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John PROUT
1753 - 1820 (~ 66 years)
Has 25 ancestors and 23 descendants in this family tree.
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Name John PROUT Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Baptised 25 Sep 1753 St. James’ Church, Slapton, Devon, England 
Gender Male Occupation Woolcomber Buried 17 May 1820 St. Michael’s Church, Blackawton, Devon, England Siblings4 brothers and 1 sister Patriarch & Matriarch 
Richard PROUT, b. Est 1590, d. Jan 1659/60, Slapton, Devon, England (Age ~ 70 years) (3 x Great Grandfather) 
Elizabeth, bur. St. Michael’s Church, Blackawton, Devon, England (Grandmother) Person ID I16068 All Last Modified 30 Aug 2014
Father Christopher PROUT, bap. 18 Sep 1726, St. James’ Church, Slapton, Devon, England , d. 17 Apr 1809 (Age ~ 82 years) Mother Ann LAVERS, bap. 24 Jan 1730/31, St. Michael’s Church, Blackawton, Devon, England , d. 6 May 1817, East Allington, Devon, England (Age ~ 86 years) Married 21 Nov 1752 or 27 May 1753 St. James’ Church, Slapton, Devon, England - Slapton PRs show two marriages of a Christopher Prout, on the 2 dates shown. These 2 dates are not surprising; baptised, and almost certainly born, in 1726 this Christopher was the typical age at which young men married. In addition, his mother had died in 1751 and it was quite likely his father would remarry.
What is strange is that both marriages are shown as to an Ann Lavers. This is certainly possible, and I think is more likely than not to be true, but it does strike me that there is an above average chance that there is an error in the register. Maybe an old note was hanging around and the same names actually written down twice instead of an entirely different couple on one (probably the second) occasion? Or the wrong brides name on the second occasion?
(unfortunately no sign of the new style marriage register which should have been used from 1752, and which would have both made errors less liikely and have given more information)
Family ID F6617 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Judith MORTIMORE, bap. 9 Sep 1753, St. Michael’s Church, Blackawton, Devon, England , bur. 30 Jun 1834, St. Michael’s Church, Blackawton, Devon, England (Age ~ 80 years) Married 12 Mar 1781 St. Michael’s Church, Blackawton, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 30 Aug 2014):
"Banns of Marriage between John Prowt & Judith Mortimoor were published on the
25th Day of February the 4th & 11th Days of March 1781 by me Thos. Adams Vicar
No 183 The said John Prowt of this Parish Woolcomber
and the said Judith Mortimoor of this
Parish Spinster were
Married in this Church by Banns this
Twelfth Day of March in the Year One Thousand Seven
Hundred and Eighty One by me Thos. Adams Vicar
This Marriage was solemnized between Us { John Prowt, The Mark of + Judith Mortimoor
In the Presence of Robt Lavers, Thomas Hyne"
Children5 children Last Modified 30 Aug 2014 Family ID F6618 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- Slapton PRs show two marriages of a Christopher Prout, on the 2 dates shown. These 2 dates are not surprising; baptised, and almost certainly born, in 1726 this Christopher was the typical age at which young men married. In addition, his mother had died in 1751 and it was quite likely his father would remarry.