Francis
Ashbury
Pratt
Born in Peru, Clinton, New York, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Nathaniel Mason Pratt
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Harriet Elizabeth (Cole) Pratt
— married
1851 (to 10 Feb 1902) [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Willard N Pratt, Mary J Pratt, Frances Pratt, Harriet Pratt, Melvin D Pratt, Edgar Pratt, Carrie Louise (Pratt) Going and Francis Cole Pratt
Died
at age 74
in Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Apr 2017
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Biography
Francis Pratt is Notable.
Manufacturer and Businessman. A trained mechanical engineer, he was the co-founder of the Pratt and Whitney Company.
Francis was born in New York. [1] He was a trained mechanical engineer, and he was the co-founder of the Pratt and Whitney Company. He utilized gear work for the manufacturing of tools. He promoted interchangeable parts and the adoption of a standard system of gauges for the United States and Europe.
He was living in Hartford, Connecticut by 1870. [2] He is mentioned on a memorial in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States with a death date of 10 February 1902.[3]
Sources
- ↑
Birth and Death Record:
"Connecticut, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934"
FHL Film Number: 3187
Ancestry Record 2557 #2509848 (accessed 6 December 2022)
Francis A Pratt's death (born 15 Feb 1827) in Connecticut. - ↑
1870 Census:
"1870 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1870; Census Place: Hartford Ward 2, Hartford, Connecticut; Roll: M593_100; Page: 476B
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7163 #872030 (accessed 7 December 2022)
Francis A Pratt (43), Tool Manafactner, in Hartford Ward 2, Hartford, Connecticut. Born in New York. - ↑
Memorial:
Find a Grave (has image)
Find A Grave: Memorial #11901447 (accessed 6 December 2022)
Memorial page for Francis Ashbury Pratt Famous memorial (15 Feb 1827-10 Feb 1902), citing Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.
- "History of Pratt & Whitney-American Made Precision Machinery Since 1860" https://www.prattandwhitney.com/History/
- 10 May 1872 passport application
- United States Federal Census: 1870, 1880 & 1900
See also:
- Wikipedia: Francis A. Pratt
- Wikidata: Item Q3356618, en:Wikipedia
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