Pratt (mtDNA)

Status summary

As of February 24, 2023

• Page created for Sarah PRATT Pratt.
• recruitment of individuals who are mtDNA descendants of Sarah. Folks who are mtDNA descendants are encouraged to contact MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com

Biography

For further information see Mrs. Charles Delmar Townsend, Robert S. Wakefield, FASG and Margaret Harris Stover, ed. by Margaret Harris Stover, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Vol. 8 Pratt, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA 2nd edition 2008.

First Generation

Sarah Pratt, daughter of Joseph and Sarah JUDKINS Pratt was born We3ymouth 31 May 1664 and died Hingham 22 Jul 1706 ae 42 years. She married Woburn abt 1684 Aaron Pratt and they had eleven children (born Hingham): Henry (1685), Daniel (1687/8), Aaron (1690/1), Jonathan (1692), John (1693/4), Sarah (1695), Elizabeth (1697), Moses (1699), Mary (1701 dy), Mercy (1703) and Hannah (1706).

Second Generation

Sarah Pratt was born Hingham 23 Oct 1695 and died Boston 14 Oct 1721. She married Boston 4 Jul 1720 Christopher Webb and they had: Aaron (1721-1721).

Elizabeth Pratt was born Hingham 5 Dec 1697 and is named in her husband's will Scituate 30 Dec 1756. She married twice, first Hingham 5 May 1739 (Rev.) Nehemiah Hobart then Hingham 6 Apr 1742 Jonathan Merritt. She had no children by either marriage.

Mercy Pratt was born Hingham 6 Dec 1703 and died aft 7 Jul 1757. She married twice, first (int. Hingham 12 Sep 1724) Samuel Orcutt then Hingham 26 Oct 1747 Nathaniel Nichols (no ch.) By her first husband she had six children (Hingham): Infant (1725-1725), Infant (1728-1728), Sarah (1730-1731/2), Huldah (1734), Sybil (1736) and Ignatius (1738).

Hannah Pratt was born Hingham Apr 1706 and died bef 1738. She married Boston 22 Jul 1737 Amos Hovey but she never had any children.

Third Generation

Huldah Orcutt was born Hingham 25 Oct 1734 and died bef 13 Jun 1786. She married Hingham 19 Jan 1755 Cushing Kilby and they had nine children: Samuel (1755), Thomas (1757), Rebecca (1759 likely d.y.), Abigail (1761-1761), Huldah (1762 d.y.), Fanny (1763 m Lazarus Lincoln & Israel Litchfield), Stuart (1766), Huldah (1767 m Amos Lincoln) and Sarah "Sally" (bp1772 m Obadiah Stowell & Frost Hudson).

Sibyl Orcutt was born Hingham 16 Oct 1736 and died there 4 May 1760 ae 24 years. She married Hingham 23 Feb 1759 Obediah Beal and they had: Sybil (1760 m Jared Battles).

mtDNA Results TBD

As of March 2023, no one has publlicly revealed where they are a matrilineal descendant of Sarah PRATT Pratt and have taken a mtDNA test. Matrilineal descendants are encouraged to contact MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com

References and External Links

• Mrs. Charles Delmar Townsend, Robert S. Wakefield, FASG and Margaret Harris Stover, ed. by Margaret Harris Stover, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Vol. 8 Pratt, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA 2nd edition 2008.
• Lovelace, Jayne Pratt, The Pratt Directory. Rev. ed. Chandler, Ariz.: Ancestor House, 1995