William Prather

William Prather

• aka Prater
• Born 1670 in Calvert, Province of Maryland
• Died 1747 in Calvert, Province of Maryland
• Son of Jonathan Prather I and Jane (Mackall) Smith
• Brother of Jane (Prather) Mulliken, Jonathan Prather II, George Prather, Thomas Prather Sr, John Prather and Elizabeth (Prather) Gittings
• Husband of Anne (Yate) Prather — married 1695 in St. Barnalas, Queen Ann Par. Maryland
• Father of William Nathan Prather jr, Jane (Prather) Turner, Priscilla (Prather) Brashear, John Josiah Prather and Sarah Prater

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Prather-92

William Nathan Prater I was Plantation. Reference: 2.004.04. He 15 June, 1700: Ninian Beal of Prince George Co., ..... in consideration of ye sum of two Thousand pounds of Tobacco in hand paid... by Said Thomas Prater...sell Enfeeof & Confirme unto ye said Thomas Prater... Six and fiftly acres of Land More or Less .. Ruth Beale, wife of Ninian, waived dower.

13 Mar., 1733: William Prather Sr. sold to William Prather Jr. for 10 pounds sterling .. 'Thukie Flight' 100 acres.

William sold to Priscilla Prather, spinster, for 20.8.8 (20 pounds, 8 shillings, 8 pence) Tract on where I now live, part of 'Orphans Gift' 100 acres.

15 Dec., 1735: William Prater Sr. and Ann sold a tract of land called 'Cheney7' in Baltimore Co., to Richard Snowden for 10 pounds sterling.

14 Arp., 1746: William Prather Jr. sold to Christopher Lowndes, Merchant, for 2416 lbs. Tobacco.. 'Poplar Thickett', 50 acres.

17 Apr., 1746: William Prather Jr. sold his son John Prather for 10 pounds Sterling 'Turkie Flight' ... 100 acres.

1750 : William Prather aquired 'Hog Harbour' .... 583 acres.

31 Mar., 1752: John Prather, son of William Prather, of Frederick Co., sold for 65 pounds stering ..100 acres of 'Turkey Flight' to Benoni Fowler. Abarilla, Wife of John, released her dower.

Ann Yates was the daughter of Geoge & Mary Well (Stockett) Yates. The Yates family descends from many noble families of England back to the same nobles that the Prater family had married into in the 13, 1400's. The Mallets, Walronds, and others including the Counts of Flanders. He was born in 1670 at Calvert, Maryland. He married Anne Yates, daughter of George Yate Sr. and Mary Wells, circa 1695 at St. Barnalas, Queen Ann Par. Maryland. William Nathan Prater I died in 1747 at Prince George, Md. He was baptized in the LDS church on 22 July 1954.1 He received his endowment on 10 August 1955.1 He was sealed as a child to , son of Jonathan Prather ( Prater I and Lyle Jane MacKay, on 3 April 1956.1 William Nathan Prater I was sealed as a spouse of Anne Yates on 28 June 1994.1

M 1698 Ann Yates.

Children of WILLIAM PRATHER and ANN YATES are:

1. WILLIAM NATHAN PRATHER II, b. March 08, 1700, Prince George Co. Maryland; d. September 20, 1780, Prince George Co. Maryland.
2. JOHN PRATHER, b. June 12, 1715, Montgomery/Prince George, Maryland; d. November 03, 1796, Montgomery, Maryland.
3. JANE PRATHER, b. October 12, 1703, Prince George Co. Maryland; d. December 27, 1723, Maryland.
4. PRISCILLA PRATHER, b. September 21, 1707, Prince George Co. Maryland.
5. MARGARET PRATHER, b. September 08, 1709, Prince George Co. Maryland; d. Living 13 Mar, 1733.
6. JOSEPH PRATHER, b. July 11, 1711, Queen Ann Parrish, Leeland, Prince George, Maryland.
7. SARAH PRATHER, b. March 23, 1716, Prince George Co. Maryland.
8. ELIZABETH PRATHER, b. Abt. 1718, Prince George Co. Maryland.

Sources

• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/o/l/Yvonne-Tolley-MI/P...
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry (2013) Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol V, page 442, George Yate and Mary Wells.
• http://prathergenealogy.com/defaultmain.htm
• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I1104...