Priscilla Prater

Birth: 1734 Maryland, USA Death: Sep., 1756 Clear Spring Washington County Maryland, USA

“The first of the sons of Colonel Thomas Sprigg and Elizabeth (Clagett) Prather to marry was Bazel Prather, as when he was under 18, he fell deeply in love with a neighbor girl, Priscilla Swearingen, the daughter of Van Swearingen, Sr., of Frederick County, Maryland, and they were married February 18, 1749, and he brought her to Richard’s Choice to live, and before Bazel was 19, he was a father, their son Henry Prather being born November 18, 1749 at Richard’s Choice, Conococheague Manor, Frederick County, Maryland.

“Capt. Bazel and Priscilla (Swearingen) also had a son Richard Prather, born at Richard’s Choice, about 1754 who later went to Nelson County, Kentucky, and married Mary Churchill and had issue.

“Bazel and Priscilla (Swearingen) Prather and their two sons, Henry and Richard continued to live at Richard’s Choice after Colonel Thomas Sprigg and Elizabeth (Clagett) Prather moved to Conococheague Manor, and in 1755, Richard Prather [Bazel%E2%80%99s brother, not his son] married on June 25, Lucy Jacques, daughter of Denton Jacques, Sr., and he brought her to Richard’s Choice to live, and here their first child, a son, was born March 23, 1756 and named Bazel Prather.

“This was during a tragic period for the settlers, as the French were having the Indians make incursions into this territory to discourage the English settlers, and drive them back eastward. Colonel Thomas Sprigg Prather and the other male settlers erected log fortifications or stockades for the safety of the settlers to escape into and to fight from, but many homes were still unprotected and were fair game for the savages. According to tradition handed down by Richard and Lucy (Jacques) Prather, when Bazel their son was about 6 months old, which would have been about September of 1756, Lucy was warned by another settler that the Indians were about to attack. She took Bazel and got on her horse, leading their cow, and fled into the stockade, after telling Priscilla (Swearingen) Prather to hurry after her to the stockade. Priscilla gave her baby, Richard (then about 2 years old), to her son Henry (then about 7 years old) to carry as he ran for the stockade, and she would follow at once. Henry carrying his infant brother ran and managed to get to the fortification, but Priscilla never reached there as the Indians killed her before she could reach the stockade.

“Afterwards when the Indians had departed, Lucy returned home to find the house burned to the ground, the stock all slaughtered or stolen, and all of the crops either burned or stomped into the ground. Priscilla was buried in the Prather graveyard at Richard’s Choice. Bazel left his two sons with their grandparents, Colonel Thomas and Elizabeth (Clagett) Prather, and he remained with Richard (his brother) and helped him rebuild his home and get the crops started, and then he also went to live with his father and mother.”

Family links:

Parents:

 Van B. Swearingen (1692 - 1787)

 Elizabeth Walker Swearingen (1695 - 1767)

Spouse:

 Basil Prather (1731 - 1803)

Siblings:

 Rebecca Drusilla Swearingen Tomlinson (1716 - 1797)*

 John Swearingen (1720 - 1784)*

 Priscilla Swearingen Prather (1734 - 1756)

 Charles Swearingen (1735 - 1818)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Prather Cemetery Clear Spring Washington County Maryland, USA

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Please note: the marriage & parentage of Priscilla Swearingen is unproven. See http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=prather22... and below (notes section)

61. PRISCILLA (VAN)6 SWEARINGEN ("KING VAN"5, THOMAS4, THOMAS3 VAN SWEARINGEN, GARRETT2 VAN SWERINGEN, DAVID JANSE1 SWIERINGH) was born Abt. 1748 in Maryland or South Carolina, and died Aft. 1832 in Laurens County, South Carolina. She married BAZIL PITTS PRATER January 07, 1768 in South Carolina, son of JOHN PRATER and ABARILLA HYATT. He was born Abt. 1745 in North Carolina, and died 1832 in Laurens County, South Carolina.

