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Ancestry of Ethel B. Miles
Descendants of James Gawkroger-Platts
Generation No. 1
1. JAMES 1 GAWKROGER-PLATTS He married MARTHA RILEY.
Child of JAMES GAWKROGER-PLATTS and MARTHA RILEY is:
2. i. MARY 2 GAWKROGER-PLATTS, b. Sowerby, Halifax Parish, West Yorkshire, England; d. 1694,
Lancaster, Worcester, Mass, USA.
Generation No. 2
2. MARY 2 GAWKROGER-PLATTS (JAMES 1 ) 1 was born in Sowerby, Halifax Parish, West Yorkshire,
England 2 , and died 1694 in Lancaster, Worcester, Mass, USA 3 . She married JOHN PRESCOTT, SR 4
April 11, 1629 in Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England 5 , son of RALPH PRESCOTT and ELLEN //. He was
born 1604 in (Shevington?), Lancashire, England 6 , and died December 20, 1681 in Lancaster,
Worcester, Mass, USA 7 .
More About JOHN PRESCOTT, SR:
Comment: 1645, founcer of Lancaster, Mass
Occupation: Blacksmith
Residence 1: 1638, Barbados, owned 10 acres of land
Residence 2: 1640, Watertown, Middlesex County, Mass, USA
Residence 3: 1645, Lancaster, Worcester, Mass, USA
Children of MARY GAWKROGER-PLATTS and JOHN PRESCOTT are:
i. MARY 3 PRESCOTT, b. Bef. February 24, 1629/30, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, West Yorkshire,
England; d. September 12, 1706, Lancaster, Worcester, Mass, USA 8 ; m. THOMAS SAWYER, June
1648, Lancaster, Worcester, Mass, USA 9 .
More About MARY PRESCOTT:
Christening: February 24, 1628/29, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, West Yorkshire, England 10
ii. INFANT 1 PRESCOTT, b. Abt. 1631, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, West Yorkshire, England; d. March 07,
1630/31, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, West Yorkshire, England 11 .
iii. MARTHA PRESCOTT, b. March 11, 1631/32, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, West Yorkshire, England; d.
January 1655/56, Lancaster, Worcester, Mass, USA 12,13,14 ; m. JOHN RUGG, SR., November 04,
1654, Lancaster, Worcester, Mass, USA ?? 15 ; b. Abt. 1632, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, West
Yorkshire, England 16 ; d. January 1696/97, Lancaster, Worcester, Mass, USA 17,18 .
More About JOHN RUGG, SR.:
Christening: February 12, 1653/54, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, West Yorkshire, England 19
Freeman: 1669, Lancaster, Worcester, Mass, USA
Residence: 1654, Lancaster, Worcester, Mass, USA
iv.
INFANT 2 PRESCOTT, b. Abt. 1633, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England.
More About INFANT 2 PRESCOTT:
Burial: January 03, 1633/34, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England 20
v. JOHN PRESCOTT, JR, b. Bef. April 01, 1635, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, West Yorkshire, England; d.
Lancaster, Worcester, Mass, USA ??; m. (1) SARAH HAYWARD, 1668, Lancaster, Worcester, Mass,
USA 21 ; m. (2) MARY HAYNES 22 , Aft. 1711 23 .
More About JOHN PRESCOTT, JR:
Christening: April 01, 1635, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England 24
Occupation 1: farmer
Register Report of James Gawkroger-Platts: 117