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Name: Josiah Pray
Sex: M
Birth: 23 Jan 1819 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}
Death: 27 Jun 1873 in Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA ^{7 8 9 10}
Burial: Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA.
Person Id: I22177
Tree Id: 395792

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Parents

Father:

George Pray: Birth: 13 Aug 1781 in Quincy, Suffolk Co., MA. Death: 12 Mar 1864 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA

Mother:

Sarah Pratt: Birth: 20 Aug 1776 in Weymouth, Suffolk Co., MA. Death: 28 Mar 1858 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA

Family
Marriage:

Married: Susan Augusta Vining on 1 Sep 1844 at Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA.^{8 11 12}
Susan Augusta Vining: Birth: 8 Dec 1825 in Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA. Death: 26 Nov 1846 in Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA

Children:

Charles Augustine Vining Pray: Birth: 25 Oct 1846 in Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA. Death: 29 Jun 1906 in Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY

Family
Marriage:

Married: Frances Maria Sylvester on 17 Jul 1863 at Charlton, Worcester, MA.^{13 14 b}
Frances Maria Sylvester: Birth: 8 Jun 1831 in Charleston, Middlesex Co., MA. Death: 14 Apr 1908 in Los Angeles Co., CA

Sources

1.	Title: Vital records of Weymouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 Page: p. 242, Vol. 1, Births Publication: Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1910, 735 p
2.	Title: 1850 United States Federal Census Record; Massachusetts, Norfolk County Page: p. 273B
3.	Title: 1855 Massachusetts State Census Page: Weymouth, Norfolk County
4.	Title: 1860 United States Federal Census Record; Massachusetts, Norfolk County Page: Weymouth, p. 331
5.	Title: Massachusetts State Census Page: 1865, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts
6.	Title: 1870 United States Federal Census Record; Massachusetts, Norfolk County Page: Weymouth, South Braintree P.O., Sheet no. 451
7.	Title: Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 Page: Volume: 257, Page: 343 Publication: Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841�1910 (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004), (From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives)
8.	Title: Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
9.	Title: Death Index / Certificate of Death
10.	Title: Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915
11.	Title: Vital records of Weymouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 Page: p. 155, Volume II, Marriages and Deaths Publication: Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1910, 735 p
12.	Title: Marriage License / Marriage Register
13.	Title: Genealogies of the Families of Braintree, Mass., (1640-1850): Including the Modern Towns of Randolph & Holbrook and the City of Quincy, After the Separation from Braintree in 1792-3 Page: 3953 Author: Waldo Chamberlain Sprague Publication: 2043 pp.
14.	Title: Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915

Notes

Note: HI22177
Note: (Research):May have been born in 1820 in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Source: P.R.15. - private record, from private papers, now in the possession of John J. Loud of South Weymouth, NewEnglandAncestors.org, date 23 April 2005.
The name Josiah Pray, bootmaker is found on p. 76 of the Directory for Weymouth, Massachusetts for the year 1873.
Living in the home of David P. Richards and family on the 1860 U.S. Census, Massachusetts, Norfolk, Weymouth, p. 331.

Note: NF625
Note: Marriage is recorded twice for some reason. One in the Braintree marriage record and one in the Weymouth marriage record. Both records give the same persons married and the same date, but different marriage locations.
The second record gives this information. Marriage record shows this marriage was performed by Rev. R. B. Moody, Minister of Gospel, S. Braintree, MA.

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