Husband Thomas Stephens
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Joane Prater
Born: Abt 1518 - Inglesham or Eaton Water, Wiltshire, England
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: John Prater (Abt 1480-1547) 1
Mother: Elene Kingston (1493-1557) 2 3
Children
Research Notes: Husband - Thomas Stephens
Source: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3143362&id=I631844447
Research Notes: Wife - Joane Prater
From http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3143362&id=I631844447 :
Joane Prater was the only daughter of John. Her brother George, already being well established in a much finer manor (Latton Manor) and holding his own property prior to becoming the heir at his father's death, gave Inglesham Manor as dowery to his sister's husband. Thomas Stephens of Swindon (son of Sir Thomas Stephens) was Joane's husband. Thomas became the Rector of the church at Inglesham
Husband Thomas Prater 4
Born: 6 Feb 1578 - Stanton St. Bernard, Wiltshire, England
Christened:
Died: 1628 - Eaton Water House, Wiltshire, England
Buried:
Father: Anthony Thomas Prater (1545-1583) 5
Mother: Judith Ivye (1550-1578) 3 6
Marriage: 4 Jun 1599 - Clyffe Pypard Parish, Sheford Magna, Wiltshire, England
Wife Margaret Quintyne
Born: 1578 - Bushton Manor, Wiltshire, England
Christened:
Died: 1628 - Wiltshire, England
Buried:
Children
1 F Alice Prather 7
Born: 18 Feb 1601 - Cliffe Papard Church, Wiltshire, England
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
2 M Thomas Prather 8
AKA: Prater Thomas
Born: 26 Dec 1604 - Eaton Water House, Wiltshire, England
Christened:
Died: 1666 - Elizabeth Citties (Elizabeth City), Norfolk, Virginia, (United States)
Buried:
Spouse: Mary Kay Powell (1608- ) 9
Marr: 1627 - Virginia, (United States)
3 M William Prather
Born: 1606 - Eaton Water House, Wiltshire, England
Christened:
Died: - <England>
Buried:
4 F Margaret Prather
Born: 1608
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
5 M Richard Prather
Born: 7 Mar 1608 - Wiltshire, England
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
6 M Samuel Prather
Born: 1610 - Eaton Water House, Wiltshire, England
Christened:
Died: Abt 1679 - Dorchester, Maryland, United States
Buried:
Research Notes: Husband - Thomas Prater
From: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3143362&id=I631844418 :
Thomas Prater was the sixth born in his family. He was named after his first born brother who died young. Thomas was raised at Eaton Water and Stanton St. Bernard in Wiltshire, England. We find him living as an adult at Eaton Water House, Eaton Water, on the Cricklade, Wiltshire, England.
Thomas must have gained his position by the grace of other family members and his wifes dowery. He was not a wealthy person, but owned his own land at Eaton Water. His business was the woolen trade, farming, and ferrier (Eaton Water was located on the banks of the Thames River where he owned a ferry). Eaton Water was also a place that people who used the river to transport their goods to the ports of London could stop and feed their livestock and find food and lodging for themselves.
Eaton Water was a part of the old family estates that also consisted of Latton Manor and Inglesham Manor, all of which sat along the banks of the Thames River in Northern Wiltshire on what is called the Cricklade.
Stanton St. Bernard Manor is located in South central Wiltshire about 50 miles South of Eaton Water Manor. This manor was owned by Thomas' father Anthony Prater. Anthony Prater, who was excommunicated, lost almost all of his property by the time of his death in the late 1500's. His son Thomas, being the youngest son, had little or no inheritance.
Thomas' mother died at his birth and little is known about his childhood, but we do know that he was taken as a new born child to relatives in the North Wiltshire estates to be suckeled and cared for. He may have been raised by these relatives until his father remarried or he may have stayed with these relatives until his adulthood. Thomas lived at Eaton Water House when his son Thomas Prather (Prater) was born in 1604 [this Thomas came to America in 1622].
Research Notes: Wife - Margaret Quintyne
From http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3143362&id=I631844419 :
Records show that by the year 1619 the only Qyintyne left in the manor (village) was one "orphaned boy"..."half starved and living by the grace of others". This was only 20 years after Margaret had married and moved to Eaton Water (Latton Estates), Wiltshire. Thus, the Quintyne family had fallen from their position as a powerful family in Clyffe Papard. All primary male heirs were dead. Margaret became the heir and her holdings became her "dowery" for marriage to Thomas Prater.
Husband Aaron Prather 10
Born: 10 Oct 1710 - Prince George's Co., Maryland, (United States)
Christened:
Died: 27 Nov 1797 - Frederick Co., Maryland, United States
Buried:
Father: Thomas MacKay Prather (1673-1712) 11
Mother: Martha Sprigg (1677-1742) 12 13 14
Marriage:
Noted events in his life were:
• Inherited, 150 acres, plantation part of "Orphan's Gift" from his father, Mar 1812 - Prince George's Co., Maryland, (United States)
when he came of age (18 years old).
• Inherited, 56 acres, a part of "Andrew" from his father, Mar 1812
when he came of age (18 years old).
