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(III) Thomas, youngest child of John (1) and Mary ( Means) Patten, was born Febru- ray 10, 1761, in Topsham, Maine, where he resided and passed away May 30, 1841. He married Catherine Fulton, born August 21, 1765, in Topsham, and died June 1, 1816. They were the parents of George Ferguson, John, James, Fulton, Katherine, Thomas, Pauline M. and Statira.
(IV) Captain John (2), son of Thomas and Catherine (Fulton) Patten, was born in Tops- ham, August 27, 1789, and died in Bath, in 1887. During his earlier years he was a mari- ner. In the war of 1812-15 he was mate with
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Captain Levi Peterson and was captured by the British five times. Through these mishaps he found himself penniless at the close of the war, and was obliged to use his month's advance to huy an outfit, but through his energy and ability he became in 1816 owner and master of the brig "Ann Maria," of 530 tons register, of Topsham. In 1820 he settled in Bath, and there in 1821 he and his brother, George F., formed a partnership under the style of George F. and J. Patten, ship-builders, which continued forty years. Their ship-yard was south of the present office of A. Sewell & Com- pany. Their first vessel was the brig "Jasper," of 222 tons. Subsequently they built forty other vessels, most of which were ships. The firm was finally dissolved, and Captain Patten took his son, Gilbert E. R. Patten, as a part- ner, and they occupied the yard adjacent to that of Major Harward. In 1869 they built their first vessel and called it the "Nimbus." Captain Patten always retained an interest in other shipping, becoming part owner in steam- ers and ships built by other firms. It has been estimated that he was an owner in sixty-five vessels. The following account, published at the time of his death, gives an idea of various positions of trust held by Captain Patten and the various benevolent acts scattered through a long life. "For several years, up to the time of his death, he was a trustee of the Bath Savings Institution, the Old Ladies' Home, and a director of the Lincoln Bank. He was one of the first members of the Merchants' Ex- change, afterward known as the Bath Board of Trade ; a stockholder and for many years manager of the Bath Gas Light Company ; and president of the Patten Library Association. He was largely interested in building the Sagadahoc House and gave a large sum for its completion. Endowed with a benevolent heart, he gave largely to churches, public in- stitutions, and private enterprises. He gave several thousand dollars to the Old Ladies' Home, a goodly sum towards its erection of the High School Building, and the Soldiers' Orphan Home was frequently a recipient of his bounty." He was a constant attendant upon the public services of the Central Church and gave liberally to religious objects, although not a church member. He was a member of the first city council of Bath, and served the city as mayor in 1851-52. He also represented the city one term in the legislature. He was thirty-one years old when he settled in Bath and lived there sixty-six years, until he had entered upon his ninety-eighth year. Very few attain his age with perfect health and unim-
paired faculties, and it is a rare instance where one of advanced age has been able to give personal attention to business to the very last days of his life. His gentle, beaming coun- tenance was a pleasant sight for old and young. The restless spirit that so strongly marks this age seems to have passed him by ; he moved serenely in the midst of his fellow citizens, receiving the respect and regard of the entire community, and at each recurrence of his birthday in later years, a large number of citizens were accustomed to assemble at his dwelling, to do honor to the good citizen and venerable man. From the funeral sermon o Captain Patten preached by Rev. Mr. Dunnel the following extracts are made: "It is not as a person valuable for his age, it is not as a successful money-getter, one estimated by the figures of his taxes, but preeminently as a man that Captain Patten stands within our memory. His remarkable health one may safely say to have been partially due to the robust nature of his moral character. His physician states that to the last of his life there was no organic difficulty impairing his physical life. He had never impaired his constitution. Though a little remarkable for a seafaring man, he was not addicted to the use of tobacco in any form. Although brought up in a period when spirit- ous liquors were used with a freedom we can hardly comprehend to-day, he never used them in any but the most moderate degree, and of late years not at all. His even, cheerful dis- position was a great moral factor in his physi- cal life. He was a man who never allowed himself what is popularly called the 'blues.' Gloom was not a companion that he tolerated in his home. He was what we would call a successful man, and I speak of it only to point out another way in which his manliness has impressed itself upon us. His success shows his character, because it was his own. He was in every sense a self-made man. I can testify from what I have heard hint say that he was sensitive to anything which seemed to reflect on a man of small beginnings. He had the keenest feelings about the value of a self-made life. 'There are few of us,' he said, 'who have not worked up from the smallest start.' It was not often we spoke together on religious themes, but whenever we did, he always talked without reserve-'Jesus has done everything for me.' This was the expression which he coined himself, and which he repeated again and again. Surely no one who knew his life would be slow to believe that it had such a source. His spirit can be easily understood when I remind you of a simple incident. As
