Pratt, Daniel (1797-1871)
- Name:
- Pratt, Daniel (1797-1871)
- Born:
- 02/24/1797
- Birthplace:
- Reading, MA
- Died:
- 03/17/1871
- Death Location:
- Reading, MA
- Residence:
- Reading, MA
- Nationality:
- American
- Occupation:
- Clockmaker
- Father:
- Pratt, David (1766-1818)
- Mother:
- Elizabeth (1765-1810)
- Relations:
- Partnership, Pratt & Frost, 1832-1835
(Daniel Pratt and Jonathan Frost)
Partnership, Daniel Pratt's Sons, 1871-1880 - Spouse:
- Delia Burtt (1797-1879), March 30, 1818
- Children:
- Pratt, Frank W. B. (-1916)
- Notes:
- Pratt did not manufacture his own movements (suppliers included Chauncey Boardman or Boardman & Wells), but bought completed movements from other clock makers and fitted them in cases which he made. Exported many clocks to India and other overseas countries. Started selling some brass movement clocks after 1838, but made wooden movment clocks well into the late 1840s. He died in 1871, and the business was carred on as Daniel Pratt's Son from 1871-1880. The business was finally dissolved in 1916 with the death of Daniel's son Frank W. B. Pratt.
Brooks Palmer, The Book of American Clocks. (New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, Inc, 1977), 261.
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Reading, MA
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