Wife Jane Prather 15
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Jonathan Prather, Jr. (1666-1736)
Mother: Elizabeth Bigger ( -Abt 1737) 15
Children
Research Notes: Husband - Aaron Prather
Married his first cousin, Jane Prather. 16
Husband Charles Prather 17
Born: 18 Sep 1735 - Prince George's Co., Maryland, (United States)
Christened:
Died: 25 Sep 1810 - Wellsburg, Brooke, (West) Virginia, United States
Buried: - Wellsburg, Brooke, (West) Virginia, United States
Father: Col. Thomas MacKay Sprigg Prather (Betw 1702/1704-1785) 18
Mother: Elizabeth Clagett (Abt 1708-1767) 19 20
Marriage:
Wife Ruth Tannehill
AKA: Ruth Tannehill Redford
Born: 1732 - <(West) Virginia, (United States)>
Christened:
Died: 7 Oct 1807 - Wellsburg, Brooke, (West) Virginia, United States
Buried: - Prather Family Cemetery on Steubenville Rd., <Wellsburg, Brooke, (West) Virginia>, United States
Children
1 F Elizabeth Prather 3
Born: 1 Jul 1765 - Frederick Co., Maryland, (United States)
Christened:
Died: 20 Apr 1845 - Tyler Co., (West) Virginia, United States
Buried: - Wells Cemetery, Sistersville, Tyler, (West) Virginia, United States
Spouse: <Captain> Charles Wells (1745-1815) 3 21 22
Marr: 24 Jul 1784
Burial Notes: Husband - Charles Prather
On A Knoll 600 Ft. SW of his home
Research Notes: Husband - Charles Prather
Charlestown, Virginia, was named after Charles Prather. The town's name was later changed to Wellsburg after Charles Wells.
Research Notes: Wife - Ruth Tannehill
FamilySearch.org AFN: 1MPS-5P1
Husband <Captain> Charles Wells 3 21 22
Born: 6 Apr 1745 - Baltimore Co., Maryland, (United States)
Christened:
Died: 16 Apr 1815 - (Sistersville, ) Tyler, (West) Virginia, United States
Buried: - Wells Cemetery, Sistersville, Tyler, West Virginia, United States
Father: Benjamin Wells (1723-1795) 21 23
Mother: Temperance Butler (1726-1800) 24
Marriage: 24 Jul 1784
Other Spouse: Michal Owings (1745-1783) 25 - 27 Dec 1764 - St. Thomas Church, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation, Farmer
• Emigrated, from Baltimore County, Maryland to Virginia, 1776 - Ohio Co., (West) Virginia, (United States)
• Served, in the Virginia State Legislature, Betw 1789 and 1810 - (West) Virginia, United States
• Surveyed, a tract of 200 acres on the Ohio River, 1800 - (West) Virginia, United States
The area is now called Sistersville, West Virginia.
• Relocated, from Wellsburg to the area on the Ohio where Sistersville now exists, 1802 - (Sistersville), (West) Virginia, United States
Travelled by flatboat down the Ohio River.
• Settled, on the Ohio River 1 mile below where Sistersville now stands, 1802 - Tyler Co., (West) Virginia, United States
• Purchased, two tracts of Land from John and Ezekiel Clemons, lying on the Long Reach, Abt 1812 - <Tyler Co.>, (West) Virginia, United States
• Purchased, 400 acres on which Sistersville is located, 9 May 1813 - Tyler Co., (West) Virginia, United States
• Will, 13 Dec 1814 - Tyler Co., (West) Virginia, United States
Wife Elizabeth Prather 3
Born: 1 Jul 1765 - Frederick Co., Maryland, (United States)
Christened:
Died: 20 Apr 1845 - Tyler Co., (West) Virginia, United States
Buried: - Wells Cemetery, Sistersville, Tyler, (West) Virginia, United States
Father: Charles Prather (1735-1810) 17
Mother: Ruth Tannehill (1732-1807)
Noted events in her life were:
• Inherited, the mansion house and farm where she and her husband lived, 1815 - <(Sistersville)>, Tyler Co., (West) Virginia, United States
"Beginning at the mouth of Wittens Run, thence with the wagon road lading to the Jug Handle Mill to the upper corner of the Tanyard lot, thence with the Run to the back line, thence with the lines of the Survey that includes said farm to the beginning; with all and singular the appurtenance thereunto belonging; with the rents, issues, and profits thereof, during her continuance of Widowhood as aforesaid."
