Prowse, John

Bef 1504 - 1585  (> 81 years)

• Name	Prowse, John
  Birth	Bef 1504	Tiverton, Devon, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 Sep 1585	Tiverton, Devon, England   [1]
  Burial	St. Peters Church, Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I2328	Shane and Beck
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	Prowse, Robert,   b. Abt 1475   d. 6 Aug 1529 (Age ~ 54 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Christian
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F949	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice
  Marriage	1535  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Prowse, John ll,   b. Abt 1539, Tiverton, Devon, England d. 11 Sep 1598 (Age ~ 59 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F948	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Bef 1504 - Tiverton, Devon, England Death - 3 Sep 1585 - Tiverton, Devon, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  39. JOHN PROWSE, clothier, s. & h. inherited copyhold land in the manor of Chevythorn, Tiverton, from his father, which he granted to Robert, his bro., of age 1524 when taxed on £2 worth of goods; by 1546, paid tax in Tiverton on over £4O. At his death he left 5 manors in Devon & Cornwall with much other property, by fine, entailed for his 5 sons. His wife, Alice White, given as an heiress in Tiverton, perhaps dau. of Christopher Whyte, taxed on £10 goods 1546. His memorial slab in St. Peter's Church, Tiverton, reads: "Here lyeth John Prowse, Merchante, who departed the third daye of September 1585. And Alice his wyfe which he had in marriage 47 years, who departed the 13 daye of August ano dni 1583'. (The Gen., cit., pp. 12-13).

  
  

• Sources

  [S210] Weis, Frederick L, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who came to America before 1700, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Co; Location: Baltimore MD; Date: 2004;), Line 246G-39.