Display Patriot - P-273429 - Elisha PRESCOTT

Elisha PRESCOTT

SAR Patriot #: P-273429

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
 

State of Service: NH      Qualifying Service: Ensign
DAR #: A092763

Birth: 13 Dec 1754 Epping / Rockingham / NH
Death: 13 Oct 1813 Readfield / Kennebec / ME

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Ensign, Sergeant; Captain William Harper in the Regiment of Colonel Wyman
  2. Served as a Seargent in the Comapny of Captain Cilley of the New Hampshire Militia
  3. DAR RC # 809012 and A092763 cite: Service Description: 1) Captain WILLIAM HARPER, Colonel WYMAN

Additional References:
  1. SAR # 159075
  2. DAR RC # 809012 and A092763 cite: Hammond, Isaac W, The State of New Hampshire, Rolls of the Soldiers of the Rev War, 1775 to May 1777, Volume 14, New Hampshire. Concord: Parson B. Cogswell State Printer, 1885, pg 312

Spouse: Mary Marston
Children: Elisha; William; Ann;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
2002-09-24 AZ 14475 Walter William McElvain (159075) William   
2019-09-27 KS 87257 Steven William Hamlin (209588) Ann   
Burial:
Annie Hill Cemetery (C-0150036)
Location:
Manchester / Kennebec / ME / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2323236
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
42525062
Marker Type:
Damaged, on ground, broken, aged. part. legible
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Images provided with permission from Stone Hunter Babe, Find-a-Grave member # 48609550. Broken white marble stone is no longer erect. Stone appears to be contemporary with the death of the Patriot or his wife



Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

The cemetery is located along Prescott Road, just south of Belgrade (Manchester) Road



Author: Steven William Hamlin

Elisha Prescott  (1754-1813)  P-273429

Elisha Prescott was born 13 December 1754 at Epping, New Hampshire.  He married Mary Marston (April 27, 1758 – June 13, 1847) in 1777.  Elisha and Mary had nine children.  Elisha served throughout the Revolution starting as and Ensign in the New Hampshire Troops at Bunker Hill and is found on the roster of Captain Nathan Brown's Company serving in Rhode Island in August 1778.  Elisha and Mary resided at Epping, New Hampshire, until about 1784 when they moved to Gardiner, Maine, and soon thereafter purchased land near Readfield, Maine, where he farmed 380 acres.   Elisha Prescott died 13 October 1813 at the age of 58 years and 10 months.  Elisha's farm and possessions were valued at $4009.20 at the time of his death.  Elisha is listed as “Ensign Prescott” on numerous probate documents and petitions from his time living in Readfield.

 

 


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