Individual Details
Elijah Prouty
(Bef 21 Aug 1740 - 7 Apr 1813)
Vermont Cumberland County*
Justices of the Court of Oyer and Terminer** and General Jail Delivery
Date of Commission June 5, 1782 - Elijah Prouty [amongst others] (Hall 764).
Justice of the Peace - Date of Commission - June 5, 1782. Elijah Prouty [amongst others] (Hall 165).
Members of Assembly of the State of New York elected by the people - Commencement of Session - January 21, 1784 - Joel Bigelow, Elijah Prouty, William Shattuck (Hall 768).
Elijah and Lydia Prouty bought there property in Brattleborough, Vermont in December 1808. Elijah Prouty, Richard Prouty, and Francis Prouty, were subscribers on November 12th, 1770 of the First Church in Battleboro (Cabot, 73)
* Cumberland County was a short-lived county in Vermont, comprising territory obtained from New York in 1777: Cumberland County and Gloucester County. In 1781 this county was broken up into three counties in Vermont and one that eventually became part of New Hampshire. Windham County, one of the original two counties of Vermont, began as Cumberland Co. in 1779, was renamed in 1781. Brattleboro, in Windham Co., is the oldest town in the state.
** Oyer and terminer was the Law French name, meaning to hear and determine general criminal offenses.
Justices of the Court of Oyer and Terminer** and General Jail Delivery
Date of Commission June 5, 1782 - Elijah Prouty [amongst others] (Hall 764).
Justice of the Peace - Date of Commission - June 5, 1782. Elijah Prouty [amongst others] (Hall 165).
Members of Assembly of the State of New York elected by the people - Commencement of Session - January 21, 1784 - Joel Bigelow, Elijah Prouty, William Shattuck (Hall 768).
Elijah and Lydia Prouty bought there property in Brattleborough, Vermont in December 1808. Elijah Prouty, Richard Prouty, and Francis Prouty, were subscribers on November 12th, 1770 of the First Church in Battleboro (Cabot, 73)
* Cumberland County was a short-lived county in Vermont, comprising territory obtained from New York in 1777: Cumberland County and Gloucester County. In 1781 this county was broken up into three counties in Vermont and one that eventually became part of New Hampshire. Windham County, one of the original two counties of Vermont, began as Cumberland Co. in 1779, was renamed in 1781. Brattleboro, in Windham Co., is the oldest town in the state.
** Oyer and terminer was the Law French name, meaning to hear and determine general criminal offenses.
Events
| Birth | Bef 21 Aug 1740 | Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, British America | |||
| Baptism | 21 Aug 1740 |  | |||
| Marriage | Abt 1767 | Lydia McCune | |||
| Census (family) | 1790 | Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, United States - Lydia McCune |  | | |
| Death | 7 Apr 1813 | Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, United States | | ||
| Burial | Meeting House Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Lydia McCune (1748 - 1817) |
| Child | Sophia Prouty (1768 - 1837) |
| Child | Elijah Prouty (1770 - 1834) |
| Child | Elisha Prouty (1772 - 1852) |
| Child | Salmon Prouty (1775 - ) |
| Child | Lydia Prouty (1777 - 1851) |
| Child | Eunice Prouty (1779 - 1863) |
| Child | William Prouty (1781 - ) |
| Child | Alathea / Elitha Prouty (1783 - ) |
| Child | Cynthia Prouty (1789 - ) |
| Child | Damaris Prouty ( - ) |
| Father | Richard Prouty (1708 - 1774) |
| Mother | Lydia House ( - 1760) |
| Sibling | Joshua Prouty (1736 - 1778) |
| Sibling | James Prouty (1738 - ) |
| Sibling | Richard Prouty (1742 - ) |
| Sibling | Francis Prouty (1744 - ) |
| Sibling | Elisha Prouty (1753 - 1810) |
Notes
Census (family)
Prouty, Elijah 2242 males 16+
2 males under 16
4 females
Endnotes
1. Pope, Charles Henry, 1841-1918., Prouty (Proute) genealogy. (Boston, Mass.; C.H. Pope, 1910.), p 23.
2. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1790 > VERMONT > WINDHAM > BRATTLEBORO Series: M637 Roll: 12 Page: 108.
3. Pope, Charles Henry, 1841-1918., Prouty (Proute) genealogy. (Boston, Mass.; C.H. Pope, 1910.), p 31-32.