Richard Pray (1683-1755) is #366 on my Ahnentafel List, my 6th great-grandfather, who married #366 Rachel --?-- (about 1685 - after 1755) in about 1723 in Providence County, Rhode Island.
I am descended through:
* their daughter, #183 Sarah Pray (1734-1820) who married #182 Nathaniel Horton (1730-1819) in about 1755.
* their daughter #91 Phebe Horton (1772 - after 1820) who married #90 Simon Wade (1767-1857) in 1790.
* their daughter #45 Miranda Wade (1804-1850) , who married #44 Jonathan White (1803-1850) in 1824.
* their son #22 Henry Arnold White (1824-1885) who married #23 Amy Oatley (1826-1864) in 1844.
* their daughter #11 Julia E. White (1848-1913) who married #10 Thomas Richmond (1848-1917) in 1868.
* their daughter #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) who married #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) in 1900.
* their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.
* their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)
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1) PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Name: Richard Pray[1–3]
* Sex: Male
* Father: John Pray (1653-1733)
* Mother: Sarah Brown (1662-1733)
2) INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Birth: about 1683, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States[1–2]
* Distribution: 5 February 1733/4 (about age 51), father's will proved; Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States[3]
* Will: 15 March 1755 (about age 72), will written; Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, United States[4]
* Death: 10 July 1755 (about age 72), Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, United States[4]
* Probate: 10 November 1755 (about age 72), will proved; Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, United States[4]
3) SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Spouse 1: Rachel (1685-1755)
* Marriage 1: about 1723 (before about age 42), probably Rhode Island, United States[1-2]
* Child 1: Rachel Pray (1725- )
* Child 2: Mary Pray (1728-1800)
* Child 3: Sarah Pray (1734-1820)
4) NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
General: Richard Pray was born in about 1683 in Providence, Rhode Island, the third child and second son of John and Sarah (Brown) Pray[1-2].
He married Rachel --?-- in about 1723, probably in Providence[1-2]. They had three known children, but no birth records are known for them[1-2]:
* Rachel Pray, born about 1725 in Providence, married William Hines (1715-????) in about 1750.
* Mary Pray, born about 1728 in Providence, died about 1800 in Providence, married 21 September 1748 in Providence to Ezekiel Hopkins (1727-1762).
* Sarah Pray, born about 1734 in Providence, died after 20 September 1820 in foster, R.I., married about 1755 in Scituate, R.I. to Nathaniel Horton (1730-1819).
Richard's father, John Pray, husbandman of Providence, being aged, died testate; he wrote his will dated 29 April 1726, which was proved 5 February 1733/4. In the will, he bequeathed to his son Richard[3]:
"Item I give and bequeath to my beloved son Richard his heirs Execrs and assigns for Ever In the following Mannar, viz. all my homested farm with all the Lands any ways belonging to me Joyning to said home stead and all my Cattle, Dwelling house, and orchards that is to say the half of my home stead farm att my Descease whereon I now Live situate Lying and being In the Town of providence aforsd In the Notherin part of said township and the other half of homstead with all my Cattle Dwelling house and orchards att the Desease of my wife and In Case she Marries then he is to Enter In Possesion of the said home stead and particulars above bequeathed to my sd wife as his and their proper Estate of Inheritance In fee simple."
The John Pray homestead, which was bequeathed to Richard, was located in present-day Smithfield, Rhode Island (known as North Providence before 1731)[3].
The Richard Pray family moved from Smithfield to Scituate, Rhode Island in 1741 after obtaining a certificate from Smithfield[1].
Richard Pray died on 10 July 1755 in Scituate, Rhode Island, according to the Inventory of his estate[4].
