Thomas Pratt (1682 - abt. 1761)

Born 16 Jul 1682 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Willard) Pratt — married 24 Jan 1711 in Framingham, MIddlesex, Massachusetts, New England

Descendants

Died about 1761 at about age 78 in Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Thomas, son of Thomas and Lydia, was born 16 July 1682, in Sherborn, Massachusetts.^[1][2]

Thomas, son of Thomas, lived on the farm of his father, but went to Hassanamisco (Grafton) with the first settler. He joined the church in Shrewsbury in 1724. Then became an original member of the Grafton Church in 1731. He was a grantee in the Indian deed of 1727 and received 176 acres as his share.^[1]

He married 24 Jan 1710/11, Sarah Willard,^[3] daughter of Benjamin.^[1]

Thomas's will was written 24 June 1761, in Grafton, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England. He left everything to his executor, son Phineas, after he paid the bequests to the heirs of son Benjamin (deceased), daughter Abigail Pratt, daughter Lydia Perram. A wife was not mentioned implying her previous death. It was presented the 4 Jany 1762^[4]

Children recorded in Framingham.

1. Benjamin b. 12 Sept 1711^[3]
2. Abagaill (Abigail) b. 10 Jan 1712/3^[3]
3. Finnies (Phineas) b. 27 Mar 1715^[3]
4. Lydia b. 23 Nov 1718^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Temple, J. H. History of Framingham, Massachusetts, early known as Danforth's Farms, 1640-1880; with a genealogical register Framingham, Pub. by the town of Framingham, 1887 p 675
2. ↑ Vital Records of Sherborn, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston, 1911. p. 76
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Vital records of Framingham, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. Boston, Mass. : [Wright & Potter printing company], 1911. marriage p. 398ch birth p 162/3
4. ↑ Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1635/i/30216/47778:4/52277271 Link at AmericanAncestors ($)

• https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FCWX-Q29 Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915] 1639-1915," index, FamilySearch, Thomas Pratt, 16 Jul 1682; citing SHERBORN,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 164693.
• Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910 index, FamilySearch), Thomas Pratt and Sarah Willerd, 24 Jan 1710; citing reference 215; FHL microfilm 872797.