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About John Sprague, of Hingham & Mendon
John Sprague
- Christen: Apr 1638, Hingham, Plymouth, MA [231]
- Death: 23 Oct 1690, Hingham, Plymouth, MA [231]
- Father: William Sprague (1609-1675)
- Mother: Melicent Eames (~1616-1696)
- Marriage: 6 Dec 1666, Hingham, Plymouth, MA [231]
- Spouse: Elizabeth Holbrook, Birth abt 1645, daughter of William HOLBROOK (1620-1699) & Elizabeth Pitts (~1624-<1696). Survived him, and remarried to John Bick.
Children of JOHN SPRAGUE and ELIZABETH HOLBROOK are:
- John Sprague b: 20 Jul 1668 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts
- Elizabeth Sprague b: 21 Jul 1670 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts
- John Sprague b: 20 Jan 1675 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts
- William Sprague b: 13 Jun 1679 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts
- Persis Sprague b: 13 Jun 1681 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts
- Ebenezer Sprague b: 1682 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts
- Hannah Sprague b: in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts
- Millicent Sprague b: in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts
Notes
He joined his father-in-law and brother in settling Mendon. In 1675, the town was attacked by Indians and he escaped with his life, joining a crowd of refugees that went to Boston and Charlestown. (NEHGR 129:351)
1683, October 26. He died at Mendon as stated in Ballou's History of Milford. His will dated September 14, 1683, probated November 2, 1683, shows names of children and his sons not then of age. Father-in-law William Holbrook to be overseer of will.
His children, mentioned in his will, were John, William, Ebenezer, Elizabeth, Hannah, Millesaint, and Perses. He had two sons by the name of John, and two by the name of William; the first of each name died in infancy.
John Sprague died on his homestead (now in the extreme South West corner of Milford on the road from Mendon) of 20 acres purchased from John Bartlett.
- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~amorrow/fg05/fg05...
- 231. “Hobart Journal [Recording of Hingham vital records],” NEHGR, Vol. 121.
- http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/t/a/f/Fletcher-Taft/BOOK-0001/0014-000...
- "Sprague Families in America", by W. V. Sprague, page 128.
- "Memorial of the Sprague Family", by Richard Soule, Jr., page 106.
- The Simon-Wallace Tree (always a work in progress) Rootsweb database
- The John Sprague that died in Mendon, also only had one wife, Elizabeth Holbrook. Like the above, she outlived him, and remarried to John Buck. See, Walter Goodwin Davis, Massachusetts and Maine families in the ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966): (Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1996), 2: 29; and New England Marriages Prior to 1700, 697
- The John Sprague that died in Mendon, also only had one wife, Elizabeth Holbrook. Like the above, she outlived him, and remarried to John Buck. See, Walter Goodwin Davis, Massachusetts and Maine families in the ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966): (Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1996), 2: 29; and New England Marriages Prior to 1700, 697
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John Sprague, of Hingham & Mendon's Timeline
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May 23, 1624
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Fordington,Dorset,England
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May 23, 1624
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Hingham, New Plymouth Col., Plymouth Co., Massachusetts
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April 1638
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Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
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April 1638
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Hingham, Plymouth, Ma
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April 1638
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Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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| 1667 |
September 30, 1667
Age 29
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| 1669 |
July 20, 1669
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Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts
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| 1670 |
July 21, 1670
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Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts
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1671
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Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
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