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he was one day on his way from his office to his home, a poor man stopped him, asking if he would not help procure a coat, when Cap- tain Patten quickly removed his own, gave it to the man in need, and himself proceeded homeward without any. Any unworthy person rarely received aid from him. He was dis- criminating as well as generous. Truly there was fulfilled in him the promise to the godly, 'With long life will I satisfy him and show him salvation.'' John Patten married (first) Bet- sey Bates, of Boston, by whom he had two children-Thomas and Gilbert E. R. Thomas became a sea captain and died at middle age ; Gilbert E. R. is mentioned at lengthi below. He married ( second) Mary, daughter of Levi Peterson, of Bath, by whom he had a son and a daughter, both of whom died young.
(IV) James Fulton, son of Thomas and Catherine (Fulton) Patten, was born in Tops- ham, Maine, June 28, 1790, and was educated in the schools of his native town. He then commenced a scafaring life, during which he made his home in Bath, and became a com- mander of vessels. He sailed in Bath ships, chiefly those built by his brothers, John and George F. Patten, becoming eventually a mem- ber of the firm, in which he continued until retiring from active business. He married a granddaughter of Colonel John Reed, of Tops- ham, and their children were: Charles E., Frederic H. and Emma Reed Patten. Captain Patten died January 14, 1883, aged eighty-two years.
(V) Captain Gilbert E. R., second son of Captain John and Betsey ( Bates) Patten, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, February 28, 1825, and died in Bath, Maine, January 12, 1882. He was educated in the public schools, but like the majority of young men of Tops- ham, to which place he went with his parents at an early age, he had an inclination for the sea, and entered upon the life of a sailor at fifteen years of age, commanded in youth ships owned by his father, and in the latter part of his life retired from the sea and joined his father in building ships. Manifesting unusual ability for his chosen career, he easily gained promotion, and at twenty-one was captain of the ship "Halcyon," one of the youngest com- manders that ever sailed out of the Kennebec. One who knew him well writes: "I was with Captain Patten when he first stepped upon the active stage of life, in the first ship he com- manded, and although I believe not yet two and twenty, he exhibited abilities far in ad- vance of his years; sound judgment, coolness and self-possession in danger, and a faculty to
command, qualities so necessary to carry the ship-master safely through the thousand diffi- cult passages that are sure to lie in his way. I remember him in his second voyage as master in a most perilous situation, one which called forth the best qualities of the seaman to ex- tricate his ship and save her from imminent wreck. He was equal to the emergency. With quick decision he adopted the course which the event proved was the only one that could have brought him out of the jaws of destruc- tion, and the decision, made with a coolness and precision that would have done honor to a veteran, carried his plan to a successful issue. Even in those early days, he was governed in his dealings and in his intercourse with men by principles of high honor, and I well re- member the impression he made upon those with whom he was thrown in business rela- tions in different countries, and the many words I heard spoken in praise of his trust- worthiness and integrity." He had a stately and handsomely furnished home on Washing- ton street, Bath, which he built about 1860, and there he passed the last years of his life. On leaving the sea he became junior partner in the firm of John Patten & Son, and was en- gaged in ship-building for several years. The vessels built by the Pattens collectively and in- dividually, between 1819 and 1875, were : Thirty-eight ships, four barks, three brigs, two steam vessels and one schooner, a total of forty-eight. Captain Patten's health failed while he was yet in the prime of life, and he was compelled to seek its restoration in vari- ous parts of his own land, as well as in for- eign climes. This practically closed a highly prosperous and eminently successful business career, and crippled energies that were freely given to enhance the prosperity of Bath and add to the happiness of his fellow citizens. Naturally of a social and cheerful nature, he formed and retained through life the regard and respect of a large circle of friends and acquaintances. His kindly disposition and genial smile remained undimmed through years of physical suffering, which he bore un- flinchingly, while his resigned and truly Chris- tian spirit enlisted the sympathy of both his earlier and later friends. Captain Gilbert E. R Patten and Emma M. Owen were married in 1859. She was born in Wayne, Maine, daugh- ter of Henry W. and Clara M. (Martin) Owen, of Bath, formerly of Wayne. Chil- dren: John O .. who is mentioned below ; Clara M., married, February 10, 1887, Richard E. Goodwin, of Augusta.
