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Richard Smalley Pratt

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Biography

DNA Clues		SMALLEY The middle name of Smalley is obviously a family name, perhaps the surname of his mother or a grandmother. Descendants of Richard Smalley Pratt through his son Richard Henry Pratt have many matches to the Smalley family originally of New Jersey, especially to the family of Isaac Smalley and his wife Cietje Pittenger, married in 1764. Note: HK: One of my theories is that Richard's mother was a Smalley, based on Richard's name and based on the many (250-300) DNA matches to the Smalley line. When I look at the early Smalley's in Ohio, Richard Smalley and Catherine Emmons were early, probably by 1814, and his land patent was issued 1816, which is when the Wooster federal land office opened. I have looked at this Richard Smalley as a possible parent for a female of the right age. He did have several daughters born 1795 - 1804, although none married a Pratt. PRATT Our family has quite a few connections to a Pratt family who lived in Fayette County, Pennsylvania from the late 1700's to about 1830, when they moved for about 8 years to Union County, Indiana, and then to Mercer County, Illinois. The parents were John Pratt and Avarilla Bonar, and they had 11 children, and many descendants. Their oldest son was named Benjamin. Written material about the family says he did not marry. He lived 1802-1968, so was not the 79 year old man in the Logansport 1850 census. Charts showing many of these connections are attached.
Birth	1817	Richard Smalley Pratt was born in 1817 in Indiana. The 1850 census states he was 33, giving a birth year of 1817, which I will use. If his father was really born in 1771, and Richard born in 1817, then his father would have been about 46. Which might mean that Richard was among the younger of other siblings. The 1850 census also lists birthplace as Indiana. That may be in error, due to the fact that he had come to California from Indiana. Indiana Territory was established in 1800, preparatory to Ohio statehood in 1803. At that time the two main settlements were Vincennes and Clark's Grant. The total white population was 5,641, but it included a much wider territory than present-day Indiana. Hostilities with the Indians were on-going (the battle of Tippecanoe was in 1811). In 1812, the population was under 25,000, and by early 1816 it was 63,897, when statehood was approved. Summary of possible birth locations: Indiana: Only census (1850) says Indiana Son RHP 1900 census says father b. Indiana Son RHP 1920 census says father b. Indiana New York state: He lived there when his three children were born (possibly only 2 sons). Son RHP 1880 census says father b. NY Son RHP 1910 census says father b. NY Son JMP 1880 census says father b. NY Pennsylvania: Son SBP 1880 census says father b. PA The death certificate of his son Richard Henry Pratt in 1924 says Unknown for Father's Birth Place.1
History Note	between 1817 and 1842	Between 1817 and 1842 in New York the following event took place: Pratt Genealogy states that Richard had some part in the building of the Welland Canal and the Erie Canal. This may be a family story based on little evidence. The Welland Canal and its associated Feeder Canal, between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie, across the Niagara Peninsula, was a method of bypassing Niagara Falls. Construction took place between 1824-1829 and from 1831-1833. The Erie Canal was started in 1817, and became navigable in 1825. Between 1823 and 1828, several lateral Canals opened including the Champlain, the Oswego and the Cayuga-Seneca. The Genesee Valley Canal went from Rochester to Mount Morris. An improvement program on the Erie was started in 1834. Robert Morris' Allegany County and its people, Alfred NY, W.A. Fergusson & Co., 1896, states that in 1842, "work on the Genesee Valley canal and Erie railroad was suspended..." Work was not resumed until 1848, by which time it appears that Richard and family had moved to Logansport. It is reasonable to assume that after the canals were built, on-going upkeep employed various contractors along the route. We cannot know if R.S. Pratt was involved in the actual construction, or in maintenance work. If he was born in 1815, he would have been too young to work on the first Welland construction phase, but could have been a laborer on the second phase. However, he would have been quite young, and it raises the question as to why and how he was in that area at the age of 16 or 18, if he was not from that area. At age 20, when he married, he was in Ohio, in or near Toledo.
Marriage	15 January 1837	He and Mary Herrick were married on 15 January 1837 in Wood County, Ohio, by E. Huntington, Justice of the Peace. Viewed on familysearch.org, Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016 Collection. In 1837, Mary's father may still have been in Ohio, or he may have gone to New York. However, Mary's 3 brothers, Calvin, Elijah, and William D. were all in Toledo or nearby, and she may have stayed with one of them. She is not in her father's household in the 1830 census, at age 14.2
Research Note	1839	1839 Allegany County, New York, Research on local Pratts. I have researched Pratts found in the census, local histories, cemeteries, and newspapers in Allegany and nearby counties. I have not been able to find any Pratts who seem like at all likely candidates as families for Richard Smalley Pratt and his father Benjamin Pratt.
Census-not found	1840	Richard has not been found on the census of 1840
Research Note	1845	1845 Pennsylvania It is possible that R.S. Pratt lived in Pennsylvania around 1845. because the 1850, 1860, and 1880 censuses for his son Seth state that Seth was born in Pennsylvania. However, his wife Mary may have been staying with family or friends there while R.S. Pratt made arrangements for them to move to Logansport.
Shared	1845	In 1845 in Maumee, Lucas County, Ohio, the following event took place:3
Residence	1846	As of 1846 Richard lived in Logansport, Cass County, Indiana, R. H. Pratt's biographer states that R.S.Pratt moved his family to Logansport in 1846. A site that has lookups from Cass County IN newspapers: http://grins.freeservers.com/cass_co_,_in.htm
Census	27 September 1850	He appeared in the census 27 September 1850 in Auburn and vicinity, Sutter County, California. Richard is listed as: R. S. Pratt, age 33, b. Ind., Mining W. H. Cone, age 38, b. Ind., Mining Dwelling place 882, Household 882, Line 20 Image 27 of 31 on Ancestry. William H. Cone, of Indiana, born in 1812. A William Cone was a 2d Lieutenant in the Civil War, and was killed, died of wounds on July 2, 1864. Can't be the same one because he was born about 1837, discharged Kokomo, Indiana, so that sounds like the same one, but in the 1850 census he was 38. Not this William H. Cone: Adelia C Casad married William H Cone on 1861-06-08. Wayne County, Ind. (Book H ; Page 154). had a daughter Louis Cone. In 1870, age 33, Butcher, with imputed father Peleg H. Cone, 65, both b. CT, daughter Louis is 7, no wife in household. Must be the same W.H. Cone in 1860 census, a W.H. Cone, only 23, Fayette Cty, Indiana, Connersville, a hotel keeper born in CT. Attachment: RS Pratt 1850 census.
Death	after September 1850	He died after September 1850 at Feather River in Butte County, California, Elaine Goodale Eastman, RH Pratt's biographer, who knew RH Pratt personally from 1884 until his death, wrote, "Richard Pratt the elder, restless and adventurous, soon found himself caught up in the Gold Rush as one of the "Forty-Niners." He joined a party California bound, won through the hardships of the long trail, and staked out a promising claim on the banks of the beautiful Feather River. There, as he wrote home in a moment of high exultation, he had found enough gold to provide generously for them all. Great was the family rejoicing in this good fortune. But grim tragedy followed hard on its heels, with news that a fellow prospector had murdered the husband and father for his glittering hoard of golden sands." I have looked in Sacramento area papers that are searchable online in the 1850-51 timeframe, did not find anything.1,4
Biography		According to his grandson Mason Delano Pratt, ".... In 1846, no doubt attracted by the construction of the Wabash and Erie Canal in Indiana, he moved his family to Logansport (Indiana), where members of his family lived for many years. In 1849, or soon thereafter, he, with many other residents of Logansport, was attracted to California as an easy and quick road to wealth. Later he lost his life there, but the family never were able to get any accurate details as to when, where or how. His family in Logansport was left destitute. "2
Parentage	2024	2024: As of 2024, I (Holly Kilpatrick) think that the information on Benjamin Pratt written about by Mason D. Pratt in his genealogy booklet, is wrong. I think he found information about a Benjamin Pratt near Logansport, and concluded he was Richard's father. I have researched that Benjamin (from Maryland) and his family. I have also researched the family of John Pratt and Avarilla Boner, of Fayette Cty, PA, Union County, IN, and Mercer County, IL, and as of now, I think their son Benjamin Pratt was the father of Richard. And I further believe at this time, that Richard's mother was a Smalley. This may have been an out-of-wedlock situation, or a marriage where Richard's mother died early. Since they lived on the unsettled or barely settled frontier, records may never be found. However, our family has many DNA matches to the Pratt-Boner family. As of 2024 I have never found any matches to the Benjamin Pratt of Maryland family.

