Brief Life History of John Clark
When John Clark Pratt was born about 1789, in Old Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, his father, John Clark Pratt, was 37 and his mother, Phebe Pratt, was 27. He died on 9 November 1816, in Connecticut, United States, at the age of 28, and was buried in River View Cemetery, Essex Village, Essex, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States.
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- John Clark Pratt, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
- John Clark Pratt, "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955"
- John Clark Pratt, "Find A Grave Index"
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1789
George Washington elected first president of United States.
1789 · The United States Constitution
Originally comprising seven articles, the United States Constitution is the backbone of the law in the Nation. The first three articles talk about the separation of powers, dividing the government into three branches: the legislative, the executive, and the judicial. Articles Four, Five and Six describe the what each state governments have rights to do, how the states and the federal government should act in their relationship, and how the constitutional amendments are shared between all states. The Seventh Article explains and establishes the procedure used by the thirteen States to ratify it. It is regarded as the oldest written and codified national constitution in force. Since the Constitution came into force in 1789, it has been amended 27 times, including an amendment to repeal a previous one.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a clever trickster, from Middle English prat(te), pret ‘cunning, wily, astute’ (a derivative of Old English præt, pret ‘trickery, deception’, which is found in use as a byname in the 11th century). This surname is quite common in southeastern Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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