Abel Pratt Sr. (1775 - 1864)

Born 20 Mar 1775 in Old Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Hepzibah (Hayden) Pratt — married 2 Aug 1800 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 17 Oct 1864 at age 89 in Old Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut

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Biography

Abel Pratt, Sr. was born in 1775 in Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut, the son of Deacon Phineas Pratt (1747-1813) and Hepsibah/Hepzibah Pratt Pratt (1749/175 -1813).

Abel married Clarissa "Clarry" Hayden (1780–1844), both of Saybrook, on 16 Feb 1800 or 2 Aug 1800. Their children were:

1. Clarissa Pratt (1802/1803–1857)
2. Abel Pratt, Jr. (1805/1808–1881)
3. Richard Hamilton Pratt (1807–1888)
4. Theodore Dwight Pratt (1809/1811–1860)
5. Horace H. Pratt (1812–1894)
6. Sarah Ann Pratt (1815–1884)
7. Harriet Eliza (Pratt) Crittenden (1818–1898)
8. Myra Jannet Pratt (1824– )

Abel was a mechanic and one of the earliest manufacturers of ivory combs.

Abel died at age 89 in 1864 in Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut, and was buried in the Riverview Cemetery, Essex, Middlesex County, Connecticut.

Sources

• Marriage record 2 Aug 1800. Vital Records of Saybrook Colony, 1635-1860, page 510

• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRZ-YWR : accessed 26 June 2018), Abel Pratt, Say Brook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 424, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 3; FHL microfilm 205,620.

• "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2G-36Q : accessed 26 June 2018), Abel Pratt, Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 354, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 2; FHL microfilm 281,230.

• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLX-MD6 : accessed 26 June 2018), Abel Pratt, Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 908, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 2; FHL microfilm 281,235.

• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBF-WHX : 27 August 2017), Abel Pratt, Say Brook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 471, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 26; FHL microfilm 3,020.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M68L-LSZ : 12 April 2016), Abel Pratt, Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States; citing family 637, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHR7-DV8 : 13 December 2017), Abel Pratt, 1860.

• "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7J2-CYK : 9 February 2018), Abel Pratt, 17 Oct 1864; citing , reference pg 24; FHL microfilm 3,333.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2D-KWSN : 13 December 2015), Abel Pratt, 1864; Burial, Essex, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States of America, River View Cemetery; citing record ID 69917646, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "Connecticut Marriages, 1640-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLM4-XSBJ : 17 March 2018), Abel Pratt in entry for Harriet E Crittendon, Death 1898, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States; Connecticut State Library, Hartford; FHL microfilm 1,398,665.