Citations

1. [S75] Mason Delano Pratt, Genealogy of Richard Henry Pratt and his wife Anna Laura Mason Pratt (San Francisco, California: Privately Printed, availble online https://archive.org/details/genealogyofricha00prat/page/6/mode/1up, May, 1943). Hereinafter cited as Pratt Genealogy.
2. [S75] Mason Delano Pratt, Pratt Genealogy, p.6.
3. [S994] Clark Waggoner, Editor, History of the City of Toledo and Lucas County, Ohio (New York & Toledo: Munsell & Company, 1888), p. 470; digital images, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://archive.org/details/historyofcityoft00wagg/page/n8/mode/1up : accessed
4. [S303] Elaine Goodale Eastman, Pratt, The Red Man's Moses (Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, October 1, 1935), p. 14. Hereinafter cited as Pratt, The Red Man's Moses.

Mary Herrick

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Biography

Birth	20 September 1816	Mary Herrick was born on 20 September 1816.1
Marriage	15 January 1837	Richard Smalley Pratt and she were married on 15 January 1837 in Wood County, Ohio, by E. Huntington, Justice of the Peace. Viewed on familysearch.org, Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016 Collection. In 1837, Mary's father may still have been in Ohio, or he may have gone to New York. However, Mary's 3 brothers, Calvin, Elijah, and William D. were all in Toledo or nearby, and she may have stayed with one of them. She is not in her father's household in the 1830 census, at age 14.2
Census	24 September 1850	She appeared in the census 24 September 1850 in Eel Township, Cass County, Indiana. Mary is listed as: Mary, age 28, b. New York; with Henry, age 9, born in New York; Madison, age 7, born in New York; Seth, age 5, born in Pennsylvania, and Benjamin, age 79, born in Pennsylvania. Logansport was the county seat of Cass County. Richard Smalley Pratt was enumerated in the Auburn County, California, census for 1850.3
Death of Spouse	about 1851	About 1851, Mary suffered the loss of her spouse Richard S. Pratt, who had gone west with the Gold Rush, and was murdered there.
Census	7 June 1860	She appeared in the census 7 June 1860 in Logansport, Cass County, Indiana. Mary is listed as: age 43, Seamstress, value of personal estate, $75, born in New York. Living alone.4
Marriage	13 September 1863	George Dagan and she were married on 13 September 18635
In household	1 July 1870	She appeared in the household of George Dagan in the census 1 July 1870 in Logansport, Cass County, Indiana. George is listed as6
Census	2 June 1880	She appeared in the census 2 June 1880 at 80 7th Street in Logansport, Cass County, Indiana. Mary is listed as: Listed as age 62, widowed, keeping house, born in New York and parents born in New York. One other household is listed at #80, John McGine, a 40 year old Shoemaker.
Death of Son	16 September 1890	On 16 September 1890, Mary suffered the loss of her son Seth Pratt, who died at the age of 45 in the nearby town of Marion, IN.
Oral History	1897	Mason Delano Pratt says that this list was given to him by Grandma Pratt-Dagan. This paper is glued inside pages 96-97 of the Herrick Genealogy by Lucius Herrick, Privately Printed in Columbus, OH, 1885.
Death	about April 1898	She died about April 1898 in Delta, Fulton County, Ohio,1
Burial		She was buried at Fulton Union Cemetery, Row 41, in Delta, Fulton County, Ohio.7,8

Citations

1. [S75] Mason Delano Pratt, Genealogy of Richard Henry Pratt and his wife Anna Laura Mason Pratt (San Francisco, California: Privately Printed, availble online https://archive.org/details/genealogyofricha00prat/page/6/mode/1up, May, 1943). Hereinafter cited as Pratt Genealogy.
2. [S75] Mason Delano Pratt, Pratt Genealogy, p.6.
3. [S86] , 1850 Census Online, As viewed on ancestry.com.
4. [S85] , Census Online, Viewed on ancestry.com.
5. [S251] Cass County Marriage Records, WPA Marriage Record Index 1850-1920, Cass County Clerk's Office: Book 3, p. 551.. Hereinafter cited as Cass County Marriage Records.
6. [S84] , Census Online, Viewed on ancestry.com.
7. [S75] Mason Delano Pratt, Pratt Genealogy, (Handwritten note of MDP.)
8. [S296] Fulton Union Cemetery, Fulton County, Ohio Listing, http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohfulton/FcCemeteries.htm. Hereinafter cited as Fulton Union Cemetery.

