Aaron Allen Prather Jr. (1739 - 1797)

Born 1739 in Prince George's County, Province of Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Swearingen) Prather — married about 1757 in Maryland

Descendants

Died 27 Nov 1797 at about age 58 in Frederick County, Maryland, USA

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Biography

1739 Birth and Parents

Aaron "Allen" Prather, Jr was born in 1739. He was the son of Aaron Allen Prather (1710–1777) and Mary Swearingen (1735–1805)^[1]

Allen was apparently a scribal error on his marriage record. It has not been found elsewhere.

Aaron Prather was born in 1732 in Queen Anne Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland. He was the son of Aaron Prather (1710-1777) and his wife Jane Prather, who died in 1779.^[2]

Siblings

1. Basil William Prather (1742–1822)
2. Samuel Prather (1742–1785)
3. Baruch William Prather (1742–1810)

1777 Overseer, Road Improvement

In 1777 Aaron Prather was appointed by Montgomery County as the overseer for road improvement. He was responsible for the road from Mill Branch to George Robinson's bridge, and the road that leads from William Beckwith's mill to Dent's mill." ^[3]

1788 Oath of Allegiance

Note: In Accounting Of Father's Estate By Bro. Walter.^[4]

Event: Oath of allegiance - Date: 19 Jan 1788

Place: Montgomery, Maryland, USA^[4]

Event: Deed - Date: 7 Nov 1797 - Place: Montgomery, Maryland, USA.

Aaron, Jr. Sold To His Sons: Wm & Thos Prather "Resurvey Of Plain Dealing" 200 Acres.^[4]

1790 Census

1790 census Montgomery Co MD: 5-2-3-0-1.

Prior to import, this record was last changed 16 JUN 2009.

1797 Death

Will

Death: Date: 27 Nov 1797

Place: Maryland, USA^[4][5][6][7]

Burial Place: Prather Cemetery, Near Rockville, MD & The Lathrop E. Smith Environmental Education Center, Montgomery Co., MD^[4]

Event Date: 19 Jun 1742 - Place: Maryland

Note: In Grandmother's Will Martha Yoakley, "Grandson Aaron Prather, Son Of My Son. Aaron Prather, Fifty Pounds"^[4]

Event: Deed - Date: 13 Dec 1760

Note: George Wilson Sold To Aaron, Jr. 100 Acres, known as "Plain Dealing".

^[4]: Event: Mentioned - Date: 15 Sep 1778

Death

He died after 1797 in Rock Creek Parish, Frederick County, Maryland. ^[2]

He died in 1806 in Montgomery County, Maryland, USA and is buried in the Prather Family Cemetery, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA. His tombstone is inscribed "aged 82" which would place his birth year as 1718, however this would make his parents too young. ^[8]

Burial

The Prather cemetery is the location of the old Prather family homestead. There are no longer any buildings here, but recently a sandstone obelisk was uncovered at the top of the hill, near the gas line. It is a marker erected in 1866 by descendants of the Prather family. There are a number of tombstones and many triangular-hewn stones - some with initials, but mostly unmarked. ^[9]

Memorial Obelisk

Erected A.D. 1866 by the survivors in memory of their grandfather, Aaron Prather, Died 1806, Aged 82 years,

Mother, Mary Prather, Aged 70 years Father, William Prather, Died 1832, Aged 62 years Mother, Elizabeth, Died 1859, Aged 79 years Sister, Nancy Duley, Died 1821 Family Members Parents

Children

1. Child: Aaron Prather
2. Child: Azariah Prather
3. Child: Elizabeth Prather
4. Child: Basil P. Prather. Aaron and Mary (Boyd) were the parents of Basil Prather, b. 1 Feb 1762, Rock Creek Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland ^[2]
5. Child: Verlinda Prather
6. Child: Baruch William Prather
7. Child: Thomas Prather
8. Child: Eleanor Prather
9. Child: John Prather
10. Child: William Baruch Prather William Prather (1770–1832)

Grandson: __Benjamin Prather (1796-1838) Grandaughter (daughter of Singleton Prather) Florida Prather Higgins (1837-1913) is suspected to be one of the ones who had the obelisk remembering Aaron and his family installed.

