Katherine (Read) Pratt (1731 - 1808)

Born 1 Jun 1731 in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Pratt Sr — married 27 Sep 1750 in Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 11 Jan 1808 at age 76 in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Katherine was born in 1731, Oxford, MA and passed away in 1808, Oxford, Worcester Co., Massachusetts

Birth Registration^[1]

Daughter of Joseph Read and Sarah Rice.

Catherine married Joseph Pratt on September 27, 1750 in Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

Children are:
1- Lucy Pratt
2- Rachel Pratt
3- John Pratt Jr.
4- Ebenezer Pratt
5- Jeremiah Pratt
6- Samuel Pratt
7- Catherine Pratt
8- Ebenezer Pratt

NOTE: Incorrect Spelling of "'Katherine Reed"' in the FamilySearch.org source

[S333] Oxford MA, Oxford, MA, Vital Records.

[S265] Leicester MA, Leicester, MA, Vital Records.

[S5356] George F. Daniels, Oxford, MA, History, p. 661.[edmund-rice.org/era5gens/p28.htm#i351249]

Research Notes

NOTE: Please use History of the Town of Oxford by George F. Daniels for reference on this Read line and the Humphrey line, as the information in this book is supported by Vital Records, Land Deeds, Probate and other sources, etc. ^[2]

NOTE: The reference History of the Reed family in Europe and America by Reed, Jacob Whittemore, 1805-1869. 'from old catalog', page 78-^[3] has inaccurate information on this family line, including listing the wrong father (and grandparents, etc.) for Katherine and her siblings. Her father was Joseph Read of Sudbury, son of Thomas Read (III) and Mary Goodrich, of the Sudbury READS. Please see the Space page History of the Reed Family in Europe and America for a warning on using this source with "extreme caution" due to "impossible assertions" etc. It has caused much conflation of these two different Read/Reed families, due to this information being repeated in a few other older books. There was a Joseph Reed Jr. of Woburn, son of Lt. Joseph Reed and Phebe Walker, married to a Sarah Reed but it was a different couple with their own set of Vital Records (birth, marriage, child, death, will, etc.) all from Woburn. Cook-29848 07:48, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch ([1] :Joseph Reede in entry for Kethrin Reede, Jun 1731; citing Birth, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 754,010.
2. ↑ George F. Daniels. History of the Town of Oxford, Massachusetts: with Genealogies and Notes on Persons and Estates. G.F. Daniels, published in Oxford, with the cooperation of the town. 1892. Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofo00dani/page/n3/mode/2up
3. ↑ History of the Reed family in Europe and America by Reed, Jacob Whittemore, 1805-1869. 'from old catalog', page 78

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9110853/catherine-pratt: accessed 08 October 2023), memorial page for Catherine Read Pratt (1 Jun 1731–11 Jan 1808), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9110853, citing South Cemetery, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Karen (contributor 46487446).

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Scott Harris for creating WikiTree profile Read-1140 through the import of Harris Family Tree.ged on Mar 19, 2013.