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- From FindaGrave:
Joseph was called "Little-Leg Joe" on account of one leg being a trifle short.
Joseph married Sarah Benson about 1693. They had 20 children, including:
Benjamin about 1693 ; married Sarah Kingman in 1719
Solomon about 1696 ; married Sarah Johnson in 1719
Joseph about 1697 ; married Lydia Leonard in 1712
Nathaniel about 1701
David ; married Joanna Allen in 1722
Samuel ; married Bethiah Nicholas Byram in 1729
Sarah ; married Ebenezer Snow about 1728
Joseph married Anna (Carver) Richards on December 14, 1721 in Weymouth, Suffolk county, Province of Massachusetts Bay. They did not have children.
Joseph lived in Weymouth, where he held such town offices as fence viewer, surveyor of highways, etc., being styled Junior in the town records. Joseph sold a mill at Abington, 1704 (probably being interested with Matthew Pratt, his cousin, in business). In 1704-5, he moved to Bridgewater with his cousin, William Pratt, where he again held positions of trust in the town affairs, being on the Grand Jury, February 17, 1720, and a selectman, 1739.
News of Joseph's death was published in the Boston News Letter on January 31, 1765. It stated "On the 14th of Jan. 1765, died at Bridgewater Joseph Pratt, æ. 100 years wanting one month; a man of good character and profession; he had 20 children by his first wife, but none by his second, who still survives him, being about 90 years old."
Joseph died in Bridgewater, Plymouth county, Province of Massachusetts Bay. His will, dated March 13, 1755, names seven of his children.
Sources: History of Bridgewater by Nahum Mitchell, page 85 (pub. 1840, 1897, 1970, 1975) and Epitaphs in Old Bridgewater Massachusetts by Williams Latham (pub. 1882).
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1666 - 1765 (98 years)
