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From: bob gillis <>
Subject: Re: [MAESSEX] Anna Pratt or Mrs. Anna Pratt married James Friend in 1762 Wenham, MA
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 08:12:08 -0500
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Nancy Jewel wrote:
>
> Does anyone knoww of a Mr.Pratt first name unknown who married an Anna
> and died before 1762?probably in MA? Mrs.Anna Pratt married James
> Friend in 1762. Hoping to find a connection to solve this puzzle.
>

1. The only marriage I find in Essex County of a Pratt to an Ann is in
Lynn: Prat, Samuel and Anna Ireson, 2 May 1742.

2. She may have come from New Hampshire.

3. in the 18th Century the title Mrs was often an honorific and did not
mean the woman was a widow.

bob gillis

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