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Nathaniel and Elizabeth removed from Weymouth to Abington where sometime after the children were born. Nathaniel served as a Selectman in 1752 in Abington. He was a carver of stone in and around the South Shore towns of Massachusetts passing the trade down to his son Noah and Noah to his sons. He was a member of the Committee of Correspondance of Abington in 1774 denouncing and rejecting the duty placed on the imported tea of the East India Tea Company to be paid by Americans to the British Crown. It was about this time that Abington started to formaly organize militarily supplying all men 16 years of age or older with firearms and ammunition and recruiting soldiers in a build-up to the Revolutionary War.

Lt. married Elizabeth Whitcomb on 7 Dec 1724 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert Whetcomb and Elizabeth Buck) was born on 13 Feb 1704 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died on 26 Sep 1775 in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

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John Pratt early in life attained the rank of Lieutenant, and as "Lieut. John," his name frequently appears on the town records in positions of trust and honor. He was a man of great energy, not only in the affairs of the town and military matters, but also in the church. His pew was near that of his brother Ebenezer, " on the west side of the great dore" of the meeting-house, for which he paid £3. Lieutenant John Pratt was mentioned in the will of his uncle, John Pratt. - Genealogy of Edward Small - The Pratt Family

Lt. married Elizabeth Swift in 1702 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Swift and Elizabeth Vose) was born on 21 Aug 1662 in Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died on 25 Dec 1736 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

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Robert married Elizabeth Buck. Elizabeth (daughter of Lieut. Isaac Buck and Frances Marsh) and died. [Group Sheet]

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From his father Mathew's will Samuel received "I doe give to my son Samuel Pratt twelve acers of land neere his house. Four acres of it was William Brandems & eight acres of it was John Gurney's & when hee hath fenct it out as far as it is pasture hee shall have it and not before. & I doe give him one acre of Salt Marsh by John Pratt's house at my decease. And I doe give him that part of my common lott laide out to mee at Smell Brooke. Ad I doe give him my two acres of Swamp lot where it is in the woods. Ad hee shall have one Cow instead of that spot I thought hee should have in my Orchard. - The Pratt family : a genealogical record of Mathew Pratt, of Weymouth, Mass., and his American descendants, 1623-1889, P. 20
Samuel Pratt of Weymouth "being sick & weake & minding his mortality" made his will 12 Apr 1679, and it was proved 16 Oct 1679. He appointed his loving wife and his brother John Rogers to be executors. His wife to have his whole estate until his children are of age. If his wife Hannah Pratt marry again she shall have £20. To his son John Pratt certain lands. To son Samuel Pratt half of his lot "at pen plaine." Son Ebenezer Pratt one-half of his housing and land adjoining. All the rest of his children £7 apiece. His son John Pratt to have half of a certain lot and a part of his 40 acre lot "neere Pen plaine." Son Samuel Pratt remainder of lot "at pen plaine." His brother Joseph Pratt, John Richards and Samuel White to be over seers. Witnesses: John Rogers, Jonas Humphrey and Joseph Dyer. (Suffolk Probate, 6: 307.) Inventory taken 5 Sep 1679. Item: "12 acres neere Hezekiak Kings house £24." Total, L275 12s. - History of Weymouth, Vol. IV, P. 503

Samuel married Hannah Rogers on 19 Sep 1660 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of Deacon John Rogers and Judith) was born about 1641 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died on 16 Oct 1715 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

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Thomas married Elizabeth Vose. Elizabeth and died. [Group Sheet]

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Robert remained in Scituate when the family removed to Lancaster. He and Mary were the first to settle in the "Beeches" the family place there. - Genesis of the White Family, 1920

Robert married Mary Cudworth on 9 Mar 1661. Mary was born in 1637 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died about 1699 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