Pardon Brown

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Biography

Citations

1. [S144] Milton Popple Tilley, compiler, Ancestral Lines of Milton Popple Tilley, Progeny and Ancestry of Milton Popple Tilley of New Canaan, Connecticut (: Self Published, 1 Jan 1965). Hereinafter cited as Ancestral Lines of Milton Popple Tilley.
2. [S841] , Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island: Volume III (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1908), Vol 3, page 2145; digital images, (https://archive.org/stream/representativemebyu03jhbe#page/n6/mode/1up : accessed
3. [S753] William F. Reed, The Descendants of Thomas Durfee of Portsmouth, R.I. (Washington, DC: Gibson Brothers, Printers, 1902), p. 102; digital images, Archive.org, Archive.org (https://archive.org/stream/descendantsoftho00lcreed#page/86/mode/2up : accessed
4. [S185] Richard M. Bayles, History of Newport County, Rhode Island: from the year 1638 to the year 1887 (New York: L.E. Preston & Co., 1888), p.578. Hereinafter cited as History of Newport County, Rhode Island.
5. [S190] Rootsweb WorldConnect kelnhofer6 Database, Karen Kelnhofer, online http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/
6. [S85] , Census Online, Viewed on ancestry.com.

Lucy Armstrong

Parents

Biography

Citations

1. [S144] Milton Popple Tilley, compiler, Ancestral Lines of Milton Popple Tilley, Progeny and Ancestry of Milton Popple Tilley of New Canaan, Connecticut (: Self Published, 1 Jan 1965). Hereinafter cited as Ancestral Lines of Milton Popple Tilley.
2. [S753] William F. Reed, The Descendants of Thomas Durfee of Portsmouth, R.I. (Washington, DC: Gibson Brothers, Printers, 1902), p. 102; digital images, Archive.org, Archive.org (https://archive.org/stream/descendantsoftho00lcreed#page/86/mode/2up : accessed

Jacob Miller Gray

Biography

Citations

1. [S29] Clarence E. Pearsall, History and Genealogy of The Pearsall Family in England and America (San Francisco: H.S. Crocker and Company, Inc., 1928), Vol 3, Chapter 42. Hereinafter cited as The Pearsall Family.

Victor Dunham

Biography

Citations

1. [S606] , National Archives and Records Administration microfilm, M653, 1438 rolls., 1860 Federal Census (1 June 1860) (.)
2. [S29] Clarence E. Pearsall, History and Genealogy of The Pearsall Family in England and America (San Francisco: H.S. Crocker and Company, Inc., 1928), Vol 3, Chapter 42. Hereinafter cited as The Pearsall Family.

William Baldwin

Biography

Citations

1. [S29] Clarence E. Pearsall, History and Genealogy of The Pearsall Family in England and America (San Francisco: H.S. Crocker and Company, Inc., 1928), Vol 3, Chapter 42. Hereinafter cited as The Pearsall Family.

Nathaniel Davidson

Biography

Citations

1. [S29] Clarence E. Pearsall, History and Genealogy of The Pearsall Family in England and America (San Francisco: H.S. Crocker and Company, Inc., 1928), Vol 3, Chapter 42. Hereinafter cited as The Pearsall Family.

Robert Dunbar

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Biography

Birth	1753	Robert Dunbar was born in 1753 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island.1
Marriage	9 December 1773	He and Eunice Barker were married on 9 December 1773 in Rhode Island2
Death	7 May 1821	He died on 7 May 1821 in Bristol, Rhode Island,1

Citations

1. [S144] Milton Popple Tilley, compiler, Ancestral Lines of Milton Popple Tilley, Progeny and Ancestry of Milton Popple Tilley of New Canaan, Connecticut (: Self Published, 1 Jan 1965). Hereinafter cited as Ancestral Lines of Milton Popple Tilley.
2. [S781] James Newell Arnold, Compiler, Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636-1850: 21 vols (Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., Between 1891 and 1912), Vol. VII, Rev. Gardiner Thurston's marriages, p. 342; online database, ancestry.com, ancestry.com ( : accessed

Eunice Barker

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Biography

Birth	22 May 1754	Eunice Barker was born on 22 May 1754 in Rhode Island.1
Marriage	9 December 1773	Robert Dunbar and she were married on 9 December 1773 in Rhode Island2
Death	11 May 1820	She died on 11 May 1820 in Rhode Island1

Citations

1. [S144] Milton Popple Tilley, compiler, Ancestral Lines of Milton Popple Tilley, Progeny and Ancestry of Milton Popple Tilley of New Canaan, Connecticut (: Self Published, 1 Jan 1965). Hereinafter cited as Ancestral Lines of Milton Popple Tilley.
2. [S781] James Newell Arnold, Compiler, Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636-1850: 21 vols (Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., Between 1891 and 1912), Vol. VII, Rev. Gardiner Thurston's marriages, p. 342; online database, ancestry.com, ancestry.com ( : accessed

Peleg Brown

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Biography

Family History		Page from Durfee Genealogy.
Birth	28 April 1757	Peleg Brown was born on 28 April 1757 in Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island.1,2
Military Note		Peleg served in the Revolutionary War. I need to research the details.3
Marriage	9 July 1778	He and Mary Cornell Coggeshall were married on 9 July 1778 in Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island, by Rev. Gardiner Thurston. Peleg and Mary had 13 children.2
Death	26 November 1831	He died on 26 November 1831 in South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island,1

Citations

1. [S144] Milton Popple Tilley, compiler, Ancestral Lines of Milton Popple Tilley, Progeny and Ancestry of Milton Popple Tilley of New Canaan, Connecticut (: Self Published, 1 Jan 1965). Hereinafter cited as Ancestral Lines of Milton Popple Tilley.
2. [S841] , Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island: Volume III (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1908), Vol 3, page 2145; digital images, (https://archive.org/stream/representativemebyu03jhbe#page/n6/mode/1up : accessed
3. [S809] Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission, "Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Database", database, Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission (http://rihistoriccemeteries.org/Default.aspx), Brown Lot, SK046, South Kingstown, RI

Mary Cornell Coggeshall

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Biography

Birth	14 July 1761	Mary Cornell Coggeshall was born on 14 July 1761 in Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island.1,2
Marriage	9 July 1778	Peleg Brown and she were married on 9 July 1778 in Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island, by Rev. Gardiner Thurston. Peleg and Mary had 13 children.3
Death	15 February 1837	She died on 15 February 1837 in South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island,1,2

