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John Pratt

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John Pratt

Birth
Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
3 Jun 1708 (aged 53)
Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
Range 2 Row 2
Memorial ID
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Son of Richard Pratt (1615-1691) and Mary Yorke (1615-1691)

Husband of Mary Pratt.

John was a Mariner. He was also a veteran of The King Philips War. (1675-76) He served under Capt. William Turner and took part in the falls fight at Hadley.
Son of Richard Pratt (1615-1691) and Mary Yorke (1615-1691)

Husband of Mary Pratt.

John was a Mariner. He was also a veteran of The King Philips War. (1675-76) He served under Capt. William Turner and took part in the falls fight at Hadley.

Inscription

Memento Mori [- Fugit Hora]
Here L[yes ye Body of]
John Prat[t Senr Aged]
53 Years [& 4 Mo who]
Ended this Life in [a]
Sudden Death june [ye 3rd]
1708
All you that are A[live]
Now stand upon your [Gard]
Least Sudden Death sh[ould Come]
and find you Unprep[ard]
When Death doth [come]
No Man can it Rev[oke]
[Neither in] Sic[knes]
[Nor from Thunder Stroke]

Gravesite Details

Headstone listed in 1855 in NEHGR (9:325) Missing text per the Corey transcriptions published in the Register of the Malden Historical Society (No. 3, pg. 53) and the Malden Cemetery Department Bell Rock card file.



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  • Maintained by: Denise
  • Originally Created by: s.wes
  • Added: Jun 1, 2013
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111631051/john-pratt: accessed ), memorial page for John Pratt (Feb 1655–3 Jun 1708), Find a Grave Memorial ID 111631051, citing Bell Rock Cemetery, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Denise (contributor 46820671).