Pleasant Proffitt
1760 - 1818 (58 years)
1. Pleasant Proffitt was born in 1760 in Goochland County, Virginia, USA (son of Rev John Proffitt and Susannah Arrington); died on 8 Aug 1818 in Madison County, Kentucky, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 1800, Madison County, Kentucky, USA; Kentucky Tax List
- Census: 1810, Madison County, Kentucky, USA
Pleasant married Mary Martin on 19 Dec 1792 in Madison County, Kentucky, USA. Mary was born on 9 May 1762 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA; died in 1839 in Chariton County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- James Proffitt was born on 28 Aug 1795 in Madison County, Kentucky, USA; died on 29 Mar 1865 in Oregon, Holt, Missouri, USA; was buried in Baldwin Cemetery, Mound City, Holt, Missouri, USA.
2. Rev John Proffitt was born in 1734 in Goochland County, Virginia, USA (son of Sylvester Proffitt and Alice Pleasants); died on 15 Nov 1813 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Religion: 28 Nov 1773, Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; Baptist Minister - Baptised at Mulberry Fields Church
- Census: 1790, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
- Census: 1810, Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
Rev married Susannah Arrington on 10 Mar 1757 in Goochland County, Virginia, USA. Susannah was born in 1739 in Virginia, USA; died on 15 Aug 1814. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Susannah Arrington was born in 1739 in Virginia, USA; died on 15 Aug 1814. Other Events and Attributes:
- Religion: 28 Nov 1772, Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; Baptist - Baptised at Mulberry Fields Church
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St James Northam ParishChildren:
- 1. Pleasant Proffitt was born in 1760 in Goochland County, Virginia, USA; died on 8 Aug 1818 in Madison County, Kentucky, USA.
Generation: 3
4. Sylvester Proffitt was born in 1698 in Scotland; died on 10 Apr 1767 in Goochland County, Virginia, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- _MILT: 1715, Scotland; He fought in the Jacobite Rising, was captured, and transported to America
- Immigration: 29 Jun 1716, York County, Virginia, USA; Jacobite captured at Preston. Transported from Liverpool for Jamica or Virginia on the Elizabeth and Anne, Master Edward Trafford, 29 June 1716. Landed at York, Virginia - unindentured.
Sylvester married Alice Pleasants. Alice (daughter of John Pleasants, IV and Dorothy Cary) was born in 1698 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA; died on 17 Apr 1771 in Goochland County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Alice Pleasants was born in 1698 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA (daughter of John Pleasants, IV and Dorothy Cary); died on 17 Apr 1771 in Goochland County, Virginia, USA. Children:
- 2. Rev John Proffitt was born in 1734 in Goochland County, Virginia, USA; died on 15 Nov 1813 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA.
Generation: 4
10. John Pleasants, IV was born in 1671 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA (son of John Pleasants, III and Jane Larcombe); died in 1714 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Religion: 9 Dec 1699, Virginia, USA; Quaker
John married Dorothy Cary. Dorothy (daughter of Thomas Cary and Ann Milner) was born on 24 Dec 1679 in Warwick County, Virginia, USA; died in 1718 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Dorothy Cary was born on 24 Dec 1679 in Warwick County, Virginia, USA (daughter of Thomas Cary and Ann Milner); died in 1718 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Religion: 1699, Virginia, USA; Quaker
Children:
- 5. Alice Pleasants was born in 1698 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA; died on 17 Apr 1771 in Goochland County, Virginia, USA.