Ann Lynde was born about 1707 the daughter of Nathaniel Lynde and Susanna Willoughby. In about 1730 she married Dr. John Prescott (1707-1743) the son of Dr. Jonathan Prescott, Jr. (1677-1729) and Rebecca Bulkeley (1681-aft 1724) a 1727 graduate of Harvard who had settled in Concord, MA, as a physician, with his father where he was highly esteemed for his professional skill and excellent character. He enlisted one hundred men which he commanded in the unfortunate expedition to Cuba in 1740. Upon its failure in 1743 he returned to this country and soon after was sent by the government to England where he was treated with great respect. But, being seized with the small-pox, he died of that disease in London, Dec 30 1743 in his thirty-seventh year. In testimony of the esteem in which his services were held, the British Government conferred upon his widow an annual pension during her life. She died May 12, 1795 aged 88. They had six children: John Lynde (died young), Ann (Jonas Heywood), Rebecca (Dr. John Taylor, of Lunenburg), Martha (died young), John (died young) and Willoughby (Elizabeth Heywood). Source: Prescott Memorial (1870) William Prescott. (Bio by Bob Speckman)
Ann Lynde was born about 1707 the daughter of Nathaniel Lynde and Susanna Willoughby. In about 1730 she married Dr. John Prescott (1707-1743) the son of Dr. Jonathan Prescott, Jr. (1677-1729) and Rebecca Bulkeley (1681-aft 1724) a 1727 graduate of Harvard who had settled in Concord, MA, as a physician, with his father where he was highly esteemed for his professional skill and excellent character. He enlisted one hundred men which he commanded in the unfortunate expedition to Cuba in 1740. Upon its failure in 1743 he returned to this country and soon after was sent by the government to England where he was treated with great respect. But, being seized with the small-pox, he died of that disease in London, Dec 30 1743 in his thirty-seventh year. In testimony of the esteem in which his services were held, the British Government conferred upon his widow an annual pension during her life. She died May 12, 1795 aged 88. They had six children: John Lynde (died young), Ann (Jonas Heywood), Rebecca (Dr. John Taylor, of Lunenburg), Martha (died young), John (died young) and Willoughby (Elizabeth Heywood). Source: Prescott Memorial (1870) William Prescott. (Bio by Bob Speckman)
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In Memory of
MRS. ANN PRESCOTT,
wife of
Col. John Prescott,
who died
May 12, 1795:
Æt. 88.
In Memory of
MRS. ANN PRESCOTT,
wife of
Col. John Prescott,
who died
May 12, 1795:
Æt. 88.
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