Susan Cleveland
(1784 - 1883)
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Susan was christened Susannah, but was always called Susan, according to her own preference. Dwelt at Rochester 1829 to May, 1855, Geneva to 1859, Brooklyn, N. Y., to 1879, and at Geneva afterward. She resembled in feature her father, Rev. Aaron Cleveland. Like those of her immediate branch she was distinguished by an evenly regulated life, followed consequently by extreme longevity. Her daughter, Mrs. C. E* Loomis, wrote the compilers, Apr. 19, 1882:
We consider our mother a wonderful woman for one of her years. Her mental faculties remain unimpaired. She reads for an hour or so each day, generally in her Bible, and often writes sweet little notes to her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Her first great-great-grandchild, Wilbert Warren Perry, b. Hartford, Aug. 29, 1881.” Mrs. Loomis writes Aug. 29, 1883 : “My precious mother, Susan C. Pratt, left us for home above at early dawn of Sabbath ; she had been in failing health for some time, no disease, but the wasting away of age. She calmly and sweetly fell asleep in Jesus, happy to go to Him she had loved unseen so long.”
She died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. S. E. Herriek. At the funeral (which was held in the Brick church, Rochester, where they had attended) Rev. Dr. Nelson, pastor of First Presbyterian church, Geneva, officiated, assisted by Rev. D. Dickey. Interment in the family plot, Mt. Hope cemetery, Rochester. Obituaries: Geneva Gazette Aug. 24, Hartford Times, Sept 20, 1883.
Harry Pratt united with Rev. Dr. Strong’s Central Congregation, church., Hartford, 1799. Dwelt Hartford to 1810, was of firm Pratt & Burr [ James] dry goods; rem. to N. Y. city, was partner there with David L. Dodge [+ 1110], remaining to close of war 1815, then rem. to E. Bloomfield, N. Y., merchant there. Returned 1821 to Hartford. Rem. spring of 1829 to Rochester. He and his “beloved companion united with the Brick church R. Aug. 2, 1829, and on Sabbath Nov. 4, 1838, he was ordained one of its elders. From his funeral discourse by Rev. Dr. James B. Shaw:
” We loved Mr. Pratt and lament him because of his Christian courtesy. He was a gentleman of the old school, a school fast dying out. Such natural grace, such quiet dignity ; such forgetfulness of self and thoughtfulness of others; such unaffected modesty and winning gentleness we do not soon expect to find again. But if we have sustained a loss by the sudden departure of our father Pratt, Christ has gained thereby.”
Pratt ancestry: — Sir William Pratt was an officer under and accompanied Richard I to the Holy Land 1191, in the Crusade wars, evidently was progenitor of following: John first appears at Cambridge, Mass., the owner of a home lot, one of the original members of the Church of Rev. Thomas Hooker, in whose Company he came to Hartford, an original proprietor of Hartford 1636 (supposed to be brother of William of H.). In the first assignment of lots, Feb. 1639, drew No. 31, and purchased No. 30, both on Main St., w. side, from Asylum St. to the Melodeon. Some of this land was for years owned by descendants. Pratt St. named for him, was opened through this land, represented Hartford in the first Gen. Court and several years, d. Hartford, July 15, 1655, m. Elizabeth; John of H. d. Nov. 23, 1687, m. 1st, Hannah Boosy, b. Feb. 10, 1642, a da. James & Alice of Wethersfield ; John, b. May 17, 1661, m. Hannah Sanford ; William, b. 1691, m. 1st,— , 2d, Mary Pinney, da. Eleazer ; Zechariah 5 , m. ab. 1748, Abigail Cook ; Capt., James Pratt, b. 1753, of the Revolution army, went with Gen. John Sullivan’s expedition 1779 against Six Nations, Indians under Brant and Tories under Sir John Johnson, which defeated them at Newton, in western N. Y., Aug. 29, 1779, a prominent man of Hartford, m. Mary Burr — Pratt Family by Rev. Frederick William Chapman, Hartjord, Case, Lock-wood <Sr° Co., 1864, p. 326 ; Trumbull’s Hartford Co., 1 : 255, 386.