Person:John Pratt (71)

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John Pratt
b.Bef 1608
d.8 Jul 1655 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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  • H.  John PrattBef 1608 - 1655
  • W.  Elizabeth _____Bef 1613 - Bet 1654 & 1655
m. Bef 1633
  1. John PrattEst 1633 - Bet 1687 & 1690
  2. Daniel PrattEst 1635 - 1691
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Name[1][2] John Pratt
Gender Male
Birth[1] Bef 1608 Based on estimated date of marriage.
Marriage Bef 1633 Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child (John).
to Elizabeth _____
Emigration[1] 1633
Residence[1] 1633 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Other[1] 14 May 1634 Admitted freeman of Massachusetts Bay.
Residence[1] 1636 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Will[1][3] 11 Oct 1654
Death[1] 8 Jul 1655 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Estate Inventory[1] 1 Sep 1655 £515-02-06; £199 in real estate.
Probate[1] 2 Oct 1655
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 John Pratt, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995)
    3:1507-10.

    "ORIGIN: Unknown. …
    CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admission to Cambridge church prior to 14 May 1634 implied by freemanship.
    FREEMAN: 14 May 1634 [MBCR 1:369]. …
    DEATH: Hartford 8 July 1655 (inventory). (Manwaring gives the death date as 15 July 1655, seemingly quoting the inventory, but the original clearly gives the death a week earlier [Manwaring 1:144]).

    "The evidence … is as yet insufficient to show that John and William Pratt were brothers, or that they were the two sons of Rev. William Pratt by those names."

  2. ↑ Barbour, Lucius Barnes. Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1977)
    465-66.

    John Pratt s of Rev. William bp Nov 9, 1620 (Stevenange [Stevenage], Hertfordshire) died July 15, 1655 mar. Elizabeth. Early member 1 Ch. Name on Founders Monument. Children: John m/1 Hannah Boosey m.2 Hepzibah Wyatt; Daniel m Hannah; Hannah. An original proprietor of Hartford; his home lot in 1639 was on the west side of Main St. and he purchased a lot belonging to Governor Haynes, adjourning his own, so that his possessions extended from what is now the north corner of Asylum St. to the Melodeon Building, and Pratt St. received its name because it was opened through land belonging to his descendants; townsman 1654; will dated Oct. 20, 1654 names wife Elizabeth and sons John and Daniel; inv. July 15, 1655 £515-2-6.

  3. ↑ Pratt, John, Hartford, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    1:144-45.

    "Probate Records. Vol. II, 1650 to 1663.

    Pratt, John, Hartford. Died 15 July, 1655. Invt. £515-02-06, Taken by John Talcott and William Wadsworth. Will dated 11 October, 1654. (On file.)

    The last Will & Testament of John Pratt of Hartford: I the sd. John Pratt, having my perfect memory, doe desier to leaue my Soule in the Everlasting Arms of Jesus Christ, and my temporal Goods to them hereafter mentioned. Imprimis: I give to Elizabeth my wife this Roome which we call the Parlour, with the Bed and Bedding thereunto belonging, wollens, linen, as also her wearing Cloathes, woolen & Linen, together with all other Houshold Improvements comfortable to her outward necessities, & that She shall have the keeping of 1 Cow for her, & necessary firewood Cutt, laid ready for her burning, & five pounds Sterling paid her yearly in Good Country pay; all this to be made Good to her during the time of her natural Lyfe. I give to my son John my now dwelling house with the out houseinge & my homelott with all the appurtenances, to him & his lawfull heirs forever. I give to my son John the 2 meaddow Lotts in the North Meadow which came to me by the Dist. of the Town, with all the Appurtenances thereof, to him & his heirs forever. I give unto my son John that pcece of Meaddow I bought of William Edwards, with the Appurtenances, to him & his heirs forever, as also the one halfe of my Upland Lotts lying in the Woods, always provided yt the sd. John Pratt doc make Good the Conditions formerly mentioned to his Mother Elizabeth my wife. My Will is that the sd. House & Househould, with Stock yt is then being, both Corne & Cattle, shall be wholly possest by my son John & his heirs. My Mind is that if my sone John shall dy not haveing any Male Child, then (the) he shall give his Daughter or Daughters £20 apeece at 18 years of age, & in Case a Male Child he shall inherit it at 24 in Casse he survive his father & make good the Conditions to his Sisters. My Will is if my Sone John dy leaveing a wife & Children as above sd. his wife shall inherit till the Children come of age, & shall take her thirds & what hee shall give her by Will. In Casse noe Male Child survive him, then the Inheritance to fall to my son Daniell, making good the Conditions above mentioned. I give to my son Daniel a prcell or prcells of Meadow Land which I bought of William Rescue, with the Upland belonging to it, in ye Necke, wth ye Appurtenances thereof. Alsoe my Will is that within one yeare after my decease my sone John shall pay or cause to be payd to my Son Daniel his heirs or assigns, the full sume of four score pounds in Current Country pay. In Casse my sone Daniell should desire a peece of my Homelott to build & dwell upon, then my Mind is that my sone John should freely grant him one ackre to be laid out where it may best Sute their Conveniences. This is my true Mind & Meaning as my last Will. In Witness I have sett to my Hand the day and year above mentioned.

    JOHN PRATT.

    Court Record, Page 82—2 October, 1655: Will & Invt. Exhibited. Adms. to John Pratt, Eldest son."

  4.   John Pratt, in Find A Grave.

    This burial is not documented in the Hale Collection. There appears to be no evidence of the actual place of burial.

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