Joseph Pratt

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JOSEPH2 PRATT (Matthew1) was born at Weymouth, 10 Aug. 1637; died there 24 Dec. 1720. He married at Weymouth, 7 May, 1662, Sarah Judkins, probably daughter of Job and Sarah Judkins of Boston, born in Boston, 7 Dec. 1645. She died at Weymouth, a widow, 14 Jan. 1726. Joseph Pratt of Weymouth made his will 5 Mar. 1718-19, and it was proved 10 Feb. 1720-21. He styled himself, “husbandman, being through the decay and desease of old age weak in body.” To his wife Sarah he gave a good maintenance. To his son Joseph Pratt 10s. besides what was formerly given him. To son John Pratt 10s. “if he should ever come hither again.” Son William Pratt, 5s. besides what he hath had already. Son Ephraim Pratt likewise same. To his son-in-law Aaron Pratt and to the children born of his late daughter Sarah Pratt, deceased, his late wife, 10s. To his daughter Experience Battle £8 besides what she already hath had. To his daughter Hannah Hines £5 besides what she hath had in bringing up one of her daughters. Son Samuel Pratt, executor. Witnesses: Edward Bates, John Reed and Joshua Torrey. (Suffolk Probate, 22: 81.)

Children, born at Weymouth:

1. Sarah,3 b. 31 May, 1664; m. Aaron Pratt, son of Phinehas Pratt; d. 22 June, 1706.
2. Joseph, b. 2 Feb. 1665.
3. John, b. 17 May, 1668.
4. William, alive 5 Mar. 1718-19.
5. Ephraim, alive 5 Mar. 1718-19.
6. Experience, m. David Battle of Hingham, 13 Mar. 1706-07.
7. Hannah, m. ──── Hines.
8. Samuel, inherited the homestead in Weymouth.

Source: Genealogies of the Early Families of Weymouth, Massachusetts

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• Joseph Pratt
• Birth: Jun. 10, 1639 Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Death: Dec. 20, 1720 Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Joseph Pratt was the son of Mathew (Macute) Pratt and Elizabeth Bate Kingham Pratt
• He married Sarah Judkins on 7 May 1662
• Joseph was the youngest son and lived with his parents until about the time of his marriage. His name frequently occurs in the Town Records, in which are found his birth, marriage and death.
• In 1666 and 1673, he was a fence viewer. 1667 he cut 500 shingles for his house; 1681 appointed to cut 5 cords of wood a year for the Pastor; 1682 on a committee to rebuild the Meeting House; 1685 a way-warden; 1688 a surveyor; 1693 named a "freeholder"; 1706 surveyor of highways; 1709 chosen to lay off land adjoining his own; 1710, 87 rods of land laid out for Joseph Pratt, senior, bounded by land, owned by himself and Samuel Whitmarsh, who married Hannah (his niece), the daughter of Mathew Pratt.
• He appears by the records to have been prominent,not only in the town affairs, but in the church.
• His will is dated March 5, 1719 (Boston Probate) (Suffolk Probate Records 22:81)
• It was proved on February 10, 1720-1721.
• He styled himself "husbandman, being through the decay and desease of old age weak in body." To his wife Sarah, he gave a good maintenance. To his son Joseph Pratt 10 s. besides what was formerly given him. To his son John Pratt 10 s. "If he should ever come hither again." Son William Pratt, 5 s. besides what he hath had already. Son Ephraim Pratt likewise same. To his son-in-law Aaron Pratt and to the children born of his late daughter Sarah Pratt, deceased, his late wife, 10 s. To his daughter Experience Battle 8 besides what she already hath had in bringing up one of her daughters. Son Samuel, executor. Witnesses: Edward Bates, John Reed and Joshua Torrey.
