The Pickering genealogy : being an account of the first three generations of the Pickering family of Salem, Mass., and of the descendants of John and Sarah (Burrill) Pickering, of the third generation . oods, being a partner in the firm of Boott & Pratt, whose store was onButlers Row, and who, in 1787, advertised in a IJoston newspaper, FreshWoollens, Arrived by the Jfercuri/ and Neptune, the last ships from to be sold by ichoJesale at Boott & Pratts Store, Butlers Row. lieaccumulated a large fortune, and is said to liave left at his death, in 1844,an estate of over a million dollar
The Pickering genealogy : being an account of the first three generations of the Pickering family of Salem, Mass., and of the descendants of John and Sarah (Burrill) Pickering, of the third generation . oods, being a partner in the firm of Boott & Pratt, whose store was onButlers Row, and who, in 1787, advertised in a IJoston newspaper, FreshWoollens, Arrived by the Jfercuri/ and Neptune, the last ships from to be sold by ichoJesale at Boott & Pratts Store, Butlers Row. lieaccumulated a large fortune, and is said to liave left at his death, in 1844,an estate of over a million dollars. Mr. Pratt removed from his house on Pearl Street to the residence onSummer Street, formerly occupied by the Hon. William Gray. It was themost conspicuous estate on the easterly side, next to Trinity Church andbordering on Hawley Street.^ Oakley, ]Mr. Pratts country seat at * Obituary in the Boston Daily Advertiser of Ausr. 29, 1S64. * From 1789-1835 from Merchants Row to Spears WTiarf. Chatham Street nowincludes a part of it. The Boston Daily Advertiser of Aug. 31, 1881. WILLIAM PRAIT. [52. vr. 91.] From the Miniature now in the possession ok Robert Marion Pratt,Esq., of Boston, / - 1 STEPHEN WILLIAMS. [5=- VI. 93] From the , .vow in thk of Jeffries \, of Newton, SIXTH GENERATION. 245 , now owned and kept up by liis grandson, Robert M. Pratt,was one of the most beautiful and extensive estates in the vicinity of was celebrated for its tine ti-ees, and its fruit and flower gardens. A miniature of ^Ir. Pratt, now in the possession of his grandson,Robert iL Pratt, is here reproduced. Mr. Pratt was a son of Samuel and Anne [Storer] Pratt, of Derbyshire,England. Jiuie Pratt [58. VI. 11G\ was his niece. Ancestry Tables ^\. 52. VI. 92. Jolin Williams [Lydia 51-52. V. 19], probably born inSalem, baptized there Aug. 13, 17G9, died in Northborongh, Mass. 52. VI. 93. Stephen Williams [Lydia 51-52. V. 19], born in Salem,b
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