electronic

Page: Westford Births, p. 84

Source: (Name)
Title: Vital Records of Middlesex Co., MA to the end of the year 1849.
Publication: Search & Research Publishing. Wheat Ridge, CO. 1999
Media: Electronic

Page: Westford Births, p. 86

Source: (Name)
Title: Vital Records of Middlesex Co., MA to the end of the year 1849.
Publication: Search & Research Publishing. Wheat Ridge, CO. 1999
Media: Electronic

Page: Westford Births, p. 83

Occupation: Place: Farmer, trader

Source: (Name)
Title: Vital Records of Middlesex Co., MA to the end of the year 1849.
Publication: Search & Research Publishing. Wheat Ridge, CO. 1999
Media: Electronic

Page: Westford Births, p. 83

Source: (Name)
Title: Vital Records of Middlesex Co., MA to the end of the year 1849.
Publication: Search & Research Publishing. Wheat Ridge, CO. 1999
Media: Electronic

Page: Westford Births, p. 83

Source: (Name)
Title: Vital Records of Middlesex Co., MA to the end of the year 1849.
Publication: Search & Research Publishing. Wheat Ridge, CO. 1999
Media: Electronic

Page: Westford Births, p. 83

Note: The Ride of Dr. Samuel Prescott

On his return from Lexington, in the night previous to the 19 of April 1775, where he had spent the evening in paying his addresses to the daughter of a Mr. Mulliken, he soon overtook Paul Revere and William Dawes on their way to Concord to alarm th
people and apprise them of the intended expedition of British soldiers upon Concord. When the three had arrived near Hartwell's tavern in the lower bounds of Lincoln, they were attacked by four British officers of a scouting party send out the
preceding evening. Revere and Dawes were taken prisoners, Prescott was also attacked and had the reins of his horse's bridle cut, but he suceeded in making his escape by jumping his horse over a wall; and ,taking a circuitous route through Lincoln,
pushed on with the utmost speed to Concord, and gave the alarm of the approach of the British. he was subsequently taken prisoner on board of a privateer, and carried into Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he died in prison.

From "The Prescott Memorial" by Eben Prescott. page 66.

Occupation: Place: Physician

Source: (Birth Field)
tombstone

Note: Biographical Review, Vol 32 p. 305. states: "Thomas Elliott was an early settler of Cumberland Valley, Bedford county, ...Of the children born to his union with his wife Martha,.. " BUT Thomas's death certificate gives his (already deceased) wife's name as Margarett. Are these one and the same person; or are they two different wives?

Source: (Name)
Title: Biographical Review XXXII: Containing Life Sketches of Leading Citizens of Someret & Bedford Counties
Publication: Biographical Review Publishing Company. 1899. Boston
Media: Book

Page: p. 305.

Source: (Birth)
Title: Tombstone
Media: Tombstone

Note: ELLIOTT 27 Sep 1907 William J Elliott, the only son of the late George Elliott of Cumberland Valley, who resided 9 miles out on the Bedford Road, died last evening of consumption. He leaves his mother, Mrs Rebecca Elliott, who is about 85 years of age; and 3 children, Florence, Irene and Russell and also his only sister Mrs Ida Elliott Anderson, wife of John P Anderson on the Reistertown Road in Baltimore. His only brother, Harvey Elliott died in Idaho some 30 years ago. His wife, Miss Maude Boor, a daughter of Oliver P Boor of the Cumberland Valley, died last winter after a considerable illness. The deceased was 49 years and 8 days of age. The Elliott Memorial Church at Hazen was built mostly with money left to him by his father who used it to erect the church which was named in honor of Harvey Elliott. He was a member of the bethel ME Church of the valley. [source: The Cumberland Times]

Note: Married twice; second wife is Martha Riley.

Source: (Baptism Field)
European Ancestry of the Prescott Family in America, by Doris Cline Ward
Ward Publishing Company, 1977

Source: (Individual)
Title: 1850 Census
Media: Census

Occupation: Place: Farmer

Note: Home was near Slanesville, WV. he had a saw mill there, on the Little
Cacapon, near Romeny

Note: Although Esther was given 133 acres from her late husbands land, it
reverted to Aaron Ashbrook on her death.


