Lt. Ebenezer Sproat

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Lieut. Ebenezer Sprout

• b.May 1676 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• d.28 Sep 1726 Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Family tree

• Parents and Siblings
  • F. Robert Sprout (- 1712)
  • M. Elizabeth Samson (ABT 1638 - AFT 1711)
• m. 1660
  • 1. Anna Sproat (1671 - ABT 1740)
  • 2. Lieut. Ebenezer Sprout (1676 - 1726)

Spouse and Children

• H. Lieut. Ebenezer Sprout (1676 - 1726)
• W. Experience Hawes (1686 - 1758)
• m. 1 Mar 1703/04
  • 1. Thankful Sprout (1705 -)
  • 2. Abigail Sprout (1709 -)
  • 3. Mary Sprout (1715 -)
  • 4. Ebenezer Sprout (Abt 1717 - 1786)
  • 5. James Sprout (1721 - 1793)

Facts and Events

• Name[1] Lieut. Ebenezer Sprout
• Gender Male
• Birth[2] May 1676 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• Marriage 1 Mar 1703/04 Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States - to Experience Hawes
• Will[4] 8 Sep 1726
• Death[4] 28 Sep 1726 Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

References

• 1. White, Elizabeth Pearson. John Howland of the Mayflower: The First Five Generations. (Rockland, Maine: Picton Press, 1990-2008), 48.
• 2. Foster, F. Apthorp. Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (Boston, Mass: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909), Vol. 1, p. 327.
  • SPROUT, Ebenezer, s. Robert, [born] May --, 1676.
• 3. Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Plymouth County, Mass., Probate records, 1686-1903; with index and docket, 1685-1967. (Originals with town clerk, filmed by Genealogical Society of Utah, 1968), Case 19135: Ebenezer Sproat Middleborough 1726.
  • Will of "Ebenezer Sprout of Middleburrough ... Gentleman being sick & weak in body", dated 8 Sep 1726, witnesses made oath 7 Nov 1726, proved 21 Nov 1726, "my Eldest Son Ebenezer Sprout" [under 21], "my Son James Sprout" [under 21], "my Three Daughters namly Thankfull Bennet Abigal Sprout & Mary Sprout" [Abigail and Mary under 18], wife Experience Sprout. Brother James Sprout and wife Experience to be executors.
• 4. [4.0 4.1] "Gravestone Records from the Old Cemetery at 'The Green', Middleborough, Mass.", in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography, Vol. 14, p. 135.
  • SPROUT - SPROAT
  • Ebenezer, Lieut., 28 September, 1726, in his 52d year.
  • [Age 51, born about 1675.]

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Further secondary source (no citations): http://www.magma.ca/~mmackay/wc14/wc14_210.html Lt. Ebenezer Sproat born May 1676, died Sept 20, 1726 Middleboro, Massachussetts son of Robert Sproat and Elizabeth Sampson. Lt. Ebenezer Sproat, 1, March 1703, married Elizabeth also known as Expierence Hawes, born 24 Sept. 1686 Yarmouth Mass, died 19 Nov 1758 Middleboro Mass. daughter of John Hawes and Desire Gorman. Lt. Ebenezer Sproat and Elizabeth Hawes were the parents of 1. Thankful Sproat born 28 Nov 1705, 2. Abigail Sproat born 15 Sept 1709, 3. Mary Sproat born August 15, 1715, 4. Rev. James Sproat born 11 April 1721, and

5. Ebenezer Sproat born 1719.

Son of Robert Sproat and Elizabeth Sampson. Husband of Experience Hawes, married 01 Mar 1704 in Yarmouith, Barnstable Co, MA. He was the father of of: Thankful, Mrs Joseph Bennett Abigail, Mrs John Wadsworth Mary, Mrs Thomas Holmes & Mrs Josiah Wood Ebenezer Ebenezer Sproat was propritor of Golden Ball Tavern in Middleboro Mass and a Lt in Militi.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Mar 3 2020, 4:45:03 UTC