Notes for Ephraim PRATT
According to "History of the Town of Shrewsbury, 1717 to 1829", by Ward, (pg. 465), Ephraim died in Shutesbury at the age of 116 years. A short history of Shutesbury, MA, posted at the RootsWeb Genealogy WWW Site, has this to say about Ephraim:
"Ephraim Pratt, a resident of this place, was born in Sudbury Nov. 1, 1687; and died here in May, 1804, at the remarkable age of 116 years. He married Martha Wheelock at the age of 21; and lived to see, it is said, 1,500 descendants. He was temperate and cheerful."