Margaret (Pratt) Orton (abt. 1629 - abt. 1699)

Born about 1629 in England

Wife of Thomas Orton — married 16 Jun 1641 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died about 1699 at about age 70 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut [uncertain]

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Biography

Margaret was born about 1629. There is data that suggests two possible last names: Pratt and Pell. I have found confirmation on neither. She passed away about 1699. ^[1]

No more info is currently available for Margaret Pratt. Can you add to her biography?

Research Notes

Great Migration Directory, p 258: Pell, Margaret: Unknown; 1640; Windsor [Grant 53]. (She married Thomas Orton.)

Sources

• Amanda Mason-Thomas, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Amanda and others.

• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970

Name: Margaret Orton SAR Membership: 70196 Spouse: Thomas Orton Children: Sarah Orton Source Citation: Volume: 351; SAR Membership Number: 70196. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.

• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

Name: Thomas Orton Gender: Male Birth Place: EN Birth Year: 1613 Spouse Name: Margaret Pratt Spouse Birth Place: EN Spouse Birth Year: 1613 Marriage Year: 1641 Marriage State: CT Number Pages: 1 Source Citation: Source number: 8841.118; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1; . Source Information: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.

• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 for Thomas Orton. "Autobiography of William Seymour Tyler, D.D., L.L.D. and related papers with a Genealogy of the Ancestors," Prepared by Cornelius Tyler 1912:

Per this source, church records show Thomas Orton married Margaret Paul or Pall. However since there were no known families by that name in the Windsor area but there was a Pratt family, it is assumed this was an error in the marrage record: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/61157/46155_b289673-00295?pid=590829&backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/111225495/person/130137819283/gallery&usePUB=true&_phsrc=FXs1072&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=46155_b289673-00295

• "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England" by James Savage, John Farmer, Orrando Perry Dexter; Publication Date: 1861; Publisher Little, Brown and company; Collection americana; Digitizing sponsor Google; Book from the collections of Harvard University; Identifier agenealogicaldi03dextgoog; Source http://books.google.com/books?id=5yeOnSfbehcC&oe=UTF-8:

https://archive.org/stream/agenealogicaldi03dextgoog#page/n326/mode/2up

1. ↑ Entered by Amanda Mason-Thomas, Jun 28, 2012