Individual Details
David Prouty
(18 Oct 1813 - Sep 1892)
Events
| Birth | 18 Oct 1813 | Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 14 Jan 1840 | Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States - Caroline Guilford | | ||
| Census (family) | 10 Aug 1850 | Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States - Caroline Guilford |  | | |
| Census (family) | 13 Jul 1860 | Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States - Caroline Guilford | | | |
| Marriage | 16 Dec 1867 | Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States - Sarah Bemis Guilford | | | |
| Census (family) | 29 Jul 1870 | Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States - Sarah Bemis Guilford | | | |
| Death | Sep 1892 | ||||
| Will | 4 Oct 1892 | | |
Families
| Spouse | Caroline Guilford (1819 - 1863) |
| Child | Jonas Guilford Prouty (1844 - 1864) |
| Spouse | Sarah Bemis Guilford (1816 - 1873) |
| Father | David Prouty (1772 - 1845) |
| Mother | Abigail Bisco (1777 - 1846) |
Notes
Census (family)
204, 297, Melinda Prouty, (widow of John N) & family205, 299, Liberty & Emily Prouty with family
206, 300, David Prouty, 36 M, Farmer, 2500, MA
Caroline Prouty, 30 F, MA
Jonas G Prouty, 5 M, , MA
Census (family)
829, 953, Joshua Prouty, 64 M, Farmer, 3000, 1500, MAMary B, 54 F, MA
Merrick F, 31, Boot manufacter, - , 3000, MA
Ann E, 26 F, MA
Fields M, 24 M, MA
Joshua B, 18 M, Clerk, MA
William B, 13 M, MA
Ellen Coleman, 25 F, Servant, Ireland
830, 956, Lucretia Muzzy, 74 F, 3000, 200, MA
831, 955, David Prouty, 46 M, Bootsmanufactor, 7000, 9000, MA
Caroline G, 40 F, MA
(Joshua and David are first cousins once removed)
Marriage
David married Sarah B. Denny, sister of his first wife.Census (family)
80, 173, Drury, David A, 45, MW, Boot Manufacturer, 7000, 10000, MADrury, Electra, 40, FW, Keeping house, MA
Drury, Abbie B, 11, FW, at school, MA, attended school
Nichols, Mary, 65 FW, No occupation, MA, blind
Dickerson, Emma, 21 FW, Domestic servant, MA
, 174, Prouty, Theodore, 43, MW, Boot Manufacturer, - , 10000, MA
Prouty, Hannah, 37, FW, Keeping house, MA
81, 175, Prouty, David, 56, MW, Boot Manufactuere, 10000, 35000, MA
Prouty, Sarah B, 53, FW, Keeping house, 3500, 7000, MA
Canary, Ellen, 20 FW, Domestic servant, Ireland
Will
....the will of David Prouty, of Spencer dated Oct 4, 1892 .. was filed in the court records of Barber County, Kansas and Kingman County, KS. In the will Isaac L. Prouty was named as one of the Executors. Also a quit claim for property in Hazelton, Barber County, Kansas was awarded to another branch of my family, not related to any Proutys (Cain)The New York Times. September 18, 1892.
David Prouty's Public Bequests.
Worcester, Mass., Sept. 17. - The will of the late David Prouty of Spencer, filed to-day, contains the following public bequests:
Wesleyan Academy at Wilbraham, $15,000; Home Missionary Society, $5,000; First Congregational Society, Methodist Episcopal Society, Universalist Society, and Baptist Society of Spencer, $4,000 each; Pine Grove Cemetery. Spencer, $5,000; Amherst College, $15,000: Wellesley College, $15,000: Baldwinsville Hospital Cottages, $6,000: Drury College, Green County, Mo., $15,000: Indigent Citizens of Spencer, $5,000.
George A. Craig and Isaac L Prouty of Spencer are named as executors. The estate is valued at over $200,000.
(http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9501E3DF1F31E033A2575BC1A96F9C94639ED7CF)
Endnotes
1. 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. 239.
2. John Clark Rand, editor, One of a thousand: a series of biographical sketches of one thousand representative men resident in the commonwealth of Massachusetts, A.D. 1888-'89 (Boston: First national publishing company, 1890), 494; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 11 November 2009.
3. 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. 240.
4. , Vital records of Spencer, Massachusetts: to the end of the year 1849 (Worcester, MA: Franklin P. Rice, 1909), 195 p; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 8 October 2009.
5. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1850 census.
6. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1860 > MASSACHUSETTS > WORCESTER > SPENCER Series: M653 Roll: 530 Page: 759.
7. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1870 > MASSACHUSETTS > WORCESTER > SPENCER Series: M593 Roll: 655 Page: 379.
8. "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 16 November 2013), Jonas Guilford in entry for David Prouty and Sarah B. Denny, 1867.
9. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1870 > MASSACHUSETTS > WORCESTER > SPENCER Series: M593 Roll: 655 Page: 379.
10. Brenda Cain, "David Prouty of Spencer," e-mail message from