High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Benjamin Franklin Pratt

8 Nov 1836 – 1 Aug 1912 · about 76 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Benjamin Franklin Pratt lived from 8 Nov 1836 to 1 Aug 1912, a span of about 76 years.

Theirs is one of 16 markers bearing the name Pratt in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

Family as recorded on Find a Grave

Benjamin Franklin Prattm.Mary Matilda Hyland Pratt1838–1922 (m. 1860)also here
Isaiah Palmer Pratt1865–1938also hereFrank Dexter Pratt1868–1884also hereWendell Adams Pratt1869–1947also here

SiblingsSarah Lincoln Pratt Burrell1832–1902

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave. A ✓ marks a tie the 1893 History of Hingham independently confirms. Distances are to relatives whose graves are also recorded here.

What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed

  • MarriedMary E. French

Matched exact birth date on a child line in the Pratt family genealogy, corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
ii. Benjamin Franklin, Nov. 8, 1836. m. March 7, 1860, Mary M. Hyland of Scit. Harvey Mann (Job = Patience Mann), b. at Coh. June 7, 1836. m. Mary E. French, dau. of Nathani

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗

Born and died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

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