• Family links:
• Parents:
• Mathew Pratt (1595 - 1672)
• Elizabeth Bates Kingham Pratt (1600 - 1672)
• Spouse:
• Sarah Judkins Pratt (1645 - 1727)
• Children:
  • Joseph Pratt (1665 - 1765)*
• Siblings:
• Thomas Pratt (1623 - 1676)*
• Matthew Pratt (1629 - 1713)*
• John Pratt (1634 - 1716)*
• Samuel Pratt (1636 - 1679)*
• Joseph Pratt (1639 - 1720)
• Mary Pratt White (1665 - 1706)*
• Burial: North Weymouth Cemetery, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Find A Grave Memorial# 134241157
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=134241157 _______________
• JUDKINS, Sarah
• b. 7 DEC 1645 Boston, Suffolk, Mass.
• d. 24 DEC 1720 Weymouth, Norfolk, Mass.
• Parents:
• Father: JUDKINS, Job
• Mother: DUDLEY, Sarah
• Family:
• Marriage: 7 MAY 1662 Weymouth, Norfolk, Mass.
• Spouse: PRATT, Joseph
• b. 10 AUG 1637 Weymouth, Norfolk, Mass.
• d. 24 DEC 1720 Weymouth, Norfolk, Mass.
• Parents:
• Father: PRATT, Matthew
• Mother: BATES, Elizabeth
• Children:
  • PRATT, Sarah
  • PRATT, Joseph
  • PRATT, John
  • PRATT, William
  • PRATT, Ephraim
  • PRATT, Experience
  • PRATT, Hannah b. ABT 1677 Weymouth, Norfolk, Mass.
  • PRATT, Samuel
• From: http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_1b5.htm#65 __________________
• The Pratt family : a genealogical record of Mathew Pratt, of Weymouth, Mass., and his American descendants, 1623-1889 by Pratt, Francis Greenleaf, 1850-1894
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• I. MATHEW PRATT, b. — ; d. Aug. 29, 1672.
• (m. Elizabeth Bate?)
• Children:
  • 9 1 1 THOMAS, b. before 1628; d. April 19, 1676.
  • 51 2 2 MATTHEW, b. 1628 d. Jan. 12, 1713.
  • 50 2/1 3 JOHN, b. — ; d. Oct. 3, 1716.
  • 3 4 SAMUEL, b. — . ; d. — , 1678.
  • 4 5 JOSEPH, b. June 10, 1637 ; d. Dec. 24, 1720.
  • 7 5 6 ELIZABETH, b. — ; d. Feb. 26, 1726.
  • 8 6 7 MARY, b. — ; d. — .
• 5 7 (II.) ELIZABETH PRATT, of Weymouth (dau. of I. Mathew) ; b. — ; d. Feb. 26, 1726; m. Nov. 22, 1656, Wiiliam Chard, Town Clerk of Weymouth. Elizabeth was his second wife. Grace, his first, d. Jan. 23, 1655. He was a schoolmaster.
• Children : .... etc.
• 6 8 (II.) MARY PRATT (dau. of I. Mathew), b. — ; m. Thomas White, of Braintree, son of Thomas, of Weymouth. He was a freeman, 1681; d. Apr. 11, 1706.
• Children: .... etc.
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• 1 9 (II.) THOMAS PRATT, of Weymouth (son of Mathew), b. before 1628; m. Mary — .
• .... etc.
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• 2/1 50 (II.) JOHN PRATT, of Weymouth (son of I. Mathew), b. — ; d. Oct. 3, 1716; m. Oct. 9, 1656, Mary Whitman; she d. July 10, 1716, aged 82, dau. of John Whitman.
• .... etc.
• 2 51 (II.) MATTHEW PRATT, of Weymouth (son of I. Mathew), b. 1628; d. June 12, 1713; m. June 1, 1661, Sarah Hunt (b. July 4, 1640; d. Aug. 3, 1729), dau. of Enoch and Sarah.
• In his will, dated June 4, 1713, he mentions his "brother John Pratt" and "cousin William Pratt."