Citations

1. [S144] Milton Popple Tilley, compiler, Ancestral Lines of Milton Popple Tilley, Progeny and Ancestry of Milton Popple Tilley of New Canaan, Connecticut (: Self Published, 1 Jan 1965). Hereinafter cited as Ancestral Lines of Milton Popple Tilley.
2. [S754] Charles Pierce Coggeshall and Thellwell Rusell Coggeshall, The Coggeshalls in America: genealogy of the descendants of John Coggeshall of Newport, with a brief notice of their English antecedents (Boston, MA: C.E. Goodspeed and Co., 1930), p. 69; digital images, HathiTrust, HathiTrust (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89066029471;view=1up : accessed
3. [S841] , Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island: Volume III (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1908), Vol 3, page 2145; digital images, (https://archive.org/stream/representativemebyu03jhbe#page/n6/mode/1up : accessed

Capt. Nathaniel Armstrong

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Biography

Birth	21 August 1768	Capt. Nathaniel Armstrong was born on 21 August 1768 in Rhode Island. There must be a typo on Grandpa Milton's chart, he has 1788. Findagrave has 1768, and the Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission listing for him lists 2 Aug 1768 also.1
Marriage	3 February 1795	He and Lucy Champlin were married on 3 February 1795 in South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island,2
Death	1 December 1843	He died on 1 December 1843 in South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island,1
Burial	3 December 1843	He was buried on 3 December 1843 at Riverside Cemetery in South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island.3

Citations

1. [S144] Milton Popple Tilley, compiler, Ancestral Lines of Milton Popple Tilley, Progeny and Ancestry of Milton Popple Tilley of New Canaan, Connecticut (: Self Published, 1 Jan 1965). Hereinafter cited as Ancestral Lines of Milton Popple Tilley.
2. [S781] James Newell Arnold, Compiler, Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636-1850: 21 vols (Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., Between 1891 and 1912), Vol. 12, Newport Mercury Marriages, p. 9; online database, ancestry.com, ancestry.com ( : accessed
3. [S287] Find a Grave Website, online www.findagrave.com

Lucy Champlin

Parents

Biography

Birth	26 February 1774	Lucy Champlin was born on 26 February 1774 in Rhode Island.1
Marriage	3 February 1795	Capt. Nathaniel Armstrong and she were married on 3 February 1795 in South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island,2
Death	8 June 1852	She died on 8 June 1852 in South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island,1
Burial	10 June 1982	She was buried on 10 June 1982 at Riverside Cemetery in South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island.3

Citations

1. [S144] Milton Popple Tilley, compiler, Ancestral Lines of Milton Popple Tilley, Progeny and Ancestry of Milton Popple Tilley of New Canaan, Connecticut (: Self Published, 1 Jan 1965). Hereinafter cited as Ancestral Lines of Milton Popple Tilley.
2. [S781] James Newell Arnold, Compiler, Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636-1850: 21 vols (Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., Between 1891 and 1912), Vol. 12, Newport Mercury Marriages, p. 9; online database, ancestry.com, ancestry.com ( : accessed
3. [S287] Find a Grave Website, online www.findagrave.com, Riverside Cemetery, S. Kingston, RI

Sarah Pratt

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Biography

Anecdote		At some point, Sarah lived in Hollywood and was friends with Margaret Hamilton (1902 - 1985) (the actress who played the Wicked Witch of the West in the Wizard of Oz).
Birth	24 May 1890	Sarah Pratt was born on 24 May 1890 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.1
PhotoLink	March 1891	In March 1891, in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Sarah Ellen Roberts Crane and little Sarah Pratt at 10 months old.
PhotoLink	about 1898	About 1898, in Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States.
Census	7 June 1900	She appeared in the household of Mason Delano Pratt in the census 7 June 1900 at 330 Spruce St in Steelton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Mason is listed as2
Photo Family Group	1905	In 1905, in Pennsylvania. Possibly taken at Carlisle, or Harrisburg.
Photo Family Group	1905	In 1905, in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania. Mabel and her family
Photo Family Group	about 1912	About 1912 MD Pratt and family and his parents
Census	1930	She appeared in the census 1930 at 700 Taylor St in San Francisco, California. Sarah is listed as: Sarah Pratt, Head, Renter, $45 rent, age 38, single, born in Pennsylvania, father in Indiana, mother in West Virginia, working as a Nurse for a physician. This does not appear to be the correct Sarah Pratt. The residence location and birth location are correct, but the age is off by 2 years, and the birthplaces of the parents.
Census	1940	She appeared in the census 1940 at 2300 Webster St. in San Francisco, California. Sarah is listed as: Sarah Pratt, head, age 49, single, born in Pennsylvania, in 1935 lived in same house, Social Worker, San Francisco Welfare Board.3
Death	27 May 1948	She died on 27 May 1948 in San Bernardino County, California, According to the attached note that "Nana" (Roxana Pratt Pearsall) wrote, Sarah (Sally) was cremated by the Pierre Bros. Crematory, which today has Valhalla Memorial Gardens. Sarah is not listed on their Findagrave site.4

Citations

1. [S75] Mason Delano Pratt, Genealogy of Richard Henry Pratt and his wife Anna Laura Mason Pratt (San Francisco, California: Privately Printed, availble online https://archive.org/details/genealogyofricha00prat/page/6/mode/1up, May, 1943). Hereinafter cited as Pratt Genealogy.
2. [S81] , 1900 Census Online, Viewed on ancestry.com.
3. [S568] , Census Online, Viewed on ancestry.com, Year: 1940; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Roll: m-t0627-00319; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 38-519.
4. [S151] State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, online www.ancestry.com, Center for Health Statistics (Published online by Ancestry.com, viewable by subscription), viewed on Ancestry.com.