• Probate, Aft 20 Apr 1845
Children
1 M Charles Prather Wells 26
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Rachel McMechan ( - )
2 M Nicholas Wells 27 28
Born: 20 Feb 1787 - Buffalo Creek, Ohio (Brooke), (West) Virginia, United States
Christened:
Died: 28 Feb 1877 - Tyler Co., (West) Virginia, United States
Buried: - Long Reach Cemetery, Sistersville, Tyler, West Virginia, United States
Spouse: Rachel Witten (1780-1861) 27 29 30 31
Marr: 9 Jan 1810 - Washington Co., Ohio, United States
Spouse: Lucy Fisher ( - ) 32
3 F Ruth P. Wells 33
Born: 30 Mar 1787
Christened:
Died: 8 Aug 1865
Buried: - Old Ashley Cemetery, Ashley, Pike, Missouri, United States
Spouse: Abraham S. Birckhead (1778-1846) 34
Marr: 23 Oct 1814 - Tyler Co., (West) Virginia, United States
4 M Perrigrine F. Wells 35
AKA: Peregrine Wells
Born: 18 Oct 1789 - Ohio, (West) Virginia, United States
Christened:
Died: 15 May 1878 - Tyler, West Virginia, United States
Buried: - Long Reach Cemetery, Sistersville, Tyler, West Virginia, United States
5 F Achsah Narcissa Wells 26
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
6 F Sarah Wells 36 37
Born: 20 Feb 1794 - Ohio (Brooke), (West) Virginia, United States
Christened:
Died: 14 Dec 1887 - Sistersville, Tyler, West Virginia, United States
Buried: - Oakwood Cemetery, Sistersville, Tyler, West Virginia, United States
Spouse: John McCoy (1784-1835) 38
Marr: 22 Apr 1817 - Tyler Co., (West) Virginia, United States
7 F Delilah Wells 39 40
Born: 16 Jun 1795 - Ohio, (West) Virginia, United States
Christened:
Died: 25 Jan 1829 - <Sistersville, > Tyler, (West) Virginia, United States
Buried: - Sistersville, Tyler, West Virginia, United States
8 M Eli Wells 41
Born: Abt 1797
Christened:
Died: 28 Apr 1854
Buried: - Wells Cemetery, Sistersville, Tyler, West Virginia, United States
Spouse: Nancy < > ( - ) 41
9 F Twenty Wells
Born: 23 Nov 1798
Christened:
Died: 22 Sep 1816
Buried: - Wells Cemetery, Sistersville, Tyler, West Virginia, United States
Child-Par.Rel.: Father: Biological, Mother: Biological
10 F Catherine Adams Wells 42
AKA: Caty Wells
Born: 6 Oct 1800 - Ohio, (West) Virginia, United States
Christened:
Died: 12 Sep 1824 - Tyler, (West) Virginia, United States
Buried: - Wells Cemetery, Sistersville, Tyler, (West) Virginia, United States
Spouse: Joshua Russell (1794-1869) 43
11 F Elizabeth Prather Wells 44
AKA: Betsey Wells
Born: 23 Sep 1802
Christened:
Died: 24 Aug 1873 - <Tyler>, West Virginia, United States
Buried: - Wells Cemetery, Sistersville, Tyler, West Virginia, United States
Spouse: William Russell (1790-1869) 45
Marr: 17 Jun 1819 - Tyler Co., (West) Virginia, United States
Burial Notes: Husband - <Captain> Charles Wells
Grave inscription reads:
"Charles Wells, born April 6, 1745; died April 6, 1815: aged 70 years. and ten days; a native of Baltimore County Maryland; immigrated to Ohio County, Virginia, 1776. He was a practical farmer and the father of twenty-two children, two wives, ten by the first and twelve by the second."
Research Notes: Husband - <Captain> Charles Wells
"Big Wells" line
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The town of Wellsburg, West Virginia, was named after Charles Wells. Its name was originally Charlestown, after Charles Prather.
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From http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=pprokasy&id=I11032:
"Charles and Michal moved to Ohio County in Virginia (which became Brooke County in West Virginia) later to Tyler County, WV. He was a patriot who took the Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity and is listed in D.A.R. Patriot Index, Patriotic Service, Virginia. After the death of Michal, Charles married Elizabeth Prater and, with her, had thirteen more children."
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From RootsWeb.com, William Akin, 7/25/2006 :
Charles Wells (1745-1815)
Charles Wells, born 06 Apr 1745 son of Benjamin Wells and Temperance Butler, married 27 Dec 1764 Michal Owings who died on 17 May 1783, two months after the birth of her 10th child. He then married 24 Jul 1784 Elizabeth Prather, daughter of Charles Prather and Ruth Tannehill. They had 12 children making a total of 22 for Charles. The 20th was named "Twenty Wells" b: 23 Nov 1798 and was described in her father's will. (also mentioned below) as "a helpless child". His 3rd child, Temperance Wells b: 01 Sep 1769 m: 1) Nathaniel Wells (b: 01 Apr 1762) and thus formed one of the Big Wells-Little Wells family bonds. Nathaniel Wells was a son of Alexander Wells and Leah Owings.
Sistersville [West Virginia]
"Charles Wells also had his ties with a town called Sistersville. The exact year that Charles Wells, the first settler of prominence, arrived in the area which is now called Sistersville, is not known. In 1800, he had surveyed a tract of 200 acres on the Ohio River. Charles Wells was a man of prominence, who was involved with the Virginia State Legislature between 1789 and 1810. Sometime around 1802, Wells left Wellsburg in a flatboat and floated down the Ohio River to settle one mile below where Sistersville now exists. In his cargo was the machinery for a horse mill which he established. He built a log cabin just south of where the Sistersville Golf Course is today.
"On May 9, 1813, he acquired four hundred acres of land on which Sistersville and close residential area is located. Soon after the first court of Tyler county was held in his home, Charles Wells died in 1815. His grave has this inscription: "Charles Wells, born April 6, 1745; died April 6, 1815: aged 70 yrs. and ten days; a native of Baltimore County Maryland; immigrated to Ohio County, Virginia, 1776. He was a practical farmer and the father of twenty-two children, two wives, ten by the first and twelve by the second."
