Matthew (Macuth) Pratt (b. Abt. 1595, d. October 29, 1672)Matthew (Macuth) Pratt (son of Thomas Pratt) was born Abt. 1595 in Ashton Clinton, Buckinghamshire, England, and died October 29, 1672 in Weymouth, Ma.. He married Elizabeth Kingham on November 09, 1619 in Ashton Clinton, Buckinghamshire, England, daughter of William Kingham and Catherine Bate(s).
Notes for Matthew (Macuth) Pratt:
Macuth came to New England in 1638 not 1628 as Francis Pratt's 1889 Genealogy states. Their seventh child, Samuel, was baptized in Ashton Clinton on January 22, 1636/37 and their eighth child Joseph was born August 10, 1639 in Weymouth, MA.
Macuth is referred to by Cotton Mather in his "Magnalia" as a very religious man. His will is dated March 25, 1672 and was probated April 30,1673. The will refers to "my kinsman Elder Edward Bate." The Elder Edward Bate was a kinsman by virtue of being a cousin of Elizabeth Kingham Pratt. We are also related to Edward Bate the father of Susannah Bate who married Nathaniel Blanchard. Elizabeth died sometime after Macuth and is mentioned in his will.
Note: MATTHEW PRATT, whose Christian name appears as Macute, Macuth, Macaeth, Micareth, was "an old resident" of Weymouth. He had twenty acres granted to him "in the mill field" (now East Weymouth) and eighteen acres on the west side of "mill River." He was made a freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony 13 May, 1640. In Feb. 1648, he was chosen a "townsman" (selectman). He died at Weymouth, 29 Aug. 1672. He made his will 25 Mar. 1672, and it was proved 30 Apr. 1673. To his wife Elizabeth Pratt the use of his estate for her natural life. To son Thomas Pratt lands after his wife's decease, and land at " Hollie " upon condition that he pay '.my Daughter Chard" 94. To son Matthew Pratt lands onlike condition. To son John Pratt "an ewe and lamb." To son Samuel Pratt land near his house. To son Joseph Pratt a lot at the pond. To his daughter Chard L7, and to her daughter Johannah Chard his best bed. To his daughter White a parcel of land. To his son Thomas Pratt's daughter Sarah 95. To Thomas Pratt's son William Pratt half of a mare. Wife to be executrix. " His Pastor Mr. Samuel Torrey and his Kinsman Elder Edward Bates, and his son Thomas Pratt " to be overseers. Witnesses: Edward Bates and Thomas Dyer. The inventory of Mathew Pratt who deceased Aug. 29, 1672, was taken 12 Dec. 1672. (Pratt Genealogy, 1989, pp. 19-21.)
References for searching:
Frederick Nicholoson, "The English Origin of Macuth (or Matthew) Pratt and Edward Bates of Weymouth, Mass.", The American Genealogist, (Jan. 1990
pp. 89-90
Laura Underhill, Descendants of Edward Small (1910),p.733
Pratt Genealogy of 1889 by Francis Greenleaf Pratt (Boston)
James A. Savage A Genealogical Dictionary of First Settlers of New England (Boston: Little, Brown, 1861)
1998 Pratt Directory by Jayne Pratt Lovelace JPlovelace@aol.com
(entered on December 27,1998 by Karen Simmons)
Wessagusset Colony is the early name for Weymouth
More About Matthew (Macuth) Pratt and Elizabeth Kingham:
Marriage: November 09, 1619, Ashton Clinton, Buckinghamshire, England.
Children of Matthew (Macuth) Pratt and Elizabeth Kingham are: - +Mary Pratt, b. October 22, 1620, d. January 1722, Braintree, Randolph, Norfolk, MA.