(V) Frederic H., youngest son of James F.
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Patten, was born in Bath, Maine, May 13, 1838, where he obtained such education as was afforded by the schools of his native place. When entering upon business, he went to New York City and engaged in the shipping trade. Upon the decease of his father, in 1883, who left him a large property, he returned to Bath, where he continued during the remainder of his life, attending to the business of his estate. He died July 23, 1889. He was a quiet, unas- suming man, of striking personal appearance and genial manners, whose departure in the prime of life was greatly missed by his numer- ous friends and acquaintances. On April 26, 1883, he married Clara Allen, of Bath, daugh- ter of Allen and Jane Ann ( Burtnett) Ken- drick. She was born in New York City.
(VI) Jolin Owen, only son of Captain Gil- bert E. R. and Emma M. (Owen) Patten, was born in Bath, April 20, 1861, died April 29, 1898. He was educated in the public schools of Bath and at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, taking a special course in the latter institution. In 1884 he became a reporter on the staff of the Boston Post, in which he later bought an interest, and still later became its managing editor. He disposed of his interest in the paper, returned to Bath and became co-executor with his brother-in- law, Richard E. Goodwin, of the estate of his grandfather, Captain John Patten. Several years after returning to Bath he bought the Daily Times of that city, which he edited and considerably improved, both in circulation and influence. He was largely interested in the financial affairs of Bath and was president of the Bath branch of the Sagadahoc Loan and Trust Company, and a director of the Bath National Bank. He traveled extensively, hav- ing doubled Cape Horn and made a sailing voyage to Madeira and England. In 1887 he made a trip around the world, visiting many countries in Europe, as well as Turkey, Greece, Syria, Palestine. Egypt, India, Ceylon, Java, China, Japan and California. He passed the winter of 1892-93 in Spain, where he devoted considerable time to the study of the Spanish languages. John Owen Patten married, Feb- ruary 23, 1886, Lucy W., born in Bath, daugh- ter of Charles W. Larrabee.
The name of Prescott is of PRESCOTT Saxon origin and is com- posed by the contraction of two Saxon words, Priest and Cottage, and therefore signifies priest cottage, or priest's house. The name has long been known in England. It was given to a street and a lane
or place in the ancient city of London. Pres- cott is also the name of a market town in Lancashire, and those of this surname that emigrated to America originally, or their an- cestors, originated from this town. Some of the Prescott family had titles, and the ancient coat-of-arms is: Sable, a chevron between three owls, argent (two in chief, one in base). Crest : a cubit arm, couped, erect, vested, Gules : cuff ermine, holding in the hand a pitch pot or hand beacon, sable fired proper. The arms of the Prescotts of Dryny, Lincoln- shire, England, and which belong to the de- scendants particularly of that branch of the family descended from James Prescott, of New Hampshire, are described : Ermine, a chevron sable on a chief of the second, two leopard's heads, or : crest. out of a ducal coronet, or, a boar's head and neck argent, bristiled of the first. The first mention of the surname Pres- cott is found in Thomas Rymer's Foedera- Magistro Waltere de Prestecote, the Latin for Walter Prescott. Although the direct lineage of the American Prescotts has not been traced farther back than the reign of Elizabeth, it is evident that the family from an early date lived at the town of Prescott already mentioned.
