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Richard Prouty (b. 30 Sep 1652, d. 01 Sep 1708)
Richard Prouty (son of Richard Prout and Elizabeth Guest)3756, 3757, 3758, 3759, 3760 was born 30 Sep 1652 in Rodmarton, Gloucestershire, England3761, 3762, 3763, 3764, and died 01 Sep 1708 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA3765, 3766, 3767, 3768. He married Demaris Torrey on Dec 1676 in Scituate, Plymouth County, MA3769, 3770, 3771, 3772, 3773, daughter of James J. Torrey and Anne Hatch.
Notes for Richard Prouty:
From C. H. Pope's "Prouty Genealogy:
"It is believed that Richard Prouty, the Scituate pioneer, came to Scituate about the close of the year 1666, as a boy of fourteen. His name is not recorded there until the war of 1675-6, preventing solid proof, but co-ordinates with the theory of his coming as a boy, since he would be able to bear arms at 16, but not old enough to vote or be made a "townsman."
When the Indian conflict known as 'King Philip's War' was raging (King Philip's War, 1675-76, in New England), Richard Prouty did a brave defender's part in repelling the cruel foe. Scituate suffered terribly from swift attacks of the wily savages; thirteen homes were burned and several lives lost in the years 1675 and 1676. Just when and where Richard Prouty performed his part is not recorded; but the Colony of Plymouth, in a session of its General Court, July 21, 1676, placed a list of the valiant men on its records with a note of what was owing to them.
"The souldiers of Scittuat whoe desired to be satisfyed in lands for such service as they pformed for the country, with the sumes due to them on that accompt." In the list is 'Richard Proutey.......06-12-03."
This six pounds, twelve shillings, and three pence was due at that particular time; perhaps he had done other service and received payment from the town. Scituate records have a copy of this note in the General Court journal; 'Richard Prouty." The name is there written; it stands third after that of the lieutenant of the company, and the man next after him is specified as a corporal; one might infer that Prouty had acted as sergeant by this position of his name. The town voted to instruct its representatives to ask the General Court for its proper share.
"Having no inherited property he was dependent wholly on his own exertions for a living. It was slow work acquiring lands and buildings. He gained the hand of a daughter of one of the leading men of the township, a magistrate and representative to the Plymouth General Court, and this alliance doubtless helped to bring out his native capability and give him standing. Records show that he had been industrious in cultivating the soil and was planning to make use of some of the lands of the town. But he was not content till he obtained a homestead. This he established on Hoop-pole Hill, one of the pleasantest eminences in Scituate. During the years 1692, 1694, and 1698 records show land in this area granted to him expanding his farm."
"Soldiers in King Philip's War", G. M. Bodge, 1967, p 434.
See "The English Ancestry of Richard Prouty of Scituate, Plymouth Colony; being a letter to Lewis Isaac Prouty", by Frederick Elon Thomas Prouty, May 31, 1948, n.p. 1948 17 p.
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"History of Scituate, Massachusetts, Family Sketches in Alphabetical Series", Page 328, Richard Prouty (Located online at genealogy.com, "Massachusetts Town, Probate, and Vital Records, 1600s-1900s" database):
Richard Prouty was in Scituate 1670. His farm was north-east of Hoop-pole hill. His house was near the causeway over the swamp, called Prouty's dam, 1680. His first son was Edward, and had a house at Margaret's brook, on the west. His children were nine, (his wife Elizabeth Howe) sons James, John, Richard, Edward, Elisha, born from 1711 to 1732.
Isaac (son of Richard) married Elizabeth Merritt -- sons David, John, Caleb, Adam, Job, James, Isaac, born from 1716 to 1732. Margaret Prouty, who gave the name to the brook, was an unmaried daughter of the elder Richard, and who lived to a great age, and though single, had a son Nehemiah born 1724.
Of the above sons of Edward, Jacob, David, John, Adam, James and Isaac, removed together to the town of Spencer, where they have respectable descendants. In Scituate and Hanover remain descendants of Caleb, and of William, another son of Richard, sen.
More About Richard Prouty:
Baptism: 30 Sep 1652, Rodmarton, Gloucestershire, England.3774, 3775
More About Richard Prouty and Demaris Torrey:
Marriage: Dec 1676, Scituate, Plymouth County, MA.3775, 3776, 3777, 3778, 3779
Children of Richard Prouty and Demaris Torrey are:
- +Edward Prouty, b. 30 Sep 1679, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA3780, 3781, 3782, d. Bef. 13 Sep 1726, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA3783, 3784.

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