Samuel Robinson Pratt 60

Samuel Robinson Pratt was born in China Street, Lane Delph. Fenton.
on 25th October 1817.

The family bible states that Samuel Pratt was also from China Street.
BUT where did "ROBINSON" come from ?

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There is a burial Record at St Mary's Bucknall for a Lydia ROBINSON Born 1772
46 at death 1818.

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I have pondered the question for some time as to where the middle name ROBINSON came from and why did so many successive baptisms include the name.

The first usage was for Samuel Robinson PRATT born in 1817.

There are very few matching records for a prospective mother for Samuel and there is no trace of any church record of Samuel’s birth.

It would make good sense to use the Surname of the Mother as a middle name for the child.

Therefore Lydia could be a good possible. With her death in 1818 Samuel senior may well have then gone on to form the relationship with Ann HOLMES.

The factors I can see which do not fit well with my assumption are that if she was the mother then she was 44 years old and Samuel PRATT senior would have been 32 at the time of Samuel Robinson PRATT’s conception. So that makes Samuel senior 12 years younger than Lydia.

of course in biological terms this was possible.

Mary Goldstraw PRATT ( from the next generation ) gave birth to her 12th Child when she was 42.

Also the first name Lydia was not recycled by the next PRATT generations as a given first name. But then they did use Robinson.

First name(s) James
Last name Pratt
Birth year 1839
Birth date 01 Apr 1839
Baptism year 1839
Baptism date 21 Apr 1839
Baptism place Bucknall, St Mary
Denomination Anglican
Father's first name(s) Samuel
Mother's first name(s) May
County Staffordshire
Country England
Archive reference D3381/1/3
Page 19
Register type Baptism
Record set Staffordshire baptisms
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Births & baptisms
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First name(s) Ann
Last name Pratt
Birth year 1840
Birth date 01 Dec 1840
Baptism year 1841
Baptism date 03 Jan 1841
Baptism place Bucknall, St Mary
Denomination Anglican
Father's first name(s) Samuel
Mother's first name(s) Mary
County Staffordshire
Country England
Archive reference D3381/1/3
Page 27
Register type Baptism
Record set Staffordshire baptisms
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

First name(s) Ellen Maria
Last name Pratt
Baptism year 1843
Baptism date 16 Apr 1843
Baptism place Longton, St John
Denomination Anglican
Father's first name(s) Saml
Mother's first name(s) Mary
County Staffordshire
Country England
Archive reference D3276/1/1/6
Page 92
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Record set Staffordshire baptisms
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Births & baptisms
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First name(s) Samuel Robinson
Last name Pratt
Baptism year 1845
Baptism date 14 Apr 1845
Baptism place Fenton, Christ Church
Denomination Anglican
Father's first name(s) Samuel
Mother's first name(s) Mary
County Staffordshire
Country England
Archive reference D3731/1/1
Page 61
Register type Baptism
Record set Staffordshire baptisms
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Subcategory Births & baptisms
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First name(s) ALICE
Last name PRATT
Birth year 1847
Birth quarter 4
Registration month -
Mother's last name -
District STOKE ON TRENT
County Staffordshire
Country England
Volume 17
Page 130
Record set England & Wales births 1837-2006
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Births & baptisms
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