Children of PRISCILLA SWEARINGEN and BAZIL PRATER are:

 	i. 	  	ABARILLA7 PRATER.

ii. ARCHELUS (ARCHIBALD) PRATER.
iii. BASIL KING PRATER.
iv. HANNAH THERESA PRATER.
v. HOLLOWAY "TENNESSEE HOLLY" PRATER.
vi. JOHN PRATER.
vii. JOSIAH HYATT PRATER.
viii. KING PRATER.
ix. MARTHA PRATER.
x. MINERVA PRISCILLA PRATER.
xi. RUTHA PRATER.
xii. VERLINDA PRATER.
117. xiii. MARY PRATER, b. March 10, 1795, Laurens County, South Carolina; d. March 19, 1830, Warren County, Tennessee.

notes

From The Prater/Prather Family 2 AUG 2009

This marriage is unproven. Her parentage is unproven.

A number of alternative parentages are suggested:

• 1. Van "Maryland" Swearingen (b.c.1692) & Elizabeth Walker
• 2. Van ""Middleton" Swearingen (son of #1) & Margaret Stull
• 3. Van "King" Swearingen & Priscilla Metcalf
• 4. By an earlier marriage of Priscilla Metcalf above (possibly Christia n Foulke)
• 5. Joseph Swearingen (son of #1) and Mary Hannah Williams
• 6. Archibald Edmonston & Martha Prater

And more speculation, based on onamastics ....

Birth: 1734 Maryland, USA Death: Sep., 1756 Clear Spring Washington County Maryland, USA

“The first of the sons of Colonel Thomas Sprigg and Elizabeth (Clagett) Prather to marry was Bazel Prather, as when he was under 18, he fell deeply in love with a neighbor girl, Priscilla Swearingen, the daughter of Van Swearingen, Sr., of Frederick County, Maryland, and they were married February 18, 1749, and he brought her to Richard’s Choice to live, and before Bazel was 19, he was a father, their son Henry Prather being born November 18, 1749 at Richard’s Choice, Conococheague Manor, Frederick County, Maryland.

“Capt. Bazel and Priscilla (Swearingen) also had a son Richard Prather, born at Richard’s Choice, about 1754 who later went to Nelson County, Kentucky, and married Mary Churchill and had issue.

“Bazel and Priscilla (Swearingen) Prather and their two sons, Henry and Richard continued to live at Richard’s Choice after Colonel Thomas Sprigg and Elizabeth (Clagett) Prather moved to Conococheague Manor, and in 1755, Richard Prather [Bazel%E2%80%99s brother, not his son] married on June 25, Lucy Jacques, daughter of Denton Jacques, Sr., and he brought her to Richard’s Choice to live, and here their first child, a son, was born March 23, 1756 and named Bazel Prather.

“This was during a tragic period for the settlers, as the French were having the Indians make incursions into this territory to discourage the English settlers, and drive them back eastward. Colonel Thomas Sprigg Prather and the other male settlers erected log fortifications or stockades for the safety of the settlers to escape into and to fight from, but many homes were still unprotected and were fair game for the savages. According to tradition handed down by Richard and Lucy (Jacques) Prather, when Bazel their son was about 6 months old, which would have been about September of 1756, Lucy was warned by another settler that the Indians were about to attack. She took Bazel and got on her horse, leading their cow, and fled into the stockade, after telling Priscilla (Swearingen) Prather to hurry after her to the stockade. Priscilla gave her baby, Richard (then about 2 years old), to her son Henry (then about 7 years old) to carry as he ran for the stockade, and she would follow at once. Henry carrying his infant brother ran and managed to get to the fortification, but Priscilla never reached there as the Indians killed her before she could reach the stockade.

“Afterwards when the Indians had departed, Lucy returned home to find the house burned to the ground, the stock all slaughtered or stolen, and all of the crops either burned or stomped into the ground. Priscilla was buried in the Prather graveyard at Richard’s Choice. Bazel left his two sons with their grandparents, Colonel Thomas and Elizabeth (Clagett) Prather, and he remained with Richard (his brother) and helped him rebuild his home and get the crops started, and then he also went to live with his father and mother.”

