When Calvin Phillip Pratt was born on 20 April 1838, in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Jacob Pratt, was 46 and his mother, Abigail Lovell Dyer, was 43. He died on 9 January 1843, at the age of 4.
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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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