Samuel Pratt (1697 - bef. 1745)

Born 15 May 1697 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Jerusha (Conant) Pratt — married 1722 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died before 6 Mar 1745 before age 47 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Samuel Pratt was born on 15 May 1697 at Middleborough, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay, the son of Samuel and Hannah (Miller) Pratt.^[1][2]

He married Jerusha Conant about 1722. She was the daughter of Josiah and Elizabeth (Washburn) Conant, born 08 January 1701/2 in Middleborough.^[3] She was still living in December 1748. Her death may be the one recorded on 24 May 1767 in Middleborough as "Jerusha Pratt."^[2]

On 18 Nov. 1745 Samuel Pratt and wife, Jerusha, of Middleborough, sold to Benjamin White, Jr., of Middleborough, land of Josiah Conant that was set off to the widow Elizabeth Conant, and 1/7th to her daughter, Jerusha, now the wife of the above named Samuel Pratt.^[4]

Samuel died before 06 March 1745, the date his will was proved. His will, dated 30 July 1745, named his wife Jerusha; son Nathaniel as executor; son Samuel under age 21; daughters Betty and Thankful Pratt.^[5] His inventory was taken on 12 March 1745/46 in Middleborough.^[6]

The children of Samuel and Jerusha (Conant) Pratt were born in Middleborough:^[2]

1. Nathan Pratt, b. ca. 1723, bp. 18 Dec 1726; mar. Margaret Simpson 03 Dec 1747 Middleborough.
2. Betty Pratt, b. 22 Feb 1725/6; d. 09 July 1754 Middleborough; mar. Capt. Benjamin White 15 Oct. 1745 Middleborough.^[7]
3. Thankful Pratt, b. 22 May 1731; under 21 when her father made his will in 1745; mar. Azariah Thrasher 12 Oct 1749 Taunton.
4. Samuel Pratt, b. 16 Jun 1736, bp. 27 Oct 1745; under 21 when his father made his will in 1745, marriage not found.

NOTE: The 2008 Mayflower Familes : Priest^[2] mistakenly gives Betty a husband Azariah Thrasher, but the published extracts of marriage records indicate Thrasher married sister Thankful. See: Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). on AmericanAncestors.org.

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Sources

1. ↑ Bowman, George Ernest, "Middleborough, Mass., Births, Marriages and Deaths," Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 2:42. Archive.org.

   "Samuel Pratt the Son of Samuel Pratt was born May the 15- 1697"

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Mrs. Charles Delmar Townsend, Robert S. Wakefield, Margaret Harris Stover original compilers; re-edited by Margaret Harris Stover Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Degory Priest. Volume Eight. Second Edition. (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2008) p. 81 AmericanAncestors.org (by $ubscription).
3. ↑ Merrick, Barbara Lambert, and Alicia Crane Williams, Middleborough, Massachusetts, Vital Records, The Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, Volume One: 1986, Volume Two: 1990, Vol. 1, p. 22.
4. ↑ Plymouth Co. Land Records, Vol. 41, p. 272.
5. ↑ Massachusetts, Plymouth County, probate estate files, file #16198, Samuel Pratt 1745
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-8L92 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1745-1749 and 1836-1849 vol 10-10A > image 93 of 611; State Archives, Boston.
7. ↑ Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 105.

• Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 30 Oct 1901, 5098; 25 Jul 1906, 8610

• John A. Maltby Genealogies - Jerusha Conant