"His will provided for each living member of his family. In 1815, the Wells sisters, (Sarah and Delilah Wells Grier) laid out the town on the land which they had inherited. Sistersville hence got its name from the seventeenth and eighteenth children of Charles Wells. The town was incorporated Feb. 2, 1839, under the name Sistersville and in 1845, the municipal government was established.
"Charles died April 16,1815 in Baltimore County, MD."
From the same source:
Charles Wells' Last Will
Tyler Co., W.VA.
Will Book 1, p. 8
Dec. 13, 1814
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN - I, Charles Wells of Tyler County in the state of Virginia do hereby make this my Last Will and Testament in form, and manner following to wit - After my decease and the payment of all my just debts and funeral charges I do desire the following. I do also leave to my said wife Elizabeth the Mansion House in which we now live with the farm thereto annexed (to wit)-
Beginning at the mouth of Wittens Run, thence with the wagon road leading to the Jug Handle Mill to the upper corner of the Tanyard lot, thence with the Run to the back line, thence with the lines of the Survey that includes said farm to the beginning; with all and singular the appurtenance thereunto belonging; with the rents, issues, and profits thereof, during her continuance of Widowhood as aforesaid.
Item 2. To my son Charles P. Wells he being already provided for, it is my will that he have nothing of my estate either real or personal, except whatever after my decease my said wife may gratuously give him out of the part intrusted to her disposal.
Item 3. To my son Nicholas Wells, he being already provided for, it is my will that he have nothing more of my estate either real or personal except whatever after my decease my said wife may gratuously give him of the part intrusted to her disposal.
Item 4. To my son Peregrine Wells I bequeath the two Tracts of Land I purchased from John and Ezekiel Clemons lying on the Long Reach; one adjoining the lands of William Johnson and Thomas Cochran, and the other the Lands of William John
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From Inhabitants of Baltimore County 1763-1774, pp. 16-23:
"INDEX TO AQUILA HALL'S ASSESSMENT LEDGER, 1762-1765
Aquila Hall was High Sheriff of Baltimore County and after Harford County separated from Baltimore County in 1773 he was appointed Colonel of Militia and one of the Lord Justices of the new county of Harford from 1774 to 1779. While serving as Sheriff of Baltimore County he compiled a tax assessment ledger of 145 pages which named 1,380 persons, their land tracts, and their assessments... Its index contains the following names...
"William Cockey,... Joshua Cockey,... Edward Cockey,... John Hammond Dorsey,... Caleb Dorsey, Bazil Dorsey, Edward Dorsey,... Caleb Dorsey,... Richard Dorsey,...John Dorsey,...Samuel Owings,... John Owings, Joshua Owings,... Sarah Owings,... Stephen Owings,... Samuel Owings,... Elijah Owings,... Henry Owings,... Christopher Randell,... John Ridgley,... Charles Ridgley, Jr.,... Capt. John Stinchcombe,... Nathan Stinchcombe,... Edmund Talbott, Thomas Talbott,... Philip Thomas,... Edward Talbott,... Samuel Underwood,... Benjamin Wells,... James Wells,... William Wells, James Wells, Jr.,... Charles Wells,... Elex Wells..."
Ibid., p. 1-3:
"A List of Taxables in St. Thomas Parish in the Year 1763
The Tax List of 1763 for St. Thomas Parish was found by William N. Wilkins in 1959 in the Harford County Historical records on loan at the Maryland Historical Society. (Harford County was part of Baltimore County until 1773.) ... This 1763 tax ledger shows the names of the various parties against whom charges were made for apparent church and county support and other sundry charges... The notation 'run' meant that the person named had left before paying his full charges.
Soldiers Delight Hundred, 1763
[Among those listed are:]
Owings, Thomas
Owings, Joshua
Owings, Joshua Jr.
Owings, Stephen
Owings, Henry
Stinchcomb, John
Stinchcomb, Nathaniel
Wells, Thomas
Wells, John
Wells, Benjamin
Wells, Charles
Ibid., pp. 27-41:
"JOPPA COURTHOUSE PETITION OF 1768
"The petitions for and against the removal of the county seat of Baltimore County from Joppa to Baltimore Town in 1768 are discussed at length in the Archives of Maryland, Vol. 61 (Appendix). Notices were posted in January, 1768 at the door of the courthouse in Joppa, at the church door of St. Paul's Parish, at the church door of St. Thomas' Parish, at the church door of St. John's Parish, at the church door of St. George's Parish, at the door of the chapel of St. George's Parish, at the door of the chapel of St. John's Parish, and at the house called St. Thomas' Chapel in St. Thomas' Parish, by Absalom Butler and sworn to before the Honorable Benjamin Rogers. Notices were printed in English and German. Tabulations indicate that 2,271 voted for the removal of the courthouse, and 901 voted against it. (It should be noted that some signatures are missing due to the disintegration of the paper, and there also appears to be some who signed more than once.) Five years later, Harford County separated from Baltimore County and set up its court house at Bush (Harford Town) in 1774 and at Bel Air in 1782.
"SIGNERS FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE COUNTY SEAT TO BALTIMORE TOWN (1768)...
