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Abner Prutt

first name
Abner
last name
Prutt
gender
male
birth, death year
1729 , --
first, last year in records
1729, --
confidence level
confirmed identity
freed status (year freed)
unknown
enslaver(s)
Chauncey, Isaac;
location(s)
Hadley, MA  
place of origin
Hadley, MA

Bio

Abner was one of seven children of Arthur and Joan Prutt, who were enslaved by Isaac Chauncey (1670-1745) of Hadley, Massachusetts. He was born in August of 1729.

Entries for Abner appear in the account book of Hadley resident Samuel Gaylord. Between 1787 and 1789, Abner purchased shoes and foodstuffs such as pork, bread, butter, peas, and fish. He also boarded at Gaylord's house for two weeks.

Sources Consulted

History of Hadley, Massachusetts, Sylvester Judd, 1905, p. 116

Primary Source Entries for Abner Prutt

Entry Source Vol Name Date entry id
• Abner Prut Dr to Luther 0 1 0 Samuel Gaylord Account book 1763-1791 1787 Feb 2466
• Abner Prut Dr to porke 8 pound 0 2 0 Samuel Gaylord Account book 1763-1791 1787 Feb 2467
• Abner Prut Dr to one pese of vele 6 pound and a half 0 1 3 Samuel Gaylord Account book 1763-1791 1787 Feb 2465
• Abner Prut Dr to bred 0 0 6 Samuel Gaylord Account book 1763-1791 1787 Feb 2468
• Abner Prut Dr to bred 3 pound - 0 4 Samuel Gaylord Account book 1763-1791 1787 Feb 2469
• Abner Prut Dr to 1 pound of breed 0 0 9 Samuel Gaylord Account book 1763-1791 1787 Feb 2470
• Abner Prut Dr to beefe 11 pound 0 2 9 Samuel Gaylord Account book 1763-1791 1787 Mar 26 2471
• Abner Prut Dr to cash paid him 0 6 0 Samuel Gaylord Account book 1763-1791 1787 Mar 26 2472
• Abner Prut Dr to five pound of bred 0 0 6 Samuel Gaylord Account book 1763-1791 1787 Mar 26 2473
• Abner Prut Dr to 3 pound and 3 quarters of breed 0 0 5 Samuel Gaylord Account book 1763-1791 1787 Mar 26 2474
• Abner Prut Dr to one pound of pork 0 0 7 Samuel Gaylord Account book 1763-1791 1787 May 18 2494
• Abner Prut Dr to t[?]nd to cpt Rallogy by E Porter 1 0 0 Samuel Gaylord Account book 1763-1791 1787 May 18 2492
• Abner Prut Dr to t[?]nd to cpt Rallogy by E Porter 1 0 0 Samuel Gaylord Account book 1763-1791 1787 May 18 2493
• Abner Prut Dr to 3 pound of breed 0 0 4 Samuel Gaylord Account book 1763-1791 1787 May 18 2495
• Abner Prut Dr to one shad 0 0 4 Samuel Gaylord Account book 1763-1791 1787 May 18 2496
• Abner Prut Dr to cash the making of one paire of Shoes 0 2 0 Samuel Gaylord Account book 1763-1791 1787 Dec 23 2576
• Then Recond with Abner Prut and found Du to me 1 0 0 Samuel Gaylord Account book 1763-1791 1787 Dec 23 2570
• Abner Prut Dr to Sole Lather to mke a pare of Shoes 0 2 0 Samuel Gaylord Account book 1763-1791 1787 Dec 23 2571
• Abner Prut Dr to Borde 2 weekes and one Day 0 10 6 Samuel Gaylord Account book 1763-1791 1787 Dec 23 2572
• Abner Prut Dr to too bushils of corn 0 5 0 Samuel Gaylord Account book 1763-1791 1787 Dec 23 2573
• Abner Prut Dr to one Barel of Sider 0 4 0 Samuel Gaylord Account book 1763-1791 1787 Dec 23 2574
• Abner Prut Dr to fore Bushils and a half of turnaps 0 3 0 Samuel Gaylord Account book 1763-1791 1787 Dec 23 2575
• [Abner Prut] paid rates to E Porter 1 1 9 Samuel Gaylord Account book 1763-1791 1789 Mar 26 2577
• Then Recond with Abner Prutt And Du to him 0 9 4 Samuel Gaylord Account book 1763-1791 1789 Apr 27 2569

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