Richard Henry Pratt, II

Parents

Dick, 1919

Dick, 1919

Dick, 1919

Biography

Birth	2 December 1891	Richard Henry Pratt, II, was born on 2 December 1891 in Steelton, Pennsylvania.1
PhotoLink	about 1898	About 1898, in Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States.
Census	7 June 1900	He appeared in the household of Mason Delano Pratt in the census 7 June 1900 at 330 Spruce St in Steelton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Mason is listed as2
Photo Family Group	1905	In 1905, in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania. Mabel and her family
Newspaper Mention	1 February 1908	The 1 February 1908 edition of the Harrisburg Telegraph, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, reported on a meeting of the E. L. K. club at the home of Richard Pratt, 1100 Green Street.
Newspaper Mention	4 September 1908	The 4 September 1908 edition of the Harrisburg Telegraph, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, reported that Dick and a friend visited in Millersburg for a canoe trip.
Photo Family Group	about 1912	About 1912 MD Pratt and family and his parents
PhotoLink	about 1914	About 1914 Dick and Roxana.
PhotoLink	1919	In 1919 Roxana with siblings.
Marriage	1 June 1920	Richard Henry Pratt, II, and Marjorie Marsh were married on 1 June 19203
Marriage	before 1940	He and Dorothy Michaels were married before 19403
Death	August 1973	He died in August 1973 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut,
Obituary	11 August 1973	11 August 1973, Obituary:. Richard Henry Pratt Dies; Architect and Author, 81 Stonington, Conn., Aug. 10 -- Richard Henry Pratt, architect, landscape designer and author, died at his home this morning after a long illness. He was 81 years old. Mr. Pratt was architectural editor for The Ladies Home Journal for 26 years, from 1936 until his retirement in 1962. Since his retirement he had been a partner with Mrs. Charles F. Fuller in the Stonington Art Gallery. He was the author of two "Treasuries of Early American Homes" published in the nineteen-thirties. After World War I he served briefly as art and music critic of The Baltimore American before being hired as managing editor for House and Garden magazine. He was the founder of Seven Seas, a travel magazine published by North German Lloyd Shipping Lines in the thirties.4

Citations

1. [S75] Mason Delano Pratt, Genealogy of Richard Henry Pratt and his wife Anna Laura Mason Pratt (San Francisco, California: Privately Printed, availble online https://archive.org/details/genealogyofricha00prat/page/6/mode/1up, May, 1943). Hereinafter cited as Pratt Genealogy.
2. [S81] , 1900 Census Online, Viewed on ancestry.com.
3. [S75] Mason Delano Pratt, Pratt Genealogy, p.16.
4. [S282] , New York Times, ProQuest Historical Newspapers Database online, 1857 - 2003, Provided through ProQuest Historical Newspapers, The New York Times 1851 - 2003), p.22, Provided through ProQuest Historical Newspapers, The New York Times 1851 - 2003), p.22

Marion Pratt

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Biography

Birth	23 July 1894	Marion Pratt was born on 23 July 1894 in Steelton, Pennsylvania.1
PhotoLink	about 1898	About 1898, in Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States.
Census	7 June 1900	She appeared in the household of Mason Delano Pratt in the census 7 June 1900 at 330 Spruce St in Steelton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Mason is listed as2
Photo Family Group	1905	In 1905, in Pennsylvania. Possibly taken at Carlisle, or Harrisburg.
Photo Family Group	1905	In 1905, in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania. Mabel and her family
PhotoLink	about 1908	About 1908
Photo Family Group	about 1912	About 1912 MD Pratt and family and his parents
PhotoLink	1919	In 1919 Roxana with siblings.
In household	2 April 1930	She appeared in the household of Mason Delano Pratt in the census 2 April 1930 at 2103 Huntington Drive in South Pasadena City, Los Angeles County, California. Mason is listed as3
Photo Link	6 October 1946	On 6 October 1946, in New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Marion Pratt and Marjorie Mercer Abbott
Death	about 1960	She died about 1960 at Nursing home near Raritan in New Jersey

Citations

1. [S75] Mason Delano Pratt, Genealogy of Richard Henry Pratt and his wife Anna Laura Mason Pratt (San Francisco, California: Privately Printed, availble online https://archive.org/details/genealogyofricha00prat/page/6/mode/1up, May, 1943). Hereinafter cited as Pratt Genealogy.
2. [S81] , 1900 Census Online, Viewed on ancestry.com.
3. [S77] , Census Online, Viewed on ancestry.com.

Mason Alexander Pratt

Parents

Mason Alexander Pratt

Biography

ChildParent1,1
Birth	29 April 1901	Mason Alexander Pratt was born on 29 April 1901.1
Photo Link	1902	In 1902
Photo Family Group	1905	In 1905, in Pennsylvania. Possibly taken at Carlisle, or Harrisburg.
Photo Family Group	1905	In 1905, in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania. Mabel and her family
Anecdote	1908	1908: From a Harrisburg, PA newspaper: "Alexander Pratt, the six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Mason D. Pratt, Green and Herr streets, accidentally shot himself yesterday morning with his father's old-fashioned four-shot pistol with which he was playing. Mr. Pratt was in Carlisle and Mrs. Pratt was away from home. Little Alexander got the pistol out of the drawer where it is kept by Mr. Pratt and put it into his overcoat pocket. He strolled down Green street and entered the home of Francis H. Hoy, Jr., where he is a frequent visitor. As soon as he entered the room where some of the members of the family were, Miss Malaney, a sister-in-law of Mr. Hoy, saw the pistol sticking out of the boy's pocket and asked him what it was. The youngster immediately pulled the pistol out and began to flourish it about. Miss Malaney cautioned him to be careful and not point it at any one. She had no sooner warned him than he lowered the pistol, the trigger caught in his clothing and the weapon was accidentally discharged. The ball entered the groin and took a downward course through the thigh, coming out at the back of the limb just above the knee. The boy was immediately placed on a couch and the blood washed away from the wound. Hot applications were kept on the wound until medical attendance was summoned when, after an examination, Mr. Hoy, who had been called home by his wife, carried the little sufferer in his arms to his home. The wound is not a serious one and it is expected that a quick recovery will be made."
Newspaper Mention	11 September 1908	The 11 September 1908 edition of the Harrisburg Telegraph, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, reported that Master Alex Pratt was one of the guests at a children's party.
Photo Family Group	about 1912	About 1912 MD Pratt and family and his parents
Photo Link	about 1914	About 1914 Alec Pratt, perhaps about 1914
In household	2 January 1920	He appeared in the household of Mason Delano Pratt in the census 2 January 1920 at 3355 Grant St. in San Diego, San Diego County, California. Mason is listed as2
Census	7 April 1930	Mason Alexander Pratt appeared in the census 7 April 1930 at 315 East Commonwealth, Precinct 12, in Fullerton, Orange County, California. Mason is listed as: Lodger in the household of William Farand. Age 28, single, born in Pennsylvania, father born Indiana, mother Wisconsin. Map clerk in Electric shop.3
Marriage	6 March 1935	He and Lucy Mildred ("Mildred") Buttorff were married on 6 March 19351
Death	February 1976	He died in February 1976 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts,4

Citations

1. [S75] Mason Delano Pratt, Genealogy of Richard Henry Pratt and his wife Anna Laura Mason Pratt (San Francisco, California: Privately Printed, availble online https://archive.org/details/genealogyofricha00prat/page/6/mode/1up, May, 1943). Hereinafter cited as Pratt Genealogy.
2. [S76] , Census Online, Viewed on ancestry.com.
3. [S77] , Census Online, Viewed on ancestry.com.
4. [S27] , Social Security Death Index (SSDI), (: Social Security Administration, As updated.)

