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From: "Pioneers of Old Monocacy" The Early Settlement of Frederick County, Maryland 1721-1743 by Grace L. Tracey and John P. Dern. This book has quite a bit of info. referring to Thomas, Jr., (also became known as Colonel Thomas Prather in western Maryland). It states he was a surveyor, Constable of Lower Monocacy Hundred in 1738, a Justice of the County Court, an officer with the Maryland Militia and a member of the vestry of All Saint's Church. A few years after 1738, he removed to present-day Washington Co., where he built the Prather homestead near Big Pool, Maryland. In 1760
his home on "Ramble" was in the possession of Elias Delashmutt, who in 1778 devised both it and "Sweed's Folly" to his son Basil with the condition that "during his natural life, he shall not dispose of or even lease it during his life except to one of his brethren or one by the name of Delashmutt". By 1743 in the area north of Point of Rocks where the Nelsons had settled, there were new neighbors, including Thomas Prather, Notley Thomas, James and John Hook, the Lakins and the Fees. Thomas Prather, Jr. was one of the most active men in the business affairs of Western Maryland.

Birth	26 Feb 1702	Meadows, Prince George's Co., MD
Property	1712	inherited 166a. "Sprigg's Request" from father - Prince George's Co., MD
Marriage	10 Jun 1725	MD - Elizabeth CLAGGETT
Marriage	Bef 31 Oct 1754	Sarah Beall ODELL
Military	1757/58	Lt., Frederick Co., Militia
Military	1763	commanded Frederick Co., MD Militia - French & Indian War
Marriage	Abt 1768	Jennet SMILEY
Will	24 Jun 1783	Washington Co., MD
Death	24 Jul 1785	nr site of Washington, DC
Probate	20 Sep 1785	Washington Co., MD
Private-Begin		"Conegocheague" - Washington Co., MD

Spouse	Elizabeth CLAGGETT (1708 - 1767)
Child	Thomas Claggett PRATHER (1725 - 1758)
Child	Richard PRATHER of "Richard's Choice" (1727 - 1789)
Child	Jonathan PRATHER (1728 - 1801)
Child	Margaret PRATHER (1728 - 1728)
Child	Mary "Polly" PRATHER (1730 - 1790)
Child	Capt. Basil William PRATHER (1731 - 1803)
Child	Henry Abram PRATHER of Cumberland Co., PA (1732 - 1775)
Child	dau PRATHER (1733 - )
Child	Martha Sprigg PRATHER twin (1734 - 1734)
Child	Eleanor PRATHER twin (1734 - 1785)
Child	Charles PRATHER of Wellsburg, Brooke Co., WV (1735 - 1810)
Child	Capt. James PRATHER (1737 - 1816)
Child	Sarah PRATHER (1739 - 1783)
Child	Joanne "Ann" PRATHER (1740 - 1797)
Child	Elizabeth PRATHER (1742 - 1783)

Spouse	Jennet SMILEY ( - 1785)
Child	William Basil PRATHER (1769 - )
Child	Thomas PRATHER (1770 - 1823)

Spouse

Sarah Beall ODELL ( - 1769)

Father	Col. Thomas M. PRATHER (1673 - 1712)
Mother	Martha SPRIGG ¤ (1677 - 1742)
Sibling	Eleanor PRATHER (1700 - 1742)
Sibling	Mary PRATHER (1703 - )
Sibling	John Smith PRATHER ¤ of "Sprigg's Request" & "Deere Park" (1706 - 1764)
Sibling	Philomen Gittings "Phillip" PRATER (1707 - 1767)
Sibling	Rachel PRATHER (1708 - 1742)
Sibling	Aaron Allen PRATHER (1710 - 1777)
Sibling	Elizabeth PRATHER (1712 - )
Sibling	Anne PRATHER (1714 - )

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