Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Pratt was born about 1767, in Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Isaac Pratt, was 36 and his mother, Sarah Parmenter, was 29. He married Hannah Hempsted about 1790, in Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Oneida, New York, United States in 1810 and Westmoreland, Oneida, New York, United States for about 10 years. He died on 2 November 1844, in Lowell, Westmoreland, Oneida, New York, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, Westmoreland, Oneida, New York, United States.
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- Samuel Pratt, "United States Census, 1840"
- Samuel Pratt, "Find A Grave Index"
- Daniel Shed Genealogy: Ancestry and Descendants of Daniel Shed of Braintree, Massachusetts, 1327-1920.
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New York is the 11th state.
1788 · The First Presidential Election
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.
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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