What is the Jared Pratt Family Association?

The Jared Pratt Family Association, founded in 1881, is one of the oldest family history organizations in the nation. Jared Pratt (1769-1839) was the father of one daughter and five sons–Anson, William, Parley, Orson and Nelson–four of whom joined the early Mormon Church. One of these sons, Orson Pratt, founded the association in order to engage in ancestral genealogy research, as well as to keep track of the Pratt descendants. He gave this charge to the family:

“This record is written, to be handed down to future generations, not only to preserve the genealogy of my forefathers, but to collect and register therein, from generation to generation, the dates of births, marriages, places of residence and deaths of all the descendants of my four brothers and myself. . . . It is to be hoped that all our posterity of whatever branch or name will be sufficiently interested to preserve their genealogy to the latest generation.”

Recent News

Be sure to read the latest family news!

Have you listened to the presentations from the recent symposium on Parley and Orson Pratt at Brigham Young University? Or read the brief articles being written online about the Parley P. Pratt autobiography?

The Pratt Brothers: Builders of Zion DVD

If you would prefer to mail in an order form and pay by check, print the order form today to order your copies of this excellent production.

Watch some of the 135+ short videos online of extra interview footage not used in the DVD!

Effort to Find and Move Parley’s Remains to Utah

In the last couple of years, a major effort was undertaken to find and move the remains of Parley P. Pratt from Arkansas to Utah, in fulfilment of his dying wish. Read the articles and see the pictures of the effort and results.