Ebenezer Prout (1657 - 1735)

Born 14 Mar 1657 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Wheeler) Prout — married 28 May 1678 (to 11 Aug 1683) in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Husband of Grace (Sherman) Prout — married Oct 1683 in New England

Descendants

Died 27 Apr 1735 at age 78 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

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[Note: For detailed bio and children see: Jacobus, Donald Lines. The Family of Rev. John Sherman of Wethersfield, Milford and Branford, Conn. and Watertown, Mass. in: The American Genealogist, Volume 20, D. L. Jacobus, New Haven, Connecticut, 1943, p. 133-4]

Biography

Ebenezer Prout was born on at Boston, Massachusetts on March 14. 1656/7, son of Timothy and Margaret (___) Prout. ^{[1] [2]}

He married first Elizabeth Wheeler, at Concord, Massachusetts on 28, May 1678. ^{[1] [3]}

He married second, after October 11, 1683, Grace Sherman. Grace was born at Watertown, Massachusetts on March 10, 1658/9, daughter of John Sherman and his second wife Mary Launce. ^[1]

• 1712: December 4: Her brother James Sherman, as surviving executor of their father's estate listed the legacies paid according to John's will, including Grace Prout, wife of Ebenezer Prout, L20. ^[1]

Ebenezer died at Middletown, Connecticut on April 17, 1735. ^{[1] [4]}

Children

by Elizabeth

1. Timothy, born on May 18, 1679 [18: 3m: 1679]. ^[3]

by Grace

1. John, born on May 16, 1697. ^[3]
2. William born on October 29, 1699. ^[3]
3. Deborah born on June 11, 1701. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Williams, Alicia Crane. John Sherman (1613-1685) in: Early New England Families, 1641-1700. Volume 1, p. 5, (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. p.5-7
2. ↑ Appleton, William S. Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths 1630-1699, City Document 130, Registry Dept. City of Boston, Rockwell & Churchill, Boston, Massachusetts, 1883, p. 50
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Tolman, George compiler. Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850, Printed by the Town, T. Todd Printer, Beacon Press, Boston, Massachusetts, 1891, p. 21: 23: 44: 48: 51
4. ↑ Middletown: p. 53 In: Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928.

• The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America https://archive.org/stream/genealogicaland00genegoog#page/n11/mode/1up

See also:

• Ancestry and Descendants of Captain Timothy Prout of Boston, by Dale Ellison Prout (Gateway Press, Baltimore, MD, 2002).