The Jared Pratt Family Association, founded in 1881, is one of the oldest family history organizations in the nation. Jared Pratt (1769-1839) was the father of one daughter and five sons--Anson, William, Parley, Orson and Nelson--four of whom joined the early Mormon Church. One of these sons, Orson Pratt, founded the association in order to engage in ancestral research, as well as to keep track of the Pratt descendants. He gave this charge to the family:

"This record is written, to be handed down to future generations, not only to preserve the genealogy of my forefathers, but to collect and register therein, from generation to generation, the dates of births, marriages, places of residence and deaths of all the descendants of my four brothers and myself. . . . It is to be hoped that all our posterity of whatever branch or name will be sufficiently interested to preserve their genealogy to the latest generation."

Of an estimated 60,000 descendants of Jared Pratt, the family organization has identified and computerized nearly 30,000.

We recommend you:

     1) Take the family survey
         (sent out with the newsletter)

     2) Submit your family information

Benefits of connecting to the family:

1) Your children and grandchildren will know and draw strength from their heritage
2) You are fulfilling the hopes and dreams of your ancestors for their future posterity
3) You connect to a great living generation of Pratts
4) Your history and records will be preserved

Continue to check back often as we will be adding many more histories and much more information over the next few months!

What's been added as of March 5, 2006?