Died age 88y
Pioneer & Patriot Families of Bradford County PA 1770-1800
Vol. I - Clement F. Heverly pp 306-307
John Pratt, brother of Ephraim, did not come to Burlington until 1816. He married Elizabeth ("Betsy") Hagar, a noted heroine, who was born in Boston. "At the age of nine years she was left alone in the world to shift for herself. She grew upon a farm, was of strong muscular frame and learned to do all rough farm work as well as being an expert at the loom. When the Revolution broke out she was at work for a man named Leverett in his blacksmith shop; he was very ingenious and he and Betsy were secretly busy fixing the old match-lock guns for the patriots. She would file, grind and scour the work and fit it as fast as Leverett would turn it out. Both, it should be remembered, were working gratuitously--solely for the cause of freedom. At the battle of Concord the British fled and left six fine brass cannon, but all spiked. The guns were taken to Leverett's shop, where he and Betsy drilled holes opposite the spikes when they punch the irons out and stop up the holes with screws. Betsy worked hard at these cannon for six weeks. She also made cartridges and when her supply of flannel for this purpose gave out, she took off her underclothing and used them. At night after the battle, she helped cared for and nurse the wounded. Throughout the war she continued to aid the patriot cause in many ways.
Among her other gifts she possessed considerable knowledge of medicine--the herbs, roots and flowers of the country, and she often ministered to the sick and was as much respected and looked up to as any person in the settlement." The patriot mother and her husband spent their last days in Granville township. Mrs. Pratt died July 12, 1843, aged 88 years, 1 month and 4 days, and her husband, April 16, 1851, aged 90 years, 7 months and 11 days. Their children were:
Mercy married Robert Little.
Ephraim removed West.
Thomas married Lucinda Levert.
Joseph married Phoebe Swain.
Sophia married Isaac Swain.
Nancy married John Henry.
John married Eunice Dudley.
Lewis married Polly Vroman.
Name: John PRATT
Spouse: Betty Hagar
Marriage Date: July 22, 1787
Marriage Place: Newton
Source: Vital Records of Framingham
Pioneer & Patriot Families of Bradford County PA 1770-1800
Vol. I - Clement F. Heverly pp 306-307
John Pratt, brother of Ephraim, did not come to Burlington until 1816. He married Elizabeth ("Betsy") Hagar, a noted heroine, who was born in Boston. "At the age of nine years she was left alone in the world to shift for herself. She grew upon a farm, was of strong muscular frame and learned to do all rough farm work as well as being an expert at the loom. When the Revolution broke out she was at work for a man named Leverett in his blacksmith shop; he was very ingenious and he and Betsy were secretly busy fixing the old match-lock guns for the patriots. She would file, grind and scour the work and fit it as fast as Leverett would turn it out. Both, it should be remembered, were working gratuitously--solely for the cause of freedom. At the battle of Concord the British fled and left six fine brass cannon, but all spiked. The guns were taken to Leverett's shop, where he and Betsy drilled holes opposite the spikes when they punch the irons out and stop up the holes with screws. Betsy worked hard at these cannon for six weeks. She also made cartridges and when her supply of flannel for this purpose gave out, she took off her underclothing and used them. At night after the battle, she helped cared for and nurse the wounded. Throughout the war she continued to aid the patriot cause in many ways.
Among her other gifts she possessed considerable knowledge of medicine--the herbs, roots and flowers of the country, and she often ministered to the sick and was as much respected and looked up to as any person in the settlement." The patriot mother and her husband spent their last days in Granville township. Mrs. Pratt died July 12, 1843, aged 88 years, 1 month and 4 days, and her husband, April 16, 1851, aged 90 years, 7 months and 11 days. Their children were:
Mercy married Robert Little.
Ephraim removed West.
Thomas married Lucinda Levert.
Joseph married Phoebe Swain.
Sophia married Isaac Swain.
Nancy married John Henry.
John married Eunice Dudley.
Lewis married Polly Vroman.
