John Sprague

Abt 1690 - 1760  (~ 70 years)

• Name	John Sprague
  Born	Abt 1690	Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	6 Apr 1760	North Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States   [2]
  Person ID	I1338	James Henry Martineau
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2015

  
  

  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   [3]
  Family ID	F463	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Badcock,   b. 28 Jan 1681, Milton, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 5 Jan 1722, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States  (Age 40 years)
  Married	22 Feb 1711	Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States   [4, 5]
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2015
  Family ID	F567	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Hannah Burt,   b. Abt 1697, Swansea (of), Bristol, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1722	Lebanon (of), New London, Connecticut, United States
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2015
  Family ID	F568	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. 130. Not in "Vital Records of Duxbury MA to 1850" MARRIAGES: ATGG, pg. 130 DEATH: ATGG, pg. 130 NEHGS Register, vol. 134, pg. 230 records that Moses Stockbridge of Hampton, NH, Lambstown (now Hardwick), MA, Leicester, MA and Hebron, CT sold his 50 acres in Hebron on 24 Mar 1723/4 to Joseph Swetland of Hebron and John Sprague, Jr. of Lebanon. A John Sprague died 14 Dec 1739 in Duxbury at age 57, which would put his birth abt. 1682. Probably too old for this John, unless he was the first son of John Sr., which would put his birth about right. This creates difficulties, however, with the John Sprague, Jr. in Connecticut. (Mass. VR to 1850, Duxbury, p. 426) "SPRAGUE?tab?John, Dec. 14, 1739, in 57th y. G.R.1." Since land records confirm Ephraim as the eldest son of John, it seems unlikely this is the same John Jr. (see notes under Ephraim). An article in NEHGS Register April 1970, p. 118 deals with another John Sprague, who married Bethia Snow and was the father of Peleg, who also moved to Lebanon, CT, so there must be some connection between the two John's. That John is the one who died in 1739, above. Taunton, MA VR shows marriage of John Sprague, Jr. of Lebanon to Susanna Hodges of Taunton. As there is no Lebanon, MA, it seems very likely this is the same John Sprague, Jr. In an article titled "Necrology of the New-England Historic Genealogical Society" by Rev. Samuel Cutler, published in the New England Historic Genealogical Register January 1877 states the following in reference to the Rev. William Buell Sprague of Albany, NY: "His grandfather was John Sprague, who married Susannah Hodges of Taunton, and who removed from Lebanon to Andover, Conn. The family is descended from Francis Sprague, an early settler of Duxbury."

  
  

• Sources

  [S105] Sprague Families of America, Warren Vincent Sprague, (The Tuttle Company, Printers,Rutland, Vermont, 1913), p. 10 (Reliability: 3). [S155] Connecticut, Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934, ((https://familysearch.org)), accessed 7 Jan 2013), John Sprague; https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F76K-KJZ. (Reliability: 3). name: ?tab?John Sprague gender: ?tab?Male burial date: ?tab? burial place: ?tab?North Canaan, Connecticut death date: ?tab?06 Apr 1760 death place: ?tab? age: ?tab?77 birth date: ?tab?1683 birthplace: ?tab? occupation: ?tab? race: ?tab? marital status: ?tab? spouse's name: ?tab? father's name: ?tab? father's birthplace: ?tab? mother's name: ?tab? mother's birthplace: ?tab? indexing project (batch) number: ?tab?B03415-4 system origin: ?tab?Connecticut-EASy source film number: ?tab?3206 reference number: ?tab?p41 Note that if the age at death were correct, John would be the eldest son, but Ephraim states in a deed that he is the eldest son of John Sprague and rightful heir to the land. [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, John, m. Mary Badcock, Feb. 22, 1710/11 [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.), John Sprague & Mary Badcock marriage; FHL microfilm 1312154, item page 277 (Reliability: 3). John Sprague & Mary Badcock were married February the 22d 1710/11