Thomas Pratt (1804 - aft. 1870)

Born 24 Mar 1804 in Grifton, Yorkshire, England

Husband of Margaret (Spenseley) Pratt — married 14 Dec 1824 in Grifton, York, England

Descendants

Died after 1870 after age 65 in Lancaster Grant County Wisconsin

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Biography

Thomas Pratt was born in England.

"Thomas and Mary Spenseley Pratt were on hard times Thomas and the older boys worked in the Lead mines."

"Some of the Pratts, Rowes, and Spenseleys left Griffin Parish in Yorkshire, England and arrived in Liverpool to set sail aboard the "Constellation." They arrived in New York July 3, 1849."

"The road from Liverpool to New York, as they who have traveled it know, is very long, crooked, rough, and eminently disagreeable" wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson, when he was aboard a packet ship in 1833.

"The families traveled together to Galena Wisconsin. They worked at the lead mines near New Diggings and Schullsburg. One of the mines they worked at was the Salt Water Mining Co,"

Sources

Thomas Pratt England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 Tools Name: Thomas Pratt Gender: Male Christening Date: 24 Mar 1804 Christening Date (Original): 24 MAR 1804 Christening Place: GRINTON,YORK,ENGLAND Father's Name: William Pratt

Mary Spensley England Marriages, 1538–1973 Tools Name: Thomas Pratt Spouse's Name: Mary Spensley Event Date: 14 Dec 1824 Event Place: Grinton, York, England

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Footnotes

"The Constellation was built for the Robert Ker.it Red Star Line. It was the largest ship in the Liverpool, New York packet. It weighed 1,534 tons. It carried between 800 to 900 passengers per trip." From what I have read in the family history Tom and Mary are buried in the Hillside Cemetery, In Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin, but I can find no record of this, and am looking in other places.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Merletta Tindle for creating Pratt-2680 on 10 Oct 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Merletta and others.