James PRESCOTT

                   BIRTH-DATE-PLACE-PARENTS:  Based on information found in the book:  "GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY HISTORY of the STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE", vol. III, pages 1651-58.

MARRIAGES-SPOUSES-FAMILY:  Based on information found in the book:  "GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY HISTORY of the STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE", vol. III, pages 1651-58.

DEATH-DATE-PLACE: Based on information found in the book:  "GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY HISTORY of the STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE", vol. III, pages 1651-58.

BIOGRAPHY:  The following is from the book "GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY HISTORY of the STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE", vol. III, page 1652.

       "Captain John, second son and third child of Ebenezer and Abigail [Tilton] Prescott, was born December 4, 1733, baptized January 20, 1734, and died February 27, 1813, aged seventy-nine years.  He lived and died in Hampton falls.  He was many years selectman and moderator, and captain in the militia. He served two terms of enlistment in the Revolutionary Army.  He enlisted first September 8, 1777, and served as a lieutenant in Captian Moses Leavitt's company, Colonel Abraham Drake's regiment, which contituted part of the force sent to reinforce the Northern Continental Army at Stillwater, September, 1777.
    He was discharged December 15, 1777, after serving three months and eight days.  He enlisted a second time, July 10, 1781, being one of the force sent to West Point, and was discharged December 22, after five months and three days' service.  He resided on the farm where his father and grandfather lived before him.  He and his wife were admitted to the church, July 18, 1756."