Individual Details
Plummer Prouty
(19 Oct 1809 - 20 Jan 1892)
Events
Families
Spouse | Sarah G. Holman (1811 - 1863) |
Child | Mary Lucena Taylor Prouty (1846 - 1849) |
Child | Jason Ward Prouty (1849 - ) |
Child | John Holman Prouty (1851 - ) |
Spouse | Maria Angeline Witt (1822 - 1907) |
Father | Reuben Prouty (1771 - 1856) |
Mother | Sarah "Sally" Bartlett (1774 - 1851) |
Sibling | Roxy Prouty (1794 - 1809) |
Sibling | Spencer Prouty (1796 - 1838) |
Sibling | Sally Prouty (1798 - 1819) |
Sibling | Reuben Prouty Jr. (1800 - ) |
Sibling | Louisa Prouty (1802 - 1869) |
Sibling | Polly Prouty (1804 - 1823) |
Sibling | Lucena Prouty (1806 - 1820) |
Sibling | Fosdick Prouty (1808 - 1861) |
Sibling | Dwight Dinsmore Prouty (1811 - 1879) |
Sibling | James Prouty (1813 - 1856) |
Sibling | Albert Manley "Albud" Prouty (1816 - 1818) |
Notes
Marriage
Plummer, Sarah G. and Plummer Prouty of Spencer, June 30, 1842Census (family)
288, 391, Reuben Prouty, 78 M, Farmer, 4000, MASally Prouty, 76 F, MA
, 392, Plummer Prouty, 40 M, Farmer, MA
, Sarah G Prouty, 39, F, MA
, Jason W Prouty, 6/12 M, MA
, Patrick Riley, 40 M, Laborer, Ireland
289, 393, Dwight D Prouty, 38 M, Farmer, 1000, MA
Harriet Prouty, 35 F, MA
William B Prouty, 17 M, Bootmaker, MA, attended school
Francis N Prouty, 15 M, Farmer, MA, attended school
Elira M Prouty, 6 F, Vermont, attended school
Census (family)
131, Reuben Prouty, 83 M, Famer, MA132, Plummer Prouty, 46 M, Farmer, MA
Sarah Prouty, 43 F, MA
Jason W Prouty, 6 M, MA
John H Prouty, 5 M, MA
Alexander St. John, 30 M, Farmer, MA
Census (family)
1950, 2117, Plummer Prouty, 50 M, Farmer, 3000, 900, MassSarah G Prouty, 49 F, Mass
Jason Prouty, 10 M, Mass
John Prouty, 9 M, Mass
Marriage
His second marriage, her first marriageCensus (family)
Plummer Prouty Male 60 MassachusettsMaria Prouty Female 48 Vermont
Jason W Prouty Male 20 Massachusetts
John H Prouty Male 19 Massachusetts
Will
I Plummer Prouty of Wilmington, in the County of Windhaven and State of Vermont being in infirm health and sencible of my liability to sudden death, at the same time being in my now-apprehencive of sound min, do judge it best t make and accordingly do hereby make this my last will and testament.It is my will that all my just debts and the charges of my funeral be paid and discharged by my executors hereinafter named and appointed out of my estate, as soon as conveniently may be - after my decease, and I leave the charges of my funeral to the direction of my said Executor's.
I give and devise to my beloved wife, all the Real Estate I own in Wilmington, together with the stock and all the provisions and stove-wood on hand at the time of my decease. My said wife's name being Maria A Prouty.
I give in trust to the officiating deacons; and their successors of the Congregationalist Church, of said Wilmington One hundred Dollars to be kept deposited at the Wilmington Savings Bank, the interest only upon the same to be applied to help my lot in the village, cemetery in good condition and the remainder of said interest or income not required for said purpose to be devoted to the support of preaching at said Congregationalist Church.
I give to my Grand-daughter Minnie S. Prouty, Two-hundred Dollars.
The residue and remainder of all my estate, not herein otherwise disposed of, I give and grant to my sons, Jason W. Prouty, and John H. Prouty, in equal share, and proportions and is to their respective heirs forever.
And I hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my wife Maria A. Prouty and Edward Titus, jointly and severally to be executors's of this my last will and testament, and so as that in case of the death of one of them, the survivor shall then be sole Executor of this my said Will.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal and publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament , this 25th day of January, A. D. 1890.
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. 243.
2. Pope, Charles Henry, 1841-1918., Prouty (Proute) genealogy. (Boston, Mass.; C.H. Pope, 1910.), p 49.
3. , Vital Records of Petersham, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (MA, Worcester: Franklin Pierce Rice, 1904), p 110.
4. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1850 census.
5. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1860 > VERMONT > WINDHAM > WILMINGTON Series: M653 Roll: 1325 Page: 503.
6. "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005," database with images, FamilySearch (: accessed 25 May 2020), Plummer Prouty and Mariah A Will, 15 Feb 1865; citing Marriage, Dummerston, Windham, Vermont, United States, various town clerks and records divisions, Vermont; FHL microfilm 005488191..