Research Notes

A question has arisen as to whether his wife was Mary Boyd, Mary Swearingen, or both.

1752 Marriage to Mary Boyd

About 1752 in Rock Creek Parish, Prince George's County, he married Mary Boyd. She was born about 1736 in Queen Anne Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland and died after 1797 in Rock Creek Parish. ^[2]

1755 Marriage to Mary Swearingen

About 1755 in Montgomery County Maryland, Aaron Prather married (wife). ^[4][5][10]

1760 Named in will of John Boyd

BOYD, John, Frederick Co. 17 Aprr 1760; 18 May, 1772 ^[2]

Ex. wife Susannah.

Children; Benjamin, John, Abraham, William, Mary, Margaret, Marulla, Elinor, Ann, Sarah.

Sons-In-law Aaron Prather, Jr.

Wit: William Dent, Nicholas Baker. 38. 639

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #127197347 Memorial for Aaron Prather, Jr. Accessed 1 April 2024 jhd
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Mike Marshall. Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties. Profile for Aaron Prather Accessed 4 April 2024 jhd
3. ↑ ref: History of Western Maryland, vol I, page 697. Cited at Find-a-Grave.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7} John W. Prather, Jr. Prater Prather Prator Praytor In America 1620-1800 1-5 Generations, Vol. II, 1994. pp 104-105 Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Edmund West, comp. 'Family Data Collection - Individual Records (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.) Birth: 1710, Prince George, Maryland. Death 177, Montgomery, MD. Marriage 10 October 1738, Anne Arundel, MD. Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
6. ↑ Source: #S297 Quality or Certainty of Data: 3 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepoold&h=2096819&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Data: Text: Death date: 27 November 1797Death place: Frederick, MD, USA
7. ↑ Source: #S338 Page: accessed 12 Sep 2012), entry for Aaron Allen Prather, person ID LZNH-28D. Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
8. ↑ J. W. Prather, Jr. Prater, Prather in America, 1620-1800, Vol II, p. 104
9. ↑ Maryland Historic Trust, State Historic Sites Survey M#22-29. Cited at find-a-Grave
10. ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. Yates Publishing.(Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Data: Birth 1710, MD. Marriage 1738 MD. Quality or Certainty of Data: 3

• Source S495

• Anna M. Cartlidge, Marriage Records of People Named Prather, Prater, Prator, Praytor, 1976, no page copied. NSDAR Library, 1987.

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed March 29th, 2015), "Record of Aaron Prather", Ancestor # A092389.
• Source: S175 Abbreviation: Ancestry Family Trees Title: Ancestry Family Trees (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Repository: #R8 http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=5777404&pid=-178195915
• Repository: R8 Name: Ancestry.com (see the story associated with Jean Nicholas Borsenberger associated with birth of his son Michel Auguste Borsenberger) http://www.Ancestry.com
• Source: S219 Abbreviation: Maryland & Virginia Colonials, Genealogies of Some Colonial Families, by Sharon Doliante, 1991. Page: 696 Quality or Certainty of Data: 3

• Source: S295 Abbreviation: Family Data Collection - Births Title: Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Births (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.) Repository: #R8 http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepoolb&h=3593920&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Data: Text: Birth date: 1740Birth place: Allhallowsparish, Annarundel, MD, USA
• Source: S297 Abbreviation: Family Data Collection - Deaths Title: Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Deaths (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.) Repository: #R8 http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepoold&h=2096819&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Data: Text: Death date: 27 November 1797 - Death place: Frederick, MD, USA

• Source: S338 Abbreviation: FamilySearch (http://new.familysearch.org) Title: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch," database, FamilySearch   (http://new.familysearch.org)

See Also:

• Pitcher- Robinson Tree

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Prather-75 was created through the import of Shortened files.ged on 30 December 2010 by Katherine Patterson
• WikiTree profile Prather-801was created by Linda DeFrees on 19 August 2014.
• Chet Snow merged these profiles and edited biography section, adding sources on May 28, 2015.