Show T HISTORY HI t jr 1 1 f 0 RS RA P N NPR ril rit A T T WRITTEN BY lt lmar lUAr MARCH marcu 1 1858 1 J ti PRATT forthe of my descel 1 and kindred and all others othera interested give gile the tile apa brief sketch of 0 f uly to y anc ancestry bestry AA ari arl ge eargy afew A few ie sago agoy hen ihen iben the tho theold old oid world groaned under pheband the band hand of tyranny and 0 o op pares pres prea non mon ahert persecution r raged i against those who wh desired dds dis ire jre to be the ept epi 4 followers fajr owe 9 christ a great western continent was discovered to which i a few ve pioneers pie I 1 aadil ed and cofo iiii ailon atlon jonew 1 englana england adiong airov g t bese hu fathers f a t lier iier s were my ancestor a nc estor william pratt and his older brother john in february 1039 1639 these two brothers te received led a portion of land und in the abe the frit made id t to tho the colonists icca located i ted at hareford hartford cann this is the first rell reil rel rei abia able information that I 1 have concern concerning them thern this thib little colony wg q june 1636 which wab wae ae a attle e lesa ihan than tb thre bears ee eg arb ars s bafo before re they drewi their portion of ind ind it is supposed that they accompanied the th rev key thomas taomas hyok cr er and his congregation lavoi iacoi about e hundred hendred in number from now nop plied called cambridge massachusetts through va a dense wilderness inhabited only 04 by savage wild beasts basto and became the first settlers settle rs 0 i A Ha hafed foa fod d ali te ancient records at Newtown or cambria cambridge ej how show that john pratt owned land in that wai town f e my ancestor william willim trad prad ws a in member an er cf of the tle legislature B bome some Q me 25 5 OR 30 sessions and i the general court gave him hili rone fone one hundred acres of 0 land lahd in say brook connecticut for service bervice performed is as lieutenant fh ii ins he P pequot ot ivar war ile lie vas was one of the judges of tha first court in new london county his ills ancestry is bot not byet discovered mei nel nei nel theris it known from what t town own or shire in england he be emigrated he married ellzabeth elizabeth clark clare j of clar milford bui ike c Uc ut who from high or great Blu biu munden oden Hertford shire england the dato of U villiam prates birth and I 1 1 marriage js is i unknown ile he had elgh eight t chil chit crep of these t two wo were korn botn born in ili hartford ile he removed to say brook crook in 1645 at which place the other six children were were born 1 I 1 will wk now give the names panes 1 daba dj 01 es of births marr marriages lages and deaths of some of oft the descend ants anta of lieutenant william pratt in the line of I 1 I 1 I 1 my ancestry I 1 I 1 FIRST generation 0 william pratt of the first generation married carried elizabe elizabeth th ciarle abent as is supposed the yeal year 1640 habad he had bad aig eight t 1 00 children dren which I 1 shail call the 1 1 i s SECOND generation 1 elila elizabeth eilzabeth eth born borl ib veba 1 1641 at hartford artford ft 2 john job a feb 20 1 I 1 con conn 2 ajoseph jose zb 1 l aug 1 1648 at say saybrook 4 baraw ar L 41 A 1 1631 n 6 5 a 11 1 may 5 1653 8 6 sam samuel el ff oct oi 6 1655 T lydia jana fand jan 16 8 nathaniel A i i 3 ajoseph joseph SJ oseph pratt afi the tho second generation married a wife name unknown wrt by bydoni honl houi honi he be bad five child children reh in sept bie bhe ha fie marriett marrie tf a second cond hite pite wife garah garab sarah chapman daughter af pf robert Chapma chapmann Chap mana mani nj she Shewa was aborn born i sept 25 1657 by ghe he latter habad lie lle had bad eight ebil children dien dlen thesa thirteen chia children chiarell reri rell are call cail edthe I 1 joseph born in 16 1672 1072 T I 1 died may li f i 2 william william te not i married aried 3 2 sarah 4 h experience e 5 Af margarel margaret argaret t fi ann anni Annl annist st