Moved: 1645
Place: to Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut
Details: Lt. William sold his
land in Hartford to Matthew Beckwith and followed his former commander in the Pequot War
(John Mason) to Saybrook, Connecticut with his family. John Mason had been made Commander
of the fort at Saybrook. William settled in the Saybrook Point area, not far from the
fort.
Note: 1647
Details: After the fort burned, he joined a group of men to survey the
"Outlands", a name previously given to the Essex area.
Moved to: 1648
Details: Essex, Connecticut. His lot and home in Essex were in the region
now occupied by the Rope Walk. He was also the owner of 100 acres of land in Hebron, which
was left to hin by Indian friends who he met when he went on an expedition in th Pequot
War in 1637. He was the largest landowner in the Potapoug Quarter.
Birth of Son: 01 AUG 1648
Name: Joseph Pratt
Place: Saybrook, Connecticut
Birth of Daughter: 01 APR 1651/52
Name: Sarah Pratt
Place: Saybrook, Connecticut
Freeman: 07 MAY 1651
Birth of Son: 15 MAY 1653
Name: William Pratt
Place: Saybrook, Connecticut
Birth of Son: 06 OCT 1654
Name: Samuel Pratt
Place: Saybrook, Connecticut
Birth of Daughter: 01 JAN 1659
Name: Lydia Pratt
Place: Saybrook, Connecticut
Birth of Son: 1662
Name: Nathaniel Pratt
Military: He was commissioned to a lieutenant of the Train Band
(militia) in 1661 and a deputy for Saybrook to Hartford from 1666 to 1676.
Town Commissioner: 1666-1670
Note: 1666-1678
Details: He represented Saybrook,
which included Essex, in the General Assembly from 1666 to 1678 until he died.
Note: 1678
Details: William built his new home in Essex in 1678. It was finished just
before his death. He died at the homestead.
Death: 19 OCT 1678 Saybrook, Middlesex Co,
Connecticut
parents are Rev. William Pratt and Elizabeth ?
See detailed info:
http://jared.pratt-family.org/general_histories/general_english_origins.html