Legacy
His grandson William H. Prescott was a noted historian and author, who married the granddaughter of Captain John Linzee, captain of the HMS Falcon, one of the British ships that fired on Bunker Hill. The city of Prescott, Arizona was named in honor of him.
The former town of Prescott, Massachusetts, was named in his honor. The town was disincorporated in 1938 as part of the building of the Quabbin Reservoir, and the land now makes up Prescott Peninsula, which divides the main branches of the reservoir.
Prescott's likeness was made into a statue for a memorial for the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Prescott's house is located in North Pepperell, Massachusetts.
Prescott appears as a character in Thomas Wm. Hamilton's science fiction novel Time for Patriots, ISBN 978-1-60693-224-7.
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