Whitcomb Pratt^{[1, 2]}

1725 - Abt 1782  (56 years)

• Name	Whitcomb Pratt
  Born	7 Oct 1725	Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts   [3]
  Gender	Male
  _FSFTID	LHKM-GLY
  _UID	BEC703B862C44482B226A6EB6B260DB5E84B
  Died	Abt 1782	Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I2990	Strong History
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Lt. Nathaniel Pratt,   b. 26 Oct 1702, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts ,   d. 16 Jul 1779, Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Whitcomb,   b. 13 Feb 1704, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. 26 Sep 1775, Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age 71 years)
  Married	7 Dec 1724	Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F1007	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth (Betty) Gurney,   b. 19 Jun 1728, Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. 10 Apr 1801, Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age 72 years)
  Married	14 Jan 1748	Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [5]
  Children	1. Elizabeth Pratt,   b. 7 Nov 1748, Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. 1 Jul 1830  (Age 81 years)   2. Nathaniel Pratt,   b. 17 Nov 1750, Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. 1778, Bennington, Vermont  (Age 27 years)   3. Thomas Pratt,   b. 1 Feb 1752, Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. 8 Mar 1829, Alms House, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts  (Age 77 years)   4. Olive Pratt,   b. 25 Jul 1755, Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Chloe Pratt,   b. 19 Aug 1758, Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. 28 Feb 1833, Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age 74 years)   6. Whitcomb Pratt,   b. 23 Mar 1761, Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. 13 Jan 1839, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts  (Age 77 years)   7. Daniel Lincoln Pratt,   b. 17 Mar 1766, Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. 1844  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	14 Jan 2020
  Family ID	F837	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  PRATT, WHITCOMB, Abington. Petition dated Camp at Hull, Sept. 17, 1776, signed by said Pratt and others belonging to battalion stationed at Hull, asking for increase and payment of wages; also, Private, Capt. Joseph Trufant's co., Col. Josiah Whitney's regt.; enlisted June 3,1776; service to Dec. 1,1776, 5 mos. 27 days; roll dated Camp at Hull; also, Capt. Joseph Trufant's co.; service from Dec. I, 1776, to Jan. I, 1777, 1 mo.; company raised for defence of seacoast and stationed at Hull; alBo, return of men mustered for Col. RobInson's regt. by James Hatch, Muster Master for Plymouth Co., to serve In the New England states until Jan. 1,1778, dated July 26, 1777; enlisted by Capt. Cole; also, Capt. Joseph Cole's co., Col. Robinson's regt.; enlisted July 6, 1777; service, 5 mos. 25 days, at Rhode Island; also, Private, Capt. Nathan Packard's co., Col. Thomas Carpenter's regt.; entered service Aug. 3, 1778; discharged Sept. 9, 1778; service, 1 mo. 7 days, at Rhode Island; also, descriptive list of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army tor the term of 6 months, agreeable to resolve of June 5,1780, returned as received of Justin Ely, Commissioner, by Brig. Gen. John Glover, at Springfield, July 15, 1780; age, 19 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 8 In.; complexion, ruddy; engaged for town of Abington; marched to camp July 10, 1780, under command of Capt. James Cooper; also, pay roll for 6 months men ralsed by the town of Abington for service in the Continental Army during 1780; marched to camp July 10,1780; discharged Dec. 20, 1780; service, 5 mos. 22 days, Including tmvel (240 miles) home. - Massachusetts Sailors and Soldiers of the Revolutionary War

  
  

• Sources

  [S12] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees. [S537] Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850. Marriage date: 14 Jan 1747 Marriage place: Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts [S361] History of Weymouth, Massachusetts, Vol. IV, Page 510. [S360] Vital records of Weymouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, Vol.II Marriages and Deaths, Page 153. [S362] Vital records of Abington, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, Vol. II Marriages and Deaths, Page 166.