Ephraim Pratt (abt. 1736 - 1769)

Born about 1736 in Newtown, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Lois (Fisher) Whitney — married 31 Dec 1761 (to 22 Oct 1769) in Needham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Died 22 Oct 1769 at about age 33 in Needham, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Ephraim Pratt, son of Oliver and Sarah (Willard) Pratt of Newton, Massachusetts, married Lois Fisher, daughter of Ebenezer and Sarah (Chubb) Fisher,^[1] on 31 December 1761 in Needham.^[2]

Children of Ephraim and Lois (Fisher) Pratt:

• male child Pratt, b. 2 February 1762^[3]
• child Pratt, d. 27 January 1766 -- may be same as b. in 1762^[4]
• William Pratt, b. bef. 1766, m. Ruth ___^[5][6]
• Ephraim Pratt, b. abt. 1766, m. Hannah Belcher^[5][7][8]

Ephraim died on 22 October 1769.^[9]

No probate record appears to have survived.

Lois married, second, Jason Whitney of Natick, on 17 March 1773 in Needham.^[10]

On 5 March 1779, William Pratt, above 14 years old, made choice of Jason Whitney as his guardian, sureties Joseph Cody of Hopkinton and Benjamin Ward of Needham.^[6]

On 12 June 1782, Ephraim Pratt, aged more than 16 years, chose Caleb Moulton Jr., gentleman of East Sudbury, as his guardian. with Jason Whitney and Edmund Rice Jr., yeoman of Framingham as sureties.^[7]

November 1790 -- William Pratt of Roxbury, with consent of wife Ruth, and Ephraim Pratt of Framingham, with consent of wife Hannah, to Joseph Mudg[e] Jun'r, gentleman of Needham,^[11] £9 lawful money, all our rights, title, and interest in and to the estate of the widow Sarah Bent of Barre, deceased, it being her thirds of the estate of the late Oliver Pratt of Newton, said estate lying partly in Newtown and partly in Needham. Wits: Wm. Boden, Jesse Morse, Judith Stone, Elijah Kindle. Ruth's witnesses: John Benjamin, Jemima Edwards.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth of Loes Fisher, 7 February 1744/5. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Norfolk > Needham > Births, marriages, deaths 1711-1801 > image 54 of 202; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
2. ↑ Marriage of Ephraim Pratt and Lois Fisher. Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston, Mass: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1905, p. 358.
3. ↑ 2 February 1762 -- N. Ephraim Pratt had a son born. This birth is just over a month after their marriage is supposed to have taken place. Is there a transcription error in one record or another, or a conception before marriage? Clarke, "Births Recorded by the Rev. Jonathan Townsend, A.M., Minister of the First Church in Needham," 56:148.
4. ↑ Ephraim Pratt's child drowned at Needham 27 January 1766 and it was found 27 March 1766. Baldwin, "The Drury Death Book," 65:357.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} William Pratt et al.,to Joseph Mudg Jr., November 1790. .Suffolk County Deeds, 169:205-6. "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (22 May 2014), Suffolk > Deeds 1791 vol 169-170 > images 220-1 of 604; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Guardianship of William Pratt, 1779. Suffolk County Probate Case No. 16861; Massachusetts, Suffolk County, probate records. "Probate and Family Court Department FILE PAPERS, Box 85 Case 16641 to Case 16870, ca. 1 Jan 1636–31 Dec 1894," FamilySearch, Film # 103,877,437, images 1950-3.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Guardianship of Ephraim Pratt, 1782. Middlesex County Probate Case No. 17873; Probate records 1648--1924 (Middlesex County, Massachusetts). "Probate papers 17825-17953," FamilySearch, Film # 7,553,722, images 498-501.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (9 February 2018), Ephraim Pratt and Hannah Belcher, Jun 1788; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0873783 IT 1.
9. ↑ Eph'm Prat of Needham Died Oct 22 1769. Baldwin, "The Drury Death Book," [1].
10. ↑ Marriage of Louis Pratt and Jason Whitney, 17 March 1773. Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Natick, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. Boston, Mass: Stanhope Press, F.H. Gilson Co., 1910, p. 176.
11. ↑ Joseph Mudge was husband of William and Ephraim's cousin, Lois Pratt, daughter of their uncle Oliver Pratt Jr.

• The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston : The Society.
  • Clarke, George K., "Births Recorded by the Rev. Jonathan Townsend, A.M., Minister of the First Church in Needham," Volume 56, 1902.
  • Baldwin, Thomas W., "The Drury Death Book," Volume 65, 1911.