Prater/Prather Genealogy* 120,000+ Family Members
John Prather
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. John Prather was born , of Frederick Co., Md. (son of Charles Prather, Cherie Prater and Marie Williams). Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
John married Sarah Prather, Sally 23 Jul 1812, St. Landry Parish, La.. Sarah (daughter of Azariah Prather and Ruth Lochlin) was born Abt 1789, Clark Co., W. Va., Now Kentucky; was christened , A Cousin to Her Husband, John Prather. [Group Sheet]
2. Charles Prather, Cherie Prater was born , of Frederick Co., Md.; was christened , Went West Into Va. Then to la. (son of Josiah Prater and Esther Waring); died , Prob. la.. Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Notes:
This Charles may be the "Cherie" Prather that is recorded in La. married to
Marie Williams and father of William Prather who married 1794 in La. to a
Marthea Agnes Berwick.
The information on the family descendants of "Cherie" Prater can be found
in the following pages, and have been "proven" to be his descendants.
We are still researching "Cherie" in hopes of finding more proof of his
descendancy. The info. we have is not conclusive but is prob. correct.Charles married Marie Williams of Frederick Co., Md.. Marie was born , of Frederick Co., Md.. [Group Sheet]
3. Marie Williams was born , of Frederick Co., Md.. Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Children:
- William Prater, Guillaume was born , Va.; was christened , Also Lived in Ky.; died , La..
- 1. John Prather was born , of Frederick Co., Md..
- Nelly Prather was born , of Frederick Co., Md..
Generation: 3
4. Josiah Prater was born 21 Dec 1727, Queen Anne P, Prince George, Md (son of John Smith Prater and Elizabeth Elinor Hilary Nuthall); died 1755, ,Frederick, Md. Other Events:
- Ancestral File Number: 1ON1-XJC
- Reference Number: 4.095.01
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Josiah married Esther Waring Maryland. Esther was born , of Md. [Group Sheet]
5. Esther Waring was born , of Md. Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Children:
- 2. Charles Prather, Cherie Prater was born , of Frederick Co., Md.; was christened , Went West Into Va. Then to la.; died , Prob. la..
- Jonathan Prater was born , of Norwalk, Va.; died 22 Sep 1814, Ft. Norfolk, Va. War of 1812.
- Newman Prather, Prater was born 29 Nov 1745, Va.; died 20 Sep 1815, Grayson Co., Va..
Generation: 4
8. John Smith Prater was born 1705, Orphans Gift, Prince George, Md (son of Thomas Prater and Martha Spriggs); died Aft 14 Jul 1763, Bladensburg, Prince George, Md; was buried , Prince George Co., Md.. Other Events:
- Ancestral File Number: 25M1-Q9
- Occupation: Spriggs Plantation
- Reference Number: 3.028.03
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Notes:
!P-A,gives place of death as Bladensburg,Prince George,Co.
NOTES:
Recorded 23 Oct., 1755 Archives op. cit., vol. 31, pp 79/80
"Negro Thomas, slave of John Prather, conspirred to Poison a certain Richard
Duckett the younger....." (Negro was pardoned.)
This was Richard Duckett Jr., who had several land dealings with John Prather.
Richard Duckett was also one of the Justices for Pr. George Co., Md.
16 Dec., 1768 (Arrchives, op. cit. vol. 32 pp 268 / 313)
John Smith Prather served in the Maryland government (Lower House of Assembly,
out of Frederick Co., Maryland)
He lived in Maryland on "Spriggs Request Plantation" and later
"Deer Park Plantation" and "Bear Garden, Inlarged Plantation".
He was appointed Constable of Prince George Co., Maryland 24 Nov., 1730 and
served until 1733.
John Smith Prather and his wife Elizabeth Nuthall were first cousins.
Their mothers, Martha Sprigg (Prather) and Eleanor Hillary Sprigg (Nuthall)
were sisters.
When his mother died in 1742 he took possession of the 166 acres portion of
"Spriggs Request Plantation" that had been left to him by his father.
In 1743 John inherited the entire estate of John Singleton Goldsmith of
Charles County. We do not know how John Singleton Goldsmith was related
to him, but we do know that George Goldsmith was the guardian of his
grandmother, Lyle Jane MacKay, before she married Jonathan Prather. Also the
Singleton family was intermarried with the Prather family so we can assume
that the Goldsmith family was also connected in some way.
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My research continues. Gary Benton PratherJohn married Elizabeth Elinor Hilary Nuthall 17 Feb 1726, Prince Edward Co., Md.. Elizabeth (daughter of John Nuthall, III and Eleanor Olive Sprigg) was born 1712, ,St Mary's, Md; died Aft 1776, Orphans Gift, Prince George, Md. [Group Sheet]
9. Elizabeth Elinor Hilary Nuthall was born 1712, ,St Mary's, Md (daughter of John Nuthall, III and Eleanor Olive Sprigg); died Aft 1776, Orphans Gift, Prince George, Md. Other Events:
- AFN: BMGV-4C
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Notes:
She was daughter of John Nuthall and Eleanor Spriggs.
John Nuthall was an Inn-Holder.Children:
- 4. Josiah Prater was born 21 Dec 1727, Queen Anne P, Prince George, Md; died 1755, ,Frederick, Md.
- Martha Prather was born 20 Apr 1730, Queen Anne P, Prince George, Md; died 1790, ,Montgomery, Md.
- Jeremiah Prater was born 21 Jul 1731, Queen Anne P, Prince George, Md; was christened , Was in Vermillion Co., Il.; died 30 Aug 1806, ,Fayette, Ky.
- Aaron Prater was born 1732, ,Prince George, Md; was christened , Died at Birth; died 1732.
- Eleanor Prater was born 02 Apr 1735, Queen Anne P, Prince George, Md; was christened Abt 1739, St.Barnabas Church; died Abt May 1801, ,Montgomery, Md.
- Zachariah Prater was born 05 May 1736, Queen Anne P, Prince George, Md.
- Rachel Prater was born 06 Jan 1738, Queen Anne P, Prince George, Md.
- Elizabeth Prater was born Abt 23 Sep 1740, of, Prince George, Md.
- Elizabeth Prater was born 23 Sep 1740, of, Prince George, Md.