Brief Life History of Polly
When Polly Post was born on 4 October 1799, in Connecticut, United States, her father, Joshua Post, was 27 and her mother, Molly Dee, was 27. She married Abijah Pratt Jr. on 16 October 1816, in Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Durham, Greene, New York, United States for about 15 years and Rensselaerville, Albany, New York, United States in 1880. She died on 19 June 1881, in Oak Hill, Greene, New York, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Pratt Family Cemetery, Oak Hill, Greene, New York, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (20)
- Mary Pratt in household of Abijah Pratt, "United States Census, 1860"
- Polly Post, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"
- Polly Post Pratt, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1788–1861 Male
1799–1881 Female
Children (11)
1817–1901 Female
1818–1838 Female
1820–1917 Female
1822–1905 Female
1824–1890 Male
+6 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1771–1822 Male
1772–1860 Female
Siblings (14)
1798–1885 Male
1799–1881 Male
1799–1881 Female
1800–1861 Female
1801–1859 Female
+9 More Children
World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 1
1802 · Brass is Discovered
Age 3
1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
Age 22
Name Meaning
North German, Danish, and Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived near a post or pole (Middle Low German, Middle Dutch post, from Latin postis), presumably one of some significance, e.g. serving as a landmark or boundary, or a habitational name from any of several places in northern Germany called Post, probably from this word.
North German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a messenger or mailman, from post ‘mail’.
Probably also an altered form of German Pfost .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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