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- !Her name was Mary.As to Powell McKay,these names were picked up from various
family records and are not proven by documention.
A cousin to Thomas Prater, Gentleman of Eaton Water, Wiltshire was a man
by the name of John Powell, Gentleman of England.
John Powell was listed at the age of 26 when Thomas Prater came to
America.
As records tell us, Thomas was only 18 upon arrival, being under age he
had to have a guardian, thus he was indentured to John Powell.
John Powell had come to Amercia earlier on a ship called "The Swallow".
In the Will of William Burroughe, Esquire, owner of the Swallow, he
listed "To the widow Preator (Prater), late boat Swain of the H.M. ship
"The Swallowe", I leave 10 pounds sterling".
(note: he did not leave any other of his employees money or property in
his Will, thus it is possiable that he was related to Prater.)
Date: Will written 16 July, 1598 and proven 28 Nov., 1598.
(Boat Swain: An officer or manager in charge of sails, anchors, ropes,
cables, and other ships hardware, etc.)
John Powell, Gentleman and his wife came to the Colonies on the H.M. Ship
"Swallowe" in about 1620.
John Powell, Gentleman was the cousin of our Thomas Prater and the person
that Thomas Prater was indentured, due to being under age when he arrived
in the Colonies. (He was only 18 when he arrived to the Colonies in 1622).
William Burroughe's first wife was a Judith Ivye. This Judith Ivye
is not to be confused with Anthony Thomas Prater's first wife, Judith
Ivye, who died Feb., 1578. But they were no doubt cousins.
William Burroughe's 2nd wife was the widow, Lady Jane Wentworthe.
William Burroughe was very wealthy, leaving farms, jewels, and thousands
of pounds sterling money to other members of his family in his Will.
Also named in William Burroughe's Will was Thomas Leighe.
The manor of Leighe-Delamare was in the estates of Sir John Delamare
builder of Nunney Castle. (1372)
George Prater, Esq., the grandfather of Thomas Prater, later came into
possession of the Delamare estates including Leighe-Delamare and Nunney
Castle. (today, the manor house of Leighe-Delamare is replaced with a
road side auto service center and rest stop on the English expressway
just north of Bath, #M4 going from London to Cardiff. The rest stop
carries the name Leigh-Delamare).
research by: Gary Benton Prather Frisco, TX. / Sulphur, OK. U.S.A.
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UPDATE: More about Eaton Water, Wiltshire:
In old maps Eaton Water is shown located "on the Cricklade" in Wiltshire.
There is a "tything" of Eaton Water in Eisey Parish that is located about
2 miles east/southeast of Cricklade. There is a dwelling located there
that is called Water Eaton House.
This "tything" is located a few miles from Eaton Hastings, Inglesham and
Latton. It's existance is listed as late as 1873 in a Gazeteer.
But today there is no sign of it on maps.
This "tything" may have been where Thomas Prater was born in 1604, rather
than the area near where Eaton Hastings is located today.
Research by: Gary Benton Prather Frisco, TX. / Sulphur, OK. (3/2001)
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Water Eaton House, Wilts., United Kingdom SN6 6JT
Map Ref. SU127937 (www.streetmap.co.uk/)
We do not know Mary's last name but our research to find her last name
continues. Her name may have been: Mary Ara Eord Powell or MacKay ??
Powell was a variation of Powelett (Paulet), a family that had been allied to
the Praters in England for generations. Re: Lord St.John, William Paulet of
Nunney, Somerset./Praters bought Nunney Castle from their cousin, Wm. Paulet
!Her name was Mary.As to Powell McKay,these names were picked up from various family records and are not proven by documention.
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