"...Thomas Cockey...Joshua Owings...Charles Ridgely... Samuel Owings... John Cockey... Benjamin Wells, Charles Wells... George Wells... Caleb Warfield, Nathaniel Stinchcomb... William Coale...Christopher Randall, Jr.... J. Cockey Owings... William Wells, Jr.... William Wells...Edward Talbott... Edward Cockey... Benjamin Talbott... Charles Ridgely (son William)... Elisha Dorsey... Alexander Wells, Nathaniel Owings...Nathaniel Stinchcomb, Sr....Lott Owings... Anthony Arnold... Richard Owings... William Cockey... John Talbott (son Edward)... Richard Owings... William Slade... Edward Talbot... Vachel Dorsey... Christopher Owings, Richard Owings... Edward Dorsey (son John)... Lancelott Dorsey, Charles Dorsey (son Nathan), Ely Dorsey... Henry Dorsey...Samuel Dorsey, Jr.... Joshua Owings, Jr.... Samuel Owings... John Wells... Thomas Owings... Henry Butler... George Dorsey...
"SIGNERS AGAINST THE REMOVAL OF THE COUNTY SEAT TO BALTIMORE TOWN (1768)...
Greenbury Dorsey, Jr....William Wells..."
Ibid., pp. 89-93:
"TAXABLES IN ST. PAUL'S PARISH, BALTIMORE COUNTY, IN 1774
"This list of taxables is recorded in Reverend Ethan Allen's book entitled Historical Sketches of St. Paul's Parish in Baltimore County, Maryland which he compiled in 1855. A copy is available in the Maryland Historical Society Library in Baltimore. Each person named therein is followed by a number which represents the number of taxables in his house. This list, in 1774, ony gives the household head by name. The list also contains names of persons in Rev. Dr. West's list in the year 1786/7, and these names (marked with an * asterisk) appear to have been in St. Paul's in 1774 as well.
"BALTIMORE WEST HUNDRED [in 1774]
"James Marshall, drayman - 1,...Philip Thomas, bricklayer - 1,... Capt. Charles Wells - 1,...
Ibid., p. 104:
"PATAPSCO UPPER HUNDRED IN 1774
"...Dorsey's Forge - 25,... *Edward Dorsey. ...Elizabeth Owings - 1, Henry Owings ('taken before') - 2, Meshack Owings - 5, Caleb Owings - 3,... *Joshua Owings of John. ... Charles Ridgely of William - 10,... Benjamin Wells, Jr. - 3,... *John Wells, ... *Captain Charles Wells,...
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The "Charles Wells" below may be a different individual:
Ibid., pp. 62-65:
"LIST OF TAXABLES IN GUNPOWDER UPPER HUNDRED, BALTIMORE COUNTY, TAKEN BY SUTTON GUDGEON, 1773
[Among those listed are:]
Dulany, Walter, at Qtr. and Charles Wells, Overseer; Samuel Chuen; Joseph West; Peter Hickby; Negroes: Simon, Punch, Cesar, Joe, Will, John, Jack, Phil, Dol, Rachel, Bec, Hegar, Sal
Ridgly, Charles (Qtr); Robert Shaw; William Taylor; Timothy Wren; George Ogle; William Gilburn; Richard Harvey; Negroes: Ben, London, Cesar, Farar"
Research Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Prather
Seccond wife of Charles Wells, mother of 12 children.
Burial Notes: Child - Delilah Wells
According to www.findagrave.com:
Burial:
Unknown
Specifically: Buried in Sistersville, Tylor Co., probably in Wells Cem, possible in Oakwood.
Death Notes: Child - Eli Wells
Died in his 57th year.
Burial Notes: Child - Eli Wells
Inscription reads:
Our Father
Eli Wells
Died
Apr. 28, 1854
In his 57th yr.
Husband Thomas MacKay Prather 11
Born: 1673 - Calvert, Maryland, (United States)
Christened:
Died: 1712 - "Orphan's Gift", Prince George's, Maryland, (United States)
Buried:
Father: Jonathan Prather (Abt 1630-1680)
Mother: Lyle Jane McKay (1638-1713) 46
Marriage: Abt 1698 - Prince George's Co., Maryland, (United States)
Noted events in his life were:
• Inherited, [part of] "Orphan's Gift" from his step-father, John Smith, 13 Oct 1707 - Prince George's Co., Maryland, (United States)
• Will, 13 Dec 1711 - Prince George's Co., Maryland, (United States)
• Probate, 15 Mar 1712 - Prince George's Co., Maryland, (United States)
Wife Martha Sprigg 12 13 14
Born: 1677 - Calvert, Maryland, (United States)
Christened:
Died: 13 Nov 1742 - Charles Co., Maryland, (United States)
Buried:
Father: Thomas Sprigg, Lord of Northhampton Manor (1630-1704)
Mother: Eleanor Nuthall (1645-1701) 47
Children
1 F Eleanor Prather
Born: 1700 - Maryland, (United States)
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
2 M Col. Thomas MacKay Sprigg Prather 18
Born: Betw 1702 and 1704 - Prince George's Co., Maryland, (United States)
Christened:
Died: 24 Jul 1785 - Washington Co., Maryland, United States
Buried:
Spouse: Elizabeth Clagett (Abt 1708-1767) 19 20
Marr: 10 Jun 1725 - Weston, Prince George's, Maryland, (United States)
3 M John Smith Prather 48
Born: Abt 1706 - Prince George's Co., Maryland, (United States)
Christened:
Died: Abt 1763 - Bladensburg, Prince George's, Maryland, (United States)
Buried:
Spouse: Elizabeth Nuthall ( - )
4 M Phillip Prather
AKA: Philomen Gittins Prather
Born: Abt 1707 - Prince George's Co., Maryland, (United States)
Christened:
Died: Abt 1758 - Orange, North Carolina, (United States)
Buried:
5 F Rachael Prather
Born: Abt 1708 - Prince George's Co., Maryland, (United States)
Christened:
Died: 1763
Buried:
6 M Aaron Prather 10
Born: 10 Oct 1710 - Prince George's Co., Maryland, (United States)
Christened:
Died: 27 Nov 1797 - Frederick Co., Maryland, United States
Buried:
Spouse: Jane Prather ( - ) 15
7 F Mary Prather
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
8 F Elizabeth Prather
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
9 F Anne Prather
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Research Notes: Husband - Thomas MacKay Prather
From http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3143362&id=I631750828 :
"Thomas lived in Prince George's County, Maryland where he married Martha Sprigg, daughter of Thomas Sprigg of Northampton. Thomas and Martha settled on the 'Northampton Plantation'."
