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Baruch William Prather

Baruch William Prather

Male 1742 - 1810  (68 years)

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  • Name Baruch William Prather  [1
    Relationshipwith Kathleen Alice Jones-Rouse
    Birth 20 Oct 1742  , Prince George, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Stories and Notes Revolutionary Records of MD - Part I by Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh, 1924 
    Stories and Notes 1778 
    Patriots Oaths of Fidelity & Support 
    Stories and Notes 10 Jan 1778  , Montgomery, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    The worshipful Charles Jones' Returns 
    Death 2 Dec 1810  , Fayette, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Raven Run Nature Sanctuary, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I402  Enchanted Family Tree
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2012 

    Father Aaron Allen Prather,   b. 10 Oct 1710, Orphans Gift, Prince George, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Nov 1797, , Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Mother Jane Mary Prather,   b. 12 Sep 1703, , Prince George, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1779, Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 10 Oct 1738  Anne Arundel, , Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • They were cousins
    Family ID F166  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Higgins,   b. 19 Apr 1761, , Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jan 1844, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 16 Nov 1775  , Montgomery, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Thomas Prather
    Family ID F176  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2012 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 20 Oct 1742 - , Prince George, Maryland, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 16 Nov 1775 - , Montgomery, Maryland, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsStories and Notes - The worshipful Charles Jones' Returns - 10 Jan 1778 - , Montgomery, Maryland, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 2 Dec 1810 - , Fayette, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Raven Run Nature Sanctuary, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Baruch William Prather Family Home
    Baruch William Prather Family Home
    Located approx. 14 miles south of Lexington in Raven Run Nature Sanctuary, Built ca 1809
    Baruch bought 166 acres of Henry Bell's 3000 aces military warrant, 1804, Lexington, Fayette Co KY. This became known as "The Home place". It was later sold to Baruch's son THOMAS and then in 1859 to his son THOMAS. Baruch moved from MD to KY bef Dec 1810. He settled on Jack's Creek Pike about 14 miles from Lexington. Baruch's brother, Walter, married ANN HIGGINS, sister of SARAH HIGGINS PRATHER. Walter's plantation house and estate is now in the hands of Fayette Co. & is being restored and the estate is a nature preserve. (Info from Gary Benton Prather, Frisco, TX and Diane Battershell, Pratt, KS)

    Headstones
    Raven Run Nature Sanctuary
    Raven Run Nature Sanctuary
    Baruch William Prather

  • Sources 
    1. [S10] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S43] - City, County, State, or Church Records, Fayette County, KY Will Book B (Reliability: 3).
      The estate consisted of 526 pounds, 11 shillings and 4 pence

    3. [S41] Maryland Historical Society Library.
      On microfilm

    4. [S43] - City, County, State, or Church Records, Rock Creek Church Records, Frederick Co., MD (Reliability: 3).