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Joanna Downam Pray

Birth
Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
1699 (aged 58–59)
Kittery, York County, Maine, USA
Burial
Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Buried in a cemetery in Kittery ,ME. Add to Map
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John and Dorothy(----) Downam are her parents.She was married twice but had all her children with John Pray,her first husband.This family was of the Iron Works personal who were an "Earthy Breed" of people. Her and both husbands were in and out of trouble as were other members of this Pray family. She married John Pray on 7 May 1657 in Braintree,Norfolk,MA.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

After John died she remarried Daniel Livingston and went to York,York Co.,ME. with Joanna's three youngest children and established the Pray family in York Co.,ME.

On 20 Aug 1694 Daniel was killed by Indians in an attack on York near the Maxwell garrison where he lived. The family moved to Kittery and settled there.

John and Dorothy(----) Downam are her parents.She was married twice but had all her children with John Pray,her first husband.This family was of the Iron Works personal who were an "Earthy Breed" of people. Her and both husbands were in and out of trouble as were other members of this Pray family. She married John Pray on 7 May 1657 in Braintree,Norfolk,MA.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

After John died she remarried Daniel Livingston and went to York,York Co.,ME. with Joanna's three youngest children and established the Pray family in York Co.,ME.

On 20 Aug 1694 Daniel was killed by Indians in an attack on York near the Maxwell garrison where he lived. The family moved to Kittery and settled there.



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