Ancestors and Descendants of John (Stephton) Prescott and Saloma Leanna Hammon

Book excerpt: Gabriel Prescott married Abigail Fairist in Walton on Hill, Lancashire, England in 1715. John Sephton Prescott (1835-1874), his great-great- great-grandson, was the son of James Prescott and Mary Sephton, born in Aughton, Lancashire. James later married Margaret Westhead and Ann Rutter Horrocks and settled in Bountiful, Davis Co., Utah. John married Saloma Leanna Hammon (1845-1913) in Uinta, Weber Co., Utah and settled in Liberty, Bear Lake Co., Idaho. Her parents were Levi Hammon and Polly Chapman Bybee of Skauks Creek, Knox Co., Ohio. She was a descendant of Johan Philip Haman or Hamman, whose family settled in Northampton Co., Pennsylvania. Saloma later married William Alfred Hymas (1837-1916), the son of William and Mary Ann Atkins Hymas, originally from Rayleigh, Essex, England. Their descendants settled in California, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Washington, Colorado, Texas and elsewhere.