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"Lieut. Isaac BUCK, Blacksmith was a brother of John, and was in Scituate before 1647. He purchased the house of Jeremiah BURROUGHS, which had been that of Resolved WHITE at Belle house neck. In 1660, he built a house near the Harbour, on the Buck field, so called even now. The house of Anthony WATERMAN, lately deceased, occupies the spot. He was a very useful man, often engaged in publick business, and the Clerk of the Town for many years. He was a Lieut. in Philip's War, and repulsed the Indians with great bravery from Scituate in March 1676. He died intestate 1695. Commissioners divided his estate as follows: "To Frances the widow the house in which she now lives. To Thomas, the land where his house stands. To the heirs of the second son James, & c. To Joseph - to Jonathan and Benjamin, (sons of Lieut. B.) To Elizabeth, wife of Robert WHITCOMB To Mehitabel, wife of Stephen CHITTENDEN To Ruth, wife of Joseph GARRETT, and Deborah wife of Henry MERRITT."Beside these children there is a son Isaac amongst the baptisms: but he may have died early. A son John is also incidentally mentioned in other records. He left a son Dea. Isaac, who was the last of the name in Scituate. He lived at the northeast of Hoop-pole hill, thirty rods south of late Judge Nathan CUSHINGS's residence. He deceased more than seventy-five years since." - History of Scituate, Massachusetts, From It's First Settlement to 1831
The colony's soldiers were rewarded with land, as had been promised by the court. On 10 March 1675/76 the court observed that soldiers sent out on the first expedition had been promised money or land, and, there being no money, certain tracts of land valued at £1,000 would be given them. On 21 July 1676 a list of names of twelve men from Scituate was approved by the Council of War to receive lands ranging in value from £21 for William Hatch to £10 for Lt. Isaac Buck." - Plymouth Colony: Its History and People 1620-1691
"Isaac BUCK was a Representative in the Town of Scituate in 1663, 1664, 1665. He was a Selectman in 1668, 1677, 1678, 1679, 1680 and the Town Clerk from 1674 to 1677." - Civil, military and professional lists of Plymouth and Rhode Island colonies: 1621-1700

Lieut. married Frances Marsh. Frances and died. [Group Sheet]

