Father of Elizabeth Pratt Kugler, husband of Frances Moore Pratt.
DeSilver's 1833 Philadelphia Directory and Stranger's Guide page 170: Pratt, Henry mer(chant) 1st wh(arf) bl (below) Race (street) dh (dwelling house) 112 N Ft (North Front Street)
Successful merchant and real estate entrepreneur who built one of the finest Federal-style residences overlooking the Schuylkill River in 1799.
Henry Pratt, the grandson of Henry Pratt a Philadelphia silversmith, was the son of Mathew Pratt and Elizabeth Moore. In 1778 at age 17 he married Frances Moore and they subsequently had four children. She died in 1785 at the age of 28 and is buried at Q45. Henry married Elizabeth Dundas in October the same year. She bore six children and died in her 29th year. In 1794 Henry married his third wife, Susannah Care. She was 18 and he was 33. They had four children. To provide housing for his ever-expanding family, Henry purchased part of the former estate of Robert Morris on the east bank of the Schuylkill in 1797. The mansion house had burned down, but large greenhouses remained. Henry's new home, with three stories of a main oval room looking out over the river, was the most fashionable countryseat of the time. He named it Lemon Hill and planted the gardens and greenhouses lavishly with flowers, fruit trees, and plants brought from England. Susannah died in 1816 at the age of 40. Henry lived until 1838 and left an estate of $1.5 million. He owned three square blocks in the center of Philadelphia and at least 128 houses in south Philadelphia. He also collected rent from 156 other properties. Of Henry's 14 children, only two outlived him. His legacy, Lemon Hill, remains in Fairmount Park in a restored state for the public to enjoy. The elegant obelisk that marks the family vault represents Pratt's wealth and the artistic trends in grave markers during the second quarter of the 19th century.
from: "Lives of the Silent Stones in the Christ Church Burial Ground----- 50 Family Profiles.
by Jean K Wolf
Christ Church Preservation Trust
20 North American Street
DeSilver's 1833 Philadelphia Directory and Stranger's Guide page 170: Pratt, Henry mer(chant) 1st wh(arf) bl (below) Race (street) dh (dwelling house) 112 N Ft (North Front Street)
Successful merchant and real estate entrepreneur who built one of the finest Federal-style residences overlooking the Schuylkill River in 1799.
Henry Pratt, the grandson of Henry Pratt a Philadelphia silversmith, was the son of Mathew Pratt and Elizabeth Moore. In 1778 at age 17 he married Frances Moore and they subsequently had four children. She died in 1785 at the age of 28 and is buried at Q45. Henry married Elizabeth Dundas in October the same year. She bore six children and died in her 29th year. In 1794 Henry married his third wife, Susannah Care. She was 18 and he was 33. They had four children. To provide housing for his ever-expanding family, Henry purchased part of the former estate of Robert Morris on the east bank of the Schuylkill in 1797. The mansion house had burned down, but large greenhouses remained. Henry's new home, with three stories of a main oval room looking out over the river, was the most fashionable countryseat of the time. He named it Lemon Hill and planted the gardens and greenhouses lavishly with flowers, fruit trees, and plants brought from England. Susannah died in 1816 at the age of 40. Henry lived until 1838 and left an estate of $1.5 million. He owned three square blocks in the center of Philadelphia and at least 128 houses in south Philadelphia. He also collected rent from 156 other properties. Of Henry's 14 children, only two outlived him. His legacy, Lemon Hill, remains in Fairmount Park in a restored state for the public to enjoy. The elegant obelisk that marks the family vault represents Pratt's wealth and the artistic trends in grave markers during the second quarter of the 19th century.
from: "Lives of the Silent Stones in the Christ Church Burial Ground----- 50 Family Profiles.
by Jean K Wolf
Christ Church Preservation Trust
20 North American Street
Father of Elizabeth Pratt Kugler, husband of Frances Moore Pratt.
DeSilver's 1833 Philadelphia Directory and Stranger's Guide page 170: Pratt, Henry mer(chant) 1st wh(arf) bl (below) Race (street) dh (dwelling house) 112 N Ft (North Front Street)
Successful merchant and real estate entrepreneur who built one of the finest Federal-style residences overlooking the Schuylkill River in 1799.
Henry Pratt, the grandson of Henry Pratt a Philadelphia silversmith, was the son of Mathew Pratt and Elizabeth Moore. In 1778 at age 17 he married Frances Moore and they subsequently had four children. She died in 1785 at the age of 28 and is buried at Q45. Henry married Elizabeth Dundas in October the same year. She bore six children and died in her 29th year. In 1794 Henry married his third wife, Susannah Care. She was 18 and he was 33. They had four children. To provide housing for his ever-expanding family, Henry purchased part of the former estate of Robert Morris on the east bank of the Schuylkill in 1797. The mansion house had burned down, but large greenhouses remained. Henry's new home, with three stories of a main oval room looking out over the river, was the most fashionable countryseat of the time. He named it Lemon Hill and planted the gardens and greenhouses lavishly with flowers, fruit trees, and plants brought from England. Susannah died in 1816 at the age of 40. Henry lived until 1838 and left an estate of $1.5 million. He owned three square blocks in the center of Philadelphia and at least 128 houses in south Philadelphia. He also collected rent from 156 other properties. Of Henry's 14 children, only two outlived him. His legacy, Lemon Hill, remains in Fairmount Park in a restored state for the public to enjoy. The elegant obelisk that marks the family vault represents Pratt's wealth and the artistic trends in grave markers during the second quarter of the 19th century.
from: "Lives of the Silent Stones in the Christ Church Burial Ground----- 50 Family Profiles.
by Jean K Wolf
Christ Church Preservation Trust
20 North American Street
DeSilver's 1833 Philadelphia Directory and Stranger's Guide page 170: Pratt, Henry mer(chant) 1st wh(arf) bl (below) Race (street) dh (dwelling house) 112 N Ft (North Front Street)
Successful merchant and real estate entrepreneur who built one of the finest Federal-style residences overlooking the Schuylkill River in 1799.
Henry Pratt, the grandson of Henry Pratt a Philadelphia silversmith, was the son of Mathew Pratt and Elizabeth Moore. In 1778 at age 17 he married Frances Moore and they subsequently had four children. She died in 1785 at the age of 28 and is buried at Q45. Henry married Elizabeth Dundas in October the same year. She bore six children and died in her 29th year. In 1794 Henry married his third wife, Susannah Care. She was 18 and he was 33. They had four children. To provide housing for his ever-expanding family, Henry purchased part of the former estate of Robert Morris on the east bank of the Schuylkill in 1797. The mansion house had burned down, but large greenhouses remained. Henry's new home, with three stories of a main oval room looking out over the river, was the most fashionable countryseat of the time. He named it Lemon Hill and planted the gardens and greenhouses lavishly with flowers, fruit trees, and plants brought from England. Susannah died in 1816 at the age of 40. Henry lived until 1838 and left an estate of $1.5 million. He owned three square blocks in the center of Philadelphia and at least 128 houses in south Philadelphia. He also collected rent from 156 other properties. Of Henry's 14 children, only two outlived him. His legacy, Lemon Hill, remains in Fairmount Park in a restored state for the public to enjoy. The elegant obelisk that marks the family vault represents Pratt's wealth and the artistic trends in grave markers during the second quarter of the 19th century.
from: "Lives of the Silent Stones in the Christ Church Burial Ground----- 50 Family Profiles.
by Jean K Wolf
Christ Church Preservation Trust
20 North American Street
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