When Fanny Bethiah Prescott was born on 8 July 1872, in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Noah Prescott, was 27 and her mother, Frances Antonette Tower, was 23. She married Oscar Richardson Spalding on 16 February 1900, in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. She died on 8 May 1951, in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
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English: habitational name from any of the places so called, in southwestern Lancashire (now Merseyside), Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, and Devon, all of which are named from Old English prēost ‘priest’ + cot ‘cottage’, ‘dwelling’. The surname is most common in Lancashire, and so it seems likely that the first of these places is the most frequent source. It is also present in Ireland, being recorded there first in the 15th century.
History: John Prescott of Standish, Lancaster, England, arrived in NewEngland in 1640 and in 1643 was one of the first settlers ofLancaster, MA. His descendants include several prominent Americans ofthe revolutionary war, including Samuel Prescott, born in Concord, MA,in 1751, whose fame lies in completing the midnight ride of warning in1775 after Paul Revere was captured.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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