Mary Platts

- 1678

• Name	Mary Platts
  Birth	Wygan, Lancashire, England
  Immigration	Abt 1638	Barbadoes   [2, 3]
  Immigration	1640  [2, 3]
  They arrived in Boston fro the Barbadoes, and settled in Watertown.
  History	1676 to 1679	Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  She moved to Concord after Lancaster's destruction. In 1678, she deposed giving her age as 66 years. [1]
  Death	After 1678	Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Platts   (4 x Great Grandfather)
  Person ID, Branch	I489	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2019

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: She may have been born in Sowerby, York, England.

  
  

Father	Abraham Gawkroger Platts
Family ID	F502	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




Spouse / Partner	John Prescott,   c. 1604/05, Shevington, Standish Parish, Lancashire, England d. 20 Dec 1681, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age ~ 76 years)  [1]
Marriage	21 Jan 1628/29	Wygan, Lancashire, England   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
Age at Marriage	She : ?? - He : ~ 24 years and 1 month.
Notes	Weis (1682) says they were married at Sowerby Parish on 15 March 1607. [1]
Children	6 sons and 5 daughters
+   1. Mary Prescott,   c. 24 Feb 1629/30, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England d. Apr 1716, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age ~ 86 years) ▻ Thomas Sawyer  m. 2 Jul 1648     2. baby boy Prescott,   b. 7 Mar 1631, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England d. 7 Mar 1631, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England (Age 0 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     3. Martha Prescott,   c. 11 Mar 1632, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England d. 24 Jan 1655/56, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age ~ 23 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     4. baby boy Prescott,   b. 1633, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England d. 3 Jan 1634, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England (Age 1 year)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     5. John Prescott,   c. 1 Apr 1635, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England d. After 1718 (Age ~ 83 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] +   6. Sarah Prescott,   c. 16 Apr 1637, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England d. 25 Aug 1714, Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age ~ 77 years) ▻ Richard Wheeler  m. 2 Aug 1658;   Joseph Rice  m. 23 Dec 1677     7. Hannah Prescott,   c. 16 Apr 1639, Barbadoes d. 11 Sep 1697, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age ~ 58 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     8. Lydia Prescott,   b. 15 Aug 1641, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1712 (Age 70 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     9. Joseph Prescott,   b. 1645, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 31 Dec 1732 (Age 87 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   10. Captain Jonathan Prescott,   b. 1646, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 5 Dec 1721, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 75 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   11. Captain Jonas Prescott,   b. Jun 1648, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 31 Dec 1723, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 75 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
Family ID	F501	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	18 Nov 2019




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Mary Platts( – 1678) 2Abraham Gawkroger Platts 4James Gawkroger Platts 8Richard Platts 16John Platts 17unknown wife 9unknown wife 18 19 5Genet Fairbanke(1552 – ) 10George Fairbanke(Abt 1530 – 1610) 20Gilbert Fairebanke(1505 – 3 Mar 1577/78) 21Jannet( – 16 Jan 1578/79) 11Sybil Waide(1532 – 1573) 22Gilbert Waide 23 3 6 12 24 25 13 26 27 7 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - - Wygan, Lancashire, England Marriage - 21 Jan 1628/29 - Wygan, Lancashire, England Immigration - Abt 1638 - Barbadoes History - 1676 to 1679 - Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - After 1678 - Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S485] Wheeler, Daniel Merrick. The Wheeler Family of Rutland, Mass. and Some of their Ancestors, (Pittsfield, Massachusetts: by the author, 1924). [S1196] Drake, Samuel G. "Brief Memoirs and Notices of Prince's Subscribers" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume VI, 1852). [S1197] Somerby, H. G. "Pedigree of Lawrence", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume X, 1856). [S1198] Hunt, John G. "Notes on Families of the Parish of Halifax, Yorkshire - Farrer, Deane, Platts, Fairbank, Prescott", (New Haven, Connecticut: The American Genealogist, volume XL, 1964). [S804] MacKenzie, George Norbury. Colonial Families of the United States of America, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1966).