King Philip’s War was a bloody and costly series of raids and skirmishes in 1675 and 1676 between the Native American people and the colonials. King Philip was the Native American leader Metacom.
John Pratt was born in 1655 in Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He was a mariner.
His wife was named Mary.
Their children probably included:
John Pratt, Thomas Pratt (1699, married Mary Davis Lewis),
Ebenezer Pratt,
Joseph Pratt,
William Pratt,
Caleb Pratt,
Joshua Pratt,
Mary Pratt,
Hannah Pratt and
Abigail Pratt.
In 1675 he was a soldier of King Philip's War. He served under Captain William Turner and took part in the Battle of Turner's Falls.
John died before June 22, 1708 and his wife Mary died on July 17, 1710.
The Battle of Turner's Falls (Peskeompscut massacre) was on May 19, 1676. It marked a turning point in King Philip’s War.
