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Pratt (Killynan)
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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)
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