Abiel Sprague, II

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Abiel Sprague Jr.

BIRTH
24 Oct 1742
Merepoint, Cumberland County, Maine, USA

DEATH
7 Feb 1816 (aged 73)
Baileyville, Washington County, Maine, USA

BURIAL
Sprague's Falls Family Plot
Baring, Washington County, Maine, USA
MEMORIAL ID
131662147 ·

Abial/Abiel Sprague Junior was born on 24 October 1742 in Merepoint, Cunberland, Maine. He died on 7 February 1816 at the age of 73 in Baileyville, Washington, Maine.

Parents: Abial SPRAGUE Senior and Elizabeth ASHLEY.

Spouse: Martha BRYANT- Martha BRYANT and Abial SPRAGUE Junior were married on 2 October 1766 in Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, United States.

Children were: Matthew SPRAGUE, d. before 1800, Captain Eli SPRAGUE, Elizabeth Jane CHETTIS, Sarah Sprague, (?) Sprague, Sophronia SPRAGUE, and Abial SPRAGUE Junior.

The Abiel Sprague line has been researched by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Abiel Sprague Jr. died at age 73 and he was buried in family plot at Sprague's Falls, Washington, Maine.

Family Members

Parents

Abiel Sprague
1710–1773

Elizabeth Ashley Sprague
1710–1742

Siblings

Ruth Sprague Boulter
1739–1829

Zerviah Sprague Dyer
1739–1798

James Sprague
1746–1799

Children

Eli Sprague
1768–1850

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Name Abiel SPRAGUE

Born 24 Oct 1730 Sebascodegan Island, Harpswell, Cumberland, ME Find all individuals with events at this location

Gender Male

Residence [1769] Machias, Washington, ME Find all individuals with events at this location
The Maine Historical Magazine, Volume 8
p 70
Notes about Machias with some account of its first settlers
p 83
Abial Sprague from Scarborough: Petitioner and grantee, 1769. Moved to Calais.
Abial Sprague from Scarborough: Petitioner and grantee, 1769. Married Martha Bryant, October 2, 1766; moved to Calais.
Residence LATER Calais, Washington, ME Find all individuals with events at this location
Residence 29 Mar 1784 Grant 300 acres Digdeguash Find all individuals with events at this location
Residence 10 Mar 1785 Dennis Stream, St Stephen, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location
Index to Land Petitions: Original Series, 1783-1918 (RS108)
Name SPRAGUE, ABIEL
Year 1785
County Charlotte
Microfilm F1025
See petition of DENNY'S STREAM,

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All names on this petition : 20
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nbststep/history/stst5c.htm
...That six of your Memorialists - Viz. Samuel Millberry, Jonas Dyer, Abial Sprague, John Bachanan, Jacob Lebbe and Ebenezer Lebbe resided at Machias at the Commencement of the late war, and to avoid taking up arms against the British Government, all remo[ve]d some years ago and settled near the first falls of Scodiac River, where they took up Farms and made considerable Improvements.
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St Andrews 10 March 1785
Residence 1790 Township 5 East of Machias [Calais], Washington, ME Find all individuals with events at this location
Abiel Sprague
in the 1790 United States Federal Census
Name: Abiel Sprague
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Township East of Machias, Washington, Maine

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mewaldo/Machias1790d5.htm
(1) Family number
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mewaldo/Machias1790d5.htmhttp://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mewaldo/Machias1790d5.htm(2) Name of Head of Family: Abiel Sprague
(3) Free white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families: 1 [Abiel]
(4) Free white males under 16 years: 2 [James, Abiel]
(5) Free white females including heads of families: 3 [Martha, Sarah, Sophronia]
(6) All other free persons: 0
(7) Slaves: 0
Residence 1800 Plantation 7 [Baileyville], Washington, ME Find all individuals with events at this location
Abiel Sprague
in the 1800 United States Federal Census
Name: Abiel Sprague
Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Township 7, Washington, Maine
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 4
Year: 1800; Census Place: Township 7, Washington, Maine; Series: M32; Roll: 8; Page: 645; Image: 64; Family History Library Film: 218678
Died Bef 1810 CENSUS
Person ID I45454 4 February 2018
Last Modified 1 Sep 2018

