PRESCOTT, WILLIAM
\pɹˈɛskɒt], \pɹˈɛskɒt], \p_ɹ_ˈɛ_s_k_ɒ_t]\
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(1726-1795), served as a captain in the Provincial army under General Winslow in the expedition against Nova Scotia in 1755. In 1774 he commanded a regiment of minute-men. In 1775 with a brigade of 1000 men he constructed entrenchments at Bunker Hill. In the ensuing battle he displayed great skill and bravery, and was one of the last to leave the entrenchments when it was found necessary to retreat. In 1777 he served under General Gates at Saratoga. He afterward served several years in the Massachusetts Legislature.
By John Franklin Jameson
