A Patriot of the American Revolution for CONNECTICUT with the rank of PRIVATE. DAR Ancestor #: A107594

James Sprague was a farmer. At the opening of the Revolutionary war he was fifteen years of age, and at that time came with his parents to Smithfield, RI from Nova Scotia. He enlisted as a private, November 1, 1776, and served three years in Capt. Eli Leavenworth's Co. in col. Meigs' Regt. of the Connecticut line.

from: http://www.sprague-database.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I43502&tree=SpragueProject