Individual Details

Joshua Prouty

(Bef 13 Oct 1736/37 - 15 May 1778)

Events

Baptism13 Oct 1736/37Hanover, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
BirthBef 13 Oct 1736/37
Military1775 - 1778American Revolution
Death15 May 1778

Families

FatherRichard Prouty (1708 - 1774)
MotherLydia House ( - 1760)
SiblingJames Prouty (1738 - )
SiblingElijah Prouty (1740 - 1813)
SiblingRichard Prouty (1742 - )
SiblingFrancis Prouty (1744 - )
SiblingElisha Prouty (1753 - 1810)

Notes

Military

He served in the French and Indian War in 1758 and in 1761. In the Revolution he enlisted as a "Minute man" and marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Concord served in various troops till his death May 15, 1778.

Death

Aug. 18, 1783, his father, Richard Prouty of Brattleboro, Vt., petitioned Worcester County Probate Court to appoint his son Richard Prouty administrator of Joshua's estate. No indication of children.

Endnotes

1. Pope, Charles Henry, 1841-1918., Prouty (Proute) genealogy. (Boston, Mass.; C.H. Pope, 1910.), p 23.