(I) James Prescott, of Standish, Lan- cashire, a descendant of the Lancashire family, was the progenitor. He was required by order of Queen Elizabeth, dated August. 1564, to keep in readiness with horsemen and armor. He married a daughter of Roger Standish, Esq., of Standish, and sister of Ralph Stand- ish. Children: 1. James, mentioned below. 2. Roger, married (first) Elizabeth -- -, 1563; (second) Ellen (?) Shaw, of Standish, Au- gust 20, 1568; resided in Shevington, died 1594. 3. Ralph, died young. 4. Robert, mar- ried February 3, 1565, Elizabeth Nightingale ; resided in Standish and died there 1576. 5. William, father of Alexander, grandfather of Sir John Prescott, Lord of the Manors of Radwington in Essex and Bromley in Kent. 6. John, resided in Sutterby, Lincolnshire.
(II) Sir James (2), son of James (1) Pres- cott, married Alice Molineaux. For his brave military prowess and achievements he was created Lord of the Manor of Dryby in Lin- colnshire, and had new arms granted to him, as described above, and was afterwards known as Sir James. He died March 1, 1583. Chil- dren : 1. John, mentioned below. 2. Ann, born at Dryby.
(III) John, only son of Sir James (2) Pres- cott, was born at Dryby, Lincolnshire. Chil- dren : I. William. 2. James, mentioned be- low.
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(IV) James (2), son of John Prescott, was born at Dryby, and lived there. Children: I. Mary, baptized at Dryby, 1631. 2. John, bap- tized 1632. 3. Anne, baptized 1634. 4. James, mentioned below. Other children.
(V) James (4), son of James (3) Prescott, was the American immigrant ancestor. He left Dryby in 1665, and settled in Hampton, New Hampshire, then of Norfolk county, Mas- sachusetts. He had a farm in that part of the town which since 1712 has constituted the town of Hampton Falls, about two miles north of the Hampton Falls Academy, on the road to Exeter, lately owned by Wells Healey. He was admitted a freeman in 1678, and his church membership was transferred to the parish at the Falls in 1712. From thence it was transferred to the Kingston church, Sep- tember 29, 1725. We are told by the Prescott Memorial that "he was a man of integrity and influence, possessing good sense, a sound and discriminating mind, one whose judgment was much sought for, and in whose opinion the people placed the most confident reliance." He was in 1694 one of the original grantees of the town of Kingston, and December 19, 1700, was moderator of the proprietors' meeting, and again July 18, 1701. He had large grants of land in Kingston, whither he removed in 1725, and where he died November 25, 1728, aged about eighty-five years. He married, 1668, Mary Boulter, born at Exeter, May 15, 1648, daughter of Nathaniel and Grace Boulter. Her father was born in England in 1625, settled in Hampton as early as 1642 and in Exeter in 1645. She died at Kingston, October 4, 1735, aged eighty-seven years, four months, twenty days. Children : Joshua, born March I, 1669 ; had eleven children. 2. James Jr., born September 1, 1671, mentioned below. 3. Rebecca, born April 15, 1673, married, De- cember 3, 1691, Nathaniel Sanborn; he mar- ried (second) Sarah Nason, and died Novem- ber 9, 1723. 4. Jonathan, born August 6, 1675, died January 6, 1755 ; married Elizabeth 5. Mary, born June 1I, 1677, married (first), November 2, 1699, Jabez Coleman ; (second) November 9, 1730, Thomas Crosby ; (third ) Bean ; died 1740. 6. Abigail, born November 19, 1679; married, November 2, 1699, Richard Bounds. 7. Temperance, died young, born November 19, 1679. 8. John, born November 19, 1681, married, August 8, 1701, Abigail Marston ; died 1761. 9. Nathaniel, born November 19, 1683; married, December 30, 1703, Ann Marston; died February 26, 1771.