Lucy Mildred ("Mildred") Buttorff

Biography

Citations

1. [S75] Mason Delano Pratt, Genealogy of Richard Henry Pratt and his wife Anna Laura Mason Pratt (San Francisco, California: Privately Printed, availble online https://archive.org/details/genealogyofricha00prat/page/6/mode/1up, May, 1943). Hereinafter cited as Pratt Genealogy.
2. [S27] , Social Security Death Index (SSDI), (: Social Security Administration, As updated.)

Abraham Holly

Parents

Biography

Citations

1. [S187] Charles Moses Holly. Copy of the original printing presented to Stamford Town Clerk Office by Miss Adelaide DeGroot (876-1967) before 1950, on which the handwritten note on page 65 is legible., compiler, Record of the Holly Family in America. Adelaide De Groot donated a collection of family photographs to the New York Historical Society in December 1941 and March 1942, so perhaps it was around this time that she donated the Holly book to the Town of Stamford. (Copy of the original printing presented to Stamford Town Clerk Office by Miss Adelaide DeGroot (876-1967) before 1950, on which the handwritten note on page 65 is legible.: Privately printed. Republished by Quintin Publications, Orange Park, FL., Unknwn Pub. Date, about 1861.). Hereinafter cited as Record of the Holly Family in America.
2. [S188] Edith M. Wicks and Virginia H. Olson, compiler, Stamford's Soldiers, Genealogical Biographies of Revolutionary War Patriots from Stamford, Connecticut. (Stamford Connecticut: Stamford Genealogical Society and The Ferguson Library, 1976), p.79. Hereinafter cited as Stamford's Soldiers.
3. [S228] Elijah Baldwin Huntington, History of Stamford, Connecticut, from its settlement in 1641, to the present time (Stamford, Connecticut: Viewed at University of Michigan's Making of America Collection, http://name.umdl.umich.edu/AFK3887.0001.001, 1868), p. 227. Hereinafter cited as History of Stamford.
4. [S231] ; Record Group 15; FHL Film 0971703; Microcopy 804 (700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.: National Archives and Records Administration.)
5. [S228] Elijah Baldwin Huntington, History of Stamford, p. 212.
6. [S91] , Census Online, Viewed on ancestry.com, Image 9/13.
7. [S89] , Census Online, Viewed on ancestry.com, Ancestry image 5 of 8.
8. [S154] Letter from David Brown Tilley Sr., concerning Gereardy and Holly (Easton PA or Phillipsburg NJ) to Milton Popple Tilley, 19 Feb 1956; (.)
9. [S176] LDS Film Number 1008338, Church Registers, First Congregational Church, Darien, Connecticut, (1739-1938). Hereinafter cited as First Congregational Church of Darien Records.
10. [S114] SPENCER P. MEAD, L.L.B., of the New York Bar, compiler, VOL. II ABSTRACT of PROBATE RECORDS FOR THE DISTRICT OF STAMFORD, COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD, AND STATE OF CONNECTICUT, 1803-1848 (, 1919). Hereinafter cited as Stamford Probate Record Abstracts.
11. [S225] Church of the LDS, Salt Lake City, Utah, Probate Court Records, Stamford District, v 12-14 1819-1833, FHL US/CAN Film # 5567, p.23. Hereinafter cited as Probate Court Records, Stamford District, v 12-14 1819-1833.
12. [S189] "Personal Research Notes HPK", Holly Ferris Pearsall Kilpatrick (East Bangor, PA), to (). Hereinafter cited as "HPK Notes."

David Holly

Parents

Biography

Citations

1. [S127] USGenWeb Fairfield County Early Settlers of Stamford, CT Families 1641-1935, online http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cofairfield/pages/stamford/settlers_page.htm

Bethia Ambler

Parents

Biography

Citations

1. [S127] USGenWeb Fairfield County Early Settlers of Stamford, CT Families 1641-1935, online http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cofairfield/pages/stamford/settlers_page.htm
2. [S220] Lucius Barnes Barbour, GREENWICH, FAIRFIELD CO., CT VITAL RECORDS FROM BARBOUR COLLECTION 1641-1852. (Baltimore, Maryland: republished by Genealogical Publishing Co., 1911-1934), vol 1, p. 135. Hereinafter cited as Greenwich, CT Vital Records, Barbour Coll.
3. [S248] Stamford, CT Land Records, Vol. W-X, 1827-1835, FHL US/CAN Film # 5582, Microfilmed by Church of the Latter Day Saints, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT. Hereinafter cited as Stamford, CT Land Records, Vol. W-X, 1827-1835.
4. [S246] Conklin Mann, "Richard Ambler of Watertown, Mass., and Stamford, Conn. and his Descendants", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Volumes 64 and 65 (Jan. 1933 - Oct 1934): Oct 1933, p.344. Hereinafter cited as "Richard Ambler and Descendants."