• Cotton Mather, in his "Magnalia," Vol. 1, page 495, thus refers to him in connection with the ministry of Thomas Thatcher ;
• "One Matthew Prat, whose religious parents had well instructed him in his minority, when he was twelve years of age became totally deaf through sickness, and so hath ever since continued. He was taught after this to write, as he had been before to read; and both his reading and his writing he retaineth perfectly, but he has almost forgotten to speak ; speaking but imperfectly, and scarce intel-
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• ligibly, and very seldom. He is yet a very judicious Christian, and being admitted into the communion of the church, he has therein for many years behaved himself unto the extreme satisfaction of good people in the neighborhood. Sarah Prat, the wife of this man, is one also who was altogether deprived of her hearing by sickness when she was about the third year of her age ; but having utterly lost her hearing, she has utterly lost her speech also, and no doubt all remembrance of everything that refers to language. .... etc.
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• 671 (II.) JOSEPH PRATT, of Weymouth (son of I. Matthew), b. June 10, 1637; d. Dec. 24, 1720; m. May 7, 1662, Sarah Judkins, b. 1638 ; d. Jan. 14, 1726.
• He was the youngest son, and lived with his parents until about the time of his marriage. His name frequently occurs in the Town Records, in which are found his birth, marriage and death.
• In 1666 and 1673 he was a fence viewer. 1667 he cut 500 shingles for his house ; 1681 appointed to cut 5 cords of wood a year for the Pastor: 1682 on a committee to rebuild the Meeting House ; 1685 a way-warden ; 1688 a surveyor; 1693 named a "freeholder"; 1706 surveyor of highways ; 1709 chosen to lay off land adjoining his own ; 1710, 87 rods of land laid out for Joseph Pratt, senior, bounded by land, owned by himself and Samuel Whitmarsh, who married Hannah, the daughter of Mathew Pratt (his niece).
• He appears, by the records, to have been prominent, not only in the town affairs, but in the church.
• His will is dated March 5, 1719. (Boston Probate), in which he names his children in the following order.
• Children :
  • 679 672 1 JOSEPH, b. Feb. 2, 1665.
  • 1007 673 2 JOHN, b. May 17, 1668.
  • 678 674 3 WILLIAM.
  • 1100 675 4 EPHRAIM.
  • 677 676 5 SARAH, b. May 31, 1664.
  • 6 EXPERIENCE m. Battle.
  • 7 HANNAH, m. Hines.
  • 8 SAMUEL, was a surveyor, 1734. Weymouth Records : Land granted, 1710, to Samuel Pratt, son of Joseph Pratt.
• 676 677 (III.) SARAH PRATT, of Hingham (dau. of II. Joseph), b. May 31, 1664 ; d. July 22, 1706; m. Aaron Pratt, son of Phinehas Pratt. He m. (2) Sept. 4, 1707, Sarah Cummings (Wright), a widow ; she d. Dec. 25, 1752. He d. 1735, aged 81 years.
  • His children .... etc.
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• 674 678 (III.) WILLIAM PRATT, of Weymouth (son of II. Joseph), b. —— ; d. —— ; m. Experience King.
  • Children : .... etc.
• 672 679 (III.) JOSEPH PRATT, of Bridgewater (son of II. Joseph), b. Feb. 2, 1665 ; d. Jan. 14, 1765 ; m. (1) Sarah Benson, of Hull, by whom he had twenty children. He m. (2) Ann Richards, of Weymouth, Dec. 14, 1721 ; she d. March 21, 1766, aged 92 years, without issue.
• .... etc.
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• 673 1007 (III.) JOHN PRATT, of Weymouth (son of II. Joseph), b. May 17, 1668 ; d. —— ; m. Mercy Newcomb.
  • Children : .... etc.
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• 675 1100 (III.) EPHRAIM PRATT, of Weymouth (son of II. Joseph), b. —— ; d. about 1745. He m. Phebe —— ; she d. Dec. 2, 1736.
