John Brouse (Prouse) was a potter in Hagerstown, Maryland; New market, Virginia (1804-1811); and Canton, Ohio.
1806 John Prouse purchased land from James Winsborrow in Shenandoah County, Virginia. [1]
A biosketch of Abraham Spencer reported the following [2]:
Sometime around 1806 the potter John Brouse purchased the New Market lot immediately adjacent to the one that would be bought by Jesse Spencer and Dennis Johnson. Brouse was likely producing pottery on the site, and on 13 May 1811 he sold the lot to another potter, Jacob Adam, before moving to Canton, Ohio.[21] Jacob Adam was from Hagerstown, Maryland and his brother, Christian Adam, was also a potter who moved to New Market from Hagerstown. Jacob Adam operated a pottery in New Market lot until the 1830s (Figure 3). Although Jacob Adam sold his pottery property in 1837 to George Bodel, it is almost certain that Bodel had been leasing and working at the pottery prior to 1837 because Bodel appeared in New Market beside Jesse Spencer in the 1820 United States Census. Thus Bodel would have been the potter working next door to the Spencers when Abraham Spencer was a child and is therefore the man most likely to have trained him in the trade.
1810 John Prouce lived in New Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia in a household with males: 2 (Under 10), 1 (10 thru 15), 4 (16 thru 25), and 1 (26 thru 44); and females: 1 (Under 10) and 2 (16 thru 25). [3] Sollomon Hinkle was listed on the same page (252) of the census. Samuel Coffman was listed on page 254. Both were witnesses to a deed dated 1811.
1811 John Prouse and wife Mary had sold lot 14 in Newmarket, Shenandoah County, Virginia to Jacob Adam on May 13, 1811. Mary could not travel to the court to acknowledge the deed. [4]
1811 John Brouse and wife Mary sold land in Rockingham County, Virginia to Solomon Henkel on June 15. The deed was witnessed by George Kring, Christian Adam, Jacob Adam, Samuel Coffman, William Griffs, and David Henkel. The deed had been transcribed from a burned original. [5] [6]
1814 Saml Caulter and James Brennan, attorneys of Stark County, Ohio, requested that Mary Brouse, wife of John Brouse, be deposed to waive her dower rights for the property sold by deed to Solomon Henkel dated 1811. Such waiver was not explicitely given in the original agreement of 1811. [perhaps Solomon had moved to Stark County, Ohio and wanted to sell the property] [7]
1818 John Prouse purchased one share of the Canton Academy Association to support schools.
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Old landmarks of Canton and Stark County, Ohio
by Danner, John, 1823- [from old catalog] ed; Bowen, B. F., Logansport, Ind., pub. [from old catalog]
1820 Jno Brouse lived in Canton, Stark County, Ohio in a household with males: 1 (Under 10), 2 (10 thru 15), and 2 (16 thru 25); and females: 1 (Under 10), 2 (10 thru 15), and 1 (26 thru 44). [8]
1825 John Brouse and wife Mary sold land in Stark County, Ohio to Samuel Ruffner on April 20. Witnessed by Solomon Mercer and George Dunbar. [9]
1826 John Brouse and wife Mary sold land in Stark County, Ohio to Conrad Shively on March 7. Witnessed by George Dunbar and George Binkley. [10]
1828 John Brouse and wife Mary sold land in Stark County, Ohio to John Raffensparger on December 3. Witnessed by George Dunbar and George Binkley. [11] Also deeds to George Binkley and to Jacob AyEhers(?). [12]
1828 John Brouse and wife Mary sold land in Stark County, Ohio to George Binkley on May 5. Witnessed by Wm. Chrisdinas(?) and F F Christmas. [13]
1882 Son John A Brouse (age 70, so born 1812, perhaps in Stark County, Ohio) and Bridget Hensdley were married on March 21 in Randolph County, Indiana. John A Brouse was a child of John Brouse and Mary M Adams. [14] [15]
1901 Son Elkana Brouse, widower, died on May 14, at age 93 in Saratoga, Randolph County, Indiana. He was born in Verano, son of John Breuer and Geary Ann Adame. [16]
[1] Deed Book P-112, Shenandoah County, Virginia, IGN=007898781, image 70, [FamilySearchImage].
[2] citing H. E. Comstock, The Pottery of the Shenandoah Valley Region (Winston-Salem, NC: Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, 1994), 377, [URL].
[3] United States Federal Census, 1810, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[4] Deed Book S-177, Shenandoah County, Virginia, IGN=008153239, image 122, [FamilySearchImage].
[5] Burnt Deed Book 1, 1805-1811, Rockingham County, Virginia: Rockingham. Deed Book 1-588, IGN=008249802, image 299, [FamilySearchImage].
[6] Deed Book 1-558(?), 1805-1811, Rockingham County, Virginia: Rockingham. Deed Books 1805–1811, IGN=008357590, image 332, [FamilySearchImage].
[7] Burnt Deed Book 3, 1814-1815, Rockingham County, Virginia: Rockingham. Deed Books 1814–1815, IGN=008360899, image 149, [FamilySearchImage].
[8] United States Federal Census, 1820, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[9] Stark. Deeds F-87, IGN=008331229, image 72, [FamilySearchImage].
[10] Stark, Ohio. Deed I-115, IGN=008331230, image 500, [FamilySearchImage].
[11] Stark. Deeds H-36, image 43, [FamilySearchImage].
[12] Stark. Deeds 1828–1832, IGN=008331230, image 42, [FamilySearchImage].
[13] Stark. Deeds 1824–1828, IGN=008331229, image 609, [FamilySearchImage].
[14] Indiana, Marriage Certificates, 1960-2005, [AncestryRecord].
[15] Indiana, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993, [AncestryRecord].
[16] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].