Name: John PRATT
Spouse: Betty Hagar
Marriage Date: July 22, 1787
Marriage Place: Newton
Source: Vital Records of Framingham
Died age 88y
Pioneer & Patriot Families of Bradford County PA 1770-1800
Vol. I - Clement F. Heverly pp 306-307
John Pratt, brother of Ephraim, did not come to Burlington until 1816. He married Elizabeth ("Betsy") Hagar, a noted heroine, who was born in Boston. "At the age of nine years she was left alone in the world to shift for herself. She grew upon a farm, was of strong muscular frame and learned to do all rough farm work as well as being an expert at the loom. When the Revolution broke out she was at work for a man named Leverett in his blacksmith shop; he was very ingenious and he and Betsy were secretly busy fixing the old match-lock guns for the patriots. She would file, grind and scour the work and fit it as fast as Leverett would turn it out. Both, it should be remembered, were working gratuitously--solely for the cause of freedom. At the battle of Concord the British fled and left six fine brass cannon, but all spiked. The guns were taken to Leverett's shop, where he and Betsy drilled holes opposite the spikes when they punch the irons out and stop up the holes with screws. Betsy worked hard at these cannon for six weeks. She also made cartridges and when her supply of flannel for this purpose gave out, she took off her underclothing and used them. At night after the battle, she helped cared for and nurse the wounded. Throughout the war she continued to aid the patriot cause in many ways.
Among her other gifts she possessed considerable knowledge of medicine--the herbs, roots and flowers of the country, and she often ministered to the sick and was as much respected and looked up to as any person in the settlement." The patriot mother and her husband spent their last days in Granville township. Mrs. Pratt died July 12, 1843, aged 88 years, 1 month and 4 days, and her husband, April 16, 1851, aged 90 years, 7 months and 11 days. Their children were:
Mercy married Robert Little.
Ephraim removed West.
Thomas married Lucinda Levert.
Joseph married Phoebe Swain.
Sophia married Isaac Swain.
Nancy married John Henry.
John married Eunice Dudley.
Lewis married Polly Vroman.
Name: John PRATT
Spouse: Betty Hagar
Marriage Date: July 22, 1787
Marriage Place: Newton
Source: Vital Records of Framingham
Pioneer & Patriot Families of Bradford County PA 1770-1800
Vol. I - Clement F. Heverly pp 306-307
John Pratt, brother of Ephraim, did not come to Burlington until 1816. He married Elizabeth ("Betsy") Hagar, a noted heroine, who was born in Boston. "At the age of nine years she was left alone in the world to shift for herself. She grew upon a farm, was of strong muscular frame and learned to do all rough farm work as well as being an expert at the loom. When the Revolution broke out she was at work for a man named Leverett in his blacksmith shop; he was very ingenious and he and Betsy were secretly busy fixing the old match-lock guns for the patriots. She would file, grind and scour the work and fit it as fast as Leverett would turn it out. Both, it should be remembered, were working gratuitously--solely for the cause of freedom. At the battle of Concord the British fled and left six fine brass cannon, but all spiked. The guns were taken to Leverett's shop, where he and Betsy drilled holes opposite the spikes when they punch the irons out and stop up the holes with screws. Betsy worked hard at these cannon for six weeks. She also made cartridges and when her supply of flannel for this purpose gave out, she took off her underclothing and used them. At night after the battle, she helped cared for and nurse the wounded. Throughout the war she continued to aid the patriot cause in many ways.
Among her other gifts she possessed considerable knowledge of medicine--the herbs, roots and flowers of the country, and she often ministered to the sick and was as much respected and looked up to as any person in the settlement." The patriot mother and her husband spent their last days in Granville township. Mrs. Pratt died July 12, 1843, aged 88 years, 1 month and 4 days, and her husband, April 16, 1851, aged 90 years, 7 months and 11 days. Their children were:
Mercy married Robert Little.
Ephraim removed West.
Thomas married Lucinda Levert.
Joseph married Phoebe Swain.
Sophia married Isaac Swain.
Nancy married John Henry.
John married Eunice Dudley.
Lewis married Polly Vroman.
Name: John PRATT
Spouse: Betty Hagar
Marriage Date: July 22, 1787
Marriage Place: Newton
Source: Vital Records of Framingham
Family Members
Advertisement
Advertisement