• He possessed considerable land in Weymouth ; was elected Surveyor of Highways, 1721; Tithing-man, 1725 ; (at this latter election the town voted to pay one shilling for every old crow's head, and six-pence for young ones. Also two-pence for old blackbirds' heads) ; Fence-viewer 1729-1732. and other offices were held by him subsequently. His will is dated Feb. 9, 1740, in which he leaves property valued at £191. 8d. 0s.
  • Children : .... etc. _____________________
• Descendants of Edward Small of New England, and the allied families, with tracings of English ancestry (1910) Vol. 2
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• MATTHEW PRATT, the Weymouth Planter, is supposed to have come to New England with the Gorges Company that began the first permanent settlement at Weymouth, in August, 1623. .... etc.
• .... It is known that Matthew Pratt, of Weymouth, was of a knighted branch, but the writer
  • * Vide page 356.
  • † Chapman's Pratt Family, 1864: 13, 15, 29.
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• has been unable to obtain copies of the papers sent over from England that prove it.
• Little can be learned of the earlier years of Matthew Pratt in Weymouth, though the settlement there, called Wessaguscus, was second to that of Plymouth. It was the scene of the failure of Weston's Colony, upon the site now locally known as "Old Spain," in 1622, and of the more permanent settlement by Captain Robert Gorges, son to Sir Ferdinando Gorges, in 1623. .... etc.
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• The wife of Matthew1 Pratt was Elizabeth Bate or Bates. She is said to have been daughter to an older brother of Elder Edward1 Bates, of Weymouth, whom Matthew names in his will as "kinsman," but there is no evidence that the older men of the name in the town or state were related to Edward. It is more probable that Elizabeth was sister to Edward Bates. She was generously provided for by the will of her husband, of which she was made sole executrix. Very little of the property was to go to the children until after her death, which occurred in 1676.
  • * Town Records of Weymouth, vol. 1 : 38.
  • † Town Records of Weymouth, vol. i : 43, 47.
  • ‡ Weymouth Historical Society Collections, 1885 : 282-283.
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• Matthew Pratt died October ("8mo") 29, 1672, in Weymouth. His will, dated March 25, 1672, was proved April 30, 1673, as follows : — .... etc.
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• .... The date of death of Elizabeth, widow of Matthew Pratt, is not known.
• ISSUE
• I. John2, b. about 1622, probably in England. He was made freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, May 10, 1643,* which is proof that he was then of age. On Nov. 22, 1656, he mar. Mary2, daughter to John1 Whitman, of Weymouth ; she d. July 10, 1716, three months before her husband, aged eighty-two years. .... etc.
• John Pratt d. Oct. 3, 1716, in Weymouth, aged not less than ninety-four years. .... etc.
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• II. Thomas2, b. in Weymouth as early as 1626, since, on May 26, 1647, he became a freeman of Massachusetts Bay Colony.* His first wife was Mary ―― ; his second wife, who survived him, was the widow Lydia ―― . .... etc.
• Sergeant Thomas Pratt, of the Weymouth Militia, was killed by the Indians not far from his home in Weymouth. The date is shown by the "Diary" of his eldest son, William, who wrote : "My father was slaine by the Indians the 19th day of April, in the year 1676." .... etc.
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• III. Matthew2, b. 1628, in Weymouth. He mar. Aug. 1, 1661, at the age of thirty-three years, Sarah, daughter to Enoch and Sarah Hunt. She was b. July 4, 1640; d. Aug. 3, 1729, in Weymouth. .... etc.
• Matthew Pratt and his wife were totally deaf; yet their large family of three sons and six daughter were carefully and intelligently reared, their infirmities not appearing in any of their descendants. .... etc.
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• Matthew2 Pratt d. Jan. 12, 1712-13, in Weymouth, aged eighty-five years. His will, dated July 30, 1711, was proved June 4, 1713, at Boston.* .... etc.
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• IV. Samuel2, b. in Weymouth ; mar. Hannah Rogers. (Vide infra.)
• V. Joseph2, b. Aug. 10, 1639, in Weymouth ; mar. May 7, 1662, Sarah Judkins. She was b. 1638 ; d. Jan. 14, 1726, aged eighty-eight years.
