Display Patriot - P-273059 - David PRATT

David PRATT

SAR Patriot #: P-273059

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State of Service: MA      Qualifying Service: Sergeant
DAR #: A092491

Birth: 1742 Ware / Hampshire / MA
Death: 12 Sep 1806 Belchertown / Hampshire / MA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Private, Capt Jonathan Bardwell's Company, Minutemen MA, Colonels Warner, Porter
  2. Sargeant, Capt Jonathan Bardwell's Company, Colonel Elisha Warner's Regiment

Additional References:
  1. SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
  2. MA Soldiers & Sailors in the War of the Rev, Vol 12, pg 673

Spouse: Lucy Coolidge
Children: James;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1974-11-29 TX Unassigned Charles G Anderson (107797) James   
1997-05-07 CA 201397 David Ray Pratt (148220) James   
2013-03-14 AZ 51239 Fredrick Murray Carrington Ph.D. (183929) James   
2018-05-18 AZ 79737 Nicholas Frederick Hahn (186623) James   
2018-05-18 AZ 79748 Logan Rowland Arthur (186622) James   
Burial:
Evergreen Cemetery (C-0053017)
Location:
Belchertown / Hampshire / MA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
91279
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
6740792
Marker Type:
Upright, architectural top, dk gray stone, worn
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Photo provided with permission from Grayslate, Find-a-Grave Member # 46891280



Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
  • From Hartford CT Airport: Get on US-5 N from Lindbergh Dr and Maxim Rd. Take I-91 N to Burnett Rd in Chicopee. Continue on Burnett Rd. Take West St, Chicopee St, Boardman St, George Hannum St and US-202 to Munsell St in Belchertown
  • GPS coordinates for this location are; 42.3375015, -72.4135971


Author: Fred Carrington
Son of James (abt 1703 - ?) and Frances Coombs Pratt, American Revolution Patriot David Pratt (abt 1742 - 1806) was born in Ware, MA, according to DAR
application records. In 1768, he married Lucy Coolidge (1753 - ?) in Ware, MA, and had at least 16 children.

He served during the revolution between 1775 and 1777, entering as a Private under Capt. Jonathan Bardwell's Company, Col. Elishsa Porter's Regiment. As a
Minuteman, he marched on April 20, 1775 in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775 to Cambridge. He was promoted and served as a Sergeant in Capt. Bardwell's company, under Col. Elisha Porter's Regiment. He was at the Battle of Saratoga, and was present at the Surrender of Bourgoyne. This information is contained in the Massachussets Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, Volume 12, page 673.

Anecdotally, it is reported that while in Stillwater above Albany, he shot a Hessian soldier across the river. The shot broke the Hessian's thigh bone and,
afterwards, told David, "It was a damned good shot." The Hessian soldier remained in America after the War was over.

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