Prizzell (Thurber) Pratt (1698 - abt. 1746)

Born 3 Feb 1698 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of John Pratt — married 8 Jan 1726 in Swansea, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died about 1746 at about age 47 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Priscilla was born in 1698 at Rehoboth in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, the daughter of James and Elizabeth (Bliss) Thurber.^[1]

Priscilla married John Pratt at Swansea in 1726.^[2][3] Children:^[4]

• Priscilla b. 16 March 1728 probably d. young
• John b. ca. 1730 m. (1) Sarah Galusha 22 March 1764 at Norton and (2) (probably) Abigail Sibley, perhaps widow of John Sibley, 15 April 1804 at Sutton d. (probably) after 15 April 1804 at Thompson, Connecticut
• Aaron b. ca. 1732 at Rehoboth m. Lydia Eddy 25 February 1762 at Norton d. (probably) 4 March 1817 at Taunton
• Priscilla b. 12 February 1734 at Rehoboth m. Chase Robinson ca. 1755 d. 27 November 1830 at Meredith, New Hampshire
• Mary m. Shubael Campbell 11 February 1761 at Norton d. after 23 April 1777 (deed)
• Lydia b. ca. 1741 m. (1) Nathaniel Shaw and (2) John Peck 13 April 1806 at Rehoboth d. (probably) 3 March 1831 at Rehoboth

Priscilla passed away around 1746, probably at Rehoboth.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Arnold: [Page 753
2. ↑ Arnold: Page 491 -- "John Pratt of Swanzey and Prescilla Thurber of Rehoboth, Oct. 23, 1725" (int.)
3. ↑ Rounds: Page 188 -- "John Prat and Prisila Thurber was married January the :8:1725/6"
4. ↑ Mayflower Families, Degory Priest vol. 8, Pages 127-132
5. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (findagrave.com : accessed 12 February 2019), memorial page for Priscilla Thurber Pratt (3 Feb 1697–1746), Find A Grave Memorial no. Find A Grave: Memorial #32604415, citing Stevens Corner Cemetery, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Linda Hollowell Bock (contributor 46573238) .

• Arnold, James. Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896 (Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1897)

• Rounds, H. L. Peter. Vital Records of Swansea, Massachusetts to 1850 (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992)

• Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-<2015>.

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHGZ-YZW : 4 December 2014), John Pratt and Prisilla Thurber, 23 Oct 1725; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 1,987,644.