John is the son of Quinton Pray and Joanna Valliance, was born and baptized 5 Mar 1636/7 in Frant, East Sussex, England. He came with his family to Braintree, MA. to be part of the new Iron Works Industry of which he and the males in the family followed in their father's footsteps. They were a more"earthy" type of people and the family was in trouble several times for things we would think nothing of today but in the Puritan era was very offensive.
He was united in marriage to Joanna Downam on 7 May 1657, she being the daughter of John and Dorothy (--) Downam. They are the parents of ten children, all born in Braintree:
John Pray-11 Jan 1658-25 Nov 1658
John Pray-11 May 1659-abt 1661
Ephraim Pray-Abt 1661-16 Jan 1710
Hannah Pray-21 Jan 1663-12 Dec 1664
Hannah Pray-16 Mar 1665-James Bell
Richard Pray-3 Mar 1667-20 Jul 1699
Samuel Pray-16 Feb 1669-19 Oct 1708
John Pray-10 Dec 1672
Joseph Pray-10 Feb 1673-18 Oct 1748
Dorothy Pray-1675-Daniel Furbish
John is the son of Quinton Pray and Joanna Valliance, was born and baptized 5 Mar 1636/7 in Frant, East Sussex, England. He came with his family to Braintree, MA. to be part of the new Iron Works Industry of which he and the males in the family followed in their father's footsteps. They were a more"earthy" type of people and the family was in trouble several times for things we would think nothing of today but in the Puritan era was very offensive.
He was united in marriage to Joanna Downam on 7 May 1657, she being the daughter of John and Dorothy (--) Downam. They are the parents of ten children, all born in Braintree:
John Pray-11 Jan 1658-25 Nov 1658
John Pray-11 May 1659-abt 1661
Ephraim Pray-Abt 1661-16 Jan 1710
Hannah Pray-21 Jan 1663-12 Dec 1664
Hannah Pray-16 Mar 1665-James Bell
Richard Pray-3 Mar 1667-20 Jul 1699
Samuel Pray-16 Feb 1669-19 Oct 1708
John Pray-10 Dec 1672
Joseph Pray-10 Feb 1673-18 Oct 1748
Dorothy Pray-1675-Daniel Furbish
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