Excerpt from The Pratt Family: A Genealogical Record of Mathew Pratt of Weymouth, Mass., And His American Descendants, 1623-1889 There are known to have been at least ten persons by the' name of Pratt who settled in New England between 1691 and 1650. Some of these individuals were doubtless members of the same family, perhaps brothers, or of other relationship near or remote; but from what places in England they came, or who were their imme diate ancestors, or in what ship each arrived, is very much a matter of tradition. There are to-day, doubtless, in the mother country, legal records, and town or family genealogies, which, if examined, would clear up much of the Obscurity which surrounds the early history Of the Pratt families. It is to be hoped that at some time, not far distant, some one will make the necessary thorough investigations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
