Individual Details
Richard Prouty
(8 Jan 1708/09 - Aft 1774)
He was a blacksmith; resided at Hanover until about 1738, when he removed to Lancaster, Worcester county.
He bought land at Lancaster of his father-in-law, Joseph House, and others. He and his wife sold their share in her father's estate after his death, February 24, 1757; her mother joined in the deed. His sons, Elijah, Richard and Francis, joined in a quitclaim deed of rights in Mr. House's estate April 1, 1771.
His home was in that part of the old town which was afterward set off as Leominster.
He removed to Brattleboro, Vt.; bought land there in 1774. (Windham Co.)
He bought land at Lancaster of his father-in-law, Joseph House, and others. He and his wife sold their share in her father's estate after his death, February 24, 1757; her mother joined in the deed. His sons, Elijah, Richard and Francis, joined in a quitclaim deed of rights in Mr. House's estate April 1, 1771.
His home was in that part of the old town which was afterward set off as Leominster.
He removed to Brattleboro, Vt.; bought land there in 1774. (Windham Co.)
Events
Families
Spouse | Lydia House ( - 1760) |
Child | Joshua Prouty (1736 - 1778) |
Child | James Prouty (1738 - ) |
Child | Elijah Prouty (1740 - 1813) |
Child | Richard Prouty (1742 - ) |
Child | Francis Prouty (1744 - ) |
Child | Elisha Prouty (1753 - 1810) |
Father | Edward Prouty (1679 - 1726) |
Mother | Elizabeth Howe (1678 - 1744) |
Sibling | Edward Prouty (1702 - 1749) |
Sibling | Elizabeth Prouty (1704 - ) |
Sibling | James Prouty (1706 - 1720) |
Sibling | John Prouty (1710 - 1711) |
Sibling | Eunice Prouty (1711 - ) |
Sibling | Hannah Prouty (1714 - ) |
Sibling | Elisha Prouty (1715 - 1782) |
Sibling | Mary Prouty (1718 - 1719) |
Sibling | Mary Prouty (1719 - ) |
Endnotes
1. Pope, Charles Henry, 1841-1918., Prouty (Proute) genealogy. (Boston, Mass.; C.H. Pope, 1910.), p 20, 22.
2. , The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol LVIII (Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1904), p 89.