Waitstill (Sumner) Pratt
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Waitstill (Sumner) Pratt (abt. 1685 - bef. 1730)

Waitstill Pratt formerly Sumner aka Washburn
Born about in Milton, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 3 Nov 1708 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
Wife of — married 15 Dec 1720 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
Descendants descendants
Died before before about age 45 in Weymouth, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

Waitstill Sumner was born 1685 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts

Wife of Isreal Washburn Sr. — married November 3, 1708, in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Her second husband was Ebenezer Pratt. She was his second wife. His first wife Martha Pratt died 18 May 1720, and on 15 December 1720, Ebenezer Pratt and the widow Waitstill Washburn were married. After Waitstill died, Ebenezer married his third wife, Hannah, who survived him. [1]

Died about 1730 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts

Waitsill Washburn (Sumner) MP Birth: 1686 Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Death: before December 5, 1744 (58) Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Immediate Family: Daughter of Samuel Sumner and Experience Carver Wife of Israel Washburn, Sr. Mother of Sarah Keith (Washburn); Deborah Washburn; Seth Washburn; Israel Washburn, Jr. and Unnamed Washburn Sister of Seth Sumner Half sister of Eleazer Carver; Nathaniel Carver; Joseph Carver; Experience Carver and Mehitable Carver

  • "Mayflower Births & Deaths" shows
Died before 6 March 1730,[2] wife of 2nd husband Ebenezer Pratt.
Mother of:
Sarah Washburn
Isreal(?) Washburn, d.y.
Deborah Washburn
Seth Washburn
Isreal Washburn Jr.

Marriage

Husband: Isreal Washburn
Wife: Waitstill Sumner
Marriage:
Date: 03 NOV 1708
Place: Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Child: Sarah Washburn
Child: Isreal(?) Washburn
Child: Deborah Washburn
Child: Seth Washburn
Child: Isreal Washburn

Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts

~~ Fourth Generation in America ~~
  • From John Maltby:

The grandchildren of Samuel Washburn and Deborah Packard represent one of the larger branches of the Washburn family, and contain perhaps the most famous descendants, with a disproportionately large share of lawyers, congressmen, diplomats and governors that descend from son Israel Washburn. The children of son Benjamin are very much still under research and may have to be changed in the future, while the other grandchildren appear to be pretty well established.

  • Families of the Children of Samuel Washburn and Deborah Packard:

Israel Washburn, son of Samuel Washburn and Deborah Packard, married Waitstill Sumner, probably daughter of Samuel and Experience (Blake) Sumner, of Milton, MA,[3] on 3 Nov. 1708 in Bridgewater.[4] She was a granddaughter supposedly of Roger and Mary (Josselyn) Sumner, and of William and Anna Blake.[5] They also lived in Bridgewater, MA.

Waitstill (Sumner) Washburn remarried to Ebenezer Pratt, of Weymouth, MA, son of Samuel and Hannah (Rodgers) Pratt,[6] as his second wife, on 15 Dec. 1720 in Bridgewater.[7] Waitstill probably died soon after, and Ebenezer Pratt remarried again, to Hannah (___). He died in Jan. 1751/2 in Weymouth, MA.[8]

Israel Washburn and Waitstill Sumner had children:[9]

+ 417 i Sarah5 Washburn, born on 14 Aug. 1709 in Bridgewater;[93] Eleazer Carver was appointed as her guardian on 7 May 1722,[94] and she married Ephraim3 Keith, Esq., son of Joseph2 and Elisabeth3 (Fobes) Keith, of Bridgewater,[95] on 21 Sept. 1732 in Bridgewater,[96] and they lived in Hardwick, MA, for about a year, then returned to Bridgewater. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)

418 ii (Unnamed son), born on 6 Jan. 1710/11,[97] died on 22 Jan. 1710/11 in Bridgewater.[98]

+ 419 iii Deborah5 Washburn, born on 1 June 1712 in Bridgewater;[99] Eleazer Carver was appointed as her guardian on 7 May 1722,[100] and she married 1.) John Ripley, son of William and Mary (Corbison) Ripley, of West Bridge­water,[101] before 5 June 1729, and 2.) Nathaniel Bolton, son of John and Sarah (Chesebrough) Bolton,[102] on 24 Mar. 1739/40 in Bridgewater,[103] and lived in Bridgewater. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)

420 iv Seth Washburn, born on 11 July 1714 in Bridgewater;[104] Seth Sumner was appointed as his guardian on 22 May 1722,[105] but he died before the divi­sion of his father's estate on 5 June 1729.

+ 421 v Capt. Israel5 Washburn (Jr.), Esq., born on about 11 Aug. 1718 in Bridgewater;[106] Seth Sumner was appointed as his guardian on 22 May 1722,[107] and he married 1.) Leah4 Fobes, daughter of Joshua3 and Abigail (Dunbar) Fobes,[108] on 3 Jan. 1739/40 in Bridgewater,[109] and 2.) (438) Hannah3 (Keith) (Leach) Hall, his first cousin, daughter of John2 and (127) Hannah4 (Washburn) Keith, and widow of (457) Benjamin4 Leach (Jr.), and Deacon Philip Hall,[110] on 14 June 1790 in Raynham, MA.[111] He lived in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA. (Contin­ued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)

Sources

  1. Chamberlain, page 506
  2. Plymouth Co. Probate # 21999
  3. MF5G: Cooke, p. 253; Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 721.
  4. Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 387.
  5. Her grandparents per email letter of David Sylvester to the Washburn Rootsweb Discussion List of 28 Sept. 1996, his source being Appleton, William Sumner, Descendants of William Sumner of Dorcester, Mass., 1636, who listed Experience Blake’s parents as William and Hannah Blake, however Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 76, shows that the first wife of William Blake was Ann or Anna __?__, and his second wife, whom he married in 1693, was Hannah (Tulman) Lyon, widow of George Lyon. Since Samuel Sumner married Experience Blake on 15 Mar. 1683, and she was born in 1665, as per Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 721, she must have been a daughter of William and Anna Blake, rather than William and Hannah Blake.
  6. Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 600.
  7. Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 392.
  8. Weymouth VRs, Vol. 2.
  9. Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 325, says they had Sarah 1709, Deborah 1712, Seth 1714, and Israel.
  • Massachusetts Marriages 1633-1850
  • Chamberlain, George Walter. History of Weymouth, Massachusetts. Weymouth Historical Society (Boston:Wright & Potter Printing Co.), 1923.
  • Appleton, William S. Record of the Descendants of William Sumner, of Dorchester, Mass., 1636. Boston: D. Clapp & Son, 1879.

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Summer-52 and Sumner-686 appear to represent the same person because: Everything's consistent except the spellings.
posted by Ellen Smith

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