Brief Life History of Parley Parker
When Parley Parker Pratt was born on 12 April 1807, in Burlington, Burlington, Otsego, New York, United States, his father, Jared Pratt, was 37 and his mother, Charity Dickinson, was 31. He married Thankful Halsey on 9 September 1827, in Canaan, Canaan, Columbia, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. He died on 13 May 1857, in Crawford, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Wynn Graveyard, Crawford, Arkansas, United States.
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- Parley Pratt, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- P Packes Pratt, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994" Entry for Mathoni Wood Pratt
- Parley P. Pratt and Mary Ann Stearns, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016" Marriage Licenses
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812 · Manchester Food Riots
The Manchester Food Riots started on April 18, 1812, in Shudehill. The main focus was on the potato market. By 3pm, calvary and infantry soldiers began patrolling the streets and breaking up the crowds.
1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
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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The Extraordinary Life of Parley P. Pratt
http://www.lds.org/ensign/2007/04/the-extraordinary-life-of-parley-p-pratt?lang=eng Ensign article on the life of Parley P. Pratt April 2007, pages 56-61
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