Hugh
Pray
II
Born in Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Ancestors 
Son of Hugh Pray Sr
and Abigail (Blake) Pray
Brother of
Patience (Pray) Greatreaks and Jonathan Pray
Husband of
Lillis (Cole) Pray
— married
1755 [location unknown]
Husband of
Mary (Aldrich) Pray
— married
after 11 May 1768 in Rhode Island
Descendants 
Father of
William Pray, Hugh Pray III, Mary (Pray) Wade, Abigail (Pray) Cole, Robey Pray and Eunice (Pray) Potter
Died
at age 89
in Foster, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Aug 2018
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Biography
Hugh was born in 1726. He passed away in 1816.
Burial in August, 1816 was at the Pray Lot in Foster, Providence County, Rhode Island.
Hugh married Lillis Cole in about 1858 and had the following children: 1. Richard Pray [1759-1822], 2. Lillis Pray + sp: Richard Greene, 3. Hugh Pray [1763-1853] + sp: Esther Sanders[1771-1846]. His second wife was Mary Aldrich and their children consisted of: 1. Eunice Pray + sp: Daniel W. Potter, 2. Mary Pray + sp: Hawkins Wade, 3. Abigail Pray [1779-1837] + sp: James Cole, 4. Capt. John Pray [1782-1838] + sp: Lydia Sanders, 5. Oliver Pray + sp: Amey Hopkins [1793-1817], 6. Robey Pray[1785-1882] + sp: Jonathan Pray III [1786-1855], 7. Stephen Pray [1789-1881].
Sources
- Fact: Residence (1726) Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
- Fact: AFN 2JZ4-H9
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 15 August 2018, 13:41), entry for Hugh Pray II(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LD95-QCQ); contributed by various users.
- https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LD95-QCQ
- 1726 Hugh Pray, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4J9-T8R : 6 November 2017), Hugh Pray, 09 Aug 1726; citing Birth, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 886,859.
- 1726 Hugh Pray, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD9-LVG : 10 February 2018), Hugh Pray, 09 Aug 1726; citing WRENTHAM,NORFOLK,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0253249 V. 1.
- Legacy NFS Source: Hugh Pray II - Church record: birth-name: John PRAY Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3245048153
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24770749/hugh-pray
- Maintained by: Find A Grave, Originally Created by: Superkentman, Added: 20 Feb 2008,, Find A Grave Memorial 24770749
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hugh by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Hugh:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hugh by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Hugh:
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~0.39%
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