Born in Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of David Prouty
and Hannah (Ball) Prouty
Sister of
Hannah (Prouty) Lamb
Wife of
Johnathan Witt Sr.
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Jonathan Witt Jr.
Died
at about age 80
in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Jan 2017
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Biography
Catherine was born in 1762 in Massachusetts Bay Colony. She was the daughter of David Prouty and Hannah (Ball) Prouty.
She married Johnathan Witt Sr..
She died on 12 Jun 1842 in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Children
- Children of Catherine Sr.:
Research Notes
The one who died 1842 was age 22, unmarried on AA Prince-3397 03:00, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
- Death record for the Catherine Prouty who died on June 12, 1842. She was 22 years of age, and her name at death was Prouty, not Witt. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6X8S-8F9?personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3ANWXM-52J
- Here is the Find A Grave Record for the Catherine Witt in this profile. She was born Feb. 8, 1763 and died Jan. 6, 1808. She is not the daughter of David Prouty and Hannah Ball. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192999273/catherine-witt?_gl=1*jz6tk*_ga*MTc4NTk3NjYyOC4xNjY4NTY1NDU5*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*MTY2ODY1NzUxMC4yLjEuMTY2ODY2OTE0My4zNS4wLjA.
- Here is the Will for David Prouty, husband of Hannah Ball listing his wife and surviving children at the time of his death in 1814. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/7770014:9069?tid=&pid=&queryId=501ffcd08afb4072c35f9616965956b2&_phsrc=Ozu54&_phstart=successSource
- Link to the Page in Pope's Prouty (Proute) Genealogy that lists the Children of David Prouty and Hannah Ball. There is no Catherine. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/351069/?offset=1#page=48&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=
Sources
- Pope, Charles Henry. Prouty (Proute) Genealogy (Charles H. Pope, Boston, Mass., 1910).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Catherine by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Catherine:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Catherine by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Catherine:
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~1.56%
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edited by Pam Gow
According to "Prouty (Proute) Genealogy" by Charles Henry Pope (I've added a source reference to this profile - See pp.37-38), David only had 2 girls that lived long enough to marry: Hannah who married Nathaniel Lamb and Sally who married Jonathan Hall. He did not have a daughter named Catherine.
edited by Edwin Priest