Sarah Webb

Parents

Biography

Family		Sarah Webb was of. the third child of 13 children
Birth	28 September 1791	She was born on 28 September 1791 in Darien, Fairfield, Connecticut.1,2
Marriage	about 1810	David Holly and she were married about 1810 in Darien, Fairfield, Connecticut, (the 1810 census for William Webb shows 1 female 16-25 which would be Sally.)3,4
Church Affiliation	10 May 1829	As of 10 May 1829, Sarah was affiliated with Stanwich Congregational Church, 237 Taconic Rd., in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut. She was one of 4 people listed in Platt Buffett's records under the year 1829: "May 10th -- The Wife of David Holly." It looks as if there are two or three additional words which were erased or faded. Then there is the mark // which on the first page is described as "Thus // moved away in good standing." After studying the pages, I believe this date is associated with her joining, and then at some point he came back and marked her "moved away." Other marks are # for "Died in good standing" and X for "Were sent out or went out disorderly."5
Church Affiliation	29 April 1831	As of 29 April 1831, Sarah was affiliated with Second Congregational Church, in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut. "Mrs. Sally Holly, wife of David Holly, admitted by letter, during the ministry of the Rev. Joel Mann."6
Property Record	4 April 1844	Sarah was involved in a property transaction on 4 April 1844 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Bk 27, p. 474, Sally Holly, wife of David Holly Jr., mortgage7
In household	1850	She appeared in the household of David Holly in the census 1850 in Darien, Fairfield, Connecticut. David is listed as8
Property Extract	26 February 1859	Sarah was involved in a property transaction on 26 February 1859 in Darien, Fairfield County, Connecticut. I, Sally A. Holly of Darien in the County of Fairfield and the State of Connecticut for the consideration of one hundred and fifty dollars received to my full satisfaction of Charles E. Whitney in said County and State do give, grant, bargain, sell and confirm unto the said Charles E. Whitney one certain tract or parcel of land being in said Darien in quantity one rood be the same more or less and thus bounded: North by Chas. E. Whitney. East by highway. South and West by land of Darius Farrington. The condition for the payment of the above described land is such that if Grantee shall well and truly maintain the Grantor or shall not refuse to maintain her for the term of two years dating from the seventeenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine, then this deed shall remain in full force and virtue in law, otherwise to be null and void...In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 26 day of February A.D. 1859. Sally A. Holly, her mark. Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of Walter S. Whitney, Walter H. Bates. Walter H. Bates, Justice of the Peace. Rec'd to record February 4th, 1860, recorded by John S. Waterbury, Town Clerk. [Note, date of recording could not be correct.]9
Property Extract	8 September 1859	Sarah was involved in a property transaction on 8 September 1859 in Darien, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Know all men by these Presents, that we, Sally Holly, Henry Webb, Epenetus Webb, Sylvanus B. Thompson and Mariah Thompson his wife, Levi Miller and Jane Miller his wife, all of Stamford in the County of Fairfield and Ezra H. Bishop, Administrator of the Estate of Alfred Webb, late of said Stamford, deceased. In the consideration of one dollar received to our full satisfaction of Mary E. Stickney, wife of Charles L. Stickney of Darien in said County of Fairfield, do by these presetns, remise, release and forever Quit Claim unto the said Mary E. Stickney, her heirs and assigns forever, all Right, Title, Interest, Claim and Demand whatever which the said Releasors have or ought to have inor to a certain tract of land lying in Darien with buildings thereon in quantity thirty-five acres more or less bounded South by her own land late land of Henry Waterbury. East by land of heirs of Benjamin Weed and partly by land of Arasiah (?) Waterbury Dec'd. South by land now or late of Rufus Hoyt, William How and Henry Weed, and West by land of Henry Weed and Highway. It being a tract of land mortgaged to the grantor and others by Henry Waterbury by deed bearing date March 30, 1842, and recorded in the Records of Darien Book 2, Page 306. Signed 8 day of September 1859: Sally Holly, Levi Miller, Jane Miller, Henry Webb, Epenetus Webb, S. B. Thompson, Ezra H. Bishop, administrator. Wm H. Holly, Notary Public.10
Property Extract	8 May 1860	Sarah was involved in a property transaction on 8 May 1860 in Darien, Fairfield County, Connecticut. I, Sally A. Holly of Darien in the County of Fairfield and the State of Connecticut for the consideration of four hundred and fifty dollars received to my full satisfaction of James W. Palmer in said County and State do give, grant, bargain, sell and confirm unto the said James W. Palmer a certain tract of land situated in said Darien with Buildings thereon standing containing one half an acre more or less. Bounded on the north by land of Jared Crissy, East by Estate of George Walmsley Dec'd. South and West by highway....In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 8th day of May A.D. 1860. Sally A. Holly, her mark. (LS) Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of F. Webb, Ira Scofield. Darien, May 8th, 1860, Ira Scofield, Justice of the Peace. Rec'd to record May 8, 1860, recorded in by John S. Waterbury, Town Clerk.11
In household	18 August 1860	She appeared in the household of Theodore Holly in the census 18 August 1860 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Theodore is listed as
Census	August 1870	She appeared in the census August 1870 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut. Sarah is listed as: Sally Holly, age 78, Keeping House, with Susan Henessy, age 31, and William Henessy, age 39, Foundry, b. Massachusetts. Living two houses away from Sally's son Theodore.
Death	10 December 1876	She died on 10 December 1876 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, Probably in Greenwich. For some reason, I neglected to enter my source for her death date, so I am not sure of the 10 Dec. date, but the year is correct. In the 22 Feb 1877 issue of the Port Chester Journal, under Greenwich News, there is a Mortuary List for 1886. In this list is included "Mrs. Sally Holly, Date Dec. 17, age 85."
Burial	12 December 1876	She was buried on 12 December 1876 at First Congregational Church Cemetery, Plot 85, Grave 1, 108 Sound Beach Ave., Old Greenwich, in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut. Date estimated. Stone photographed Aug 2005, HK.12,13

Citations

1. [S152] David Brown Tilley and/or Milton Popple Tilley, compiler, Genealogical proof of the direct descent of Hubert Hinds Winstead of Pleasant Valley, Connecticut from Robert Penoyer. (Pleasant Valley, CT, 29 April 1964). Hereinafter cited as Proof of Descent of Robert Penoyer to HH Winstead.
2. [S220] Lucius Barnes Barbour, GREENWICH, FAIRFIELD CO., CT VITAL RECORDS FROM BARBOUR COLLECTION 1641-1852. (Baltimore, Maryland: republished by Genealogical Publishing Co., 1911-1934), p. 295. Hereinafter cited as Greenwich, CT Vital Records, Barbour Coll.
3. [S154] Letter from David Brown Tilley Sr., concerning Gereardy and Holly (Easton PA or Phillipsburg NJ) to Milton Popple Tilley, 19 Feb 1956; (.)
4. [S90] , Census Online, Viewed on ancestry.com.
5. [S229] LDS Film Number 4327, Item 3, Stanwich Congregational Church Records 1796-1835, Rev. Platt Buffett, (1954). Hereinafter cited as Stanwich Congregational Church Records.
6. [S244] Old Volume Series 4, Catalogue of Members and Minutes, Second Congregational Church, Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT: page 208., (1818-1859). Hereinafter cited as Second Congregational Church Minutes Vol 4.
7. [S158] "David B. Tilley Research Notes 1950 - 1965", 1950-1965, David Brown Tilley (1928 - 1989) (Easton, PA, Danby, NY, and Litchfield, CT), to Holly Kilpatrick (East Bangor, PA). Hereinafter cited as "DBT Notes."
8. [S86] , 1850 Census Online, As viewed on ancestry.com.
9. [S617] Darien, CT Land Records, Vol.5-6, 1856-1877, FHL US/CAN Film # 1434205: p. 210. Viewed at FHC, Nazareth, PA 4/1/2014., Microfilmed by Church of the Latter Day Saints, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT. Hereinafter cited as Darien, CT Land Records, Vol.5-6, 1856-1877.
10. [S617] Darien, CT Land Records, Vol.5-6, 1856-1877, FHL US/CAN Film # 1434205: p. 488. Viewed at FHC, Nazareth, PA 4/1/2014.
11. [S617] Darien, CT Land Records, Vol.5-6, 1856-1877, FHL US/CAN Film # 1434205: p. 225. Viewed at FHC, Nazareth, PA 4/1/2014.
12. [S182] First Congregational Church Cemetery, Old Greenwich, Fairfield Cty., Connecticut, Office Records, 108 Sound Beach Avenue, Old Greenwich, CT 06870 Phone (203)-637-1791, Visited Sept 2005 HFPK and WNTP. Hereinafter cited as First Congregational Church Cemetery Office.
13. [S175] Gravestone.

