Elizabeth (Unknown) Pratt migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

A record of marriage for a John Pratt is found in Baldock, Hertfordshire (less than two miles from Stevenage), in 1626 to Elizabeth Young. Since no marriage record is found for John Pratt in early New England records, it is assumed that he married prior to his emigration. In John Pratt's will, it mentions his wife's Christian name as Elizabeth, and family records do not list a maiden name. Whether the Baldock marriage record refers to the emigrant John Pratt cannot be verified, and it is somewhat questionable whether he would have married at the age of nineteen. However, it is probable that John Pratt was married prior to his immigration as he participated in the original Cambridge land distribution, while his younger and unmarried brother William did not.

Based on Pratt Family History, she is mentioned in husband, John's will, along with two sons, Daniel & John.

Research Notes

Disputed Parents / Origins:

A previous version of this profile claimed, without source, that her parents were Richard Tucker and Agnes Wyatt. They've been detached. Use G2G to discuss evidence for her origins.

While no source is found for her maiden name, there is an insistence on the internet that her maiden name is Tucker.^[1][2]

Sources

1. ↑ http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2401.htm
2. ↑ Heritage Consulting. Millennium File, however this record also indicates that she was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1620 long before Hartford existed, puts the information at risk.

• Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 only indicates name as Elizabeth and that she was born in 1620. BETTER SOURCE SOUGHT.