Frances (Jarratt) Pruett (abt. 1760 - 1792)

Born about 1760 in Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Obadiah Addison Pruett — married 11 Dec 1785 in Goochland County, VA [uncertain]

Descendants

Died Jun 1792 at about age 32 in Goochland County, VA

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Biography

Frances was born about 1760 in Virginia^[1]
She was the daughter of Archelaus Jarratt Sr. and Elizabeth Mims -- probably named for her father's sister.

She married Obediah Addison Pruitt, Dec 11, 1785.
Goochland Co, Va. Marriages & Bonds:
- License: Obey Pruitt to Frances Jarrott, Dec 11, 1785. Abram Pruit, Bondsman, p 275.^[2]
- Marriage of Obediah Pruitt & Frances Jarrett, Dec 12? 1785 (Vol 6, p 161).

She passed away at age 32 in June (or July), 1792, Goochland Co, VA, leaving 4 children:

1. Betsey, b abt 1786, m George Meyers;
   
2. Vernal Franklin, b abt 1788, d 1880 IL;
   
3. Wilson, b abt 1790, m Rebecca Jane Kimberling, d 1848, Marion Co, IL;
   
4. Robert, b Dec 1791 (he was 6 months old when his mother died), m Martha "Patsy" Knapp, d 1860, Schuyler Co, IL.

Obediah remarried in 1794 to Nancy Lovell and they had 5 more children:
Sarah, Mary, Granville, Frances, and Stokes.

Sources

1. ↑ Her birth was not listed in the St. Peter's parish register as was her father's - https://archive.org/details/parishregisterof00stpe/page/168/mode/2up?q=frances+jarr
2. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68TL-BGDH