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Daughter of John Prescott.
She married Robert Parker who was 18 years her junior.
She died at her home at Calico Hall
He became Rector of Burrington & Downton, Herefordshire.
In 1793, he married Frances Gibbons from Nantwich, Cheshire.
Children:
He was an Attorney at Hebden Bridge and Manchester.
On 3rd December 1835, he married Marian Rothwell at Halifax Parish
Church.
Child: Marian
They lived at Summerville, Halifax Savile Terrace, Halifax [1851]
In 1755, she married John Fowler, a linen draper from
Lancaster.
They had no children.
After her husband's death, she lived with her unmarried sister,
Phebe.
There is a memorial to her in Halifax Parish Church
Son of William Prescott.
He was Rector of Long Preston in Craven [from 1789].
On 31st August 1790, he married Ann Cook at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
When Ann inherited the Calico Hall estate from her
half-sister, Mary, the widow of Robert Parker,
the couple went to live at the Hall, passing the estate back into the
Prescott family.
He died 16th February 1809.
Members of the family were buried in Halifax Parish Church
She married Thomas Hogarth [1808-1865].
Children:
Thomas died on 13th March 1865.
Elizabeth Judith died on 26th May 1874.
There is a memorial to the couple in Halifax Parish Church
The epitaph on their memorial
in Halifax Parish Church is recorded in
the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions
In 1629, he married Mary Gawkroger in Halifax.
Around 1639, he emigrated to America.
He may be a forebear of US president George W. Bush who was
descended from Jonathan Fay of Concord, Massachusetts, who
married Lucy Prescott in 1776
This & associated entries use material contributed by David Glover
He was a surgeon and physician of Calico Hall.
He owned the Great House, Cheapside.
In 1716, he bought Calico Hall from Francis Wivell.
He married (1) Phoebe.
Children:
He married (2) Sarah Widdop [1683-1739].
He died 11th November 1728.
There are memorials to members of the family in Halifax Parish Church.
The epitaph on their memorial
is recorded in
the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham & Tim Parker
He was a merchant and woolstapler in Halifax.
He was in partnership with the Royds family.
He owned and lived at the Great House, Cheapside.
He may have built Hopwood House, Halifax.
In 1749, he married Maria Clarke.
Children:
In 1771, he leased Heath Hall, Halifax.
In 1780, he moved to Southwell, Nottinghamshire.
With this move, this branch of the family left the district.
He died in Huntingdonshire
He was Vicar at North Somercotes, Lincolnshire.
In 1823 – at the age from 60 – he married Eliza Phillips of
Louth.
Children:
Son of Rev Clarke Prescott.
He was a merchant in Manchester.
On 20th February 1839, he married Ellen Alexander.
The couple were buried at Holy Trinity Church, Halifax
She married (1) William Rawson.
She married (2) Dr Cyril Jackson
She married Robert Stockdale.
They had no children.
She died 18th September 1748 [aged 45].
The couple were buried in the Holdsworth Chapel.
The epitaph on the memorial
is recorded in
the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions
She married Rev Francis Leigh.
She was a member of
the Band of Hope,
the RSPCA,
and
the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association.
In 1851, she and her mother Mrs Marion Prescot were living
at Savile Terrace, Halifax.
She built the Prescott Fountain – which stood notably near to
Ramsden's Brewery – in memory of her mother.
She died suddenly at Summerville, Halifax on 5th March 1900
She lived with her sister, Sarah.
She died unmarried
She was acquaintance of Anne Lister whom she told of her
determination to marry into the Peerage.
In 1824, she married Lieutenant Thomas Carr Steward
[1786-1857] from Woolwich.
They had no children.
After her mother's death, she leased a part of Clare Hall to
Robert Parker, and 6 years later sold him the Hall,
contents, and some surrounding land.
She died at Bolton Percy, near York [9th November
1854].
She left the remainder of the Clare Hall estate to her sister,
Elizabeth Judith.
Her husband died 29th January 1857.
The epitaph on their memorial
in Halifax Parish Church is recorded in
the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions
She died unmarried.
She lived with her widowed sister, Dorothy
There is a memorial to her in Halifax Parish Church
Or Roger.
He was a surgeon and physician.
Son of John Prescot.
In 1695, he married Phoebe Mitchell.
After his wife's death in 1704, he moved to York where he died
He lived at Calico Hall.
In January 1753, he married (1) Elizabeth Bolling from Ilkley.
Children:
In 1769, he married (2) Esther Robinson.
They had no children.
In 1776, he got into financial difficulties and
owed
£1,024 19/- to Rev Taylor of Wakefield,
£420 to Sir George Armytage,
and
£273 to Robert Parker.
Parker was persuaded by his wife Ann – William's
sister – and her relatives to buy Calico Hall in order to keep
it in the family.
Parker then installed William in one of his houses at Stump
Cross and provided him with an income from his fees as the Steward of
the Honour of Pontefract.
Esther and William died within 2 weeks of each other,
and were buried in the Holdsworth Chapel.
In November 1769, he attended the enquiry which had been
called by the Marquis of Rockingham to discuss the problem
of the coiners and the murder of William Deighton.
There is a memorial to members of the family in Halifax Parish Church
Prescott, Ann Ref 518-117
Or Anne.
Prescott, Rev Clarke Ref 518-320
Elder son of John Prescott.
Prescott, Cyril Ref 518-322
Son of Rev Clarke Prescott.
Prescott, Dorothy Ref 518-316
Daughter of Dr John Prescott.
Prescott, Rev Edward Ref 518-323
MA.
Prescott, Elizabeth Judith Ref 518-325
Daughter of Rev Edward Prescott.
Prescott, John Ref 518-736
A blacksmith at Sowerby.
Prescott, Dr John Ref 518-331
Son of John Prescot.
Prescott, John Ref 518-148
Youngest son of John Prescott.
Prescott, Rev John Ref 518-123
Son of John Prescott.
Prescott, John Clarke Ref 518-245
Of Wilmslow, Cheshire.
Prescott, Judith Ref 518-216
Daughter of John Prescott.
Prescott, Margaret Ref 518-309
Eldest daughter of Dr John Prescott.
Prescott, Marian Ref 518-231
Daughter of Cyril Prescott.
Prescott, Mary Ref 518-310
Daughter of Dr John Prescott.
Prescott, Mary Ref 518-324
Daughter of Rev Edward Prescott.
Prescott, Phebe Ref 518-311
Daughter of Dr John Prescott.
Prescott, Dr William Ref 518-321
MD.
Prescott, William Ref 518-145
Son of John Prescott.
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They lived at Calico Hall.
The name is also spelled Prescot with just one t.
The family is discussed in the book Yorkshire Pedigrees
The Prescott family Ref 518-308
| Surname |
Prescott surname Ref 518-1
Page Ref: MMP225
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