Individual Details
William Prouty
(25 Jul 1730 - 11 May 1801)
William and his wife Rachel sold land in Scituate in June, 1775. He served in Capt. Galen Clapp's company of Scituate militia who marched in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775, and served four days.
Events
| Birth | 25 Jul 1730 | Scituate, Massachusetts Bay, British America |  | ||
| Baptism | 2 Oct 1740 | | |||
| Marriage | 25 Dec 1768 | Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British America - Rachel Dunbar | |||
| Census (family) | 1790 | Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States - Rachel Dunbar |  | | |
| Death | 11 May 1801 | Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States | | ||
| Burial | Union Cemetery, Hanover, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Rachel Dunbar (1742 - 1806) |
| Child | Rachel Prouty (1769 - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth Prouty (1770 - 1800) |
| Child | William Prouty (1772 - 1842) |
| Child | Galen Prouty (1774 - 1809) |
| Child | Richard Prouty (1775 - 1855) |
| Child | Sarah Prouty (1777 - ) |
| Child | Lincoln Prouty (1778 - 1781) |
| Child | Jesse Prouty (1780 - 1833) |
| Child | Lincoln Prouty (1782 - 1784) |
| Child | Merrill Prouty (1784 - ) |
| Father | William Prouty (1694 - 1761) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Garnet ( - 1733) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Prouty (1729 - ) |
| Sibling | Richard Prouty (1732 - ) |
Notes
Census (family)
Wm. Prouty 2142 males 16+ (William 60, Richard 15? or Galen 16)
1 male under 16 (Jesse 10 or Richard 15)
4 females (Rachel 48, Meriel 6, Sarah 13, Elizabeth 20)
Endnotes
1. Pope, Charles Henry, 1841-1918., Prouty (Proute) genealogy. (Boston, Mass.; C.H. Pope, 1910.), p 21.
2. Pope, Charles Henry, 1841-1918., Prouty (Proute) genealogy. (Boston, Mass.; C.H. Pope, 1910.), p 21.
3. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1790 > MASSACHUSETTS > PLYMOUTH > SCITUATE Series: M637 Roll: 4 Page: 311.
4. Prouty, Garold L., compiler, Prouty Genealogy (Kent, WA: printed by the author, 10/10/2003).