When Jacob Francis Pratt was born on 26 February 1840, in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Jacob Pratt, was 48 and his mother, Abigail Lovell Dyer, was 45. He died on 26 January 1842, at the age of 1.
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1792–1874 Male
1794–1874 Female
1829–1906 Female
1834–1836 Female
1838–1843 Male
1840–1842 Male
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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