Given the glorious weather that is starting to inhabit the Northeast, I decided to take a drive today to locate a cemetery that’s been on my “to-do” list for over a year now.
Located down a small trail through the woods off of Blueberry Hill Road in Acton, ME, the Prescott Cemetery is a beautiful little plot where several indirect line relatives were interred. I’ve always taken a keen interest in the indirect relationships that make up the Clough Family. Don’t forget, it’s the “non Clough-born” women that actually bear future Clough sons and daughters! So study the indirect lines as well.
Prescott Cemetery, Acton, ME
Notably, my 4x great-grandfather (and grandmother) Ezekiel Prescott and Betsey Worcester are among those buried here. The Prescott’s connect to my Clough line through (first) a “James” marriage (Maria Prescott to John James), the offspring of which then married a Clough.
The son of John Prescott and Sally Brown, Ezekiel Prescott was born in Epping, NH in 24 Aug 1783. He married Betsey Worcester (dau. of Philip Worcester and Ann Rindge- who, incidentally, are also buried in this cemetery), on 1 Sep 1805.
By my records, Ezekiel and Betsey had 11 children:
1. Helena Rogers Prescott, b. 17 Nov 1806
2. Jonathan Prescott, b. 1 Aug 1808
3. Mary Elizabeth Prescott, b. 31 Oct 1810, d. 12 Apr 1885 (Age 74 years)
4. George Washington Prescott, b. 4 Feb 1815
5. Rosetta Prescott, b. 19 Aug 1816
6. Martha Ann Prescott, b. 26 Oct 1818, d. 3 Jun 1849 (Age 30 years)
7. Maria Prescott, b. 12 May 1821, d. 1 Mar 1905, Derry, New Hampshire (Age 83 years)
8. Sarah Worcester Prescott, b. 16 Apr 1823
9. Stephen Brown Prescott, b. 22 Mar 1826, d. 19 Sep 1852 (Age 26 years)
10. Elmira Reading Prescott, b. 29 Sept 1829
11. Ezekiel Ancill Prescott, b. 5 Dec 1831, d. 4 Oct 1910 (Age 78 years)
As noted, Maria Prescott was born in 1821 and married John James 10 May 1840.
Again, by my records, Maria and John had seven children:
1. Dorothy Florinda James, b. 31 Mar 1841, d. 24 Oct 1843, Lebanon, New Hampshire (Age 2 years)
2. Dorothy Florinda James, b. 1 Mar 1845, Lebanon, ME d. 11 Apr 1901, Lewiston, ME (Age 56 years)
3. Elizabeth Maria James, b. 27 May 1849, NH d. 1932 (Age 82 years)
4. Delia Frances James, b. 25 Oct 1852
5. Martha Edna James, b. 7 Dec 1855, NH
6. John F. Prescott James, b. 29 Oct 1858
7. Fred James, b. 10 Jun 1865, d. 18 Jun 1868 (Age 3 years)
Dorothy #2 (who in later life went simply by Florinda), married Augustus Josiah Clough on 27 Apr 1872. They would have four children:
1. Edith M Clough, b. 1876, d. 1931 (Age 55 years)
2. Bessie Mae Clough, b. 1879, Maine d. 1951, Maine (Age 72 years)
3. Adna D Clough, b. 1884, Maine d. 1976 (Age 92 years)
4. Fred Augustus Clough, b. 14 Oct 1889, Lewiston, ME d. 31 Dec 1972, Springfield, VT (Age 83 years)
Fred Augustus Clough (Sr) was my great-grandfather, who, after marrying Ellen Mary Horrigan on 14 Oct 1914, would produce three children, including Fred Augustus Clough Jr, who was my grandfather.
Much of the data surrounding the Prescott family was located in The Prescott Memorial: Or a Genealogical Memoir of the Prescott Families in America in Two Parts located at archive.org.
A full list of those interred in the Prescott Cemetery can be found on pages 61-2 here: http://www.maine.gov/megis/pdfs/cemeteries/York/York%20County.pdf
Finally, the Find A Grave link is located here: Find A Grave- Prescott Cemetery, Acton, ME