aug 12 67 1687 died dec 1 7 an ann an 2nd and dl P oct 7 1688 1687 8 B susannah march 16 1090 11 0 robert oct 26 1691 iggi 40 W caleb 1602 11 E elizabeth ellzabeth sept 6 1695 died jan 21 12 hannah 16 feb 27 1609 1715 13 temperance feb 15 1400 died oct 2 ou ia K thi married Hin ough hough octja b y aboin he a fin n del deu dahe i il 1 1 1 yourth FOURTH 1 P 1 joseph born April 13 1703 q 2 11 april 1 1705 1703 q 3 margaret 1 I tA apil prill 1 1708 nov 4 54 Elizabeth ellzabeth 1 jan 20 tw 3 i er I 1 EXP experience sept 28 1 I 1 A C er pratt Pj att of 0 tl the 6 urek genera gener t diony in n married sarah pratt june 14 1739 she is supposed ed to have haye been the daughter of 0 david satt I 1 I 1 nd I 1 gra try bry aag ier ter 0 of esau i luei luel peati pratt prati y ili he e sixth child of am she was wab jane 17 1718 christopher had six children of the ia 1 I 1 1 M 1 I 1 r f it 1 steil steph en n berju ne A t SO ad iq Y i 2 obadiah t sept orect or Oct 1 3 sarah march 28 1745 i 4 aua au 6 1747 ak i 1 5 chalker i b 14 4 1750 1760 D tid lid leafe F pu 6 samuel 14 1828 1 i 1 2 abadi ahara tt odthe of the fifth enere oneia eneri t I 1 P m rived 41 jeminia I 1 p h S aau g b cpr cf ep ebineze r tolls she was ivas born in new haven po ne c 11 II 11 1754 the date marriage of un kh awn Obad lali hadil hadgi kd elev eh cil dren dreo called th the 6 J 1 K V SIXTH ion IOK 1 jared nov noy 25 1769 in canaan co lurn luIn J bla bia co 1 NY 2 2 barnaba mar man 3 sol soi samue uel Is veato 4 irh irb rhoda bihy may 30 1775 5 william may blay I 1 21 1777 6 sa sarah ra av 11 sept kepf 7 1784 1 V 8 lovina 17 at ij ual t gura 9 ira lra i 0 c 10 1 A aal IAL jj it t I 1 11 16 6 elten ellen 6 oct 9 i 11 allent alien fi liay may s obadiah bi af the afif fifth lh ae n e t lj alet diet mari marc march manch i 2 1797 in C canaan anaam ja wife lid nov 24 1 in county N Y t 1 f 11 1 1 1 farbrot jaret jared pratt of he pl sixth agn generation moart n a rj ried ned polly carpenter dau daughter lighter of sarr Sair fuei fuel car P penter enter of newy lebanon columbia county N yby Y by whom he had oi one child if hla hia ife e h having haying died clied he married cha charity rity dici dickinson anso ij july 7 1709 she vas was aa the daughter of oil samuel and huldah dickinson Dic kineon of bolton warren co N Y and sa samuel m i I 1 was vas the conof bon son of chri christopher a ard mary D dickinson Dick ck insop n R Cli cil chanty arity I 1 wad wai wab was born bora feb eb 24 1776 jared had bad dive five children by her the thil following pre are are the names of hll big s six ch children aldien 1 of the 06 1 1 1 EvENT 11 generation 1 mary pratt born febi feb 1793 w oz 2 anson jami jari J I 1 3 william william D lt sepi 3 kibo 1892 1 11 I 1 aj 4 parley april 2 1807 in burlington otsego CoN co N Y 5 1 lor distin bon son 11 t sept pa apo N T Y 6 kelson may way jared of tho the th 0 sixth n died pig i if y r go hitov 5 1 and ns was waa lure lute I 1 tea iea jam f tree free k iee lee or four miles north orth or north northeast eaffrom from detroit in michigan charity his died of cholera id in the town of st joseph missouri may ay 20 1849 4 and d was buried 1 in nAhe the g grave r av yard of that tow toini nand and adonil stone atone erected to toben tober her memory her oldest son bon anson pratt died of cholera may IM and ani was has buried aber bj her side and a tombstone in asto no also er erected acted to his big memory borson 5 orson orbon pratt of the seventh generation married sarah marinda bates july 4 1836 she was the tha d daughter j u g ht e r of f C cyrus and lydia izates bates of t henderson Hender bop sop jefferson county N Y I 1 cyrus was the son eon of 01 oliver iver lver and rebecca I 1 bates the marriage was celebrated at her heri I 1 in henderson enderson JI elder luke juke john i son officiating she was born borm jn in henderson feb 5 1817 by liy her I 1 have had children of the 1 L 01 ir il 0 4 Pr attl to pon r 1 n culy vuly 7 V ut 1 I jl iha ihn iswan