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Thomas Prather
(1604-1666)
Mary Kay Powell
(1608-)
Jonathan Prather
(Abt 1630-1680)
Lyle Jane McKay
(1638-1713)
Thomas MacKay Prather
(1673-1712)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Martha Sprigg

Thomas MacKay Prather 1

  • Born: 1673, Calvert, Maryland, (United States)
  • Marriage (1): Martha Sprigg about 1698 in Prince George's Co., Maryland, (United States)
  • Died: 1712, "Orphan's Gift", Prince George's, Maryland, (United States) at age 39

  Research Notes:

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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  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).


Thomas married Martha Sprigg, daughter of Thomas Sprigg Lord of Northhampton Manor and Eleanor Nuthall, about 1698 in Prince George's Co., Maryland, (United States). (Martha Sprigg was born in 1677 in Calvert, Maryland, (United States) and died on 13 Nov 1742 in Charles Co., Maryland, (United States).)


Sources


1 <i>http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi</i>. Rec. Date: 25 Aug 2001, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3143362&id=I631750828. Cit. Date: 11 Dec 2007.

2 Website:, http://www.combs-families.org/combs/records/md/princegeorges/.


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