When Hannah Pratt was born about 1789, in West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States, her father, Amasa Pratt, was 38 and her mother, Freelove Tefft, was 34. She married Nathaniel Tanner in 1809, in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died in November 1831, in Voluntown, New London, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Kennedy Cemetery, Voluntown, New London, Connecticut, United States.
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The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.
On May 29, 1790, Rhode Island becomes the last of the original 13 colonies to become a state.
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.
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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