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Prescott Varnum
1796 - 1861 (65 years)-
Name Prescott Varnum Born 24 Feb 1796 Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Residence 1829 Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 017, Waterloo County, Ontario Land 1831 Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 117, Waterloo County, Ontario [4] Land 1831 Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 129, Waterloo County, Ontario [4] Land 1831 Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 089, Waterloo County, Ontario [4] Land 1831 Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 135, Waterloo County, Ontario [4] Naturalization 1831 , Canada - Varnum, Prescott Residence on 10 Feb 1831: Present Residence: Waterloo Occupation: blacksmith Date of Registry: 14 Apr 1831 Number of Registry: 163
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Image - Library and Archives Canada. (2013). Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 29 November 2018, from https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/citizenship-naturalization-records/naturalization-upper-western-1828-1850/Pages/image.aspx?Image=e002992930&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fcentral.bac-lac.gc.ca%2f.item%2f%3fid%3de002992930%26op%3dimg&Ecopy=e002992930Immigration 1843 , Michigan, USA Occupation blacksmith [5] Occupation 1860 Metamora, Lapeer, Michigan, United States [2] farmer Residence 1860 Metamora, Lapeer, Michigan, United States [2] Eby ID Number Waterloo-201681 Died 20 Mar 1861 Metamora, Lapeer, Michigan, United States [1] Person ID I201681 Generations Last Modified 3 Mar 2025
Father Colonel Prescott Varnum, b. 16 Mar 1769, Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States , d. 23 Oct 1843, Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 74 years) Mother Elizabeth "Betsy" MacAllister, b. 20 May 1770, Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States , d. 4 Jul 1810, Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 40 years) Family ID F56477 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Elizabeth "Betsy" Clements, b. 15 Jan 1795, Cape Ann, , MA , d. 29 Sep 1879, Metamora, Lapeer, Michigan, United States (Age 84 years) Married 28 Feb 1820 [1] Children 1. Laura Augusta Varnum, b. 24 Dec 1820, d. 3 Mar 1890, Metamora, Lapeer, Michigan, United States (Age 69 years)2. William Nelson Varnum, b. 14 Aug 1826, , Ontario, Canada , d. 26 Nov 1895, Vassar, Tuscola, Michigan, USA (Age 69 years)3. Rev. Joseph Bradley Varnum, b. 19 May 1830, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 26 May 1896, Gale, Campbell Co., South Dakota (Age 66 years)4. Elizabeth Mary Varnum, b. 5 Oct 1833, , Ontario, Canada , d. 24 May 1893, Dryden, Lapeer, Michigan, United States (Age 59 years)5. Zephaniah Sexton Varnum, b. 3 Apr 1838, d. Yes, date unknown 6. Elvira Varnum, b. 3 Apr 1838, , Ontario, Canada , d. Yes, date unknownLast Modified 4 Mar 2025 Family ID F56475 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Lucy Presbury, b. CA 1795, d. Yes, date unknown Married 24 Nov 1815 [1] Last Modified 4 Mar 2025 Family ID F56476 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Prescott Varun went from Dracutt to Canada, and shortly after the death of his fiist wife removed to Geneseo, N. Y., where he met Elizaheth Clements, whom he married in 1820. She had settled there with her parents, when it was a wilderness, having heen born at Cape Ann, Mass. Some years after marriage, in 1842, she and her hnsband made their home in Metamora, La Peer Co., Mich., where she died on the farm she had occupied for 25 years.
From: The Varnums of Dracutt (in Massachusetts), A History of George Varnum, his son Samuel who came to Ipswich about 1635, and Grandsons Thomas, John and Joseph, who settled in Dracutt, and their descendants. Compiled from family papers and official records. By John Marshall Varnum of Boston. Boston: David Clapp & son, printers 1907 pg 263
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Prescott and his brother resided on Germany Company Tract 17 in the late 1820's where Phineas operated an Inn and Blacksmith shop at the corner of Queen St. and King St. in Kitchener, Ontario.
- Prescott Varun went from Dracutt to Canada, and shortly after the death of his fiist wife removed to Geneseo, N. Y., where he met Elizaheth Clements, whom he married in 1820. She had settled there with her parents, when it was a wilderness, having heen born at Cape Ann, Mass. Some years after marriage, in 1842, she and her hnsband made their home in Metamora, La Peer Co., Mich., where she died on the farm she had occupied for 25 years.
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Sources - [S2726] The Varnums of Dracutt (in Massachusetts), A History of George Varnum, his son Samuel who came to Ipswich about 1635, and Grandsons Thomas, John and Joseph, who settled in Dracutt, and their descendants. Compiled from family papers and official records., pg, 262.
- [S1635] Census - U.S. Census Population Schedule, 1860 8th Census, Census Place: Metamora, Lapeer, Michigan; Roll: M653_549; Page: 933; Family History Library Film: 803549.
Prescot Varnum, 64, b. Massachuetts farmer
Eliabeth 64
Elvira 23 b. Canada - [S2727] Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915.
Prescot Varnum
Gender:Male
Birth Date:24 Feb 1796
Birthplace:DRACUT,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS
Father's Name:Prescot Varnum
Mother's Name:Elisabeth
Name: Prescot Varnum
Gender: Male
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Birth Date: 24 Feb 1796
Birthplace: DRACUT,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS
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Father's Name: Prescot Varnum
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Mother's Name: Elisabeth
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C50071-1 - [S1583] Assessment Roll - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Township - 1831.
Heriot? [Prescott] Varnum GCT77; GCT29 PT; GCT89; GCT135
Acres 1 Acres Cultivated
# of Men 4
# of Boys 2
# of Women 1
## of Girls 1
Total People 9
1 Story Frame,
1 Family
# of Horses 1
# of Oxen
# of Cows 1
# of Cattle
Value 47 land of Snider, Jacob C.(Ab. Erb est)?? W. 1831 - [S907] Naturalization Records of Waterloo County.
Varnum, Prescott Residence on 10 Feb 1841: Present Residence: Waterloo Occupation: blacksmith Date of Registry: 14 Apr 1831 Number of Registry: 163
- [S2726] The Varnums of Dracutt (in Massachusetts), A History of George Varnum, his son Samuel who came to Ipswich about 1635, and Grandsons Thomas, John and Joseph, who settled in Dracutt, and their descendants. Compiled from family papers and official records., pg, 262.
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Born - 24 Feb 1796 - Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States 
Land - 1831 - Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 129, Waterloo County, Ontario 
Land - 1831 - Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 089, Waterloo County, Ontario 
Naturalization - 1831 - , Canada 
Immigration - 1843 - , Michigan, USA 
Occupation - farmer - 1860 - Metamora, Lapeer, Michigan, United States Residence - 1860 - Metamora, Lapeer, Michigan, United States Died - 20 Mar 1861 - Metamora, Lapeer, Michigan, United States = Link to Google Earth
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