288 POWERS.—PRATT.  

   Esther m. Abel Packard 1751.—Jona. Porter m. Mary Chipman of Halifax 1763.—John Jr. m. Martha Perkins 1764.—Hezekiah of Windsor m. Sarah Carver 1757.—Hannah m. Judah Wood 1757.—Adam m. Deborah Gannett 1776, and Sarah Hunt 1806.—Sarah m. Abijah Snow of Abington.—Abigail m. Levi Keith 3d, 1797.—Nathaniel of Halifax m. Celia, D. of Mark Phillips.—Abigail (sister of Rev. John) m. Capt. Isaac Packard 1745, and her sister Hannah m. Dea. Barnabas Tomson of H.—Polly m. William Fullerton 1796.—Mary m. Josiah Sears of H. 1817.—Samuel m. Sally Gill of C. 1817.—Sarah of H. m. Seabury Child Hathaway 1818.—Sarah m. Daniel Whitman 1819.—Lydia of A. m. Edw'd Vinton 1820.—Clifford and Mercy Porter had Bathsheba 1786.—Milicent m. John Battles 1816.—Rebecca Wood Porter m. Charles Lincoln 1816.

   POWERS.—Edward Powers m. Phillis Bartlett 1753, and had Edward 1753, Samuel 1755, Bethiah 1757, Keziah 1759, Roland 1760*, Betty 1762, Noah 1764, Silvia 1766*, Daniel 1769.   She d. 1771, and he m. Betty Whately 1772, and had Silvia 1773, Roland 1775.   Betty m. Capt. Edward Hayward 1802.—Noah m. Rhoda Williams 1787, and had Cyrus 1787, Edward 1789—Keziah m. Prince Ford 1779.—Mary Powers m. John Burr 1748.—Mary Powers d. 1756.—Catharine Powers d. 1760.

   PRATT.—Jo. Pratt (from Weymouth) settled in S. B. a. 1705, having with Richard Davenport bought the farm that was Guido Bailey's near where Zechariah Whitman afterwards lived in 1702.   He sold his share of the mill at Little Comfort, Abington, 1704, and named himself of Weymouth; he lived to be very aged; his will dated 1755; he d. 1765; he left a w. Anna (Richards), m. 1721, a 2d wife; she d. 1766.   He had Joseph, Nathaniel, Benjamin, Solomon, David, Samuel, Sarah.   Sarah m. Ebenezer Snow a. 1728.—Nathaniel m. Sarah, D. of Benjamin Snow probably, and had Seth 1729, and Anna.   His wife d. a. 1743, and he m. Hannah, D. of Lot Conant 1745, and d. 1749.—Anna m. John Packard 1760.—The mother of Nathaniel's wife Sarah above, was Sarah, D. of Samuel Allen, and first m. Jonathan Cary and then Benjamin Snow.   (See Benjamin Snow.)   ["On the 14th of Jan. 1765, died at Bridgewater Joseph Pratt, æ. 100 years wanting one month; a man of good character and profession; he had 20 children by his first wife, but none by his second, who still survives him, being about 90 years old."   Boston News Letter, Jan. 31, 1765. (424)]

   2.   Joseph (son of Joseph 1) m. Lydia Leonard 1712, and had Joseph, Jonathan, Job, Lydia, Susanna, Hannah, Tabitha, Charity, Deliverance, Abigail.   He d. 1753; he left a 2d wife Alice, D. of Dea. Thomas Hayward, m. 1749.   She was the mother of Capt. Thomas Cushman; she d. 1803, æ. 96.   Lydia m. Benjamin Mehurin 1731.   Susanna m. James Richards 1740.—Hannah's will and d. 1764.—Tabitha m. Seth Hayward 1748.—Charity m. Jeremiah Washburn 1754.—Deliverance m. Amasa Rickard 1759.—Abigail m. Edward Curtis 1759.

   3.   Benjamin (s. of Joseph 1) m. Sarah, D. of Henry Kingman, 1719, and had Benjamin, Nathan, John, Bethiah, Susanna,

 

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