Family links:

Parents:

 Van B. Swearingen (1692 - 1787)

 Elizabeth Walker Swearingen (1695 - 1767)

Spouse:

 Basil Prather (1731 - 1803)

Siblings:

 Rebecca Drusilla Swearingen Tomlinson (1716 - 1797)*

 John Swearingen (1720 - 1784)*

 Priscilla Swearingen Prather (1734 - 1756)

 Charles Swearingen (1735 - 1818)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Prather Cemetery Clear Spring Washington County Maryland, USA

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Father: Van "Maryland" Swearingen b: BET 1690 AND 1692 in Somerset, MD Mother: Elizabeth Walker b: 22 DEC 1695 in Paxtusent Hundred, Anne Arundel Co., MD

1773 in Of, Laurens, South Carolina, United States Death: 1832 in Merriwether Co, Georgia, United States Name: Verlinda Prater Sex: F 1

Father: Basil Pitts Prater b: 1 Jan 1745 in Prince George's, Maryland, United States Mother: Priscilla Swearingen b: 1747 in Maryland, United States

Marriage 1 Samuel J Bishop b: 1769 in South Carolina, United States

   Married: 1793 in Laurens, South Carolina, United States

Children

   Has Children Rachel C. Bishop b: 1794 in Georgia

   Has No Children Ira Bishop b: 1795 in North Carolina, United States

   Has No Children Benjamin Bishop b: 1795 in North Carolina, United States

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1747 in Maryland, United States _APID: 7836::1189264 1 MARR: 1768 _APID: 7836::1189264 1 Name: Priscilla Swearingen _APID: 7836::1189264 1 Death: Jul 1832 in Laurens, South Carolina, United States Sex: F 2 2

Father: Van Swearingen b: 22 May 1719 in Somerset, Maryland, United States Mother: Sarah Swearingen b: 20 Nov 1722 in Somerset, Maryland, United States

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“The first of the sons of Colonel Thomas Sprigg and Elizabeth (Clagett) Prather to marry was Bazel Prather, as when he was under 18, he fell deeply in love with a neighbor girl, Priscilla Swearingen, the daughter of Van Swearingen, Sr., of Frederick County, Maryland, and they were married February 18, 1749, and he brought her to Richard’s Choice to live, and before Bazel was 19, he was a father, their son Henry Prather being born November 18, 1749 at Richard’s Choice, Conococheague Manor, Frederick County, Maryland.

“Capt. Bazel and Priscilla (Swearingen) also had a son Richard Prather, born at Richard’s Choice, about 1754 who later went to Nelson County, Kentucky, and married Mary Churchill and had issue.

“Bazel and Priscilla (Swearingen) Prather and their two sons, Henry and Richard continued to live at Richard’s Choice after Colonel Thomas Sprigg and Elizabeth (Clagett) Prather moved to Conococheague Manor, and in 1755, Richard Prather [Bazel%E2%80%99s brother, not his son] married on June 25, Lucy Jacques, daughter of Denton Jacques, Sr., and he brought her to Richard’s Choice to live, and here their first child, a son, was born March 23, 1756 and named Bazel Prather.

“This was during a tragic period for the settlers, as the French were having the Indians make incursions into this territory to discourage the English settlers, and drive them back eastward. Colonel Thomas Sprigg Prather and the other male settlers erected log fortifications or stockades for the safety of the settlers to escape into and to fight from, but many homes were still unprotected and were fair game for the savages. According to tradition handed down by Richard and Lucy (Jacques) Prather, when Bazel their son was about 6 months old, which would have been about September of 1756, Lucy was warned by another settler that the Indians were about to attack. She took Bazel and got on her horse, leading their cow, and fled into the stockade, after telling Priscilla (Swearingen) Prather to hurry after her to the stockade. Priscilla gave her baby, Richard (then about 2 years old), to her son Henry (then about 7 years old) to carry as he ran for the stockade, and she would follow at once. Henry carrying his infant brother ran and managed to get to the fortification, but Priscilla never reached there as the Indians killed her before she could reach the stockade.

“Afterwards when the Indians had departed, Lucy returned home to find the house burned to the ground, the stock all slaughtered or stolen, and all of the crops either burned or stomped into the ground. Priscilla was buried in the Prather graveyard at Richard’s Choice. Bazel left his two sons with their grandparents, Colonel Thomas and Elizabeth (Clagett) Prather, and he remained with Richard (his brother) and helped him rebuild his home and get the crops started, and then he also went to live with his father and mother.”