• On March 11, 1673-74, "Joseph Pratt Wejm" was made freeman of Massachusetts Bay Colony.* That he was of "Wejm [Weymouth]" was recorded to distinguish him from another Joseph Pratt, who was made freeman the previous year.
• Joseph2 Pratt was the youngest son, and lived with his parents until about the time of his marriage. In the town records, where his birth, marriage, and death appear, he is shown to have been prominent not only in town affairs, but in the church. In 1666 and 1673, he was a fence-viewer ; in 1667, he cut five hundred shingles for his house. He was appointed, in 1681, to cut five cords of wood a year for the pastor; in 1682, was on a committee to rebuild the meeting-house. In 1685, he was a "way-warden; " 1686, a surveyor ; 1693, named a "freeholder;" 1706, surveyor of highways; 1709, chosen to lay off land adjoining his own. In 1710, eighty-seven rods of land were laid out for Joseph Pratt, senior, bounded by land owned by himself and Samuel Whitmarsh, who had married his niece. His occupation was that of a "husbandman."
• The death of Joseph Pratt occurred Dec. 24, 1720, in Weymouth, at the age of eighty-one years ; his will, dated March 5, 1718-19, was presented for probate, at Boston, on Feb. 10, 1720-21,† by his son Samuel, executor. To his aged wife, Sarah, he bequeathed all the "moveables and Household goods and a good convenient maintenance so that she may live comfortably upon the Income of my Estate to be brought in unto her by my Executor." To his son Joseph he left ten shillings beside what he already had given
  • * Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, vol. 4 : pt. 2 : 587.
  • † Suffolk County Probate, Book 22 (copy) : 80-81.
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• him ; to his "Son John Pratt, Ten Shillings if he should ever come hither again;" to his son William, five shillings "besides what he hath had of my Estate already." He gave ten shillings to Aaron Pratt, his son-in-law, to be equally divided between the children of "his late wife Sarah Pratt ;" to his daughter, Experience Battle, £8, "beside what she has had;" and to his daughter, Hannah Hines (?), £5, "beside what she has had." His son Samuel was appointed the "only & sole executor," with the gift of all the "Housing Lands Messuages and Tenements in Weymouth and all my Meadow Land." This will was signed with the mark of Joseph Pratt, probably from illness, as he mentioned himself, at that time, "through . . . Old Age weak in Body ;" it was witnessed by Edward Bate, John Reed, and Joshua Torrey.
  • Issue: 1. Sarah3, b. May 31, 1664, in Weymouth; mar. to Aaron Pratt, of Hingham, son to Phineas Pratt. She d. July 22, 1706; her husband mar., second, Sept. 4, 1707, Sarah (Cummings) Wright, a widow, who d. Dec. 25, 1752, Aaron Pratt d. in 1735, aged eighty-one years. As the dates of births of the children are not known, they cannot be arranged in proper order, neither can the children be separated as belonging to the first or second wife.
    • Issue : .... etc.
  • 2. Joseph3, b. Feb. 2, 1665, in Weymouth; mar., first, Sarah Benson, of Hull, by whom he had twenty children. He lived to a great age, and his will, dated March 13, 1755, when he was ninety years of age, mentions but seven of them.
  • In 1704, he sold a mill at Abington, and soon after removed to Bridgewater. As Joseph Pratt, Jr., he was a fence-viewer, surveyor of highways, etc., in Weymouth. In Bridgewater he served on the grand jury, Feb. 17, 1720, and
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  • as selectman in 1739. He was called "Little-leg Joe," on account of one leg being a trifle short.
  • The wife of his old age, whom he mar. Dec. 14, 1721, in Bridgewater, was Ann Richards; she d. March 21, 1766, aged ninety-two years. "The Boston News-Letter" of January 31, 1765, gives the following account of his death: "On the fourteenth of this month died at Bridgewater Joseph Pratt, aged 100 years. A man of good character and religious profession. He had twenty children by his first wife, but none by his second, who still survives him, about 90 years of age."
