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Facts and Events
References
- ↑ Barry, William. A History of Framingham, Massachusetts: Including the Plantation, from 1640 to the Present Time: with an Appendix Containing a Notice of Sudbury and Its First Proprietors; Also a Register of the Inhabitants of Framingham before 1800, with Genealogical Sketches. (Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States: James Munroe and Company, 1847)
674-75.
link David Pratt son of Thomas1 Pratt kept the old homestead; owned 60 acres at N.E. corner of Mellen's Neck; selectman d 1731. He m (1) Rachel ____ (2) Dec 14, 1704 Sarah Bancroft of Reading. Children: David, b. Jan. 28, 1702
Rachel, b. Oct. 18, 1706, m. Daniel Claflin
Mehitable, b. July 4, 1708, m. Moses Pike
Timothy, b. June 4, 1710
Hepzibah, b. Oct. 11, 1712
Elisha, b. Feb. 16, 1715-6
Jona Pratt. b. June 25, 171S
Sarah, b. Feb. 29, 1719-O
Abigail, b. Sept. 26, 1722, m. Benjamin Pepper
Prudence, b. Feb. 17, 1724-5, m. Joseph Adams
David, s. of David (above) on f's place, which he sold in 1749, to Benj.
Pepper, and rem. to Oxford; d. 1777. He m. Mar. 10, 1723-4, Sarah Claflin, d.
1783, a. 78. Chil. David, b. Jan. 30, 1724-5 24; Jonathan, b. Sept. 23, 1735;
Rachel, b. Sept., 1739; Nathan, b. Nov. 5, 1743.
- Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911)
358 & 423.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ullmann, Helen S. (Helen Frances Schatvet). Our Adams Line, through Henry Adams of Braintree, Massachusetts. (Acton, Massachusetts: H.S. Ullmann, 1998)
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- ↑ David Pratt of Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, in Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871. (American Ancestors, 2014)
Case: #17855/6, 1731 Inventory 15 Jun 1732.
link David's inventory was taken 15 June 1732. Bond posted by Sarah Pratt, Jeremiah Pike, and Joseph Pratt on 19 Jul 1731. A list of heirs dated 5 April 1734 included David, eldest, Rachel, wife of D[anie]l Claflin and Hezabah, the late wife of Moses Pike both daughters of the deceased (Mehitable?), Jonathan, Sarah, Abigail, Prudence, and heirs of Stephen and Elisha. The distribution on 27 Feb. 1734 said Jonathan was the eldest and only remaining son [sic]. It was signed by widow Sarah, Rachel and Daniel Claflin, David Pratt, and Moses Pike as guardian for four of the minors [Elisha had died]. Also signing were John Adams, Michael and William Pike and Hoza Rice. Sarah's account gave death dates for son Stephen, 12 April 1733, Elisha on 29 Nov. 1733, and Hepzibah on 3 Feb. 1733/4. In another file, #17856, on 2 July 1733 Moses Pike was named guardian for Elisha, 17, Jonathan 15, Sarah in her 13th year, Abigail in her 12th year, and Prudence in her 9th year. Estate included 33 3/4 acres bounded by Joseph Pratt, Ebenezer Stone, Lapreme(?) Stone, Daniel Biglow; also woodland bounded by Ebenezer Howe, & Poker Galloup; 8 acres of meadow near the meadow of Joseph Pratt; a lot bounded by land owned by the heirs of Jona Puffar [probably Puffer which was an early family here]; 32 acres by land of James and Simon Mollon [probably James and Simon Mellens]; another plot given by the deceased Pratt to son David Pratt for life also bounded by land of James and Simon Mollon [probably James and Simon Mellens]. The widow rec'd a portion of the house, barn, an orchard (near Daniel Biglow), pasture, birch stand, swamp, woods near Galloup Stone, woods near land of the heirs of Jona Cutlar, etc., etc.
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