Individual Details
David Prouty
(18 May 1778 - 28 Mar 1846)
David became a successful manufactorer of iron ploughes, improving on the design. He associated himself with Mr. John Mears in Boston, taking his son Lorenzo into the firm. They sold agricultural implements in general, keeping the "Prouty and Mears Centre-draught plough" most prominent. Premiums and medals came to them from many agricultural societies and fairs
U.S. Patents were granted to David Prouty and John Mears of Boston, as joint inventors, for improvements in plows in 1836, 1838 and 1841. They were awarded a gold medal by Nicholas I, emperor of Russia. They received a diploma signed by Prince Albert at the World's Fair in London.
U.S. Patents were granted to David Prouty and John Mears of Boston, as joint inventors, for improvements in plows in 1836, 1838 and 1841. They were awarded a gold medal by Nicholas I, emperor of Russia. They received a diploma signed by Prince Albert at the World's Fair in London.
Events
| Birth | 18 May 1778 | Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 4 Aug 1795 | Second Church of Scituate, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States - Lydia Stoddard |  | | |
| Death | 28 Mar 1846 | Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States | | ||
| Burial | 1 Apr 1846 | Dorchester North Burying Ground, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Lydia Stoddard (1777 - 1864) |
| Child | Margaret "Margaretta" Prouty (1796 - ) |
| Child | Vaniah Prouty (1801 - 1866) |
| Child | Lorenzo Prouty (1806 - 1872) |
| Child | Lydia Farrow Prouty (1807 - ) |
| Child | David Osborne Prouty (1818 - ) |
| Father | David Prouty (1753 - 1831) |
| Mother | Margaret Whiton (1738 - 1825) |
Notes
Marriage
1795, Augst 4 David Prouty and Lydia Stoddard both of Scituate.Endnotes
1. Pope, Charles Henry, 1841-1918., Prouty (Proute) genealogy. (Boston, Mass.; C.H. Pope, 1910.), p 30.
2. Pope, Charles Henry, 1841-1918., Prouty (Proute) genealogy. (Boston, Mass.; C.H. Pope, 1910.), p 55.
3. Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters, New England Historic Genealogical Society, "Records of Second Church of Scituate,: now the First Unitarian Church of Norwell, Mass.," The New England historical and genealogical register, v. 60 (1906) (http://books.google.com/books : accessed 26 June 2009), p 338.
4. Pope, Charles Henry, 1841-1918., Prouty (Proute) genealogy. (Boston, Mass.; C.H. Pope, 1910.), p 56.