Jeremiah Pray

Other Events and Attributes:

• Property: 5 Apr 1792, Foster, Providence Co, Rhode Island

Notes:

Property:
Rhode Island Families 2:267
Heirs sign quitclaim to Jonathan 1792 5 Apr ? Age: 67
Foster, Providence Co., RI
Signers: John, Gloucester; Jeremiah, Foster; Joseph, Killingly, CT; Simeon Seamans & Abigail; Squire Bucklin & Amy, Foster; Jason Pray & Amey, Foster; Deborah Pray, wife of John.

Jeremiah married Ruth Burgess about 1790 in Foster, Providence Co, Rhode Island. Ruth was born on 19 Sep 1769; died on 28 Apr 1840 in Glocester, Providence Co, Rhode Island; was buried in Turner-Cooke Lot, Glocester, Providence Co, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: 1748, Scituate, Providence Co, Rhode Island
• Other-Begin: 31 Dec 1750, Foster, Providence Co, Rhode Island
• Property: 25 Apr 1761, Foster, Providence Co, Rhode Island
• Property: 5 Apr 1792, Foster, Providence Co, Rhode Island

Notes:

Birth:
marriage record shows b 1724 CT. Birth record shows Wrentham, but probably in actuality was either Foster or Scituate, Providence Co, Rhode Island. When the Connecticut and Rhode Island boundary was established, areas of Foster Rhode Island became part of Killingly, Windom Co, Connecticut.



Other-Begin:
became freeman 1748 (Rhode Island Freemen 1747-1755)

Other-Begin:
Administers brother John's estate 31 est 1850, at age 26.
He (Jonathan Pray) renders account John's estate & takes receipts for £18 13s 2d each from following brothers and sisters: Elijah Blake & wife Susan, Hugh Pray Jr., John Greabeak & wife Patience, Abner Hopkins & wife Mary, and sister Abigail Pray.
Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, p 359
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/3625543/person/-1704280948

Property:
Administers father Hugh Sr's estate at age 36
25 Apr 1761, Foster, Providence Co, Rhode Island
Eldest son Jonathan presented Hugh's Inventory: £156, 1s. viz: pocketbook and money £33, 2s., pewter, cow, heifer, paid oxen, 2 sheep, lamb, hog, riding beast etc.
(at time of Hugh Sr.'s estate, John, the oldest son, had passed about 10 yrs previous.)

Property:
Rhode Island Families 2:267
Heirs sign quitclaim to Jonathan1792 5 Apr ? Age: 67Foster, Providence Co., RISigners: John, Gloucester; Jeremiah, Foster; Joseph, Killingly, CT; Simeon Seamans & Abigail; Squire Bucklin & Amy, Foster; Jason Pray & Amey, Foster; Deborah Pray, wife of John.

Jonathan married Phoebe Aldrich in 1748 in Providence Co, Rhode Island. Phoebe (daughter of Jonathan Aldrich and Abigail Walker) was born on 7 Jan 1728 in Wrentham, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts; died on 17 Dec 1832 in Foster, Providence Co, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Name: Phebe Aldrich
Birth Date: 7 Jan 1728
Birth Place: Rhode Island, USA
Father Name: Jonathan Aldrich
Mother Name: Abigail Aldrich

Notes:

Married:
Name: Pheobe Aldrich
Spouse: Jonathan Pray
Birth: 1728 - MA
Birth: 1724 - CT
Marriage: 1748

Other Events and Attributes:

• Property: 20 Sep 1726, Scituate, Providence Co, Rhode Island
• Will: 25 Apr 1761, Foster, Providence Co, Rhode Island

Notes:

Wrentham Births,
pg 171
Pray, Abagail, d of Hugh and Abagail, Jun 1, 1719
Ann, d of Hew and Abigail, Mar 4, 1734-5
David, s of Hugh and Abigail, Mar 18, 1738-9
pg 172
Pray, Hugh s of Hugh and Abagail, Aug 9, 1726
Jeremiah, s of Hew and Abigail, Apr 1, 1733
John, s of Hugh and Abagail, Dec 3, 1722
Jonathan, s of Hugh and Abagail, Sept. 9, 1724
Martha, d of Hugh and Abagail, Oct 14, 1728.
Mercy, d of Hugh and Abigail, Oct 7, 1741
Patience, d of Hugh and Abagail, Jul 8 1718.
Sarah, d of Hugh and Abgail, Mar 29, 1721.


Property:
Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island p 359
High Sr. sells John Pray Jr. 30 acres for £14 10s 1726 20 Sep -- Age: 39 Scituate, Providence Co., RI

(this is probably son of his brother John Jr. who had died in 1751.)


