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Thomas Sprigg Prather 1702 – 1785 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1702

Birth Location: Prince George, Maryland, USA

Death Date: 24 July 1785

Death Location: Rockville, Montgomery, Maryland, USA

Father: Thomas Prater

Mother: Martha Sprigg

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Claggett

Children(s): Sarah Prather

Thomas Sprigg Prather was born in 1702 in Prince George, Maryland, USA, the child of Thomas McKay Prater and Martha Arundel Sprigg. Thomas Sprigg Prather married Elizabeth Claggett, and had children including Sarah Prather. Thomas Sprigg Prather passed away in 1785 in Rockville, Montgomery, Maryland, USA.

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Biography

  • Thomas Sprigg Prather was born in 1702 in Prince George, Maryland, USA, the child of Thomas McKay Prater and Martha Arundel Sprigg.
  • Thomas Sprigg Prather married Elizabeth Claggett, and had children including Sarah Prather.
  • Thomas Sprigg Prather passed away in 1785 in Rockville, Montgomery, Maryland, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Prater
1673 – 1712
Birth Location: Prather Hall, Swan Creek, Calvert, Maryland Colony
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Martha Sprigg
1677 – 1742
Birth Location: Calvert, Cecil, Colony of Maryland, British Colonial America, Maryland, USA
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Claggett
1708 – 1763
Birth Location: Prince George's, Maryland, USA
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Children(s)

Sarah Prather
1739 – 1805
Birth Location: Queen Anne, Prince George Co, Maryland, United States
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Thomas Prather's Ancestors

Self
Thomas Prather
1702 – 1785
Birth Place: Prince George, Maryland, USA
Parents
Thomas McKay Prater
1673 – 1712
Prather Hall, Swan Creek, Calvert, Maryland Colony
Martha (Arundel) Sprigg
1677 – 1742
Calvert, Cecil, Colony of Maryland, British Colonial America, Maryland, USA
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Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Thomas Prather's Descendants

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Thomas (Sprigg) Prather (1702 – 24 July 1785) m. Elizabeth Claggett (1708 – 1763)
  1. 1. Sarah Prather (2 Feb 1739 – 30 Apr 1805) m. Archibald Shearer (05 Nov 1732 – 1 March 1800)
    1. 1. Martha (Patty) Shearer (13 Sep 1763 – 6 Jan 1824) m. Jacob (Tolley) Towson (3 Jan 1763 – 12 Dec 1841)
      1. 1. William Towson (23 Aug 1797 – 17 Feb 1869) m. Louisa Hamme (8 November 1799 – 27 June 1860)
        1. 1. Martha (Shearer) Smith (25 June 1825 – 29 January 1865)
        2. 2. Elizabeth Towson (abt 1829 – 28 June 1868)
        3. 3. Mary (Louisa) Towson (12 November 1829 – 12 August 1849)
        4. 4. Jacob (Tolley) Towson (27 November 1831 – 17 March 1907)
        5. 5. Sarah (J) Towson (abt 1834 – 17 February 1910)
        6. 6. Ethalinda (C) Towson (abt 1837 – 2 August 1845)
        7. 7. John (W) Towson (abt 1839 – 23 November 1920)
        8. 8. Henry (Clay) Towson (13 Jul 1842 – 8 October 1886) m. Martha (S.) Coakley (4 December 1828 – 10 September 1896)
      2. 2. Jacob Towson (1804 – 1885)
      3. 3. Hannah Towson (1804 – 1853)
      4. 4. Lydia Towson (1804 – 1888)
    2. 2. Elinor Brown (8 December 1752 – )
    3. 3. Walter (Prather) Brown (1756 – 1812)
    4. 4. Elizabeth Brown (27 March 1757 – 17 March 1829)
    5. 5. Drucilla Brown (1773 – 1820)

Thomas Prather's Timeline

2 Records

1702
1702
Birth of Thomas Sprigg Prather in Prince George, Maryland, USA
Prince George, Maryland, USA
1785
24 July 1785
Age 83
Death of Thomas Sprigg Prather in Rockville, Montgomery, Maryland, USA
Rockville, Montgomery, Maryland, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1702
    Event Place: Prince George, Maryland, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 July 1785
    Event Place: Rockville, Montgomery, Maryland, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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