Individual Details
Joshua Prouty
(18 May 1759 - 24 Mar 1838)
Events
| Birth | 18 May 1759 | Spencer, Massachusetts Bay, British America |  | ||
| Military | Abt 1778 | American Revolution |  | | |
| Marriage | 8 Nov 1781 | Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States - Mary "Molly" Muzzy | | ||
| Census (family) | 1790 | Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States - Mary "Molly" Muzzy | | | |
| Death | 24 Mar 1838 | Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States | | ||
| Burial | Old Spencer Cemetery, Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States | | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary "Molly" Muzzy (1764 - 1837) |
| Child | Anna Prouty (1782 - 1788) |
| Child | Gardner Prouty (1784 - 1828) |
| Child | Abijah A Prouty (1786 - 1851) |
| Child | Mary "Polly" Prouty (1787 - ) |
| Child | Fanny Prouty (1789 - 1843) |
| Child | Ebenezer Prouty (1791 - 1861) |
| Child | Lucinda Prouty (1793 - ) |
| Child | Joshua E Prouty (1796 - 1882) |
| Child | Betsy Prouty (1799 - 1803) |
| Child | John Prouty (1800 - 1865) |
| Child | William Prouty (1802 - 1871) |
| Child | Sophia Prouty (1805 - ) |
| Child | Winthrop Prouty (1808 - 1874) |
| Father | Jacob Prouty (1715 - 1789) |
| Mother | Anna Capen (1724 - 1781) |
| Sibling | Deborah Prouty (1742 - 1795) |
| Sibling | Phebe Prouty (1744 - ) |
| Sibling | Lydia Prouty (1747 - 1781) |
| Sibling | Anna Prouty (1748 - 1825) |
| Sibling | Deacon Samuel Prouty (1750 - 1819) |
| Sibling | Jacob Prouty Jr. (1752 - 1831) |
| Sibling | Hannah Prouty (1754 - 1838) |
| Sibling | Caleb Prouty (1756 - ) |
| Sibling | Lucy Prouty (1756 - ) |
| Sibling | Nathan Prouty (1761 - 1844) |
| Sibling | Mercy Prouty (1763 - ) |
Notes
Military
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 31page 308
Miss Emily G. Prouty.
DAR ID Number: 30899
Born in Chesterfield, New Hampshire.
Descendant of Joshua Prouty and of Lieut. Edward Glover of Massachusetts.
Daughter of Ira French Prouty, M. D., and Emily Field Babcock, his wife.
Granddaughter of Williard Prouty and Sally French, his wife; Lemuel Babcock and Margaret Preston Houk Glover, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Samuel Prouty and Miriam Stevens, his wife; Edward Glover and Hannah Houk, his wife.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Joshua Prouty and Molly Muzzey, his wife; Edward Glover and Hannah Fifield, his wife.
Edward Glover, (1743-1804), served as second lieutenant 1775 and as lieutenant 1778. He was on duty on Long Island and at Fort Clinton, under different commands. He was born in Dorchester, Mass., where he died.
Joshua Prouty, (1759-1838), served as a private in the Worcester county militia and in 1832 was placed on the pension roll. He was born in Spencer, Mass., where he died.
Census (family)
Joshua Prouty - 1331 male 16+ (Joshua 31)
3 males under 16 (Gardner 6, Abijah 4, ?
3 females (Molly 26, Anna 8, 'Polly 3 or Fanny 1')
Nathan Prouty - 124
Amos Munroe - 351 (brother-in-law)
Burial
Inscription:A Revolutionary Soldier
Endnotes
1. Pope, Charles Henry, 1841-1918., Prouty (Proute) genealogy. (Boston, Mass.; C.H. Pope, 1910.), p 35.
2. Draper, James., History of Spencer, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to the year 1860 : including a brief sketch of Leicester, to the year 1753. (Worcester: Printed by H.J. Howland, 1860?, 279 pgs.), p. 237.
3. Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/ Copyright © 1998-2000, MyFamily.com Inc. and its subsidiaries.).
4. Pope, Charles Henry, 1841-1918., Prouty (Proute) genealogy. (Boston, Mass.; C.H. Pope, 1910.), p. 35 - 8 Nov 1781.
5. Draper, James., History of Spencer, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to the year 1860 : including a brief sketch of Leicester, to the year 1753. (Worcester: Printed by H.J. Howland, 1860?, 279 pgs.), p. 238.
6. Draper, James., History of Spencer, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to the year 1860 : including a brief sketch of Leicester, to the year 1753. (Worcester: Printed by H.J. Howland, 1860?, 279 pgs.), p 119.
7. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1790 > MASSACHUSETTS > WORCESTER > SPENCER Series: M637 Roll: 4 Page: 540.
8. Pope, Charles Henry, 1841-1918., Prouty (Proute) genealogy. (Boston, Mass.; C.H. Pope, 1910.), p 35.
9. Draper, James., History of Spencer, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to the year 1860 : including a brief sketch of Leicester, to the year 1753. (Worcester: Printed by H.J. Howland, 1860?, 279 pgs.), p. 238.
10. , "Old Spencer Cemetery," database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 November 2011), .