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Quentin PRAY
Quinton Pray, born near 1595, died June 17, 1667 at Braintree and his death was the first of recorded at Lynn, where about 1646 he was employed in the Iron Works as a "fineryman".
He deposed October 27, 1653, aged 58 in the case of John Giffard vs. the Iron Works Co., and again at other times in the litigation concerning that company. He was in Braintree about 1651, and resided close by the site of the forge on Monatiquot River near Elm, Adams, and Middle Streets. His homestead was the next east of the Thomas Thayer homestead grant, and his property became involved in the lawsuits that followed bankruptcy of the Iron Works in 1653.
"Goodwife Prey" deposed April 27, 1652 in the case of Wilson vs. Faxon (Court Rec. #142 & 184) and "Quinton Pray finer" sold or mortgaged all his personal property to pay a debt of =9C40 owed to Thomas Savage and John Payne, to his sons Richard Thayer, John Pray, and Henry Neale, including "my right of cattle bred of the cows which was sometimes my son John Heardmans, and also my right of said Herdmans lands in Braintree", etc., December 26, 1664 (Court Rec. #2053-(3)
His wife, Joan survived him and was made administrator of his estate but her death is not found. See Register 55, page 280, for some account of this family.
The ancient name of this family in England is Priory-. Quinton Pray, born in 1595 as a deposition shows, came to Lynn, Massachusetts as an iron-worker about 1640. He removed to Braintree and died there 17 June, 1667
He was one of the superintendents of the Pioneer Iron Works at Lynn and Braintree.
He was in Braintree about 1651 and resided close by the site of the forge on Monatiquot River near Elm, Adams, & Middle Sts. next east of the Thomas Thayer homestead grant, and his property became involved in the lawsuits that followed bankruptcy in 1653.