    • Issue .... etc.
  • 3. John3, b. May 17, 1668, in Weymouth; mar. Mercy Newcomb. He was mentioned in his father's will ; the date of his death is not known.
    • Issue: .... etc.
  • 4. William3, b. in Weymouth ; mar. Experience King.
    • Issue: .... etc.
  • 5. Ephraim3, b. in Weymouth ; mar. Phoebe —— ; d. about 1745. His widow, Phoebe Pratt, d. Dec. 2, 1736. The will of Ephraim Pratt, dated Feb. 9, 1740-41, was proved Feb. 7, 1748, at Boston ; the inventory of his estate amounted to £191 : 08.*
    • Issue: .... etc.
  • 6. Experience3, b. in Weymouth ; mar. to —— Battle.
  • 7. Hannah3, b. in Weymouth ; mar. to —— Hines (?).
  • 8. Samuel3, b. in Weymouth ; was the executor of his father's estate. In 1710, land was granted by the town of Weymouth to Samuel Pratt, son to Joseph Pratt. Little is known of him, probably because of his removal elsewhere.
  • * Suffolk County Probate, Book 42 (copy) : 164-168.
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• VI. Elizabeth2, b. in Weymouth ; mar., as his second wife, William Chard, of Weymouth. They were married by Capt. John Torrey, Nov. 22, 1656, at the same time that her brother, John2 Pratt, married Mary2 Whitman. The first wife of William Chard was Grace —— , who d. Jan. 23, 1655. .... etc.
• VII. Mary2, b. in Weymouth ; mar. to Thomas2 White, of Braintree, son to Thomas1 White, of Weymouth. Thomas2 White was made freeman in 1681 ; d. April 11, 1706.
• Issue : .... etc.
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• VIII. Sarah2, b. in Weymouth; mar. about 1671, to John2 Richards,* son to William1 and Grace (Shaw ?) Richards. .... etc.
• John2 Richards purchased land in Weymouth, in 1678, of John and Jane Lovell ; took the freeman's oath Oct. 12, 1681. He died intestate; the inventory of his estate, taken Dec. 23, 1695, amounted to £202 : 13. His widow survived him.
• Issue: .... etc. ____________________
• Marriage to Sarah Judkins: (7 May 1662 — Age: 22) Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA* Updated from Ancestry Genealogy via daughter Hannah Pratt by SmartCopy: Oct 2 2015, 22:05:30 UTC

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GEDCOM Note

 Joseph Pratt (Sr.), born Aug. 10, 163(7)9 (June 10, 1637 per “Matthew Pratt of Weymouth”), Weymouth, Suffolk County, MA; died Dec. 24, 1720. He lived with his parents until his marriage.  He married Sarah Judkins on May 7, 1662.  He was the youngest son, and lived with his parents until about the time of his marriage.  His name frequently occurs in the Town Records, in which are found his birth, marriage and death. In 1666 and 1673 he was a fence-viewer.  In 1667, he cut 500 shingles for his house.  In 1681, he was appointed to cut 5 cords of wood a year for the Pastor; in 1682, he was on a committee to rebuild the Meeting House.  In 1685, he was a way-warden; in 1688 a surveyor; in 1693,he was named a “freeholder” and in 1706 a surveyor of highways.  In 1709, he was chosen to lay off land adjoining his own.  In 1710, 87 rods of land were laid out for Joseph Pratt, senior, bounded by land, owned by himself and Samuel Whitmarsh, who married Hannah, the daughter of Matthew Pratt (his niece).   He appears, by the records, to have been prominent, not only in the town affairs, but in the church.  All children and son-in-law Aaron Pratt named in will dated March 5, 1719 (Boston Probate),in which he names his children, Joseph, John, William, Ephraim, Sarah,Experience, Hannah and Samuel.  Witnesses were Edward Bate, John Reed and Joshua Torrey.  He was the son of Macuth (Matthew) and Elizabeth Kingham.