Inscription
To
The memory of
HON. JAMES PRESCOTT ESQ.
This monument is
Erected
Stranger! Here lies the son of The Hon. Benjamin Prescott Esq., and grandson of Jonas Prescott Esq., of Groton, and great
grandson of Capt. John Prescott of Lancaster. He was born Jan. 13, A. D. 1720.
He served the public more than fifty years successively, in various military offices, the office of civil Magistrate, Legislator, Counsellor of the Executive, Sheriff of Middlesex, or Judge of the C. C. Pleas, which last he sustained to his death. He was distinguished for his patriotic labors to establish the rights and independence of his country. Ever the steady friend of true liberty, inflexible in virtue, and thro' life exemplary for Christian piety.
He died Feb. 15, A. D. 1800, Age 80.
"Quick flees the shadow, man!"
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