(VI) Sergeant James (5), son of James (4) Prescott, was born September 1, 1671.
He was admitted to the church with his wife Maria, October 10, 1697. He was a farmer, and resided near his father, on the opposite side (west) of the road leading from the Hampton Falls Academy to Exeter. He was constable in 1707. He served at Port Royal from March to September, 1701. He was deacon of the church. He married (first), March 1, 1695, Maria Marston, born May 16, 1672, daughter of William Jr. and Rebecca ( Page) Marston. He married (second), June 17, 1746, Abigail Sanborn, widow. She was daughter of Edward Gove, one of the first settlers of Hampton, and married (first) Deacon. Philemon Dalton, (second) Deacon Benjamin Sanborn, and (third) James Pres- cott. Children: I. Jeremiah, born December 8, 1695; married January 14, 1720, Hannah Philbrick. 2. Samuel, born March 14, 1697; mentioned below. 3. Elisha, born March 18, 1669; married, February 13, 1724, Phebe San- born ; died December 10, 1781. 4. Saralı, born January 20, 1701 ; married, March 9, 1720, Joseph Lowell. 5. Lucy, born February 6, 1703 ; married, January 18, 1722, Joseplı San- born Jr .; died March 9, 1723. 6. Ebenezer, born December 3, 1705 ; married, December 15, 1726, Abigail Tilton ; died 1750. 7. James, born December 2, 1708; married, January 14, 1731, Dorothy Tilton ; died 1734. 8. Rebecca, born September 27, 1711; married, January 18, 1727, Caleb Towle Jr.
(VII) Samuel, son of James (5) Prescott, was born at Hampton, March 14, 1697. In 1746 he was appointed, with Hon. Meshach Weare, an appraiser of the estate of Captain Jonathan Prescott, who died at Louisburg, in January, 1746. He served several years as selectman, town clerk and in other positions of trust and honor. He was a soldier in a scout- ing company in the French and Indian war. He was a farmer at Hampton Falls, where he died of fever June 12, 1759, aged sixty-two years, three months. His will was proved June 26, 1759. He married, December 17, 1717, Mary Sanborn, daughter of Joseph and granddaughter of John Sanborn, one of the first settlers of Hampton .. Her mother, Mary Gove, daughter of Edward Gove Sr., was born July 28, 1697. Prescott and his wife were admitted to the church July 13, 1740. Chil- dren : I. Jeremiah, born September 29, 1718; mentioned below. 2. Samuel, born January 9, 1721 ; married, February 28, 1745, Sarah Dal- ton. 3. John, born December 12, 1723, mar- ried, November 27, 1746, Hannah Rundlett. 4. Major Joseph, born November 17, 1725, married Molly Norris, of Hampton, settled in
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Epping ; major of Colonel Stephen Evna's regiment, and took part in the battles of Ben- nington, Ticonderoga, the surrender of Bur- goyne and other engagements; member of the New Hampshire provincial congress in 1775. 5. Major William, born June 21, 1728, married, November 22, 1750, Susanna Sanborn; settled in Hampton Falls, where his house is now or was lately standing ; captain of a company in the revolution under Colonel Tash in 1776, later was major.
