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State of Service: NH
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Jeremiah Prescott was born 29 September 1718. He married Mary Hayes January 15, 1741. Jeremiah and Mary had 8 children and resided at Epping, New Hamphire, where he was a farmer. Jeremiah was commonly known as Sergeant Prescott owing to his service in the French-Indian War. In April 1755, he composed one of the company commanded by Captain Nathaniel Folsom of Exeter, and in the regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Blanchard of Dunstable (Nashua, New Hampshire) which was sent on an expedition against the French forts: Duquesne, Niagara and West Point. In May 1756, he again engaged in and expedition against Crown Point, in the company of Captain Nathaniel Doe, and in the regiment commanded by Colonel Nathaniel Meserve. He signed the Association Test in 1776. Mary Hayes Prescott died and Jeremiah married the widow Mary Towle. This second marriage was said to have proven unhappy, and he soon after committed suicide.
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