al 11 in ift fl gaga co 0 chiq i 2 lydia born borm dec 17 17 1838 inin ivin nin vin st louis lou missouri r fr 3 spilt qs ia aissa arisa larria ar isa sa b born orn mayi bia bla Mayl in I 1 4 14 nauva hpak ap co Ilk ill 10 ai 1 4 earah arah 31 marinda arinda barn oct 27 1844 inN autt auLl Illi bors hots as kii mii brley ariey briey bri rie ey v g givan an n ny an c e strai or 9 vea pea o bhaiji for sor eight froia they the year 1544 ifor fol th the in concerning a wo mrs thi A V cy faur sene gene ti ions lons I 1 q 4 int to bp b Reveren reverend reverends dF F W chapalan Chap alan nian da st elliar ddn j who has bas been ein eln bloyed for several several A y e ear a siri collecting in ve tio tid oe b e 0 descendants e 0 of f liu tepa ap it pratte preparatory to publishing y nh e same aade thid general beher ahls history will fy ami pe e let iet jer 18 r iran q gabe B ba the presen yeat tuso iuso laso which aha and anil all interested for ewt fot tb tue 1 1 ca f A i S 1 1 allt ft t IT i my jared ind pratt we wa re e a among ong the P ador dog bog rif tp to procure she the he c 0 R arts P 44 kney ware pee uee mesi mes i i to labor foi abright prospects of e arned td ld lopen beffre tt ieh leb 0 lf P s nhsn e ph slon sion R v then ther i daiy ay vales the only oni y occupation followed by tr i the orthe atthe TdA hll ill bariou la rlou riou t nideth ethod od op 0 a avit ig w as 0 I 1 I 1 I 1 it I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 tomed t ome a in ili his ills youthful days beh ben being ig ibe the oldest ide s t among eleVen elev en chil ebil children drin hib bib fah iahn raber fab dr made ibia in 6 early garly life a weaver weater weaver weater fot for uie hie famil flauy i i dul dut bul u t i i and t 1 were i mostly dibi disi 1 pe na ed wath and steam power substituted substituted tb clothing fda man weavers wea We avers avera ers era the 1 1 I 1 h joep out 0 f emp emr ehan A b h osyve I 1 e d weri were were Alige aligen oblige 4 d 10 V ai lii lil op acme other business to sustain themselves li lie lle 64 11 vo uli lder der the thebe these se disadvantageous carci slap B taic I 1 1 I 1 esl es I 1 iny toy 1 father father I 1 by I 1 hard gatior I 1 earn earned ed t the e scanty means of sub gub 11 my brothers when were arsent from cometo labor affa linof in thielen the 1 service bervice it eaf of ot b ers I 1 biter ilter after Y d aften after ar elroye 1 welfare and living some imes timea in one place and then in another without of pare parental lital at a time when v 1 ean 1 they most needed eede adit it while blessed 1 with ithe if privilege t of ditting at qt home born e we were diligently 0 taught in every I 1 principle of morality arid and haai honesty sty for a although my iny parent shad ahad d no faita fali in the te mod modern arri sectarian principle principles pt C christianity t yet they looked upon the history oe of ancient christianity as recorded dd isabe bible Bib lefas 9 I 1 so something to tonj most sacred I 1 1 I ah and d worth possessing ang these bibi the instilled into the minds of their child children re n so understood them and otten often expressed them selvera selve selves pa as desirous us of bel bei aigin ch church U ach of christ ifft if it could be faund t n i As stated in my genealogy davais born sep sepa a 19 1811 washington fi county newyork new york W heu hen k i t T da P fk b gut i t lodee nee ree pr r fo four ayears years old my parent hartford jonew to new lebanon Cb lumbia where I 1 k iv was wab is ek hent to pibool ll 11 for several I 1 I 1 M each y ye ea ar r until the ofa of 1822 Dur during ing this interval dof lof I 1 often tea ten had many mady serious impre ini preb pres s along in regard to god abdia and f future state and abid being very oun my parents at ants instructed pieta pleto jj I 1 rea read d jl the bible which J often did w with lih nuch much U db interest Inte resty as kinga great variety of questions concerning what I 1 found written it was seldom chati that I 1 