William
Prather
aka Prater
Born about in Halifax, or Tazewell, Va.
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Thomas Prather I
and Josie (Allen) Coleman
Brother of
Jonathan (Prather) Prater II, Thomas Prather II, James Prater, Sarah Elizabeth (Prater) Faqua, Nehemiah Prather, Archibald Prather, Glatha Prather, Nancy Elizabeth (Prather) Adkinson, Margaret Coleman [half] and Mary Coleman [half]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Fugate) Prather
— married
26 Apr 1785 in Washington County, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Obedience Prater
Died about
at about age 51
in Bath, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Oct 2011
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Biography
William Prather lived in Appalachia, in Virginia.
William Prather was born about 1760 in Halifax, or Tazewell, Va., son of Thomas Prather (~1725–~1820) and Josie Allen (~1726–1784).
William (24) married Elizabeth Fugate (19) (born in 1765 in Shenandoah, Colony of Virginia; daughter of Josiah Fugate and Elizabeth (Smothers) Fugate) on April 26, 1785 in Washington County, Virginia, United States. Their daughter was Obedience Prater (~1790–>1850).
William died about 1811 in Bath, Kentucky, United States, aged about 50.
Sources
- Media: Index Abbreviation: International Genealogical Index(R) Title: International Genealogical Index(R) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Copyright (c) 1980, 2002 Date: 2 Dec 2005 Italicized: Y Parenthetical: Y
- Gary Benton Prather
Acknowledgments
- Profile Prather-366 was created through the import of Kuehn Family File.ged on Oct 26, 2011 by Timothy Kuehn.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Jerry Prater
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup E-L117, FTDNA kit #384859 - Michael Prater :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test, haplogroup E-CTS6667, FTDNA kit #N194057
- H Martin Prather :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup E-BY8439, FTDNA kit #325658
- Wayne Prather :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R1a1a-CTS4179, FTDNA kit #78145 +
Y-Chromosome Test 111 markers, haplogroup R1a1a
- David Prater :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup EM35, FTDNA kit #756248, MitoYDNA ID T10867 [compare]
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~1.56%
Jerry Prater :
23andMe, GEDmatch m644834 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Luther Johnson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A446185 [compare], Ancestry member pjjohnsonp
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A446185 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Susan Ruggles :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
Monte Wright :
23andMe, GEDmatch T268804 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Mark Wright :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
John Hale :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FV9234828 [compare], yourDNAportal JOHd90a1a43, Ancestry member hrtznmi1
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch FV9234828 [compare], yourDNAportal JOHd90a1a43, FTDNA kit #212709
+
Autosomal DNA Test, yourDNAportal JOHd90a1a43
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~0.78%
Rob Hale :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Dethero1
-
~0.78%
Suzette Copley :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Alicia Prater :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch xm6943466 [compare], Ancestry member alicia280_1
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B618515
-
~0.78%
~3.12%
Sheri Havens :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch JD3148549 [compare], FTDNA kit #953806
-
~0.78%
Bryan Maurantonio :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #348037
-
~0.39%
~6.25%
Morgan Wells :
23andMe, GEDmatch YA7362537 [compare]
+
Autosomal DNA Test
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~0.39%
Melodie (Combs) Patton :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch PR9140805 [compare], yourDNAportal MEL7f002dab
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