This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pratt, Wright, Bassett, Stockman, Sparks Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wNC.2ACE/1071 Message Board Post: I am a g.g.g.grandson of James Pratt and Ann Unknown (Wright?) who probably married in about 1785 in Beaver Harbor. Among their children was Elias Wright Pratt, b. abt 1805, who married Adeline Bassett in 1824 in St. George, NB. They in turn named a son Elias Wright Pratt, Jr. Elias Jr. married Clarissa Sparks in 1854 before moving to Anoka, Minnesota. During the Civil War, Elias Jr. saw extensive action on the frontier and in the south. One of Elias Jr. and Clarissa's sons was David Pratt, my grandfather. David and my mother, Helen Pratt Shotwell, were both born in Anoka. Our family has long assumed that James Pratt and his wife, Ann Unknown (Wright?), named their son, Elias Wright Pratt, after Ann's father or brother but we have never been able to make a connection. Any information or suggestions would be most appreciated. John Shotwell Whidbey Island, WA