Also have maiden name of HAMILTON on her.

Note: He was the third son and he inherited 1/2 lands in Shipley, 1570. Living Sowerby and Skircoat, 1590.

Source: (Birth Field)
European Ancestry of the Prescott Family in America, by Doris Cline Ward
Ward Publishing Company, 1977

Note: From:
Moss, James E., "Providence Ye Lost Towne At Severn", Maryland Historical
Society, Baltimore, Maryland, 1976

LORD THOMAS HOWARD.....
Mr. Moss' research links the ancestry of Matthew Howard (of Maryland) to Lord Thomas Howard (circa 1513 - 1537) and his wife, Lady Margaret Douglas (1515 - 1578). Coupling this research with traditionally known history makes for a wonderful story a
makes Lord Thomas
Howard and his wife two of the more interesting characters in the Howard genealogy.
Lord Thomas Howard was the son of Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey and 2nd Duke of Norfolk (1443 - 1524), and his second wife, Agnes Tilney (? - 1545). He was the secretary to the infant Princess, later Queen, Elizabeth. While he was the secretary t
the infant Princess, Thomas Howard met and fell in love with Princess Margaret Douglas, daughter of Queen Margaret of Scotland (sister of King Henry VIII). Margaret was the First Lady-in Waiting to Princess
Elizabeth.

On Easter Day, 16 April 1536, they became betrothed. In England at that time, a betrothal was the equivalent of marriage, although it was customary to formalize the marriage with a church wedding, this was not required until the Council of Trent in
1563.

The marriage did not set well with the King, Henry VIII. Because Henry VIII did not have a male heir, any male issue from this marriage would be a potential successor to the throne. Accordingly, Henry VIII had Thomas Howard imprisoned in the Tower
London on 8 July 1536 and charged with High Treason. The charge of High Treason would crush any claim that Lady Margaret might have to the throne and mark any of her children as illegitimate. One cannot underestimate the Tudor desire to destroy La
Margaret's claim to the throne of England. It was a particularly touchy issue for the Tudors, especially if Princess Mary and Princess Elizabeth were declared illegitimate by the Church as a result of Henry VIII's divorce of Catherine of Aragon.

Lady Margaret, refusing to abandon her husband which, per the Royal Marriage Act, would have secured her freedom, was also sent to the Tower on 18 July. Being "overcome with worry and melancolia" ... i.e., pregnant ... the King's physician, Dr.
Cromer, recommended that Lady Margaret be moved to Syon House, a monastery. She was transferred from the Tower on 10 November. It is here that her son, Richard, was born. Apparently, his birth was known to but
a few and he was sent to his Uncle Thomas's estate to be raised as his son.

Note that Thomas Howard had another brother from a different mother also names Thomas.

Subsequently, Queen Jane Seymore bore Henry VIII a son, Edward VI, and the threat to the Tudor succession was removed. Lady Margaret was restored to her honors and returned to court.

Unfortunately, her husband Thomas soon thereafter died of natural causes in the Tower.
Robert Howard was the only child of Lord Thomas Howard and Princess Margaret Douglas. He was raised quietly by his uncle, Thomas Howard at Brockdish Manor, Burston, Norfolk County, as his son until the Tudor threat was removed by the death of Queen
Elizabeth in 1603 and the ascension of James IV of Scotland onto the English throne as James I.

He resided at Brockdish Manor until the fall of 1585. He then moved to Pelham Manor, Kenninghall, Norfolk County, located approximately 30 miles southwest of Norwich, Norfolk County.

Note: http://www.digiserve.com/peter/ccgate.htm

Note: John "Jockey" Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshall & Admiral
of England was killed at the Battle of Bosworth, Bosworth Field, during the
"War of the Roses"

Note: Will dated 9/21/1583.