Also: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=fhc3337847&id=I1967
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From http://www.combs-families.org/combs/records/md/princegeorges/:
Will of Thomas PRATHER of Prince George's Co., MD. 13th Dec., 1711; 15th Mch., 1711-12.
To son Aaron and hrs., 150 A., plantation part of "Orphan's Gift" and 56 A., part of "Andrew" at decease of wife, and personalty at 18 yrs.
To son Thomas and hrs., 166 A., part of "Sprig's Request" at 18 yrs. of age and personalty at decease of his mother.
To son John Smith (PRATHER), at 18 yrs., and hrs., 166 A., part of "Sprig's Request."
To Philip PRATHER and hrs., 166 A., residue of "Sprig's Request."
To daus. Elinor and Rachel (PRATHER), personalty.
To wife Martha, extx., life interest in lands afsd. devised son Aaron, and residuary legatee. Test: Philip GITTINGS, Jr., Weldon JEFFERSON, Jno. BANKS.
(13. 379 Maryland Calendar of Wills: Volume 3).
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Birth Notes: Child - Col. Thomas MacKay Sprigg Prather
The part of Prince Georges County in which he was born became Frederick County in 1749 and is now Montgomery County, Maryland. (See sources http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=fhc3337847&id=I2577 and http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=takeapart&id=I18328.)
An equal number of sources say Prince Georges County.
Another says born in Conococheague Manor, Washington Co., Maryland, but that may not be so (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1817077&id=I736).
Husband Lee Roy Pratt 49
Born: 27 Apr 1899 - Westville, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, <(Oklahoma)>, United States
Christened:
Died: Feb 1955 - Okmulgee, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
Buried:
Father: Alexander Jefferson Pratt (1861-1941) 50
Mother: Sarah Jane Frederick (1865-1926) 51
Marriage:
Wife Martha Jane Switzer 52
AKA: Mattie Jane Switzer
Born: 2 Mar 1903 - <Saint Joe, Searcy, Arkansas>, United States
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Died: 5 Jul 1934
Buried:
Father: Daniel Wesley Switzer (1872-1951) 53 54 55 56
Mother: Georgia Augusta Seitz (1876-1928) 53 57 58 59 60
Children
Death Notes: Wife - Martha Jane Switzer
One FamilySearch file has d. 13 may 1941, another has 5 Jul 1934
Husband Richard Prescott 61
Born: Abt 1104 - Arundel Castle, Sussex, England
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1 F Alice Prescott 62
Born: Abt 1132 - Arundel Castle, Sussex, England
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Spouse: Lord Hugh de Dutton (Abt 1128- ) 63
Husband Captain Rowland Vaughan, of Caer-gai, Merioneth 64 65 66 67
Born: Abt 1590 - <Caer-gai> Bala, Merionethshire, Wales
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Died: 18 Sep 1667 - Caer-gai, Merionethshire, Wales
Buried:
Father: John Vaughan, of Caer Gai ( -1629)
Mother: Ellen Nanney (1581-1617) 67 68
Marriage:
Noted events in his life were:
• High Sheriff 69, 1642-1643 - Merioneth, Wales
• Caer Gai was burned, by Parliamentary forces, Aug 1645
• Taken Prisoner, by Parliamentary forces, 1650
• Jure uxoris, of Trev Brysg
• Captain, in the Royal Army
Wife Jane Price, Heiress of Trev Brysg 69
AKA: Jane Pryse of Trev Brysg
Born: - Coed Pryng, Wales
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Father: Edward Price, of Tref Prysg, Llanuwchllyn ( - )
Mother: Lowry Lloyd ( - )
Children
1 F Margaret Vaughan 3 70
Born: 1630 - Llangelynn <Llanuwchllyn>, Montgomeryshire, Wales
Christened: - Llanwdhlyn <Llanuwchllyn> Parish, Merionethshire, Wales
Died: 22 Sep 1699 - Llwyngwril, Llangelynin, Merionethshire, Wales
Buried:
Spouse: Owen Humphrey, of Llwyn du (1625-1699) 71 72
Marr: 1681 - London, England
2 M John Vaughan, of Caer-gai, Merioneth 73
Born: Abt 1617
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Spouse: Catherine Wynne ( - ) 73
3 M Edward Vaughan
Born: Abt 1618
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4 M William Vaughan
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5 F Ellen Vaughan
AKA: Elen Vaughan 73
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6 F Elsbeth Vaughan
AKA: Elizabeth Vaughan 74
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Research Notes: Husband - Captain Rowland Vaughan, of Caer-gai, Merioneth
Eldest son of John Vaughan and Ellen Nanney.
