Hannah BOOSEY

Hannah married John PRATT before 25 Nov 1658. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He was of Wethersfield, 1635; Representative from 1639 till his death; was chosen clerk of the Wethersfield Trainband in April, 1645 and is called "Lieutenant" in September, 1647, tho' the date of his appointment is unknown. He was a prominent citizen both in town and colonial affairs. By occupation, he was a joiner and wheelwright. Lands were recorded to him at Wethersfield, Mar. 10, 1641. In October, 1644, he was appointed by the General Court a committee with Governor Edward Hopkins, the Deputy Governor John Haynes, Captain John Mason, Mr. John Steele and Mr. William Gaylord, to treat with Mr. George Fenwick about the purchase of the fort and land at Saybrook. They made a bargain with Matthew Griffin. (h. 121) In his will of June 21, 1649, he appointed Mr. Welles, brother of Smith Senior and brother Dickinson overseers; Samuel Smith and nathaniel Dickinson, witnesses. In it, he mentions his daughter Mary "Item I give to my Daughter Mary fifty pounds at the age of on and Twenty years or at the Day of her maridge." He spelled his name Boosye. The best sketch of his life is in Mr. Starr's Goodwin and Morgan Ancestral Lines, I, pp. 263-271.

James married Alice ?. Alice died on 30 Aug 1683. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]