Richard Pray was baptized 6 Aug 1626 in Frant, East Sussex, England according to "East Sussex, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812."

Richard PRAY 1# Married Mary Unknown BEF 30 DEC 1647.

Richard PRAY 2# Married Elizabeth WHITE in Abt 1688 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA.

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Note his research is quite good.

"The Pray Family of Braintree, Quincy and Weymouth, Massachusetts from 1643 to 2004"

by Harold Leonard Pray, Colonel, USAF, Retired

Page 1

"iv. Richard Pray, was born in England possible as early as 1624. There is much controversy over Richard being Quintin's son..."

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"It is interesting to note that Richard...possibly because he was living in Rhode Island at the time or added proof that Richard was not Quintin's son. Brian Awly who researched the Pray family in England does not list Quentin's son, Richard, on his pedigree chart, but he does acknowledge him in January 1996 letter saying no baptism record was found on Richard..."

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Name: Richard PRAY

Birth: 1630 in England

Death: 1693 in Providence, Providence County, RI

Note: In June 1668 Richard swore allegiance to the king. He was one of the first settlers of Rhode Island, and in King Phillip's war, refused to quit Providence. 1 2 3

Father: Quinton PRAY b: ABT 1595

Mother: Joan Valliance

Marriage 1 Mary

Married: BEF 30 DEC 1647 4

Marriage 2 Elizabeth WHITE

Married: ABT 1688 5

Sources:

1. Title: Pray of York and Kittery, Maine

Author: Henry Ernest Woods

Publication: New England Historic Genealogical Register, Vol. 55, July 1901

Page: pp. 280-281

2. Title: Genealogies of the Families of Braintree, MA 1640-1850

Author: Waldo Chamberlain Sprague

Publication: Frank E. Dyer: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dyer/ Printed 31 July 1998

Page: Pray family card 3942R, 3943, 3944R

3. Title: Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England

Author: James Savage

Publication: Originally published 1860-1862. Reprint published Baltimore MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994

Page: 3:476-477

4. Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700

Author: Clarence Almon Torrey

Publication: Baltimore MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985 & 1992

Page: p. 600

Text: Richard Pray (1630-1688, 1693?) & 1/wf Mary (___) (-1686, 1688?); b 30 Dec 1647; Kittery, ME/Providence

5. Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700

Author: Clarence Almon Torrey

Publication: Baltimore MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985 & 1992

Page: p. 600

Text: Richard Pray (-1693) & 2/wf Elizabeth (White) [Herendean]/Hearnden, w. Benjamin; c 1688; Providence

Information Provided by: Jim Kimble (#47587114)

Thank You Jim Kimble for providing this information.

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Father: Quinton PRAY, b. 1595, Chiddingston, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 17 Apr 1667, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)

Mother: Joan or Joanna VALLIANCE, b. Abt 1599, England Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 17 Apr 1667, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 68 years)

Married 15 Jan 1621 Mayfield, Sussex, England

Notes:

From "Pray of York and Kittery, Maine" by Henry Ernest Woods, published in the New England Historic and Genealogical Register, July

"Quinton Pray, of whom see Pope's "Pioneers of Massachusetts," page 371, appears to have been one of the ironworkers who came to Lynn in 1643, under the auspices of the Iron Works Company, at its beginning in New England, perhaps sailing from England when John Winthrop, Jr., in "May, 1643, did at great costs and charges imbarque himself, with many workmen, servants & materials for the said setting up of iron workes, in the good ship the An Cleeve, of London" (5 Mass. Hist. Soc. Collections, viii, 36). Later he removed to Braintree, continuing in the Iron Works there. The Christian name Quentin was not uncommon in Scotland, and the surname Pray is said to be of French origin, from Pré, a meadow. It may be significant that Anderson and Downing, of the early founderymen at Lynn, were from Scotland. Of Quinton's two sons, Richard settled in Providence, R.I., (see Austin's "Gen. Dict. of Rhode Island," page 358), while John remained in Braintree; and his daughters Hannah and Dorothy, married and lived in Braintree.

John Pray married in Braintree, 7 May, 1657, Joanna Downam, presumably a daughter of John Downam, or Downham, of Braintree. He died in 1676, when, 31 Oct. fhot at year, administration was granted to, and the first inventory of the estate (£335.) was rendered by, the widow Joanna (Suffolk Probate Records, xii, 12. 112). She married second, Daniel Livingstone {Lewiston, Levistown] of York, Maine, perhaps in 1685 when, as appears by York Deeds, iv., 45, she entered into a post-nuptial agreement "to bring her too sons & daughter with her to yorke," who are described as "her three youngest children." Daniel Lewiston [Livingstone] was killed at York by the Indians, 20 Aug. 1694, according to Savage; and in December following, Joanna bought some land adjoining his estate, as recorded in York Deeds, vii., 15.

The children of John and Joanna were:

i. John, b. 11 March 1658; d. 25 Nov. 1658.

ii. John, b. 11 July, 1659; d. before 20 July, 1699.

iii. Ephraim, b. about 1661; d. 16 Jan. 1709-10; m. in 1680, Elizabeth, dau. of John Hayden of Braintree; issue.

iv. Hannay, b. 21 March, 1663, d. 12 Dec. 1664.

v. Hannah, b. 16 March 1665; d. ?, m. James Bell of Taunton.

vi. Richard, b. 3 May, 1667, d. before 20 July, 1699.

vii. Samuel, b. 16 May 1669; went to York, Maine, with his mother; d. in 1708, adm. gr. 19 Oct.: m. Mary, dau. of Thomas Fernald of Kittery. Children: 1. Mary, m. 2 Nov., 1721, Samuel Stacey of Kittery. 2. Hannah, m. 24 May, 1722, Thomas Rand of Newcastle. 3. Samuel, m. 17 Nov. 1726, Alice, dau. of Jonathan Mendum of Kittery.

viii. Joseph, b. about 1671; went to York, Maine, with his mother; d. in 1748, will prob. 18 Oct.; m. Mary, dau. of Peter Grant of Kittery. Children: 1. John. 2. Samuel. 3. Peter. 4. Joanna, m. ? Yeaton. 5. Mary, m. Col. Thomas Wallingford of Dover. 6. Martha, m. Gershom Allen of Berwick. 7. Miriam, m. ? Lord. 8. Elizabeth, m. Samuel Walton of Newcastle.

ix. John, b. 10 Feb. 1672-3; d. before 9 July, 1685.

x. Dorothy, b. about 1675; went to York, Maine with her mother; m. Daniel Furbush of Kittery; issue.

On 7 July, 1699, 'the widow Joanna Levistown (late Pray)' rendered a second inventory of the estate (£281.) of John Pray: and 20 July, 1699, the estate was divided between 'the Sd Joanna and the five children of the Sd deced namely--Ephraim Pray, Samuel Pray, Joseph Pray, Hannah Bell & Dorothy Furbush.' (Suffolk Probate Records, xiv., 55-59).

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