From Snowdonia National Park (http://www.eryri-npa.co.uk/page/index.php?nav1=enjoying&nav2=9&nav3=22&lang=eng&view=graphic&contrast=1) :
"In 1645 during the Civil War, Rowland Vaughan, a famous poet and royalist lived in Caer-gai, approximately a mile from this spot. One day, some of the local inhabitants saw Oliver Cromwell's knights on their way to Caer-gai, and in an attempt to stop them they gathered some yew leaves, which is very poisonous to horses, and threw them in the stream knowing that the knights would stop there so the horses could drink. That is exactly what happened and the horses became ill, and since then the stream is known as Nant Gwenwyn Meirch (stream of horses' poison). Despite the effort of the inhabitants, the knights made it to Caer-gai and the mansion was burnt to the ground. A large farmhouse was built in its place which still stands today."
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Welsh Biography Online ( http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s-VAUG-ROW-1590.html ) :
VAUGHAN, ROWLAND (c. 1590-1667), of Caer-gai , Merioneth , poet, translator, and Royalist; the eldest son of John Vaughan and his wife Ellen, daughter of Hugh Nanney of Nannau, Merioneth ; was b. about 1590. He was a descendant (see J. E. Griffith , Pedigrees, 3) of the Vaughan family of Llwydiarth in Montgomeryshire (q.v.) , and it appears that it was his grandfather, of the same name as himself, who was the first of the family to live at Caer-gai (B.M. Harl. MS. 1973). He spent some time at Oxford, although there is no record that he graduated there. He m. Jane, daughter of Edward Price, Tref Prysg, Llanuwchllyn, and according to Hugh Cadwaladr 's elegy (N.L.W. MS. 9), he was survived by three sons and three daughters: JOHN, who matriculated from Hart Hall (now Hertford College), Oxford, in 1635, aged 18, m. Catherine, daughter of William Wynne of Glyn, Merioneth , and became sheriff of Merioneth in 1669-70; EDWARD, who matriculated from All Souls College, Oxford, in 1634, aged 16, graduated B.A. there in 1637/8, and M.A. from Jesus College in 1640, and became vicar of Upchurch, Kent (1642), and Llanynys, Denbs. (1647), and rector of Llangar (1662), Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog (1662), and Mallwyd (1664); WILLIAM; ELLEN; ELSBETH; and MARGARET. Harleian MS. 1973, however, and later sources give the names of his sons as John, Edward, Arthur, and Gabriel, and in addition to the three daughters named above a fourth daughter, Mary, is included, who m. Peter Price, Cynllwyd, fourth son of Thomas Prys (q.v.), Plas Iolyn, Denbs.
In accordance with family tradition Rowland Vaughan played a prominent part in the public life of the county and, like his father, who was sheriff of Merioneth in 1613/4 and 1620/1, he was appointed sheriff in 1642/3. He was a staunch Royalist and it is said that he fought as a captain at the battle of Naseby. Englynion by William Phylip show that he certainly took some active part in the Civil War (Pen. MS. 115) and Caer-gai was burnt down by Cromwell's soldiers on their way from Montgomeryshire in 1645. Vaughan himself was imprisoned at Chester by the Cromwellians in 1650 and his estate given to a kinsman, but after the end of the Civil War and after some years of litigation he recovered his estate and rebuilt Caer-gai.
Many of his englynion and other poems contain references to his political beliefs and to his sufferings at the hand of the Cromwellian party and many of them relate to the topics of the day. He also wrote a number of carols and other poems of a religious nature and translated several hymns from English and Latin into Welsh. The Welsh versions of the hymns in the Book of Common Prayer are generally attributed to him (see Thickens , Emynau a'u Hawduriaid and Llyfr Gweddi Gyffredin, 1664). He also wrote several elegies on the death of eminent Merioneth men. Some of his poems were published in Carolau a Dyriau Duwiol, 1729, Blodeu-Gerdd Cymru, 1759, and other anthologies, and many of them are to be found in contemporary manuscripts, some of them being in his autograph (for an example of his autograph, see illustration between 142 and 143 in N.L.W. Jnl., i).
Rowland Vaughan is better remembered, however, as a translator of religious works, in particular of works supporting the Established Church. The first and most important of these to be published was Yr Ymarfer o Dduwioldeb, a translation which appeared in 1630 of Lewis Bayly (q.v.) , The Practice of Piety. Several later editions of this translation appeared within the following century. This first translation was followed in 1658 by Yr Arfer o Weddi yr Arglwydd (John Despagne), Pregeth yn erbyn Schism (Jasper Mayne), Prifannau Sanctaidd, together with Ymddiffyniad Rhag Pla o Schism (William Brough), and Prifannau Crefydd Gristnogawl, together with Y Llwybraidd-Fodd Byrr (James Ussher). His last published translated work, Evchologia (John Prideaux), appeared in 1660. The translations show not only the meticulous care with which he worked but also his masterly command of an extensive vocabulary and a fluid style of writing. His introductions and dedicatory letters to these works contain numerous allusions to contemporary historical events as well as his own fortunes and family.
