John Pratt (abt. 1635 - aft. 1698)

Born about 1635 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Barker) Pratt — married about 1663 (to after 1695) in Plymouth Colony [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after 14 Mar 1698 after about age 63 in Oyster Bay, Queens, New York Colony

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Biography

John Pratt, son of Phineas Pratt and Marah Priest and grandson of Mayflower passenger Degory Priest, was born about 1635 in Plymouth Colony.^[1][2] John's father, Phineas, and presumably his family went to Charlestown, Massachusetts, about 1646.^[3] John was not named in Phineas' will but named as deceased in a 1738 distribution to the children or their heirs.^[3][4]

John married, about 1663, Ann Barker. Ann, daughter of John and Ann (Williams) Barker, was born about 1643 and died after 27 April 1695. The 1667 will of John Williams (Sr.) names his grandchild Anna, wife of John Pratt and daughter of John Barker.^{[2][5] [6]}

As a resident of Kingstown, Rhode Island, 29 May 1671, he took the Oath of Allegiance to the Colony and the King.^[2][7] John and Ann's children were registered in the "Friends" records in Rhode Island 1664-1676.^{[8] [6]}

Within ten years, he relocated to Oyster Bay, Long Island. A 1680 record says he was "lately an inhabitant within ye Coloney of Road Island."^[9][2]He was appointed keeper of Hog Island (now called Centre) in the Harbor of Oyster Bay.^[9] On 9 Jan 1685 John Pratt is listed as an inhabitant of Oyster Bay.^[2]

In lieu of a will, 27 April 1695, John Pratt Sr. of Oyster Bay deeded land in Oyster Bay to sons John, Ebenezer and Jeremiah Pratt. The same deed gives one third of the land to his wife Ann Pratt.^[2][3]

John died after 14 Mar 1697/8, when he deeded land on Hog Island, Oyster Bay, New York, to his son Ebenezer.^[2][3]

After his death, 5 Feb 1713/4 John Pratt of Oyster Bay, Queens County, Island of Nassau, Providence of New York, carpenter, granted to his brothers, Ebenezer and Jeremiah, his right to property "that was formerly my grandfathers Phenius Pratt, situated within ye colony of Boston." This clearly identifies this John Pratt as the same man born at Plymouth and a resident of Rhode Island then Long Island.^[2][10][3]

Children^[2][8][6]

1. Delivered (Deliverance) Pratt b. 13 Nov 1664; m. James Townsend
2. Mary Pratt b. April 1666; no further record.
3. John Pratt b. Oct 1667; m. Ann _________
4. Ebenezer Pratt, b. 31 Aug 1669; m. Mehitable Mudge
5. Phineas Pratt, b. April 1671; not named in his father's 1695 deed. No further record.
6. Joshua Pratt b. 10 Jan 1672/3; no further record.
7. Jeremiah/Jeremy Pratt b. 13 Oct 1675; m. Rose
8. Mercy Pratt b. 23 Dec 1676; no further record.

Sources

1. ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 vols., (Boston MA: NEHGS, 1995). Online with subsc. at American Ancestors, Vol. III, pages 1514-1518: PRATT.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8} Stover, Margaret Harris (re-editor). Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Volume Eight Second edition. Family of Degory Priest. Originally compiled by Mrs. Charles Delmar Townsend; Robert S. Wakefield, FASG; Margaret Harris Stover. (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2008)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Macdonough, Rodney. "John and Ebenezer Pratt, of Oyster Bay, Long Island." The Mayflower descendant : a quarterly magazine of Pilgrim genealogy and history. Volume III. (Boston : Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1901) pp 1-8
4. ↑ "Phineas Pratt of Plymouth and Charlestown" The Mayflower Descendant Vol IV p. 138. (1902)link at archive
5. ↑ "Plymouth Colony Wills and Inventories" The Mayflower Descendant Vol 17. (Boston : Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1915) pp 109 will, 111 receipt. https://archive.org/details/mayflowerdescendv1718mass/page/n247/mode/2up
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Volume 8, Degory Priest, p. 9
7. ↑ Austin, John Osborne. Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers Who Came Before 1690 : With Many Families Carried to the Fourth Generation. (Albany: J. Munsell Sons, 1887) p 157 Also lists children.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850. Vol VII Friends and Ministers. p 70
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Oyster Bay (N.Y.), George William Cocks, and John Cox. Oyster Bay Town Records. New York: T.A. Wright, 1916. p.124
10. ↑ Oyster Bay town records, 1653-1878; v. 03 1703-1720. Book D p 318 image 320 of 756.

See also:

• Roser, Susan E. "Mayflower Births and Deaths." Vol 1,& 2 Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., (Vol 1, 1992) p. 195 link Ancestry.com
• Macdonough, Rodney. The Macdonough-Hackstaff Ancestry (Press of S. Usher, Boston, 1901) Page 261, Page 315-20
• Lovelace, Jayne Pratt. The Pratt directory, (Arlington Heights, IL : Ancestor House, 1980.) p 480
• Robert Wakefield. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Volume 8 Degory Priest, Published by General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1994. Page 4.
• "Mayflower Families" GSMD Publication, part of the Silver Books. Degory Priest, Volume 8, 2nd Edition (2008)

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