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Research done by Frederick J. Nicholson and published in the American Genealogist in 1990 uncovered compelling evidence that Mathew Pratt was in fact Macuth Pratt of Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, England. Baptismal and marriage records there prove the date and place of baptisms and marriage and identity of further ancestors. This evidence also would approximate the date of his arrival to the Massachusetts Bay Colony at about 1638. This research will supercede the presumed facts found in The Pratt family : a genealogical record of Mathew Pratt, of Weymouth, Mass., and his American descendants, 1623-1889 published in 1890 by Francis Pratt.
The name of Pratt occurs upon the records of Weymouth more frequently than that of any other name, and the family has had from the early settlement a larger membership than any other family, and at the present day it courts its numbers among the largest.
The original planter Mathew, whose name is sometimes spelled upon the records Macute, Macuth, Micath, and Micareth, but evidently the same individual, was undoubtedly among the earliest settlers of the town, and came, possibly, or rather probably, with the Gorges Company, although there is no positive evidence of the fact. Yet the fact that this name appears upon no subsequent list, and he is found among the list of land-owners in about 1643, the first recorded list, and recognized as "an old resident," makes the probability almost a certainty.
In the record of "possessions," which dates about 1643, is a descriptiou of his property, consisting of twenty acres in "the mill field " and eighteen acres "on Mill River," which would locate it centrally in the present village of East Weymouth; and it might be possible with care to indicate very nearly the identical property. In this list his name is spelled Mathew; and since this spelling follows through many successive generations, it was probably his true name. - The Pratt family : a genealogical record of Mathew Pratt, of Weymouth, Mass., and his American descendants, 1623-1889
Mathew Pratt, whose Christian name appears as Macute, Macuth, Macaeth, Micareth, was "an old resident" of Weymouth. He had twenty acres granted to him " in the mill field" (now East Weymouth) and eighteen acres on the west side of "mill River." He was made a freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony 13 May, 1640. In Feb. 1648, he was chosen a "townsman" (selectman). He died at Weymouth, 29 Aug. 1672. He made his will 25 Mar. 1672, and it was proved 30 Apr. 1673. To his wife Elizabeth Pratt the use of his estate for her natural life. To son Thomas Pratt lands after his wife's decease, and land at "Hollie" upon condition that he pay "my Daughter Chard" £4. To son Matthew Pratt lands on like condition. To son John Pratt "an ewe and lamb." To son Samuel Pratt land near his house. To son Joseph Pratt a lot at the pond. To his daughter Chard £7, and to her daughter Johannah Chard his best bed. To his daughter White a parcel of land. To his son Thomas Pratt's daughter Sarah £5. To Thomas Pratt's son William Pratt half of a mare. Wife to be executrix. "His Pastor Mr. Samuel Torrey and his Kinsman Elder Edward Bates, and his son Thomas Pratt" to be overseers. Witnesses: Edward Bates and Thomas Dyer. The inventory of Mathew Pratt who deceased Aug. 29, 1672, was taken 12 Dec. 1672. - The Pratt family : a genealogical record of Mathew Pratt, of Weymouth, Mass., and his American descendants, 1623-1889
The will of Mathew Pratt, Suffolk County Probate Office at Boston. It is dated March 25, 1672, probated April 30, 1673, recorded May 20, 1673 and is as follows: Mathew Pratt of Weymouth, being in health of body and having a competent use of his understanding and memory does make this to be his last will and Testament as folloe & saith -- First, I doe and bequeath my Soul to God that gave it, & after my decease my body to be decently buried and all my Debts honestly paide, and then all my wordly goods I dispose of thus --
I doe give to my loving wife Elizabeth Pratt all my whole Estate reall and personall, which is hereafter exprest, that is for her natural life.
I doe give to my Son Thomas Pratt after my wives decease, these parcells of land as folloe, four acres of land that did belong to Shaw’s house & my share of land that I bought of James Nash & that fifteen acres I bought of Deacon John Rogers & I doe give her that little Island in the fresh pond. I doe give him ten acres in the Cedar Swamp plaine which was a part of my great lott; Ad I doe give him my share in the two acres & half of Salt Marsh at Hollie, upon the condition hee shall pay to my Daughter Chard at my wives decease four pounds.
I doe give to my Son Matthew Pratt at my wives decease these parcells of house & land as follow my now dwelling house with all my houseing and all my Orchard & my land adjoining twenty acres bee it more or less. Ad I doe give him ten acres in the Cedar Swamp plaine which is also a part of my great lott provided hee pay to my Daughter Chard or her assignees three pounds at my wives decease.
I doe give to my Son John Pratt an ewe and lamb.
I doe give to my Son Samuel Pratt twelve acres of land neere his house. Four acres of it was William Brandems & eight acres of it was John Gurney’s & when hee hath fenet it out as far as it is pasture hee shall have it and not before. & I doe give him one acre of Salt Marsh by John Pratt’s house at my decease. And I doe give him that part of my common lott laide out to mee at Smell Brooke; Ad I doe give him my two acres of Swamp lot where it is in the woods. Ad hee shall have one Cow instead of that spot I thought hee should have in my Orchard.
I doe give to my Son Joseph Pratt that lott that was first Edward Bennetts at the pond twenty acres bee it more or less.
I doe give to my Daughter Chard seven pound sterling in good pay at my wives decease, which is to bee paide by Thomas Pratt & Matthew Pratt as above is expressed; Ad I doe give to her Daughter Johannah Chard my best bed & Coverlid at my wives decease.
I doe give to my Daughter White after my wives decease all that parcell of land that I have in land which is of Marsh & upland about three or four acres which is all except that which is above given to my Son Thomas Pratt & I doe give her two Ewes at my decease --
I doe give to my Son Thomas Pratt’s Daughter Sarah five pounds at my wives decease.
I doe give to Thomas Pratt’s son William Pratt that halfe mare and her increase that is between Thomas Pratt & myself to be decided at my decease.
I doe appoint my loving wife to bee my Sole Executrix to fulfill all this my last will & to have full power improve my whole Estate for her life & at her decease to give what she leaves to my Children & their Children as she shall then please.
I doe desire the Reverend Pastor Mr. Samuell Torrey & my Kinsman Elder Edward Bate & my Son Thomas Pratt to bee the overSeers to see that this my will bee in all points fulfilled; I doe also comit full power into the hands of these OverSeers to sell or dispose of any thing that I have left to my wife; if she shall have need of it for her comfortable livelihood; but not otherwise to dispose of any land but as above expressed, and hereunto I have set my hand & Seal the twenty-fifth of March 1672. Signed Sealed in the presence of us Edward Bate and Thomas Dyer.

Macuth married Elizabeth Kingham on 9 Nov 1619 in Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of William Kingham and Catherine Bate) was born before 17 Aug 1600 in Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, England; and died. [Group Sheet]

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Deacon married Judith. Judith and died. [Group Sheet]

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John immigrated from England before 1635 and settled in Dorchester, Mass. where he was a church member there. Later events show him to have been well-to-do for the times, a man of intelligence and enterprise, much given to the buying and selling of land.
In 1640 he removed to Scituate, where he owned land, one piece being a farm of one hundred and eight acres near the mouth of the North River, on the Marshfield side, and after 1646, when he became one of the Conihasset partners, he owned the lands which through that transaction became his share.
While in Scituate he was a constable, then one of the most important offices. He was admitted freeman 3 Jun 1652. In 1654 he removed to Lancaster, Mass. Some of the children remained behind in Scituate. John and his son John are counted amoung the poineer settlers of Lancaster, orginally the Nashway Plantation. - Genesis of the White Family, 1920

John married Frances in England. died on 17 May 1671 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

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