John Pratyman

John Pratyman

18th great grandfather

Manor House, Bacton, Suffolk, England

Home of Pratyman Family

John Pratyman 1361 (18th great grandfather)

William Pratyman

William Pratyman & Agnes Hawlett

William Pratyman & Margery

John Pratyman

John Pratyman & Margaret Smythe

John Pratyman

Thomas Prettyman & Rachel Howell

John Prettyman & Mary Mount

John Prettyman born abt 1609 in England; died 21 Mar 1687 in Accomack, Va

John Prettyman born 1653 Northampton, Va (2nd wife Elizabeth Burton)

Margaret Prettyman & Oliver Stockley

Elizabeth Stockley & Thomas Leven Okey (1721)

Leven Okey-1760                                             

John Woodman Okey-1792                                                

Hannah Okey-1819                                               

Edward Brown-1838                                          

John Waggonfield Brown-1860                                             

Ira Edward Brown-1894                                              

Elisha Kane Brown-1921                                         

Kathleen Elizabeth Brown Hill-1947

The immigrant ancestor, John Prettyman (d. 1687), came from England to St. Mary's, Somerset, Maryland sometime between 1634 and 1638. In 1643 he was living in Northampton County, Virginia. In 1696 John Prettyman, Jr. (b. 1653; d. 1723) moved his family to Delaware from Virginia. In 1697 he purchased the Tower Hill farm, which remained in the family for more than 250 years.

Our ancestor, Margaret Prettyman who is the mother of Elizabeth Stockley who married Thomas Leven Okey, is thought to be a child of John Prettyman & Elizabeth Burton.  The Prettyman family still is quite tangled, but basically the family originated back in Bacton, Suffolk, England, came over to Somerset county, Maryland and then moved into the Lewes, Sussex, Delaware area.  Our family then migrated into Ohio.