Vaughan also translated one other important work, although his translation was never published. Among the Brogyntyn manuscripts deposited in the National Library of Wales some years ago by lord Harlech was found a hitherto unknown portion of Vaughan's translation of Eikon Basilike or The King's Book, together with his dedication addressed to lord Harlech 's ancestor, colonel Sir John Owen (q.v.) ; for this, see N.L.W. Jnl., i, 141-4.
Rowland Vaughan d. 18 Sept. 1667 and the Caer-gai estate passed to his eldest son, John, whose great-granddaughter, Mary Elizabeth (b. 1709), wife of the Rev. Henry Mainwaring, rector of Etwall, sold it, together with Tref Prysg, to Sir Watkin Williams Wynn , about 1740.
The above article on Rowland Vaughan deals with the most notable member of this family and refers to some of his forbears and descendants. The object of the present note is to draw attention to some literary and historical references to the family, and particularly to Rowland Vaughan, in the poems of 'Phylipiaid Ardudwy' (qq.v.) . Rhisiart Phylip , who was 'family bard' at Nannau , near Dolgelley, for a period, wrote an elegy on the death of Annes, daughter of Rhys Fychan, Nannau - she was the wife of Hugh Nanney and grandmother of Rowland Vaughan, who also wrote englynion to her and to his grandfather on the occasion. When Ellen Nanney, Rowland Vaughan's mother, d. in 1617, Rhisiart Phylip wrote an elegy in her memory. Amongst englynion by Rhisiart Phylip is one written in 'reply' to one by Rowland Vaughan; he also wrote two englynion when the news came that Vaughan had received judgement in his favour in respect of Caer-gai in 1637. There are also three englynion by Rhisiart Phylip in 'reply' to three by Vaughan in regard to a poem by the former respecting Rhiwedog, near Bala . Rhisiart Phylip composed two cywyddau gofyn ('request poems') of Caer-gai interest: one to Rowland Vaughan, requesting an exchange of greyhounds, whilst in the other the bard asks John Vaughan to give a greyhound to Lewis Gwyn, Dolau-gwyn , near Towyn. Six englynion praising the translator, and written by Gruffydd Phylip , nephew of Rhisiart Phylip , are printed at the beginning of Yr Ymarfer o Dduwioldeb, 1630, Rowland Vaughan's translation of Lewis Bayly 's well-known work, The Practice of Piety. In the article on 'Phylipiaid Ardudwy' in Cymm., xlii, is quoted the account given by Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain, q.v.) in the introduction to Eos Ceiriog (1823) of the friendship in the time of the Civil War between Rowland Vaughan and William Phylip , who lived at Hendre Fechan, Ardudwy. When Griffith Vaughan, brother of Rowland Vaughan, d. 1638, William Phylip wrote two elegies upon the occasion. Besides others which he wrote are two referring to the burning of Caer-gai and Ynysmaengwyn in 1645. Later, John Vaughan, the heir of Caer-gai (the son of Rowland Vaughan), wrote a 'cywydd yr adar,' to which William Phylip replied (in Cardiff MS. 64).
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From The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, Vol. 6, by J. Y. W. Lloyd, London, 1887, p. 115:
"Rowland Vaughan of Caer-gai, High Sheriff for co. Merioneth, 1642-3. In August 1645, Caer Gai was burnt by the Parliamentary forces, and he himself was taken prisoner by them in 1650. Jure usoris of Trev Brysg. He was Captain in the Royal Army."
Much more is available from this book.
Research Notes: Wife - Jane Price, Heiress of Trev Brysg
Heiress of Trev Brysg (Tref Prysg)
Sources:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=billotte&id=P3368801839
The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, Vol. 6, by J. Y. W. Lloyd, London, 1887, p. 115, 124.
From Welsh Biography Online (http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s-VAUG-ROW-1590.html ) :
"He m. Jane, daughter of Edward Price, Tref Prysg, Llanuwchllyn"
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From The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, Vol. 6, by J. Y. W. Lloyd, London, 1887, p. 115:
"Jane, d. and heiress of Edward Price, son of Captain Price of Coed Prysg, in the township of Trev Brysg. Vert., a chevron inter three wolf's heads erased argent. See 'Trev Brysg'."
Husband John Price, of Sweeney
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
Marriage: 29 Sep 1657
Wife Margaret Puleston
Born:
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Father: Thomas Puleston ( -Abt 1688)
Mother: Elizabeth Salusbury, of Erbistock ( - )
Children
Research Notes: Husband - John Price, of Sweeney
Source: Archaeologia Cambrensis, The Journal of the Cambrian Archaeological Association, Vol. VII. 5th Series (London, 1890), p. 124
Research Notes: Wife - Margaret Puleston
Source: Archaeologia Cambrensis, The Journal of the Cambrian Archaeological Association, Vol. VII. 5th Series (London, 1890), p. 124
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