Will:
Administers father Hugh Sr's estate at age 36
25 Apr 1761, Foster, Providence Co, Rhode Island
Eldest son Jonathan presented Hugh's Inventory: £156, 1s. viz: pocketbook and money £33, 2s., pewter, cow, heifer, paid oxen, 2 sheep, lamb, hog, riding beast etc.
(at time of Hugh Sr.'s estate, John, the oldest son, had passed about 10 yrs previous.)

Hugh married Abigail Blake on 22 Feb 1716 in Boston, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts. Abigail was born on 30 Jul 1698 in Wrentham, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts; died in 1775 in Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Hugh Pray & Abigail Blak both of Wrentham Married By Sam. Cheekley Esq. J. P. on Feb. 22, 1716

Jonathan married Abigail Walker about 1720. Abigail (daughter of Archibald Walker and Mary Gardner (Gardiner)) was born on 13 Jan 1699 in Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island; died after 1740. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: May 1671, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island
• Property: 21 May 1675, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island
• Other-Begin: 1676, King Philip's War, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island
• Other-Begin: Jan 1677, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island
• Residence: 1 Jul 1679, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island
• Other-Begin: Between 1680 and 1684, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island
• Residence: 16 May 1680, Pautuckett River, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island
• Other-Begin: 2 Jun 1684, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island
• Other-Begin: 1687, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island
• Property: Between 1687 and 1696, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island
• Other-Begin: Abt Feb 1691, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island
• Property: 8 Nov 1696, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island
• Property: Jan 1697, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island
• Property: 20 Sep 1708, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island
• Property: 7 Apr 1714, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island
• Property: 23 Jul 1717, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island
• Property: 29 May 1721, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island
• Property: 27 Mar 1724, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island
• Will: 29 Apr 1733, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island; written
• Will: 1 Feb 1734, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island; proved

Notes:

Title: The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island
According to this book John Pray was the son of Richard, son of Quentin.
John d. 9 Oct 1733 in Providence, RI. His wife was Sarah Brown who died sometime after her husband. They were married 14 Nov 1678.

Children: Richard, John, Hugh, Mary Pray m. ----- Brown, Catherine Pray m. ------ Comstock,
Sarah Pray m. ------ Brown, Penelope Pray m. ------
Aldrich, Martha Pray m. ---- Wilkinson.

(It looks like this info may have come from a will as they don't have the first names of any of the son in laws.)

"John Pray was a resident of Providence, Rhode Island. It was recorded 14 Aug 1676 that he was one of those "who staid and went not away" in King Philip's War. John was declared a freeman in 1682. He named his father, Richard Pray, in an indenture dated 6 March 1694 and again 27 May 1724 when
he deeded land to David Shippee. He deeded his house and lands where he lived to his son, Richard, 29 Mar 1733.

John Pray died testate. In his will dated 23 July 1717 and proved 1 Feb, he named his wife, Sarah, and each of his children".

A listed source is "The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island", p. 359.

Richard Pray son of Quentin was b. in 1630 in England; d. in 1693, Providence, RI. Wife, Mary. d. in 1686.

Children: Ephraim and John

Elizabeth, widow of Benjamin Hearnden, d. after 1701, m. Richard Pray, 1688.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=070664&id=I0933


Other-Begin:
Makes Oath of Allegiance to Charles II

Property:
Father Richard deeds him house & land
1675 21 May ? Age: 22
Providence, Providence Co., RI
Richard gives him his dwelling house at Loquasqussuck with all its fencing and fruit trees and a half Purchase Right in lands and meadows which Richard was given by the town as an original Purchaser.
Early Records of the Town of Providence 14:214-215

Other-Begin:
Was ?one who staid and went not away? during King Philip's War 1676 ? Age: 23
Providence, Providence Co., RI
Those staying won a share in disposition of Indian captives whose services were sold for a term of years. On 14 Aug. is on the committee of the First Company of Indians meeting to settle disposal of captives; signs letter concerning those plans.
Early Records of the Town of Providence 15:151, 154, 156

Other-Begin:
Signs letter relieving committee of Indian duties
Jan (assuming following January)
Providence, Providence Co., RI

Letter releases Thomas Fenner, William Hopkins and John Whipple Jr. from task of selling the captive Indians? indentures, for which the members of the Company each received 16s 4 pence half penny.

?Early Records of the Town of Providence 15:161-162

Residence:
Taxed 1s 10 1/2d 1679 1 Jul ? Age: 26
Providence, Providence Co., RI
Early Records of the Town of Providence 15:187

Other-Begin:
Petitions for a highway Feb Providence, Providence Co., RI
John and John Wilkenson petition the town council to have a highway laid out at Loquasquassuck ?to goe up into ye country.?
Early Records of the Town of Providence 8:128

Residence:
His dwelling house on valley on Pautuckett River mentioned
1680 16 May ? Age: 27
Providence, Providence Co., RI
The description is for land laid out to Joseph Woodward, husband of sister Mary.
Early Records of the Town of Providence 14:50