Sarah Holly

Parents

Biography

Birth	6 January 1783	Sarah Holly was born on 6 January 1783 in Bedford, Westchester, New York.1,2,3
Baptism	3 September 1786	She was baptized on 3 September 1786 at Bedford Congregational Church in Bedford, Westchester, New York. "Children of Abraham & Bethiah Holly -- Sept. 3, 1786. James aged 1 June 9, 1786. Sarah aged 3. January 6, 1786."2,3
Property Record	17 September 1831	Sarah was involved in a property transaction on 17 September 1831 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Know Ye, that I, Sally Holly of Ridgefield in the Society of Ridgebury in Fairfield County and State of Connecticut, for the consideration of One hundred & twenty Dollars received to my full satisfaction of David Waterbury of Stamford, in said County, do give, grant, bargain, sell and confirm unto the said David Waterbury, a certain tract of land lying in said Stamford in the Society of North Stamford containing five acres be the same more or less and is bounded north by land of John Dan & John L. Scofield, it being a straight line between sd. tract and sd. John Dan, East by land of William & Hezron Scofield, South by land of William & Hezron Scofield & Jonathan Miller, and West by land of Jonathan Miller with the privilege of passing and repassing over land of Jonathan Miller's in the usual place. To have and to hold the above granted an bargained premises with the privileges and appurtenances thereof, unto him the said David Waterbury, his heirs and assigns forever, to his and their own proper use and behoof. And also I the said Sally Holly do for my self, my heirs, executors and administrators, covenant with the said David Waterbury, his heirs and assigns, that at and until the ensealing of these presents, I am well seized of the premises, as good indefeasible estate in Fee Simple, and have good right to bargain and sell the same in manner and form as is above written, and that the same is free of all incumbrances whatsoever. And furthermore, I the said Sally Holly do by these presents bind myself and my heirs forever, to warrant and defend the above granted and bargained premises to him the said David Waterbury, his heirs and assigns, against all claims and demands whatsoever. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 17 day of September A.D. 1831. Signed, Sealed and Delivered in presence of Ebenezer L. Dan, Jotham Hoyt. Signed by Sally Holly.4
Research Note		We do not know that this deed belongs to this Sarah Holly. For the time being, I am assigning it to her, because the date coincides with that of Alanson selling land in the same area (Oct 1831), which leads me to suspect that their father, Abraham Jr., may have died shortly before, which may have led to this activity. Abraham, Jr. is not listed in the 1830 census.
Research Note		Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Looking for connections between Sarah Holly and Ridgefield. In the 1800 census, there is an Elnathan Holly in Ridgefield (which appears to be Abraham's Elnathan). In 1840, John and family, a Derias and wife, and an Elizabeth (female between 60-70, f 20-30, f <5).
Address		Sarah lived at Ridgebury Society in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Ridgebury is the territory generally held today to be north of the Aspen Ledges and west of the Ridgefield Lakes. It has over the years been a hamlet, a school district or two, and a parish....But the trip from Ridgebury over the hills to Ridgefield for services at the official church proved too much and, in 1761, upon petition of Ridgeburians, New Patent was made the "Second Ecclesiastical Society." It was at that point that the new name for the territory was chosen: Ridgebury, using the Ridge of Ridgefield and the bury of Danbury, the two Connecticut towns that virtually surrounded the society.... Per Jack Sanders website http://jackfsanders.tripod.com/

Citations

1. [S154] Letter from David Brown Tilley Sr., concerning Gereardy and Holly (Easton PA or Phillipsburg NJ) to Milton Popple Tilley, 19 Feb 1956; (.)
2. [S246] Conklin Mann, "Richard Ambler of Watertown, Mass., and Stamford, Conn. and his Descendants", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Volumes 64 and 65 (Jan. 1933 - Oct 1934): Oct 1933, p.344. Hereinafter cited as "Richard Ambler and Descendants."
3. [S263] Bedford Presbyterian Church, Bedford Green, Bedford, NY, Records of the Church in Christ in Bedford begun May 18, 1786: p. 102., (1780 - mid-1800's). Hereinafter cited as Bedford Presbyterian Church Records.
4. [S248] Stamford, CT Land Records, Vol. W-X, 1827-1835, FHL US/CAN Film # 5582: p. 148, Microfilmed by Church of the Latter Day Saints, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT. Hereinafter cited as Stamford, CT Land Records, Vol. W-X, 1827-1835.

James Holly

Parents

Biography

Birth	9 June 1785	James Holly was born on 9 June 1785 in Bedford, Westchester, New York.1,2
Baptism	3 September 1786	He was baptized on 3 September 1786 at Bedford Congregational Church in Bedford, Westchester, New York. "Children of Abraham & Bethiah Holly -- Sept. 3, 1786. James aged 1 June 9, 1786. Sarah aged 3. January 6, 1786."2,3
Census	1810	He appeared in the census 1810 at Hunting Ridge in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. James is listed as: Jas. Holly, 2 males under 10, 1 male 26-44, 1 female 26-44. Next to Abraham Holly and Billy Scofield, with Fred. Ferris and Na. Sherwood on the other side.4

Citations

1. [S154] Letter from David Brown Tilley Sr., concerning Gereardy and Holly (Easton PA or Phillipsburg NJ) to Milton Popple Tilley, 19 Feb 1956; (.)
2. [S246] Conklin Mann, "Richard Ambler of Watertown, Mass., and Stamford, Conn. and his Descendants", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Volumes 64 and 65 (Jan. 1933 - Oct 1934): Oct 1933, p.344. Hereinafter cited as "Richard Ambler and Descendants."
3. [S263] Bedford Presbyterian Church, Bedford Green, Bedford, NY, Records of the Church in Christ in Bedford begun May 18, 1786: p. 102., (1780 - mid-1800's). Hereinafter cited as Bedford Presbyterian Church Records.
4. [S90] , Census Online, Viewed on ancestry.com, Image 19 of 22.