Richard Pray, yeoman, died testate[4]. He wrote a will, dated 15 March 1755, which was proved 10 November 1755 in the Scituate, Rhode Island Town Council records. The Court orders, will, and inventory read as follows:
"The Last Will and Testament of Richard Pray Late of Scituate aforesaid Yeoman was presented to the Council and was Read in the Following Words (Viz.) ---
"In the Name of God Amen: The Fifteenth day of March 1755: I Richard Pray of Scituate in the County of Providence Yeoman being Very Sick and Weak in Body of Perfect Mind and Memory. Thanks be given unto God. Therefore Calling unto Mind the Mortality of My Body and Knowing that it is appointed for Men once to die do Make and ordain this My Last Will and Testament that is to say I give and Present (?) My Soul into the Hands of God that gave it and My Body to the Earth to be Buried in Decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of My Executors hereafter Named and Touching Such Worldly Estate where with it hath pleased God to bless me in this present Life I Give Demise and Dispose of the same in the Following Maner and Form --
"Imprimis I give and bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Pray all my House Hold goods and all my Moveable Estate of whole sorts ????? the same may be --
"Item I give and bequeath to My Daughter Rachel Hinds the sum of Five Shillings in Money Equal to old Tenor to be paid by My Executor --
"Item I do hereby order and Impower My son in law Ezekiel Hopkins Junr to Sell and Dispose of all My Land as Conveniently May be after my Decease. and the Deed or Deeds by him given shall be Good and Effectuall to the hereafter and hereby thereof whom I do Likewise Constitute Make and ordain My Sole Executor of this my Last Will and Testament ---
"Item My will Further is that after all My Just Debts and Funerall Charges are all paid out of the Effects of the Sale of My Land and the Remainder to Be Deposited as Followeth ---
"Item the one Half of said Remainder I give and bequeath to My sd Daughter Sarah Pray to be paid to her by my said Executor ---
"Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary Hopkins the wife of My said Executor part of the Remainder of the Effects of the Sale of My Land ---
"Item I give and bequeath to My Daughter Rachels Children the one quarter Part of the Remainder of the Effects of the Sales of My Land to be Equally Devided amongst them and to be paid by My said Executor as They Shall Severally attain to the age of Twenty one years or at the days of Marriage with the Intrest Thereon arising ---
"And I do heby Utterly Disallow Revoke and Disannull all and Every other ????? Testaments wills Legacies and bequests and Executors by me in any ways before Named Willed and Bequeathed Ratifying and Confirming this and no others to be my Last will and Testament: In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set My hand and Seal the day and year above Written ---
"Signed Sealed Published Pronounced and Declared
By the said Richard Pray as his Last Will and Richard Pray (seal)
Testament In the Presence of us the Subscribers -
Charles Harris George Westcot Wm Wilkinson.
"Charles Harris George Westcot and William Wilkinson all Personally appearing in Council Declared upon their Severall Engagements That they Saw the above Subscriber Richard Pray Sign Seal and Declare The above Written Instrument to be his Last Will and Testament and That he was then of a Sound and Perfect Mind and Memory and That They and Each of Them Did at the same Time Subscribe their Names thereunto as Witneses in the Presence of the said Testator and of Each Other --
"Whereupon it is Voted that the above Will be Accepted and allowed To be a Good and Lawfull Will and be Recorded -----
Test. Gideon Harris Council Clerk.
"And Ezekiel Hopkins Junr Personally appearing in Councl Accepted said Will and prayd That he might have Letters of Administration on the Personall Estate of the said Richard Pray agreeable to said Will Which is Granted in the Following Words ---
"These are in his majestyes Name George the Second King over Great Britain &c to Authorize order and Impower you the said Ezekiel Hopkins Junr to Take into your Possession Care and Custody all and Singular the Goods Chattles Rights and Creadits of the said Richard Pray Decesd and the same To Administer acording To Law and the Will of your Testator and in all Things To Act and Do as the Law Directeth and Impowerth as Executor Relating the Premises and True and Perfect acounts to Render to this Council or their Successors When you are Thereunto Lawfully Called how you have administered said Estate And For your so doing Shall be good Sufficient Authority --
"Given att a Town Council held in Scituate in the County of Providence &c on the Tenth Day of November in the 29th Year of his Majesties Reign George The Second King over Great Britain &c Annoqu Dom. 1755 ---
"Signed By order of said Town Council and Sealed With their Seal
Test. Gideon Harris Their Clerk."
