Pratt (Killynan)
This family was a younger branch of the Pratts of Cabra Castle. Benjamin Pratt, (1639-1706) married Jane daughter of James Nugent of Clonlost, county Westmeath and his wife Jane Cooke of Cookesborough. He was succeeded by his second son, also named Benjamin. His daughter Margaret married Francis Winter; their son, Samuel Winter, was born in 1741 and brought up with his two sisters Jane and Mary by their uncle, John Pratt. Both sisters married members of the Reynell family. In 1771 when Benjamin Pratt died, Samuel Winter inherited the Pratt estates including Agher, County Meath, Killeter, County Cavan and Killynan, County Westmeath. This united the Winter and Pratt estates. (see a summary note accompanying catalogue entry for NLI MS 5245)
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Killynan House | Killynan (Pratt) | Rathconnell | Mullingar | Clonlost 68 | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N517573
OS Sheet: 20 Discovery map: 41 |
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Archival sources
- Receipts for rent paid by Benjamin Pratt, 1684-1705, together with correspondence of the Pratt and Winter families of Agher, Co. Meath, 1701-1801. Ms 5245; National Library of Ireland
- About 130 documents relating to the families of Pratt, Gardiner, Rolleston and Morton and their lands in Counties Meath and Westmeath but mainly in County Cavan - copies of documents, c. 1705-1847, prepared for use in the case of Rolleston v. Morton, 1845-7. Ms 11,450; National Library of Ireland
- Accounts of rents and other particulars relating to the Pratt estate at Killynan, Co. Westmeath. Compiled by John and Benjamin Pratt, 1717 - 1739. Ms. 2587; National Library of Ireland
- Rent accounts of John Pratt of Killynan, 1710-1716. Ms 5247; National Library of Ireland
- Farming accounts of Benjamin Pratt, of Agher, Co. Meath, 1726-1743. Mss 5248 and 5250; National Library of Ireland
- Surveys, accounts, legal papers, letters, etc. relating to the estates at Kingscourt and Cabra, Co. Cavan, and Garradice and Agher, Co. Meath, of the Pratt and Winter families, 18th and 19th c.; Mss. 13,314-13,327; National Library of Ireland