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- He may have arrived in Lynn, 1643, on the ship "An Cleeve" out of London. All their children are believed to have born in England. John Winthrop, Jr "did at great costs and charges imbarque himself with many workmen, servants, and materials for the setting up of iron works".
19 Jan 1643 Town of Boston granted to John Winthrop and his associates 3000 acres of land on the Manatiquot River to be laid out adjoining their said iron works.
The "An Cleeve" was commissioned by John Winthrop, Jr - a list of passengers does not survive.
In 1646, Quinton Pray worked in Lynn, MA in the Iron Works as a fineryman. He was first at the iron works in Kittery, Maine. By 1651 he had moved to Braintree where he was a supervisor at the Iron Works there.
NEHG Register, Vol. 55, 1901, p.280 "Pray of York & Kittery, Maine" by Henry Ernest Woods.
States that Quinton Pray appears to have been one of the ironworkers who came to Lynn in 1643, under the auspices of the Iron Works Company, at its beginning in New England. He perhaps sailed from England when John Winthrop, Jr, in 1643 brought many workmen, servants & material for the setting up of iron workers, in the good ship the An Cleeve, of London. Later he removed to Braintree, continuing in the Iron Works there. It may be significant that Anderson & Downing, two of the foundrymen at Lynn were from Scotland. Quentin thought to be a not uncommon given name in Scotland.
Suffolk Deeds, Liber XI, Rockwell & Churchill Press, Boston, 1900
12 Sep 1667 Deed from John Paine of Boston, sold to Richard Thayer of Brantery [Braintree] a dwelling hour, coal house, orchards, dam, with the lands adjoining thereto on the North side of the Manaticote River. Part of it formerly in the hands of Quinton Pray, otherwise known as the Iron Works at Braintree. Excepting a pasture of six acres, barn & part of the orchard thereto, three acres sold to Thomas Thayer, and four acres sold to John Pray and a parcel called by the name of Huns Lot. Also a parcel of land of 30 acres joining up to the South end of the dam aforesaid, in Braintree between the lands of Thomas Thayer toward the west and lands of Capt Thomas Savage towards the East, abutting up the sd River Manaticot on the North. Signed by John Paine
Acknowledged by Paine 16.7.67. [September 16th]
Quinton Pray's death is recorded in Braintree. Joan was named administrator of his estate. Quinton and Joan are said to be buried Hancock, Cemetery, Quincy, Norfolk Co, MA
Birthplace is not documented! One entry at Family Tree states that the "Quentin" Pray who was married to Joan Vallance was christened 23 Nov 1595 in Chiddingstone, Kent, England. Other sources are that he was born in 1595 of South Berwick, York, Maine and was christened 27 August 1594 in South Berwick, York, Maine (which didn't, of course, exist in 1594 or 1595). Another entry suggests he was christened with a brother on 23 November 1595 in Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland. Quinton Pray was married to Joan Valliance 21 June 1621 in Mayfield, Sussex, England. Christening records for many of their known children (whose names come from U.S. records after the immigrated) have been located in Frant, Sussex, England, making Quinton Pray's birthplace less likely to be in the north of England, as some have suggested.
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74835018/quinton-pray
- Quinton was born in Newcastle,England to Richard Pray and married Joan Vallance on 15 Jan 1627 in Mayfield,Sussex,England. They had at least ten or twelve children born in Mayfield,England. I will list the twelve that I have info on and one can go from there.
Info comes from FAG member and the "Pray Family of Braintree,Quincy & Weymouth,Mass." by Col.Harold Leonard Pray.
Elizabeth Pray-28 Jul 1622
Ephraim Pray-1623
Hugh Pray-4 May 1628-23 Nov 1642
Quinton Pray Jr.-Abt 1625/1626-15 May 1630
Richard Pray-1627-1693
Sarah Pray-20 Mar 1630-20 Apr 1667/John Hardman
Dorothy Pray-26 Oct 1634-11 Dec 1705/Richard Thayer
John Pray-5 Mar 1636-Bef 23 Sep 1676/Joanna Downam
Hannah Pray-30 Dec 1638-3 Feb 1717/Henry Neale
William Pray-17 Jan 1640-10 May 1641
Thomas Pray-2 May 1642-26 May 1643
Joan Pray-Abt 1644
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1595 - Bef 1667 (~ 72 years)