attend attended e a any y religious eglo u s aeeti meetings g as q ay parents bad not in them ahem and were never neven everso evenso so unfortunate aa as to unite themselves w with ith any of secta in thearin the spring 0 of 17 being eing in my eleventh eleven tb year I 1 went to live jive witt a farmer whosel whom name was justin jones thib this was wag in the neighborhood of my parents I 1 continued at this p place lace uati i alth autt autumn I 1 mil of 0 1823 the tho 6 preceding winter I 1 also went to school 1 next engaged to labor at farming for mr nin church at canaan four your cornera corners columbia county kev nev new kei ly lytia tIu siu s ril riu itt 1 r i irm ire fr york ay and con contu luit fuit lafit ed d wi with hima him about ou beven seven thep tiep t or 9 ia wen went to be 00 and id became a bite familiar a r wi with A an A fhe the rutes rules in babana babans ar arithmetic 1 ith in in 1 tb the e spring 9 of 18 1825 25 1 J 1 I acco chiripa mra mpa ha blek hied id my oida oldest j dro brother tiler t to Q Hurl huri igat gale 1 1 p laong liong 1 n 11 j liand iland island a about li out six rix ih miles als irom rom ai new york city X I 1 here I 1 engage mis 1 ea to fo r or i elti tp mr air gre gred Gren oci ocT a farmer farmerr farmery three months of which jacq I 1 went 0 o to lo school schoola lW 3 ariel studied su died d tic a ce p ing g rathe lathi I 1 f spring s p r I 1 angl of bf 18 1 7 I 1 was recommended a 1 by mr greenock to t 0 a large larke il rg cabinet I 1 6 e t ma making tap ege establish is inet izet ment in i v n nevy no y york io sr lir lif I 1 city c i where vh r ui I 1 intended i to t remain unil until 0 of fa age gp bu u ah arter after e r tarrying abw kte w 16 months 16 t avalt was wad taken akin violently bick sick eckand and b brought r 0 U ht very I 1 j low I 1 I 1 1 so I that my X rico reco recovery ery fo for bomb soca boca e time I 1 puo ruo lyo B i f f i r i i k was considered I ralo raio iii ill ahen idy iny m strength t ils tit 1 1 fc r 1 l t f 1 lp permitted ere I 1 went nt ini into t the h e country 1 to TT hariette earle Harie T I 1 gate ate an and ana rin fin ht tarri tarried arrie ur edwith T jv with moy roy i brother i anson I 1 P uh until ill lii kis lis I 1 ii tha tho th li u 3 i 1 l s spring of 1827 w when h ehi efi I 1 beturne re turrie d to canaan Ca about i P 15 loa ioa d mi roiley north 1 of f i dew sew new T 1 york yok ir I 1 cl city f y loi lol ini lt lill fill and anu ana a triam tri trl wm t il 1 1 J 1 t J i ilaff engaged A myself myself to labor jabor labor far for seven gaven hs on oil 11 ai J u r r u hii 1 1 I ai a farea faria aren arrn pr far 11 mr r Ai alseat seat at t the e expiration 0 on ot t ia mi f S syi A i 4 1 accompanied accompanied py grothers brothers parley n 1 and betso a prat pratt tolor todor to larain in county ohio e per yby ca nal nai goat boat froni aba ny hy cov dob ou y f 1 i yi tb 0 o lda lka buffalo I 1 0 a and add n ti th thence e n ce by schooner ner up laka lka erie I 1 boarded with dir air redings ati dorlag TU i vinc vinn sin c S w t As 1 eph i h ita he winter and went to banoo kli rii iry iro 1 IN i 1 i fi J z M a 1 I 1 in ta 1 e 1 8 2 e M seir ch 4 of came via yil vla 14 ge gep P f bhag rint rin poky caled a bored af afew aw mantha at a a tbt R py time stu atu a sti gi laiso balso lao wll a ai bored sw for airn aarn ghi i t a few in miles east of pail pair baville ea ville in the au tuma of ibis y far par I 1 performed a length lengthy V jeur beyor bome some ax six or ed ries miles the tha state tat acut 4 jabol ed a shor sho d ti time me and then took aseal ast ass eam boat noat for tor for cit yand to long island and resided urine q ly winter inter with my iny brother brothel andoni na Int intha hp berin aprin Bp rin 41 of 1 again returned joi toi tp Can canaan and comm ence once df arming for mir min haight ibe tollo following ool fol loving vying winter I 1 spent spoilt four months ata at a boarding cho olor academy dar ing ng which J |