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Colonel Thomas Prather

Also Known As: "Col. Thomas Sprigg Prather", "Jr.", "Rev. War Vet."
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Prince George's County, Province of Maryland, Colonial America
Death: July 24, 1785 (80-81)
Washington County, Maryland, United States
Place of Burial: 11118 4 Locks Road, Clear Spring, Washington County, Maryland, 21722, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Thomas MacKall Prather and Martha Prather Yoakley
Husband of Jeanette Prather and Elizabeth Prather
Father of Thomas Prather; Margaret Prather; Lieut. Thomas Claggett Prather, KIA Fr. Ind. War; Richard Prather; Jonathan Prater and 12 others
Brother of Elizabeth Wade; Eleanor Williams; Raechel Pottinger; Mary Stockett; John Smith Prather and 3 others

Occupation: surveyor, Soldier, Revolutionary War Soldier serving as Commander of the Frederick Co. MD forces. He also served as Sheriff and later Justice.
Ancestor #: A092430
Managed by: Ric Dickinson, Geni Curator
Last Updated:

About Colonel Thomas Prather

PRATHER, THOMAS Ancestor #: A092430
Notice: PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED WITH AT LEAST ONE PREVIOUSLY VERIFIED PAPER - SEE ANCESTOR’S FULL RECORD (WHY?):
Comments (Overview)
1) TWO THOMAS PRATHERS TOOK OATH 1778 & PAID SUPPLY TAX 1783 IN WASHINGTON CO.
2) UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CORRECT SPOUSE NAME AND DATE OF MARRIAGE OF SON, RICHARD, A201408.
3) NO PROOF THAT GRANDSON HOSEA'S WIFE'S MAIDEN NAME WAS HANNAH.

Service: MARYLAND Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: CIRCA 1703 PRINCE GEORGES CO MARYLAND
Death: ANTE 10-22-1787 WASHINGTON CO MARYLAND
Service Source: MD HIST MAG, VOL 12, P 156; BRUMBAUGH & HODGES, REV RECS OF MD, P 17, #55; MSA, S1437, 1783 ASSESSMENT, INDEX, WASHINGTON CO, P 5
Service Description:
1) FURNISHED SUPPLIES;
2) TOOK OATH OF ALLEGIANCE, 1778; PAID SUPPLY TAX 1783
Residence:
1) County: FREDERICK CO - State: MARYLAND
2) County: WASHINGTON CO - State: MARYLAND

Spouse
Number Name
1) ELIZABETH CLAGETT
2) SARAH BEALL O'DELL
3) JEANNETTE X

Child [Spouse #] Spouse

  1. JAMES [1] SARAH BEATTY
  2. RICHARD [1] ELIZABETH JACQUES or LUCY JACQUES? (see above)
  3. THOMAS [1] MARGARET PRATHER
  4. ELEANOR [1] JACOB FRIEND
  5. THOMAS C [1] MARGARET PRATHER
  6. MARY [1] AARON MOORE
  7. CHARLES [1] RUTH RADFORD
  8. ANN [1] THEOPHILUS PHILLIPS
  9. HENRY [1] ELIZABETH HICKS

Col. Thomas Sprigg Prather

  • BIRTH 26 Feb 1702 Queen Anne Knolls, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
  • DEATH 24 Jul 1785 (aged 83) Clear Spring, Washington County, Maryland, USA
  • Oath of Allegiance 1778
  • Paid Supply Taxes 1783
  • BURIAL Prather Cemetery, Clear Spring, Washington County, Maryland, USA
  • MEMORIAL ID 38905060

Parents
Thomas Prather 1671–1712
Martha Sprigg Prather 1677–1742

Spouses
Elizabeth Claggett Prather 1708–1767 (m. 1725)
Elizabeth Jeanette Smiley Prather 1740–1785 (m. 1768)

Siblings
John Smith Prather 1705–1763
Philomen Gittens Prather 1708–1767
Aaron Allen Prather 1710–1777

Children
Thomas Claggett Prather 1726–1758
Mary Anne Prather Moore 1729–1791
Basil Prather 1731–1803
Henry Abram Prather 1732–1774
James Prather 1737–1818
Thomas Prather 1770–1823

References

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38905060/thomas-sprigg-prather

Source

MD HIST MAG, VOL 12, P 156; BRUMBAUGH & HODGES, REV RECS OF MD, P 17, #55; MSA, S1437, 1783 ASSESSMENT, INDEX, WASHINGTON CO, P 5


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Colonel Thomas Prather's Timeline

1704
1704
Prince George's County, Province of Maryland, Colonial America
1726
May 9, 1726
Queen Anne Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland, Colonial America
1726
Prince George's, Maryland, Colonial America
1727
August 1, 1727
Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States
1728
September 30, 1728
Prince George's County, Maryland, Colonial America
1730
January 6, 1730
Leeland, Prince George's County, Province of Maryland
1731
May 3, 1731
Prince George's County, Province of Maryland, (Present USA)
1732
September 14, 1732
Queen Anne's Parish, Prince George's County, Province of Maryland, Colonial America
1734
March 15, 1734
Queen Anne, Prince George, Maryland, USA