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Benjamin Sprague
1686 - 1754 (67 years)-
Name Benjamin Sprague Born 15 Jul 1686 Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States 
[1, 2] Gender Male AFN 9J30-83 Died Jan 1754 Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States [3, 4] Person ID I1118 James Henry Martineau Last Modified 6 Apr 2016
Father John Sprague, b. Abt 1656, Duxbury, , Massachusetts, United States , d. 6 Mar 1728, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States (Age ~ 72 years) Mother Lydia, b. Abt 1660, d. 18 Jul 1725, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States (Age ~ 65 years) Married Abt 1684 Duxbury (of), , Massachusetts, United States [5] Family ID F463 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Mary Woodworth, b. Abt 1682, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States , d. 10 Jul 1725, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States (Age ~ 43 years) Married 29 Dec 1707 Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States [6, 7, 8] Children 1. Barnabas Sprague, b. Mar 1708, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States , d. 10 Apr 1708, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States (Age ~ 0 years)+ 2. John Sprague, Deacon, b. 5 Sep 1709, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States , d. 5 Feb 1777, Andover, Tolland, Connecticut, United States (Age 67 years)3. Eliakim Sprague, b. 10 Oct 1711, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States , d. 10 Dec 1786, Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, United States (Age 75 years)4. Mary Sprague, b. 5 Mar 1714, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States , d. Bef 1754 (Age 39 years)+ 5. William Sprague, b. 29 Sep 1715, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States , d. 9 Apr 1795, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States (Age 79 years)6. Phineas Sprague, b. 5 Sep 1717, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States , d. Abt 1772, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States (Age 54 years)+ 7. Jerusha Sprague, b. 2 Oct 1720, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States , d. 1795, Tupperville, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 74 years)8. Frelove Sprague, b. Apr 1722, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States , d. 6 Oct 1722, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States (Age ~ 0 years)9. Benjamin Sprague, b. Abt Mar 1723, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States , d. 17 Jun 1723, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States (Age ~ 0 years)10. Benjamin Sprague, b. 5 Jun 1725, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States , d. 4 Sep 1772, Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States (Age 47 years)Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 Family ID F462 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Prudence Minor, c. 6 May 1688, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States , d. 18 May 1726, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States (Age ~ 38 years) Married 20 Jan 1726 Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States [9, 10, 11] Last Modified 6 Apr 2016 Family ID F557 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 Abigail Hodge, b. Abt 1697, Taunton (of), Bristol, Massachusetts, United States , d. 29 Jul 1760, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States (Age ~ 63 years) Married Abt 1727 Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States [12] Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 Family ID F558 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Married - 20 Jan 1726 - Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States 
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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: "Vital Records of Duxbury Massachusetts to the Year 1850", pg. 168-D0014 ATGG, pg. 131.
MARRIAGES: ATGG, pg. 131.
DEATH: ATGG, pg. 131 places death btwn Oct 1749, Jan 1754
(2) mg. Prudence Miner, 26 Jan 1726. (3) Abigail Hodge
Source: Sprague Families of America by W.V. Sprague, p. 11, 12, 13, 16.
Descendants of Silas Sprague by F.H. Sprague, p.11
TIB cards & Archive Records. - (Research):Windham Probate iv., 438, Benjamin Sprague will probated 8 Jul 1754.
- 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
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Sources - [S153] Vital Records of Massachusetts to the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, (Boston, Mass., 1911), Ref R. Rm. F 74., Duxbury, pg. 168 (Reliability: 4).
Births
Sprague, Benjamen [dup. Benjamin] s. John and Lidea [dup. Lydia], July 15, 1686
http://www.americanancestors.org/PageDetail.aspx?recordId=142059118 - [S105] Sprague Families of America, Warren Vincent Sprague, (The Tuttle Company, Printers,Rutland, Vermont, 1913), p. 11-12 (Reliability: 3).
- [S105] Sprague Families of America, Warren Vincent Sprague, (The Tuttle Company, Printers,Rutland, Vermont, 1913), p. 12-13 (Reliability: 3).
- [S154] Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999, Connecticut., (Ancestry.com.), Will of Benjamin Sprague 1748, proved 1754; (Ancestry.com : accessed 6 April 2016) (Reliability: 3).
Name:?tab?Benjamin Sprague
Probate Date:?tab?1754
Probate Place:?tab?Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Inferred Death Year:?tab?Abt 1754
Inferred Death Place:?tab?Connecticut, USA
Case Number:?tab?3529
Item Description:?tab?Probate Packets, Slocum, Jonathan-Staniford, E, 1719-1880
Will names:
Wife, Abigail
Son, John
Son, Eliakim
Daughter, Mary, now deceased, two children which she has left
Son, William
Daughter, Jerusha
Son, Phineas, land from Ebenezer Tisdale and Jonathan Clarke
Son, Benjamin
4 daughters by present wife, Abigail, Lydya, Esther & Mary
3 youngest sons by present wife, Silas, Elkanah & Minor, as they become of age
Executors, wife Abigail, sons William and Silas
Witnesses, Solomon Williams, Joseph Blackmen, Mehetable Throop
Will proved 8 January 1754
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=try&db=USProbateCT&h=2931448 - [S77] American Genealogist, Maclean W McLean of Pittsburg, PA, "John Sprague (c. 1635-1676) of Duxbury, Mass.," vol. 41 (January 1965); digital images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, \i americanancestors.org\i0 (http://www.americanancestors.org/PageDetail.aspx?recordId=134868448) p. 178. (Reliability: 3).
Article by Maclean W McLean - [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 - [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 - [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 - [S216] Stonington, CT, Index to Records of the First Church, Edward H. Williams Jr., ((http://www.newenglandancestors.org : 2003)), accessed 29 Sep 2009), Benjamin Sprague; p. 232. (Reliability: 3).
Sprague, 1726 Jan 20 Benjamin = Prudence Denison, Marriage
http://www.americanancestors.org/PageDetail.aspx?recordId=6127642 - [S105] Sprague Families of America, Warren Vincent Sprague, (The Tuttle Company, Printers,Rutland, Vermont, 1913), p. 16 (Reliability: 3).
- [S163] Stonington, CT: First Congregational Church Records, 1674-1874, First Congregational Church, Stonington, CT, USA, (New England Historic Genealogical Society. \i American Ancestors\i0 . http://www.americanancestors.org), Sprague-Denison marriage (1726); First Congregational Church (Stonington, CT), \i American Ancestors\i0
?(http://www.americanancestors.org) (Reliability: 3).
Jan. 20, 1726, Benjamin Sprague and Prudence Denison
http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/stonington-ct-first-congregational-church-records-1674-1874/image/?volumeId=7366&pageName=232&rId=6127333 - [S119] Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (The Barbour Collection), ((http://www.americanancestors.org)), accessed 30 Oct 2012), Benjamin Sprague. (Reliability: 3).
SPRAGUE, Benjamin, m. Abigail Tisdale, [ ]
Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States, Marriage, Vol. 1, p. 277
(no date given)
http://www.americanancestors.org/PageDetail.aspx?recordId=234499383
- [S153] Vital Records of Massachusetts to the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, (Boston, Mass., 1911), Ref R. Rm. F 74., Duxbury, pg. 168 (Reliability: 4).