M, #64, b. 19 November 1835, d. 12 December 1905
Father*Enos Alling Prescott1 b. 19 Feb 1787, d. 10 Aug 1865
Mother*Mary Carrington1 b. c 1789, d. 11 Jan 1864
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     Frank Prescott was born on 19 November 1835 in New Haven, Connecticut.1 He was the son of Enos Alling Prescott and Mary Carrington.1 He was baptized on 7 September 1836 at Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church, New Haven.2 He was listed as a resident in Enos and Mary's household in the census report on 1 October 1850 in New Haven.3 He was an apothecary in 1855 at 54 Hamilton Street, New Haven.4 He married Josephine F. Smith, daughter of Joseph H. Smith and Jerusha Hotchkiss Bassett, on 31 May 1859 in New Haven.5,6,7 He was listed as a resident in his in-law's household (Joseph and Jerusha Smith) in the census report on 21 June 1860 in New Haven.8 He was drafted in 1863 in New Haven to fight for the Union in the Civil War. It seems likely that his family had the means to supply the $300 that would have been required to exempt him from service.9 According to his Civil War draft registration, Frank Prescott lived at 13 Whiting Street, New Haven, in June 1863.10 He was a solicitor of patents on 4 July 1870 in New Haven.11 He was still living with his in-laws as of the census report on 4 July 1870.11 Frank and Josephine appeared on the census of 3 June 1880 at 46 Elliot Street, New Haven.12 In 1885 Frank Prescott was convicted of theft of $11 from one of his pension clients. He was also convicted of forgery of a pension check at the request of the destitute wife of a man who was in prison. He was sentenced to the prison in Wethersfield for one year.13 Frank and Josephine appeared on the census of 6 June 1900 at 56 Perkins Street, New Haven.14 He died from a stroke on 12 December 1905 in New Haven at age 70.15 He was buried in the Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven.15

Family: Josephine F. Smith b. 15 Apr 1834, d. 22 Apr 1912

Citations

  1. [S7] William Prescott, The Prescott Memorial (Boston, MA: Henry W. Dutton & Son, 1870), pg. 135-136. Hereinafter cited as Prescott Memorial.
  2. [S52] Volume 1, Trinity Church (Protestant Episcopal) Parochial Register 1767-1814, (1941), "MANUSCRIPT COPY MADE FROM THE ORIGINAL by EDWARD COLLINS BEECHER Parish Clerk 1895", Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA. Hereinafter cited as Trinity Church Parochial Register.
  3. [S138] Enos Alling Prescott household, 1850 Oct 1 U.S. census record, Provo, Utah, USA, population schedule, city of New Haven, page number 253, dwelling 1657, family 2509, Ancestry.com National Archives micropublication M432, roll 47.
  4. [S311] New Haven, Connecticut, City Directory, 1855 (n.p.: n.pub., 1955), Frank Prescott entry. Hereinafter cited as New Haven Directory, 1955.
  5. [S312] Record of Marriage Abstract, State of Connecticut, Department of Public Health, Connecticut, USA. Hereinafter cited as Record of Marriage.
  6. [S257] Marriages, Columbian Register (New Haven, CT), Vol. XLVII, Issue 2423, June 4, 1859, page 3. Hereinafter cited as Columbian Register.
  7. [S243] Benjamin W. Dwight, The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong, of Northampton, Mass. (Albany: J. Munsell, 1871), vol. 2, pag. 851. Hereinafter cited as Descendants of Elder John Strong.
  8. [S5] Joseph Smith household, 1860 Jun 21 U.S. census record, Provo, Utah, USA, population schedule, city of New Haven, page number 58, dwelling 303, family 400, Ancestry.com National Archives micropublication M653, roll 87.
  9. [S426] "Draft record", NM-65, entry 172, 620 volumes. NAI: 4213514; Ancestry.com; Provo, Utah, USA. Hereinafter cited as "Frank Prescott Draft Record."
  10. [S259] Frank Prescott, Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registrations, 1863-1865, NM-65, entry 172 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration). Hereinafter cited as Frank Prescott Civil War Draft Registration.
  11. [S137] Joseph Smith household, 1870 Jul 4 U.S. census record, Provo, Utah, USA, population schedule, city of New Haven, page number 33, dwelling 215, family 252, Ancestry.com National Archives micropublication M593, roll 110.
  12. [S51] Frank Prescott household, 1880 U.S. census, Provo, Utah, USA, population schedule, city of New Haven, enumeration district 75, supervisors district 1, page 4, dwelling 30, family 33, Ancestry.com National Archives micropublication T9, roll 105.
  13. [S260] [various titles], The New Haven Register, unknown location, 1881-1885. Hereinafter cited as New Haven Register.
  14. [S136] Frank Prescott household, 1900 U.S. Census, Ancestry.com (Provo, Utah, USA), population schedule, city of New Haven, enumeration district 395, sheet 6A, dwelling 94, family 120, National Archives micropublication T623, roll 146.
  15. [S50] Frank Prescott, death certificate 238 (1905 Dec 13), New Haven Vital Statistics, 165 Church St., New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA. Hereinafter cited as Medical Certificate of Death.
  16. [S48] Harry Clifford Prescott entry, birth record (7 July 1877), New Haven Vital Statistics, 165 Church St., New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA.