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Jonas Prescott Captain
(1648-1723)

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Spouses/Children:
Mary Loker

Mary Prescott+

Jonas Prescott Captain

Born: Jun 1648, Lancaster, Massachusetts ¹⁴⁷ ^,659
Marriage: Mary Loker on 14 Sep 1672 in Lancaster, Massachusetts ¹⁴⁶
Died: 31 Dec 1723, Concord, Massachusettes at age 75 ⁶⁵⁹ ^,148

Noted events in his life were:

• Point of Interest. ¹⁴⁸
"Jonas lived in Groton; and by the roadside near Lawrence Academy may be seen the annexed inscription on a large stone, in the wall enclosing the farm of late Hon. Stuart J. Park. The initials of "J.P." are those of Jonas Prescott who lived upon this farm and "O.P." are those of his grandson Doctor Oliver Prescott, who subsequently occupied it."

• Dates & Events. ¹⁴⁹
Selectman 1690, 1691, 1696. 1698, 1699, 1705, 1706
Town Clerk 1691
Moderator 1714, 1715
Farmer, Blacksmith, owned sawmill.

• Epitaths of family. ⁶⁵⁹

HERE LYETH THE
BODY OF IAMES PRES
COTT HEE DYED THE
9 OF MAY 1704
AGED 10 AND 7 WEEKS
YERE OLD
The son of Jonas Prescott and Mary Loker, born 16 Mar 1684.

This was the oldest epitath in the Old Groton Burying Ground. Jonas Prescott, a black smith chiselled the insription himself with one of his own tools. The people of Groton may have used headboards before this time, but in they would decay and disappear. Those that lasted in the graveyard were made of slate and were likely taken from the quarry in the adjoing town of Harvard, though a few were brought from England.

[Death's Head]
Here Lyes Buried
the Body of
Jonas PRESCOTT
Esq. Who Deceased
December ye 31st, 1723
Aged 76 Years

The son of John Prescott and Mary Platts (Gawkrogers), born at Lancaster, Jun 1648.

Jonas married Mary Loker, daughter of John Loker and Mary Draper, on 14 Sep 1672 in Lancaster, Massachusetts.¹⁴⁶ (Mary Loker was born on 28 Sep 1653 in Sudbury, Massachusetts ¹²⁶ ^,659 and died on 28 Oct 1735 in Groton. Middlesex, Massachusetts ⁶⁵⁹.)

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