Ancestry of
Stephen Pratt

(1764–1854)

Stephen Pratt

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Silas Pratt 
  • Mother:
  • Desire -----   
  • Birth Date:
  • 17 Dec 1764 
  • Birth Location:
  • Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 3 Aug 1854 
  • Death Location:
  • Otsego, Allegan, Michigan 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Mountain Home Cemetery, Otsego, Allegan, Michigan 
  • Notes: 

  • There appears to be some disagreement as to the birth and death dates for Stephen Pratt. In his Revolutionary War pension file, both 13 FEB 1762 and 17 DEC 1764 are found on various documents and letters. Evidence submitted with his pension application would indicate that the 17 DEC 1764 date is probably the correct one.

    As for his death date, both 03 AUG 1854 and 17 AUG 1854 are found in the pension file with the latter also appearing on his tombstone. The tombstone appears to be a recent replacement of the original. On 23 MAY 1917 the Hannah McIntosh Cady chapter marked Stephen's grave as a Revolutionary Soldier. They recorded his death date as 03 AUG 1854. Stephen's wife Rhoda also gave his death date as 03 AUG 1854 which is probably the correct date.

• Marriages for Stephen Pratt

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  • Spouse:
  • Rhoda Sherwood
  • Marriage Date:
  • 22 Nov 1787
  • Marriage Location:
  • Pownal, Bennington, Vermont

• Sources for Stephen Pratt

  • ¹ Federal Census, MI, Allegan County, 1850, Otsego, Image 6 of 20.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 06/04/2015).
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Williamstown, Vol. 1, p. 123, Marriage of Stephen Pratt and Rhoda Sharwood in Pownal.
  • ⁴ Revolutionary War Pensions, Pension file for Stephen Pratt.
  • ⁵ Cutter, William Richard, Genealogical and Family History of Central New York: A Record of the Achievements of Her People . . ., Vol. 1, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1912), 109.
  • ⁶ Lovelace, Jayne Pratt, The Pratt Directory, Arlington Heights, Illinois: Ancestor House (1980), 564, 574.
  • ⁷ Silliman, Sue Imogene, Michigan Military Records: The D.A.R. of Michigan Historical Collections, Records of the . . ., Bulletin No. 12, Lansing, Michigan: Michigan Historical Commission (1920), 63.