John Proctor (1728 - abt. 1768)

Born 1728 in Bardsey, Yorkshire, England

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John was born in Bardsey, Yorkshire 1728 & baptised John Prockter, 21 July 1728, Bardsey, Yorkshire the son of Mr Prockter. ^[1]

" William and Ann Proctor had five sons. 1st. Their eldest was called John after his grandfather Stables. When at a proper age he was apprenticed to a grocer and mercer at Leeds. He was a gay, wild,thoughtless, extravagant, young man. He had a considerable fortune to begin the world with, having more left him by his father than all his four brothers put together. Accordingly, when Ioose from the apprentice-ship he commenced business for himself in Leeds, and for a short time dashed away at a fine rate. But as causes will inevitably produce effects, so, as was not easy to foresee by others, it was not long before his dissipated and expensive mode of life began to make him short of cash. According to the fashion, in such circumstances, he laid the blame on his business, and to be revenged on it, sold himself up, and was once more an inde-­ pendent man. Being now released from the cares of business, he was at full liberty to pursue his pleasures, and rambled about from one place to another, seeking rest but finding none. In his travels he got to London, and there married, and the fruit of their union was a son, which survived him. During the later years of his life, however, he was in very reduced circumstances, and much distressed his mother and brothers by his clamourousness for money. "

Sources

1. ↑ England Births & Christenings (1538-1975) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NB8N-J99

• "Notices of the Stables Family", by William Stables (1794-1852), accessible at http://www.stableshistory.co.uk/notices.htm