Other-Begin:
Chosen constable 1684 2 Jun ? Age: 31
Providence, Providence Co., RI
Early Records of the Town of Providence 8:140

Other-Begin:
Pays a 1s 2d tax 1687 ? Age: 34
Providence, Providence Co., RI
Levied to pay Joseph Woodward for bringing up Thomas Waters? child.
Early Records of the Town of Providence 17:108

Property:
(date not given - only estimate)
Exchanges acreage with John Whipple Mar Providence, Providence Co., RI
John Whipple deeds John 6 acres, part swamp & part dry lowland, on the west side of the Pautuckett River at Loquasqussuck, part of Whipple?s farm. In turn Pray gives Whipple 6 acres adjoining eastern part of Whipple?s farm deeded Pray by father Richard.
?Early Record of the Town of Providence 14:235-236, 264-266

Other-Begin:
(Dated only "February, perhaps 1691?) - witnessed a land deal between John Daley and Ann Pratt.
Probably pertaining to property deal where John Daley had bought 90 acres from a James Phillips on Aug 27, 1689; and exchanged this farm for one owned by Anne Pratt, June 2, 1690.

Property:
Has 22 acres laid out to John* Pray
1696 8 Dec ? Age: 43
Providence, Providence Co., RI
The land was from the Second division in Right of John* Pray's deceased father Richard. The acres were originally laid out on John Mawrey?s land by mistake & the new site is on both sides of the Wanasquatuckett River downstream from Nonplus Hill.

Property:
Sells 1/2 of a whole Purchase Right
Jan (assume of year 1697)
Providence, Providence Co., RI
The land was a Whole Purchase Right of ?thatchbedd? out of the Right which belonged to his father Richard Pray.
Early Records of the Town of Providence 20:176

Property:
sells William Crawford half a 40-foot lot by the Salt Water
1708 20 Sep ? Age: 55
Providence, Providence Co., RI
The acres, purchased by his father Richard, were sold for £2 5s.
Early Records of the Town of Providence 20:278-279

Property:
sells 80 acres to Joseph Davis for £40
Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island p. 359

Property:
Deeds home farm to son Richard
1717 23 Jul ? Age: 64
Providence, Providence Co., RI
Deed for love all his farm where he dwells, with dwelling house, that is half at signing and half at decease of both parents.

Property:
Sells John Inman 16 acres in original Right of Richard Pray
1721 29 May ? Age 68
Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island p. 359

Property:
Sells David Shippe 10 acres for £3 10s
1724 27 Mar ? Age: 71
Providence, Providence Co., RI
Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island p. 359

Will:
Will: 29 APR 1733 Providence, Providence, RI
Note: "Pray, John, of Providence, husbandman, being aged. Will dated 29 Apr 1726, proved 5 Feb 1733/4, pgs 1-3. Mentions: Wife Sarah. Sons John, Hugh, & Richard. Daughters Mary Brown, Cathrin Comstock, Sarah Brown, Penalopy Aldrich, & Martha Wilkenson."
Rhode Island Families 2:266 abstracted from Smithfield book 1:1

Death: 9 OCT 1733 in Smithfield, Providence, RI


Will:
Will proved 1 Feb. 1734 (1733/4). Inventory: £64, 4s, viz: wearing apparel, books, copper pennies, featherbed, wood bed, flock bed, pewter, warming pan, 2 razors, yarn, 2 cows, calf, 15 sheep.
Rhode Island Families 2:266 citing Smithfield Probate 1:1
U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700

John* married Sarah* Brown on 14 Nov 1678 in Providence Co, Rhode Island. Sarah* (daughter of John* Brown, (immigrant) and Mary* Holmes, (immigrant)) was born about 1657 in Providence Co, Rhode Island; died about 1733 in Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
On 18 Sept. John and Sarah publish their intention to marry and are married on 14 Nov. by Thomas Olney Jr.

Early Records of the Town of Providence 9:188
U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 31 Oct 1668, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island
• Will: 29 Nov 1729, Scituate, Providence Co, Rhode Island; written

Notes:

Was a miller, lived & died in Scituate, RI.

Will:
Will written 29 NOV 1729 Scituate, Plymouth, MA
"Aldrich, John, of Providence. Will dated 29 Nov 1729, proved 21 Dec 1732, pgs 17-18. Mentions: Wife Martha. Sons John, David, Aaron, Richard, Noah, & Joseph."
Death: 17 MAY 1731 in Scituate, Plymouth, MA

John married Martha Evans on 20 Mar 1698 in Scituate, Providence Co, Rhode Island. Martha was born on 19 Jan 1678 in Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island; died in 1735 in Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Archibald married Mary Gardner (Gardiner) about 1697 in Providence Co, Rhode Island. Mary (daughter of George Gardner, (Immigrant) and Lydia Ballou) was born in 1674 in Newport Twp, Newport Co, Rhode Island; died in 1704 in Providence Co, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]