Nathan Pray

Abt 1786 -

• Name	Nathan Pray
  Born	Abt 1786
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I32004	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2011

  
  

  Father	Joseph Pray,   b. Abt 1739, Berwick, York Co, Maine, USA
  Mother	Bethsheba Brackett,   b. 19 Jun 1744, Berwick, York Co, Maine, USA
  Family ID	F12664	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice Horr,   b. Abt 1786,
  Married	11 Dec 1806	Lebanon, York Co, Maine, USA
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2011
  Family ID	F12663	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  http://www.mainegenealogy.net/individual_book.asp?id=lgk1AAAAIAAJ&q=%22+horr%22 A History of the First Century of the Town of Parsonsfield, Maine Pages 284 and 285 Samuel Pray who lived on Beach Ridge in Berwick was of the second generation in this country Joseph son of Samuel and Dolly Pray was born in Berwick in 1739 Married Bethsheba Brackett and settled in Lebanon To them were born five children three sons and two daughters who lived to manhood and womanhood The eldest daughter married Tobias Fernald of Berwick The second daughter married Jabez Ricker of Waterboro One son Nathan married Alice Horr of Lebanon The second sou Samuel died in 1806 aged twenty two years Tobias the oldest son born March 23 1775 married Sally Gowen of Lebanon and settled in Parsonsfield in 1800 To them were born three children two sons and one daughter Isaac born November 5 1800 Rebecca born May 20 1802 and John born January 24 1804 The sickness of relatives in Lebanon called Mr and Mrs Pray to that place They rode on horseback and she contracted a severe cold fever followed and she died November 19 1806 aged twenty eight years Mr Pray married a second time Miss Mary Young of Wolfboro daughter of John and Sally Young in January 1809 and they had four children two sons and two daughters Mr Pray died April 20 1835 and Mrs Pray April 17 1859 Isaac Pray married Zipporah Dearborn daughter of Jeremiah and Ruth Dearborn December 15 1828 They had one son John Coleman She died March 15 1830 He married for his second wife Sarah Goldsmith of Ossipee and they are both now living he eighty seven years she eighty four years of age John Pray married Elizabeth Dearborn daughter of Jeremiah and Ruth Dearborn November 28 1833 They had two children She died April 20 1844 and he married June 1846 Mrs Hannah Goldsmith Nute of Ossipee and they have one daughter Hannah E who is referred to by Mr Piper page 46 Mr and Mrs Pray are both living he at the age of eighty three years These two brothers married sisters for their wives at both marriages They are men of strong character with minds well balanced upright and straightforward industrious and frugal hospitable conscientious and kind John sold to his brother Joseph the home place in 1839 and moved to East Parsonsfield purchasing the Taylor Lougee place where he yet resides Their sister Rebecca married James Brown of Ossipee in 1833 Marriage: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4FJ-KZS