Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Col. Thomas Prather and Elizabeth Claggett




Husband Col. Thomas Prather 1

           Born: 1704 1
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         Father: Thomas Prather (1673-1712) 1
         Mother: Martha Sprigg (      -      ) 1


       Marriage: 1725 1

   Other Spouse: Jeanette Smiley (      -      ) 1



Wife Elizabeth Claggett 2

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1 M Thomas Claggett Prather 1

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2 M Richard Prather 1

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3 F Margaret Prather 1

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4 F Mary Prather 1

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5 M Henry Prather 3 4 5

           Born: 14 Sep 1732 - Maryland 3 4
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           Died: 29 Aug 1775 - Franklin Co, PA 3 5
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Mary Hicks (      -      ) 3 4
           Marr: 9 May 1854 5


6 F Eleanor Prather 1

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7 M Charles Prather 1

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8 F Anne Prather 1

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9 F Elizabeth Prather 1

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10 M Basil Prather 1

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11 F Martha Sprigg Prather 1

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         Status: Twin



12 U [Infant] Prather 1

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13 M James Prather 1

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14 F Sarah Prather 1

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General Notes: Husband - Col. Thomas Prather


He was in charge of the Western Maryland militia in the French and Indian War and his sons were soldiers in the militia.
He and his wife lived in a stone house near the mouth of Conococheaughe Creek where it flows into the Potomic River near Hagarstown, Maryland.

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Sources


1 Earl M. Prather, The Prather Family in America (Centerville, PA: Self-published, 1997), Pg 1.

2 Earl M. Prather, McCalmont History in Venango County, Pennsylvania (Centerville, PA: Self-published, 1996), Pg 14.

3 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 73.

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 366.

5 Earl M. Prather, Pioneers 1795 - 1997 Ricketts, Prather, & McCalmont (Centerville, PA: Self-published, 1997), Pg 2.


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