Hi Tim,
I have actually got your Haile Pritty in my research as I believe his family originally came from the Westleton area and as I think my Pritty line probably do too, I have researched them.
However Haile was baptised in Hollesley on 20 October 1822 to John and Sarah Pretty. Haile is in fact living with his father on the 1861 census and this places John Pritty's birth in Westleton in 1778/9.
However the 1851 census for Rendlesham - where John is living next door to his son with a grandson Charles Parker - shows he was born in Worlington. I don’t know which is correct but the mention of Westleton shows he was presumably connected there. Other evidence I will list later seems to confirm this.
The 1841 census for Haile’s father John Pritty in Rendlesham (where his name has been transcribed as Rittey) shows the above Charles Parker in his house (but curiously in a separate household). I have no idea who Charles Parkers parents were although his mother must have been a daughter of John’s.
Also in John’s house are two females with the Pritty name, who it would be supposed were John’s daughters. One is Mahalia Pritty aged 15 and the other Charlotte Pritty aged 20. I assume they were his daughters but Charlotte comes after Mahalia on the census so could have been a different relative.
Also the census enumerator appears to have written in pencil on the form first in the top part of the line and then written in pen after. To me the age of Charlotte looks different to 20 in the pencil version (perhaps 30?) so there could be a possible question mark over her.
Anyway regardless of this the name Mahalia along with the name Haile are big indicators of other family relationships to Pritty lines in the area.
The name Haile is so unusual it must surely be derived from Hailestone Pritty/Pretty, of which two men also bore this name in the area. One Hailestone Pretty was baptised in Eye in 1752 to James Pretty and his wife Anne Daye, while the other was baptised in Westleton in 1799 to John & Elizabeth Pretty.
The name Mahalia is another clue for there is a Mahala Pritty baptised in Eye in 1772 to Robert Pretty and Mary Plamkin. However this does appear to be a more common name in Suffolk than you would imagine. The Hailestone forename, however does seem very unusual.
I have been putting together a tree of these Pritty lines but will not put them here as these are very tentative at this stage.
However we know from a post in this thread that there were no baptisms for Prittys in Westleton between 1725-1745. I therefore think that this Pritty family originated in Eye, then after 1745 a branch moved to Westleton and then another branch (mine) moved on to Southwold.
Only the later parish registers for Westleton may assist further, but aside from burials, the baptisms and marriages do not appear to have been fully transcribed.
Please do let me know your thoughts.
Kind regards,
Jon