When William Jared Pratt was born on 22 June 1844, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, William Dickinson Pratt, was 41 and his mother, Wealthy Eddy, was 34. He married Alice Fleet Smart on 1 December 1863, in Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Oneida, Idaho, United States in 1880. He died on 16 June 1909, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Albion Mormon Cemetery, Albion, Cassia, Idaho, United States.
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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.
Possible Related NamesBoth her mother's maiden name and her father's last name was Eddy because they were first cousins. She was descended from the earliest Pilgrims who came to America in search of religious freedom. The …
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