Individual Details
Willard Prouty
(4 May 1786 - 5 Jan 1834)
Events
| Birth | 4 May 1786 | Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 18 Jan 1807 | Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States - Rebekka "Becca" Draper | | ||
| Death | 5 Jan 1834 | Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States |  | |
Families
| Spouse | Rebekka "Becca" Draper (1786 - 1860) |
| Child | Isaac Warner Prouty (1809 - 1882) |
| Child | Harriet Amelia Prouty (1810 - 1899) |
| Father | Isaac Prouty (1750 - 1828) |
| Mother | Anna Dunnell (1754 - 1802) |
| Sibling | John Prouty (1775 - 1812) |
| Sibling | William Prouty (1778 - 1819) |
| Sibling | Anna Prouty (1789 - ) |
| Sibling | Mehitabel Prouty (1791 - 1856) |
| Sibling | Abigail Prouty (1794 - ) |
Notes
Death
He died by suicide in the attic of his house, hanging himself with a skein of yarn. It is thought that he was despondent over his wife wanting to become a Shaker and felt he couldn't live that life.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. 241.
2. 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. 241.
3. Henry Mendell Tower, Historical sketches relating to Spencer, Mass, Volume 2 (Spencer, MA: W.J. Hefferman--Spencer Leader Print, 1902), 71; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 24 November 2009.
4. 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. 241.
5. Pope, Charles Henry, 1841-1918., Prouty (Proute) genealogy. (Boston, Mass.; C.H. Pope, 1910.), p 80.