"And the said Ezekiel Hopkins Junr Exhibited an Inventory of the Personall Estate of the said Richard Pray in the Following Words (Viz.) ---
"A True Inventory of all and Singular the Goods and Chattels and Credits of Richard Pray of Scituate In the County of Providence Who Departed this Life on the Tenth Day of July Annoque dom: 1755.--
"Apraised November the 8th AD 1755 By us Barnard Haile Reuben Hopkins
Imprimis His wareing apperil ................................................... 24:10:00
Item To one Bed and Furniture ................................................. 18:00:00
Item To one warming ................................................................ 06:00:00
Item to one Tramel Ax and fire Tongs 30/
and Fire Shovel 15/ all ............................................................... 04:05:00
Item to Two Iron Kettles one at 30/ the other @ 10/ all ............ 02:00:00
Item to one old Frying Pan 15/ two axes 45/ all ........................ 03:00:00
Item to one Pair of Bottle Rings and one Pair of Pinchons ....... 00:17:00
Item to Two Iron Pips ................................................................ 00:16:00
Item to old hoa?? a Gimblett and other old Iron ...................... 00:12:00
Item to one Table 5Lb and one old Chest at 50/ In all .............. 07:10:00
Item to Two Old Chairs 12/ and Three Knot Dishes @ 15/ all 01:07:00
Item to Two Trays 30/ and one Wooden Bowl at 20/ all .......... 02:10:00
Item to one Looking Glass 20/ and one old Sive at 6/ all ......... 01:06:00
Item to one Puter Quart Pott ..................................................... 01:00:00
Item to one Quart Basen 16/ Two old Plats at 21/ all ................ 01:17:00
Item to one Large Puter Platter .................................................. 02:15:00
Item to old Puter ........................................................................ 01:02:00
Item to one old Bellmettle Skillit 24/ and Two Spoons 6/ all ... 01:10:00
Item to one Pitchfork 8/ Three old Barels and one half Barel .. 02:05:00
Item to one Pair of Spotilles ...................................................... 00:05:00
Item to money Due by Book .................................................... 02:15:00
Item to one Pick measure .......................................................... 00:10:00
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.....................................................................................Total Lb 91:09:18
Barnard Haile
Reuben Hopkins
"Ezekiel Hopkins Junr Personally appearing in Council Declared upon Engagement That he had Put all the Personall Estate of the said Richard Pray Deceased into the within Inventory That has come to his Knowledge and That if any thing more thereof Doth hereafter appear or come to his hands he add the same to said Inventory ---
"And Personally appearing in Council Declared upon their Several Engagements That the within Inventory is a Just and True apprisal of all That Was Set Forth to them to be of the Personall Estate of the said Richard Pray Decesd---
"Whereupon it is Voted That the Within Inventory be Excepted and allowed to be A Good and Lawfull Inventory and Be Recorded --
Test Gid. Harris Council Clerk"
The burial place of Richard and Rachel Pray is not known, but was probably on or near their homestead in Scituate.
5) SOURCES
1. John Osborne Austin, One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families of Rhode Island (Salem, Mass. : Rhode Island historical Society, 1893), Richard Pray sketch.
2. Abby Isabel (Brown) Bulkley and Henry Truman Beckwith, The Chad Browne memorial, consisting of genealogical memoirs of a portion of the descendants of Chad and Elizabeth Browne; with an appendix, containing sketches of other early Rhode Island settlers, 1638-1888 (Brooklyn, N.Y. : Brooklyn Eagle Book Printing Department, 1888), page 10, John Brown sketch.
3. "Probate Records, 1733-1917 (Lincoln, Rhode Island)," Family History Library (Salt Lake City, Utah), on 14 FHL US/CAN microfilm reels, Volumes 1-3 (1731-1799), Volume 1 (1733-1754), pages 1-5, John Pray estate records, on FHL Microfilm US/CAN 0.959,528.
4. "Probate and Civil Records, 1731-1886 (Scituate, Rhode Island)", Family History Library (Salt Lake City, Utah), on 14 FHL US/CAN microfilm reels, Volumes 1-3 (1731-1799), Volume 1, Pages 250-252, Richard Pray estate records, on FHL Microfilm US/CAN 0,941,155.
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