Sylvester Prophet

Sylvester Prophet or, Sylvester Prophet, The Immigrant, was born in Perth, Scotland in 1698.
According to notes, Family folklore indicates that Sylvester was a stowaway on the ship "Elizabeth and Anne" from Liverpool, England.
A more probable explanation comes from the Calendar of Virginia State Papers #1/186. On the list of Jacobite Rebel Prisoners imported by Captain Tafford from Liverpool in 1716 is Silvester Prophet. He had been part of a rebel group who supported the exiled king. It is likely he was indentured to the Pleasant family. Sylvester married Alice Pleasants in 1725. On the June 12, 1738, King George II granted Sylvester Proffit 300 acres located in Goochland County, Virginia on the north side of the James River. Sylvester and his wife, Alice are thought to be progenitors of all the Proffits of Virginia and points west.
Together Sylvester and Alice had eight children: Samuel Profitt, Lucy Profitt, David Profitt, John Profitt, William Profitt, James Profitt, Anne Profitt, and Elizabeth Profitt.
Sylvester died April 10, 1767 in Goochland County, Virginia.
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