Father Abiel SPRAGUE, b. 10 Nov 1710, Hingham, Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 9 Jul 1773, East Machias, Washington, ME Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
Mother Elizabeth ASHLEY, b. 4 Jan 1709, Hingham, Rochester, MA Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 24 Oct 1742 (Age 33 years)
Married 21 Mar 1730 Rochester, Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
Abial Sprague
in the Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Name: Abial Sprague
Event Type: Marriage Intention (Marriage)
Marriage Date: 22 Mar 1729
Marriage Place: Rochester, Massachusetts
Spouse Name: Elisabeth Ashley
Spouse Father Name: Joseph Ashley
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
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The Intention of marriage between Abial Sprague & Elizabeth Ashley, daughter of Joseph Ashley, boath of Rochester, entered the 21 of March & published on the 22nd of March 1729/30
Saml Wing Town Clerk
Married 18 Jun 1730 Rochester, Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/massachusetts-geneal...
Rochester Massachusetts Marriages
Transcribed by Lynn Tooley
Rochester Massachusetts Marriages From Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800 as Found in Ancient Court Records.
Abiel SPRAGUE and Elizabeth ASHELY Jun. 18, 1730

Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800, Vol. III
p 152
Rochester
Abiel Sprague & Elizabeth Ashley
Family ID F13608 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family Martha BRYANT
Married 2 Oct 1766 Second Congregational Church, Scarborough, Cumberland, ME Find all individuals with events at this location
http://archives.mainegenealogy.net/2008/06/second-church-of-scarbor...
Source: Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder [Ancestry.com], vol. 4 (Portland, Me.: S.M. Watson, 1887).
[4:29]
RECORDS OF THE SECOND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN SCARBOROUGH, MAINE.
MARRIAGES.
COMMUNICATED BY WM. M. SARGENT, ESQ.
Dec. 2, [1756.] Nathaniel Bolter and Ruth Sprague.
Jan. 2, 1761. Levi Dyer and Servia Sprague.
Oct. 2, [1766.] Abiel Sprague and Martha Bryant
Children

	1. Eli SPRAGUE,   b. 4 Nov 1768,   d. 18 Aug 1850  (Age 81 years)

	2. Matthew SPRAGUE,   b. 1770,   d. 1800  (Age 30 years)

	3. Sarah SPRAGUE,   b. 16 Dec 1772,   d. 20 Nov 1845, Hills Point, St David, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)

	4. Abiel SPRAGUE,   b. 30 Jun 1776,   d. Bef 1820 CENSUS?

	5. James SPRAGUE,   b. 1777

	6. Sophronia SPRAGUE,   b. 1778,   d. 1798  (Age 20 years)

Family ID F13609 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes
Eastport Sentinel: Nil
RS686 :: Index to New Brunswick Land Grants, 1784 - 1997
Name SPRAGUE, Ebeal
Volume IV
Page 0
Grant number 263
Place Saint Stephen
County Charlotte
Date 1792-09-21
Accompanying plan No
Acres 0
Microfilm F16301
Other names on this grant (14):
ANSTRUTHER, William 100 acres
BUCHANNAN, John 0 acres
CAMPBELL, Colin 4 acres
CHAFFEY, James 2 acres
CURRY, John 0 acres
DYER, Jones 0 acres
FROST, Sarah 103 acres
GETCHELL, Benjamin 75 acres
LIBBY, Ebenezer 76 acres
LIBBY, Jacob 86 acres
MARKS, Nehemiah * 33 acres
MILBURY, Samuel 78 acres
STEWART, Allan 49 acres
STEWART, Duncan 49 acres

RS108 :: Index to Land Petitions: Original Series, 1783-1918
Name SPRAGUE, ABIEL
Year 1785
County Charlotte
Microfilm F1025
See petition of DENNY'S STREAM,

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All names on this petition : 20
. BOHENEN, JOHN
. BUCHANAN, JOHN
. CAMPBELL, COLIN
. CHEFFY, JAMES
. CURRIE, JOHN
. DENNY'S STREAM,

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. DYER, JONES
. FROST, JAMES
. FROST, SARAH
. GETCHELL, BENJAMIN
. HILL, DANIEL
. LIBBE, EBENEZER
. LIBBE, JACOB
. MCDANIL, DANIEL
. MILBERY, SAMUEL
. PHILLIPS, JOSEPH B.
. PREBBLE, JOHN
. ROLFE, MOSES
. SPRAGUE, ABIEL
. WYER, THOMAS
Grant at Digdeguash that appears to have been redistributed to the 74th.

