John Burrows Pratt

     John Burrows was born on Sunday, 25 February 1781 in Essex, Middlesex County, Connecticut. He was the son of Augustus Pratt and Esther Burrows. He was christened there on 6 May 1781 in Old Saybrook.¹ John married Hannah Stedman, daughter of John Stedman I and Mary Frances Hotchkiss, in New York. The 1810 U.S. Federal Census enumerates at Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, the family of John B Pratt [10010:101].² The 1820 U.S. Federal Census enumerates at Durham, Greene County, New York, the family of John B Pratt 11001:1101.³ The 1830 U.S. Federal Census enumerates at Windham Township, Greene County, New York, the family of John B Pratt [1000101:0000010001].⁴ The 1840 U.S. Federal Census enumerates at Sugar Grove, Warren County, Pennsylvania, the family of John B Pratt [00100001:00001001].⁵. Directly below him on the list is their son, L H Pratt - KLM] 27 July 1850, John and his wife, Hannah, were listed on the U.S. Federal Census in Sugar Grove, Warren County, Pennsylvania. Enumerated in this household were John B Pratt [70 Connecticut], Hannah [65 Connecticut] & Mary [31 New York]. John is a farmer; their farm is valued at $800. Dircectly above them is their son Humphrey [40 New York], Julia [33 New York], Edgar R. [11 Pennsylvania], Lucy E [9 Pennsylvania] & Florence [4 Pennsylvania]. He is also a farmer and his farm is also valued at $800.⁶ 30 July 1860, John and his wife, Hannah, were listed on the U.S. Federal Census in Sugar Grove, Warren County, Pennsylvania. Enumerated in this household were John B Pratt [78 Connecticut] & Hannah [75 Connecticut]. Their real estate and personal estate were both valued at $300.⁷ John's wife, Hannah, died on 8 March 1868 in Sugar Grove leaving him a widower. John departed this life on Saturday, 6 March 1869 in Sugar Grove at age 88 years and 9 days. He was buried there in Cherry Hill Cemetery.⁸