John Smith Prater

1705 - Aft 1763  (> 58 years)

• Name	John Smith Prater
  Born	1705	Orphans Gift, Prince George, Md
  Gender	Male
  Ancestral File Number	25M1-Q9
  Died	Aft 14 Jul 1763	Bladensburg, Prince George, Md
  Record Change	12 Apr 2009
  Occupation	Spriggs Plantation
  Reference Number	3.028.03
  Buried	Prince George Co., Md.
  Person ID	I111304	120k
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	Thomas Prater,   b. 1673, ,Calvert, Md ,   d. 1712, Orphans Gift, Prince George, Md  (Age 39 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Martha Spriggs,   b. ,Calvert, Md ,   d. 13 Nov 1742, ,Charles, Md
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	1698	Prince George Co., Maryland
  Family ID	F15154	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Elinor Hilary Nuthall,   b. 1712, ,St Mary's, Md ,   d. Aft 1776, Orphans Gift, Prince George, Md  (Age > 65 years)
  Married	17 Feb 1726	Prince Edward Co., Md.
  Children	1. Josiah Prater,   b. 21 Dec 1727, Queen Anne P, Prince George, Md ,   d. 1755, ,Frederick, Md  (Age 27 years)  [Natural]   2. Martha Prather,   b. 20 Apr 1730, Queen Anne P, Prince George, Md ,   d. 1790, ,Montgomery, Md  (Age 59 years)  [Natural]   3. Jeremiah Prater,   b. 21 Jul 1731, Queen Anne P, Prince George, Md ,   d. 30 Aug 1806, ,Fayette, Ky  (Age 75 years)  [Natural]   4. Aaron Prater,   b. 1732, ,Prince George, Md ,   d. 1732  (Age 0 years)  [Natural]   5. Eleanor Prater,   b. 02 Apr 1735, Queen Anne P, Prince George, Md ,   d. Abt May 1801, ,Montgomery, Md  (Age 66 years)  [Natural]   6. Zachariah Prater,   b. 05 May 1736, Queen Anne P, Prince George, Md  [Natural]   7. Rachel Prater,   b. 06 Jan 1738, Queen Anne P, Prince George, Md  [Natural]   8. Elizabeth Prater,   b. Abt 23 Sep 1740, of, Prince George, Md  [Natural]   9. Elizabeth Prater,   b. 23 Sep 1740, of, Prince George, Md  [Natural]
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F5583	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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. ------------------- My research continues. Gary Benton Prather