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Pratt family

Pratt family
Detail from group portrait, 1845.

(Original in color.)
Brothers Orson and Parley Pratt were descendants of Anne Hutchinson through their mother Charity Dickinson.[1] Parley served in the Utah Territorial Legislature 1852–1854;[2] Orson, for 13 terms during the 1860s–1870s, eight of these as Speaker.[3][4]
Current regionPredominantly
U.S. Intermountain West
MembersParley P. Pratt, Orson Pratt, Sarah Pratt, George Romney, Jon Huntsman, Sr.
Connected familiesHuntsmans, Romneys, Smiths, Driggs Family

The Pratt family is made up of the descendants of the Mormon pioneer brothers, Parley Parker Pratt and his brother Orson Pratt,[5] whose father was Jared Pratt (1769–1839).[6] It has many members in Utah and other parts of the U.S. There are many branches of the Pratt family, such as the Romney family (of Mitt Romney) and the Huntsman family.[7][8][9][10][11]

  1. ^ Givens, Terryl L.; Grow, Matthew J. (2011). Parley P. Pratt: The Apostle Paul of Mormonism. Oxford University Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-19-537573-2.
  2. ^ Givens, Terryl L.; Grow, Matthew J. (2011). Parley P. Pratt: The Apostle Paul of Mormonism. Oxford University Press. p. 336. ISBN 978-0-19-537573-2.
  3. ^ Powell, Allan Kent, ed. (1994), Utah History Encyclopedia (article "Orson Pratt"), University of Utah Press, ISBN 978-0-87480-425-6
  4. ^ Orson Pratt House, Utah State Historical Society, August 11, 1983, Marker No. N-584
  5. ^ Pratt, R. Steven (October 1979), The Five Sons of Jared and Charity Pratt, Ensign magazine
  6. ^ Givens, Terryl L.; Grow, Matthew J. (2011). Parley P. Pratt: The Apostle Paul of Mormonism. Oxford University Press. p. 401. ISBN 978-0-19-537573-2.
  7. ^ Barbaro, Michael; Parker, Ashley (January 4, 2012), "On Stage, an Awkward Reminder of Personal Rifts in G.O.P.", New York Times, The Romney and Huntsman families — two intertwined clans that go back to the early days of Mormonism....
  8. ^ Krasny, Ros; Nichols, Michelle (January 2, 2012), Huntsman tries to turn up heat on Romney in N. Hampshire, Reuters, 'Both Romney and Huntsman descend from Parley P. Pratt, one of the most storied early Mormon leaders,' said Joanna Brooks, a Mormon scholar.... 'Both have family and personal connections to the institutional hierarchy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. And both enjoy an unusual degree of access to high-ranking church leaders,' she said.
  9. ^ Bowman, Matthew (2012), The Mormon People: The Making of an American Faith, Random House, p. xix, ISBN 9780679644903, One hundred and fifty years after the death of his ancestor, Parley Pratt's great-great-grandson Mitt Romney announced his bid for the Republican Party's nomination. ... He had served as governor of Massachusetts, and his father, George, as governor of Michigan.
  10. ^ Denton, Sally (January 29, 2012), Mitt and the White Horse Prophesy, Salon magazine, ...the youngest son of the most prominent Mormon in American politics — a seventh-generation direct descendant of one of the faith's founding 12 apostles—Mitt Romney....
  11. ^ Rich, Frank (January 29, 2012), Who in God's Name Is Mitt Romney?, New York Magazine, Romney is...the scion of a family dynasty integral to the progress of an American-born faith....

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