Col. Thomas Prather and Elizabeth Claggett

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Husband Col. Thomas Prather ¹

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

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       Marriage: 1725 1

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   Other Spouse: Jeanette Smiley (      -      ) 1

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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}

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           Born: 14 Sep 1732 - Maryland 3 4
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Mary Hicks (      -      ) 3 4
           Marr: 9 May 1854 5

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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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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

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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.

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 Editor, 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.