RS686 :: Index to New Brunswick Land Grants, 1784 - 1997
Name SPRAGUE, Abiel
Volume NS-A
Page 304
Grant number 133
Place Digdeguash, Passamaquoddy Bay
County Sunbury
Date 1787-03-09
Accompanying plan No
Acres 300
Microfilm F16302
Comment Re-registered NS Grant of 1784/03/29
Other names on this grant (41)

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nbstpatr/grants/jc1784.htm
On March 29, 1784 a large grant (1) of 15250 acres along the Digdeguash River was made to John Curry and 42 others by the government of Nova Scotia (the area then being part of Sunbury County, NS).

Sprague Abiel 300
Sprague James 300

http://members.shaw.ca/caren.secord/locations/NewBrunswick/Glimpses...
Saint Croix Courier, St. Stephen, NB
February 2, 1893
GLIMPSES OF THE PAST
Contributions to the History of Charlotte County and the Border Towns.
LIII. OTHER PRE-LOYALIST SETTLERS.
After the peace of 1783, Curry, who was carrying on a lumber business on the Digdeguash,1 seems to have lost no time in getting a further grant of timber-land on the upper waters of that river from the governor of Nova Scotia; knowing that if he did not secure it there would soon be other applicants...
...Abiel Sprague...
...James and Jones Dyer and Abiel Sprague were among the pioneers of Calais...

See Nova Scotia Archives for map:

http://novascotia.ca/archives/virtual/landpapers/archives.asp?ID=26...
Maine Genealogist, The Journals and Periodicals
RECORD : 2003
VOLUME : 25 (2003)
PAGE : 128
TEXT : ACCOUNT BOOKS: Underutilized Sources of Genealogical Clues, With an Index to the Account Book of Stephen Smith and George Stillman of Machias
Index to Messrs Smith & Stillman Ledger A, Begun Octr 7th 1772
Compiled by Gerald F Gower
p 17
Abial Sprague
Love Cenney
John Foster
p 28
Benjamin Fos
Joel Bonney
p 49
Jonathan Simpson
Ambrose Ridley
Obrian Jeremiah
p 58
James Sprague
Timothy Libby
Daniel Pineo
p 80
Benjamin Parker of Falmouth
Capt Edward Attwood
Petegrow & Simpson
p 101
Messrs Holmes & Sprague (Samuel & Abial)
Samuel Reid
p 128
Capt Samuel Blake
Index to Land Petitions: Original Series, 1783-1918 (RS108)
Name HILL, DANIEL
Year 1785
County Charlotte
Microfilm F1025
See petition of DENNY'S STREAM,

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19 other Petitioner(s) were on this Petition
BOHENEN, JOHN
BUCHANAN, JOHN
CAMPBELL, COLIN
CHEFFY, JAMES
CURRIE, JOHN
DENNY'S STREAM,

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DYER, JONES
FROST, JAMES
FROST, SARAH
GETCHELL, BENJAMIN
LIBBE, EBENEZER
LIBBE, JACOB
MCDANIL, DANIEL
MILBERY, SAMUEL
PHILLIPS, JOSEPH B.
PREBBLE, JOHN
ROLFE, MOSES
SPRAGUE, ABIEL
WYER, THOMAS
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/78954?availability=Fami...
Land petitions, 1783-1857
Authors: New Brunswick. Crown Land Office

1785 Carey, John Henry - 1785 Ellis, William
Family History Library
United States & Canada Film
1288447
8130848
https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008130848?cat=78954
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Denny's Stream, Disputed land