Mercy Doty, the tenth child and youngest daughter of Edward Doty and Sarah Faunce, was born at Plymouth, Mass, Sept 23, 1684. Left an orphan at the age of eleven years, she probably lived with one of her uncle guardians at Plymouth until her brothers Samuel and Benjamin established their home at Saybrook, CT, when she followed them, taking up her residence there. She married, Nov 18, 1713 at Saybrook, Daniel Pratt, who was born there Jan 13, 1680-1, and was a son of John Pratt and Mary Andrews.
Pratts were numerous in the early settlements of New England, and several different families of that name settled early at Saybrook or in the vicinity. An excellent geneology of the family has been published --”The Pratt Family,” by Rev F.W. Chapman, A.M., Hartford, 1804--from which many quotations have already been made in the preceeding pages and from which the following record has substantially been taken.
John Pratt, of Saybrook, is styled in the Town Records “John Pratt (Taylor)” to distinguish him from another John whom he was a contemporary and who bears the title “John Pratt (Smith).”
It is not known who was his father nor from whence he came. One of his sons, as appears from a deed of land on record, removed to Southampton, on Long Island, and it is possible that the father may have lived there before coming to Saybrook, though there is no proof to warrant this assertion. He married Aug 10, 1676, Mary Andrews, by home he had six children, of whom Daniel was the only son who remained in Saybrook and had a family.
Daniel Pratt and Mercy his wife lived and died at Saybrook, CT.
Mercy, b. Saybrook, July 27, 1715
Daniel, b. Saybrook, July 12, 1716
Patience, b. Saybrook, Feb 7, 1718; m. Samuel Clark of Saybrook.
Eunice, b. Saybrook, Nov 18, 1721
Edward, b. Saybrook, Nov 28, 1723
Cibell (Sybil), b. Saybrook, Dec 10, 1725
Ethan, b. Saybrook, March 18, 173015