Pruett Family Origins

jpruett@pruettweb.com (John Pruett) — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 17:57:00 GMT

There is (and likely always will be) great speculation as to the origins of Pruetts (regardless of spelling), as evidenced by the Origins page on my site and the following information emailed to me by Paul Pruitt:

"I don't know where the original research was from, but the idea that when Thomas Prewitt born in 1616 came to Virginia in 1636 with Joan Bennett that they were already Quakers, as implied by the source below, seems off. Even the fornication conviction of 1648 because of Quakerism and being married outside the Church of England, doesn't seem right. See a source herehttp://www.angelfire.com/ms/prewett/wga19.html#I2763

According to Wikipedia, Quakerism didn't start until 1652...And the first Quaker evangelists came to America in the mid-1650's. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaker_history

Apparently it might be more accurate to have labeled Joan Bennett and Mr. Prewitt as "Seekers" if that's what they were. They may have become Quakers only after the mid 1650's but historical memory may have been inaccurately recorded that they were Quakers from the beginning. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seekers"

Another possible subject is the supposed Welsh origins of the Prewett name, particularly in Carmarthen Wales. I did a search in the British Telecom phone book and there are no Pewett's near Carmathen now. But there does seem to be a bunch of them in various spellings almost in a straight line from Bristol on the West Coast through Salisbury where Thomas Prewitt, the first Prewitt to reach America came from, to Southampton, UK. THere appear to be few Prewetts in Wales, but not as many as in Southern England, and maybe the ones in Wales came from Bristol or the like.

The idea that they came from Carmarthen Wales is research sold by the House of Names Society. I suppose they are good scholars there, but I would like to know their sources.
The site is here: http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.c/qx/prewitt-coat-arms.htm

So what do you all think? Does anyone have information to add / share?

Thanks,
John

Pruett Family Traditions

jpruett@pruettweb.com (John Pruett) — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:06:00 GMT

Being this close to the holidays, I thought it might be interesting to have folks share family traditions (whether they're holiday related or not). My family has always had a larger gathering Christmas Eve than on Christmas Day. Now that "us kids" are grown and have our own families, we have other Christmas Day obligations but we still try to spend Christmas Eve at our Parents' house.

Brick Walls

jpruett@pruettweb.com (John Pruett) — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 02:16:00 GMT

My own brick wall comes from the parentage of my Great-Great Grandfather. Most of the online data lists David Prewitt as the father of William Prewitt, Sr. (my Gr-Gr Grandfather). William married Sarah DeMoss. Previous family history listed William's father as Elias Prewitt, who married Emiline Ashley. I have been unable to find any information on Elias and Emiline, so I'm not sure if that previous family history was accurate or not.

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Pruett Family Origins

Pruett Family Traditions

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