George Prutt

first name

George

last name

Prutt

gender

male

birth, death year

circa 1719 , 1794

first, last year in records

1794, 1794

confidence level

confirmed identity

freed status (year freed)

enslaved, then free

enslaver(s)

Chauncey, Richard;

location(s)

Whately, MA

place of origin

Hadley, MA

Bio

George was one of seven children of Arthur and Joan Prutt, who were enslaved by Isaac Chauncey (1670-1745) of Hadley, Massachusetts. (Town records, 1659-1719, Hadley, Massachusetts. See also James Avery Smith, History of the Black Population of Amherst, Massachusetts (Boston, MA: New England Historic and Genealogical Society, 1999), pp. 110-111.) George was also enslaved by Isaac's son, Richard (1703-1790) of Whately, Massachusetts, and he might have lived for a while with members of the Field family, also of Whately. George, "a pious old slave of Richard Chauncey," was one of the original members of the church. He died at the age of 75, on September 18, 1794. (James M. Crafts, History of the Town of Whately, Massachusetts, 1899), pp. 168, 256

Entry	Source	Vol Name	Date	entry id
• Slaves - Two of our citizens owned slaves at the time of their settlement in Whately: vi2, Gideon Dicinson and Richard Chauncey, - and so far as can be gathered from the census returns these are the only colored people enumerated in our population. Mr. C	Temple, J.H. History of Whately	1872	1794 Sep 18	1599
• Slaves - Two of our citizens owned slaves at the time of their settlement in Whately: vi2, Gideon Dickison and Richard Chauncey, - and so far as can be gathered from the census returns these are the only colored people enumerated in our population. Mr. C	Temple, J.H. History of Whately	1872	1794 Sep 18	1598

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• Slaves - Two of our citizens owned slaves at the time of their settlement in Whately: vi2, Gideon Dicinson and Richard Chauncey, - and so far as can be gathered from the census returns these are the only colored people enumerated in our population. Mr. C

Temple, J.H. History of Whately

1872

1794 Sep 18

1599

• Slaves - Two of our citizens owned slaves at the time of their settlement in Whately: vi2, Gideon Dickison and Richard Chauncey, - and so far as can be gathered from the census returns these are the only colored people enumerated in our population. Mr. C

Temple, J.H. History of Whately