(VIII) Jeremiah, eldest son of Samuel Prescott, was born September 29, 1718, bap- tized November 22, 1724. He settled in Ep- ping, and was a farmer all his active life. In April, 1755, he was in Captain Nathaniel Fol- som's company, of Exeter, Colonel Joseph Blanchard's regiment, in the expedition against the French forts DuQuesne, Niagara and West Point. In May, 1756, he was in the Crown Point expedition, in Captain Nathaniel Doe's company, Colonel Nathaniel Meserve's regi- ment. He signed the Association Test in 1776. He married (first), January 15, 1741, Mary Hayes, who died before 1780; married (sec- ond), February 10, 1780, Mary Towle, widow of Lemuel Towle, and daughter of Gideon Shaw. On account of unhappiness resulting from this marriage, Prescott took his own life. Children of first wife: 1. Colonel Jere- miah, born December 22, 1741 ; mentioned below. 2. Samuel, born March 25, 1744 ; mar- ried 1768, Mehitable Bean, of Exeter ; resided in Epping, New Hampshire, and Readfield, Maine. 3. William, born about 1746; mar- ried Mary Dearborn ; settled in Vershire, Ver- mont ; was soldier in the revolution. 4. Phebe, born about 1748, resided at Vershire, Ver- mont. 5. Hannah, born 1751, married John Hoit ; resided at Epping, Danbury and Graf- ton, New Hampshire. 6. Elisha, born De- cember 13, 1754 ; married Mary Marston ; sol- dier in the revolution. 7. Molly, married Knowles and lived in Fremont and Canaan, New Hampshire. 8. Joseph, born October 22, 1760; married Abigail Knowles; resided at Belfast and Lincoln, Maine. 9. Benjamin, born September 3, 1762, married Polly Hinkley, of Hallowell, Maine.
(IX) Colonel Jeremiah (2), son of Jere- miah (1) Prescott, was born December 22, 1741, at Hampton Falls. He was an ardent patriot, lieutenant in Captain Nathan San- born's company. Colonel Stephen Evan's regi- ment in 1777, and later captain in Colonel Thomas Stickney's regiment. He settled in Epsom, New Hampshire, after the revolution, following the occupation of farming until his
death. He was colonel of the state militia after the war. He signed the Association Test of 1776. He married, January, 1764, Jane Sherburne, born 'October, 1745, died Sep- tember, 1828, aged eighty-three. He died April 25, 1817. Children: 1. Jolin, born De- cember 17, 1764; married June 11, 1792, De- borah Hill. 2. Jeremiah, born May 11, 1767, married Molly Sanborn, resided at Epsom and Vershire. 3. Huldah, born February, 1770, married Daniel Kimball, of Pembroke, resided at Bradford, Vermont. 4. Samuel, born April, 1773; married, 1798, Betsey Mason. 5. Sarah, born 1776; married Stephen Maltby ; settled in Vershire. 6. Joseph, born July 21, 1779; married January, 1801, Serepta Olmstead ; settled in Newbury, Vermont. 7. Sherburne, born September 29, 1782; married (first), 1805, Betsey Rand; ( second) Paulina Sleeper. 8. Amos, born December, 1784 ; mentioned be- low.
(X) Amos, youngest son of Colonel Jere- miah (2) Prescott, born in Epsom, New Hampshire, December, 1784, was a farmer, living in Epsom. He had a white swelling of the knee for which amputation was performed in May, 1806, and he died of consumption, De- cember following. He married Anna Cass, daughter of Theophilus Cass, of Epsom. She married (second) John Connor, and she died November, 1856. Children of Amos and Anna Prescott: 1. Lydia, born July, 1805; married Daniel Drake, of Chichester ; she died Novem- ber, 1827; children, Judith and Amos Drake. 2. Amos, mentioned below.
(XI) Amos (2), son of Amos (1) Pres- cott, was born in Epsom, December 6, 1806. He was educated in the public schools, and learned the trade of brick mason. He settled at Bristol, Vermont, where he followed his trade, and died in 1891, in North Berwick, Maine. He married, October 18, 1826, Lydia H. Dugan, born at Holderness, New Hamp- shire, August 7, 1807, daughter of Gregory Dugan. Children, born at Bristol and Epsom : I. James Lewis, born March 8, 1828, men- tioned below. 2. Belia, born July, 1832. 3. Margaret, born in February, 1844.
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