Name |
Richard* Pray |
Suffix |
(immigrant) |
Birth |
Abt 1628 |
England |
Gender |
Male |
Emigration |
1642 |
"Ann Cleave" from London, England |
Property |
25 Jan 1657 |
Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island |
from Thomas Walling |
- He (Thomas Walling) sold a home share of land January 25, 1657, to Richard Pray
|
Property |
Bef 1671 |
Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island |
- Vol. III:206-7 7 Mar 1671 Deed of sale. Stephen Paine of Rehoboth sold to Samuel Whipple three house lots, with a dwelling house, and all of the out housing standing upon the lots, which Stephen Paine purchased from Mary Mowry, executor of the estate of her deceased husband Roger Mowry. One lot originally belonged to Daniel Comstock, one to John Smith, and one to Richard Prey, all of Providence. Also one right of commoning, one 25 acre right of commoning both reaching westward as the seven mile line. [Rec. 21 Sep 1671]
(do not have record of when Richard Pray became in possession of this property or disposed of it where Stephen Paine would become owner.)
The Early Records of the Town of Providence:
Vol I, p.58-59 4 May 1661 Anne Smith, widow, formerly wife unto John Smith and also unto Samuel Comstock sold to Roger Mawrey the house and home share of land (4 acres) which formerly belonged to John Smith, mason, and was purchased of the said John Smith by her husband Samuel Comstock. Land bounded on the North with home share of Robert Colwell and on the South by Roger Mawrey.
discussion from http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~katy/comstk/b290.html
When Mary Mowry, widow of Roger & Administrator of his estate sold property to
Stephen Paine of Rehoboth [senior] in New Plimouth Colony, there was a better description of the property of Samuel Comstock. Mary Mowry sold three house Lotts or home Shares, one originally belonging to Daniel Comstock, another belonged to John Smith, the third belonged to Richard Prey. The lots with housing are in"the north part of ...Towne of Providence. Bounding on the south side the home share of Lawrance Willkenson; the north with a home share formerly belonging to Edward Inman, on the East with the Common, or high way & on the west End with the high way, or Towne streete. She also sold to Stephon Paine, one puchase Right of Commoning within the limits of the Towne of Providence, reading so far west ward as the seven mile line and a 25 acres right of Commoning reaching so far West as the said seven mile, and the lands that belonged to the said two Rights of Comming on the East side the seven mile line which was not devided before my said husband Roger "Mawrey" his decease.
1 Sep 1671
Early Record of Providence, Vol. III, p.209-213
2 Sept 1671 Stephen Paine of Rehoboth of Plimouth, sold to Samuel Whipple of Rhode Island & Providence Planatation, three house lots or home shares with dwellings and out houses, in the north part of the Town of Providence. Bounded on the South with the home share of Lawrence Wilkenson, the north by Edward Inman, the East by the Common, or highway, and on the West with the high way, or Town Street. They were purchased by me of Mary Mawrey, Executrix of her deceased husband Roger Mawrey. One of the lots originally belonged to Daniel Comstock, former inhabitant, another to John Smith, inhabitant of Providence, the third did belong to Richard Prey of Providence. Vol. III, p.206-209
John Smith, the Mason, had sold his house lot to Samuel Comstock in 1654. In 1661, Anne, widow first of Samuel, then widow of John Smith, son of the John, the mason, had sold it to Roger Mowry in 1661.
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Property |
21 May 1675 |
Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island |
- Father Richard deeds him house & land
1675 21 May ? Age: 22
Providence, Providence Co., RI
Richard gives him (son John) 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
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Residence |
North Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island |
- Eighteenth-century settlement was sparse with most
of what is North Providence today divided into five farms
held by Richard Pray, John Smith, Epenetus Olney, John
Whipple and Thomas Angell. The earliest surviving dwellings
are one-and-a-half-story, gable- or gambrel-roofed struc
tures with massive brick chimneys dating from the middle of
the eighteenth century.
Historic and Architectural Resources
of North Providence, Rhode Island:
A Preliminary Report
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS
PRELIMINARY SURVEY REPORT
TOWN OF NORTH PROVIDENCE
APRIL 1978
http://www.preservation.ri.gov/pdfs_zips_downloads/survey_pdfs/north_providence.pdf
|
Death |
1693 |
Providence Co, Rhode Island |
Notes |
- Possibly first lived in York, Maine.
Richard Pray.....He called himself a collier; so calling himself in deeds. He and wife Mary bought of Robert Coles his house and lot near Thomas Olney's house and near the pound. In 1655 he was appointed by the Court of Commissioneds to keep a house of entertainment. A convenient sign was to be set out at the most perspicous place of said house to give notice to strangers. 1667 He and wife Mary having petitioned assembly for a divorce and final parting; it was not granted, so far as to allow either to marry again, though they could live apart. 1672 John Green had given a bill of divorce to Mary and Richard Pray; the act was discountanced there being no authority for any assistant to grant a divorce. 1676 He was one of those "who staid and went not away" in King Phillips war and so shared in the disposition of the Indian captives whose services were sold for a number of years. 1679 Taxed 6s 3d with wife Mary and son Ephraim. 1681 His wife Mary was licenced by town council to keep a public house of entertainment for the relieving of travelers and strangers, providing both horse and man, as also retail to sell unto the inhabitants wine and strong liquor, for one whole year, she not to suffer any unlawful game in the house nor any evil rule there. 1688........Now married to wife Elizabeth, late wife to Benjamin Hearndon. 1691 He deeded son John for love and affection, and also considering how his said son in care towards him from time to time, hath still been manifesting of his duty unto him, 60 acres. 1693 He deeded son Ephraim for love, etc, a 25 acre lot right in town of Providence.
(ancestry)
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Person ID |
I1917 |
Roots |
Last Modified |
17 Dec 2014 |
Family 1 |
Mary* (..) Pray, b. Abt 1629, Providence Co, Rhode Island d. 1686 (Age ~ 57 years) |
Marriage |
Abt 1650 |
Providence Co (probably), Rhode Island |
Children |
+ | 1. John* Pray, b. 24 Dec 1653, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island d. 9 Oct 1733, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island (Age 79 years) |
+ | 2. Ephraim Pray, b. 1651, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island d. 22 Mar 1727, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island (Age 76 years) |
+ | 3. Mary Pray, b. Abt 1657, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island d. Aft 1680, of, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island (Age ~ 24 years) |
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Family ID |
F925 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
26 Dec 2014 |