William Sprague

Male 1715 - 1795  (79 years)


Personal Information    |    Notes    |    Sources    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name William Sprague 
    Born 29 Sep 1715  Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    AFN 9J2W-6C 
    Died 9 Apr 1795  Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5
    Buried Columbia, Tolland, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1107  James Henry Martineau
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 

    Father Benjamin Sprague,   b. 15 Jul 1686, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 1754, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Mary Woodworth,   b. Abt 1682, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jul 1725, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 43 years) 
    Married 29 Dec 1707  Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8
    Family ID F462  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Hyde,   b. 9 Jul 1711, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 May 1789, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married Abt 1737  Lebanon (of), New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. James Sprague,   c. 5 Nov 1738, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Esther Sprague,   c. 27 May 1739, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +3. William Sprague,   c. 21 Sep 1746, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Mar 1784, New Marlborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 37 years)
     4. Phoebe Sprague,   c. 2 Apr 1749, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Elizabeth Sprague,   b. Abt 1752, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jan 1833, Round Hill, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years)
     6. Dan Sprague,   b. 20 May 1758,   d. 15 Sep 1840, Pearl Creek, Genesee, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 
    Family ID F457  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • ATGG: "Ancestry of Two Great Grandmothers, Esther (Root) Poole, Lois (Sprague) Mears", compiled by Winifred Lovering Holman, S.B., 1938, copy at the NEHGS - D0007
      BIRTH: ATGG, pg. 144
      CHRISTENING: ATGG, pg. 134, 20 May 1722, Lebanon First Church
      MARRIAGE: ATGG, pp. 144 (approx. - before 5 Nov 1738)
      DEATH: ATGG, pg. 144. 1992 AF: Columbia, Tolland, CT
      NOTE: ATGG, pp. 144-8 gives children, historical info, mentions possibility of other children, including Abigail, bapt. 14 May 1758 at First Church in Lebanon, married Ephraim Wright 21 Feb 1775.

      ATGG, page 148 notes that there were probably other children of this marriage, including an Abigail, chr. 14 May 1758, First Church, Lebanon, CT, married 21 Feb 1775 Ephraim Wright in Crank Church (Lebanon Crank, CT), the church to which William and Elizabeth then belonged.

      Barbour's Collection of Conn. Vital rec. by name & town - GSF#002 - Sprague.
      Sprague Family of America, p. 23, by W.V,.Sprague - GSF#875,384, item 3 & item # 12.
      Johnson family rec. of Glen Johnson, Phoenix,Arizona.

  • Sources 
    1. [S149] Barbour Collection, New England Historic Genealogical Society, (\i American Ancestors\i0 . http://www.americanancestors.org/.), (http://www.americanancestors.org/ : accessed 29 Sep 2009); Lebanon Vital Records. (Reliability: 3).
      Sprague, William, s. Benjamin & Mary, b. Sept. 29, 1715

    2. [S105] Sprague Families of America, Warren Vincent Sprague, (The Tuttle Company, Printers,Rutland, Vermont, 1913), p. 23 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S119] Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (The Barbour Collection), ((http://www.americanancestors.org)), accessed 30 Oct 2012), William Sprague. (Reliability: 3).
      SPRAGUE, William, [s. Benjamin & Mary], b. Sept. 29, 1715
      Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States, Birth Vol. 1, p. 277
      http://www.americanancestors.org/PageDetail.aspx?recordId=234499147

    4. [S150] Lebanon Connecticut - Records of births, marriages, and deaths, vols. 1-4, 1700-1915, Lebanon (Connecticut). Registrar of Vital Statistics, (FHL microfilm 1312154. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.), William Sprague birth; FHL microfilm 1312154, item page 277 (Reliability: 3).
      William Sprague was born September the 29th 1715

    5. [S114] NEHGS Register, Louis Marinus Dewey Esq., "Inscriptions from Old Cemeteries in Connecticut," 60 (October 1906): 372. (Reliability: 3).
      William Sprague died 9 April, 1795, aged 79

    6. [S149] Barbour Collection, New England Historic Genealogical Society, (\i American Ancestors\i0 . http://www.americanancestors.org/.), (http://www.americanancestors.org/ : accessed 29 Sep 2009); Lebanon Vital Records. (Reliability: 3).
      Sprague, Benjamin, m. Mary Woodworth, Dec. 29, 1707
      http://www.americanancestors.org/PageDetail.aspx?recordId=234501281

    7. [S119] Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (The Barbour Collection), ((http://www.americanancestors.org)), accessed 28 Oct 2012), Benjamin Sprague/Mary Woodworth. (Reliability: 3).
      SPRAGUE, Benjamin, m. Mary Woodworth, Dec. 29, 1707?tab?
      Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States?tab?Marriage?tab?Vol 1, p. 277
      http://www.americanancestors.org/PageDetail.aspx?recordId=234502236

    8. [S150] Lebanon Connecticut - Records of births, marriages, and deaths, vols. 1-4, 1700-1915, Lebanon (Connecticut). Registrar of Vital Statistics, (FHL microfilm 1312154. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.), Benjamin Sprague & Mary Woodworth marriage; FHL microfilm 1312154, item page 277 (Reliability: 3).
      Benjamin Sprague & Mary Woodworth were married together December the 29th 1707