Elias Pratt (1743 - 1816)

Born 7 Nov 1743 in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Hill) Pratt — married 6 Aug 1767 in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 14 Mar 1816 at age 72 in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Captain Elias Pratt served with Worcester County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Elias Pratt is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 273080
Rank: Captain

Elias Pratt is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A092521.

Biography

Captain Elias Pratt, son of Jonathan (2) Pratt, was born in Oxford, November 7, 1743, and died March 14, 1816, at Oxford. ^{[1] [2]}

He settled on the Pratt homestead and was selectman of Oxford from 1785 to 1794.

He was a soldier in the Revolution. He was in Captain John Townes company on the Lexington Alarm, April 19,1775, and served throughout the war. He was commissioned captain of the Fifteenth Company, Fifth Worcester County Regiment, Colonel Jonathan Holman, September 25, 1778, and again served as captain from April, 1779, to July 1, 1779, stationed at Rutland. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

He married, August 6, 1767, Lydia Hill, born March 25, 1746, daughter of Jonathan Hill, of Billerica. She died March 10, 1829, in Sutton. ^[1]

He was buried at the Congregational Church in Oxford, Worcester Co., MA. ^{[6] [1]}

Occupation

Constable; Selectman^[2]

Note

He [Elias Pratt] marched w/Capt. John TOWN's Co., Col. LEARNED's Regt., 20 Apr 1775....In Aug 1970 Elias' gravestone in "fair condition;" burial ground behind Cong'l Ch., Oxford. Widow, son Elijah, and two inf. chn of son Elias Jr. are bur. nearby.[The Pratt Directory]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} #S10
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} #S17
3. ↑ DAR
4. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
5. ↑ Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2021-01-19), "Record of Elias Pratt", Ancestor # A092521.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 January 2021), memorial page for Capt Elias Pratt (7 Nov 1743–14 Mar 1816), Find A Grave: Memorial #67239458, citing South Cemetery, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Bob L. (contributor 48228855) .

• Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts (Lewis Pub. Co., New York & Chicago, 1907); Vol. 1, p. 233

• "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7N5-F7V : 6 April 2020), Elias Pratt in entry for Elias Pratt, 02 Sep 1854; citing Worcester, Massachusetts, v 86 p 194, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,170.

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 12, p. 678

• "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RH-N383 : 17 March 2018), Elias Pratt, 19 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,031,908.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RC-3QC9 : 17 March 2018), Elias Pratt, 19 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Oxford, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,031,908.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RH-N3DY : 17 March 2018), Elias Pratt, 25 Sep 1778; citing Military Service, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,031,908.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RH-L2M4 : 17 March 2018), Elias Pratt, 11 Apr 1779; citing Military Service, Rutland, Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,031,908.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RH-L23C : 17 March 2018), Elias Pratt, 11 Apr 1779; citing Military Service, Rutland, Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,031,908.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGVT-XHCC : 15 November 2020), Elias Pratt, 15 Jul 1782; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RC-3TX5 : 17 March 2018), Elias Pratt, 11 Mar 1784; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,031,908.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGVT-XHCZ : 15 November 2020), Elias Pratt, 11 Mar 1784; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHJJ-Z31 : 10 November 2020), Elias Pratt, 7 Nov 1743; citing Birth, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009522.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHY1-3JV : 10 November 2020), Elias Pratt, 18 Jul 1767; citing Marriage, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009522.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHY1-2ZB : 10 November 2020), Elias Pratt, 6 Aug 1767; citing Marriage, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009522.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHJK-SFF : 10 November 2020), Elias Pratt in entry for Lydia Pratt, 8 Apr 1768; citing Birth, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009522.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCMC-Z5K : 10 November 2020), Elias Pratt in entry for Lydia Pratt, 8 Jul 1768; citing Death, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009522.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHJK-SFV : 10 November 2020), Elias Pratt in entry for Jerusha Pratt, 18 Sep 1769; citing Birth, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009522.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHJK-SFL : 10 November 2020), Elias Pratt in entry for Lydia Pratt, 25 Sep 1771; citing Birth, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009522.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHJK-SF5 : 10 November 2020), Elias Pratt in entry for Ruth Pratt, 25 Sep 1771; citing Birth, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009522.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHJK-S2S : 10 November 2020), Elias Pratt in entry for Elias Pratt, 4 Mar 1773; citing Birth, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009522.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHJK-S28 : 10 November 2020), Elias Pratt in entry for Jeremiah Pratt, 20 Sep 1779; citing Birth, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009522.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCMC-LM8 : 10 November 2020), Capt. Elias Pratt, 14 Mar 1816; citing Death, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009522.

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKL-RYF : accessed 20 January 2021), Elias Pratt, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 449, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,144.

• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRM-G7X : accessed 20 January 2021), Elias Pratt, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 155, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 16; FHL microfilm 205,617.

• Vital Records of Oxford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Mass., 1905); p. 91-3, p. 220, p. 303

• S10 Author: Lovelace, Jayne Pratt Title: The Pratt Directory Abbreviation: Lovelace, Jayne Pratt Publication: Lovelace, Jayne Pratt/12 Apr 2003 Note: Directory extract, "Paternal Lineage of Pascal Fitz Pratt" prepared 12 April 2003 for Cindy Cage; copy in RBN files. Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y

• S17 Author: Cindy Cage Title: Cindy Cage Genealogy Files Abbreviation: Cindy Cage Note: Cindy Cage is a descendant of Cyrus W. Campbell, and a meticulous, painstaking family genealogist.; R. B. Nichol Genealogical Files

• Author: American Historical Society (Cutter, William Richard), New York, 1916; p. 275.
• Repository: Internet Archive, https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14740824976/

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Bob Nichol for creating WikiTree profile Pratt-2038 through the import of Nichol Ancestry.GED on Feb 14, 2013.

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