Lt. Samuel Sprague

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Samuel Sprague, Sr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Death: October 03, 1696
Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Place of Burial: Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Lt. Ralph Sprague and Joanna Converse
Husband of Rebecca Brown
Father of Samuel Sprague, #!, II, infant son, died young; Samuel Sprague, #2, II; John 1670 Sprague; Winnefred Dexter; Rebecca Austin and 1 other
Brother of Capt. John Sprague, of Malden; Jonathan Sprague; Jabez Sprague; Capt. Richard Sprague; Mary Edmunds and 2 others

Occupation: Various town offices, Lt. Malden Foot Co., freeman of MA Bay Colony
Managed by: Kevin Lawrence Hanit
Last Updated:

About Lt. Samuel Sprague

  • Marriage to Rebecca Crawford: (23 Aug 1655 — Age: 23) Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
  • Burial: Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

Married : Rebecca CRAWFORD 23 August 1655 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

GEDCOM Note

Category: Sprague Name Study Category: Charlestown, Massachusetts Category: Middlesex County, Massachusetts Category:Bell Rock Cemetery, Malden, Massachusetts

Biography ==Samuel Sprague was born on 3 June 1631 or 1632 in Malden, Massachusetts. He was the son of Ralph Sprague and Joanna Warren. <ref> James Savage. A genealogical dict. of the first settlers of New England, showing three generations ofthose who came before May, 1692. Boston, 1861. vol. 4, p 155-6. </ref> <ref>Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). He was baptized on 23 August 1632 in Charlestown, Massachusetts. </ref> <ref name="W.V. Sprague" >Warren Vincent Sprague, M.D., compiler. Sprague Families in America. Rutland, Vt. : Tuttle Co. p 123. Archive.org</ref>

His father Ralph Sprague was a farmer and one of the founders of Charlestown, Massachusetts. <ref name="W.V. Sprague"/> Samuel Sprague married Rebecca Crawford on 23 June 1655 in Boston, Massachusetts. <ref> Clemens, William Montgomery. American Marriage Records Before 1699. Pompton Lakes, NJ, USA: Biblio Co., 1926. </ref> <ref>Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.</ref> The marriage date may be a month later on 23 Aug 1655. <ref name="W.V. Sprague" /> On 30 January 1693/4, Samuel Sprague Sr., Samuel Sprague Jr., John Sprague, Ebenezer Austin, and Winifred Sprague, all of Malden, sold to Joshua Biglo of Watertown, "one farm containing by estimation one hundred fifty acres, being part of a farm granted to Mrs. Winifred Wolcott";"Rebecka Sprague," wife of Samuel Sr., Sarah Sprague, wife of Samuel Jr., and Rebecca Austin, wife of Ebenezer, consented to his deed. <ref> Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3; The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-6. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2011. Vol. 2, C-F. p 231.</ref> He died on 3 October 1696 in Malden, Massachusetts. <ref> New England Historic Genealogical Society. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society. </ref> <ref>Index to the Probate Records of the County of Middlesex, Massachusetts. Cambridge, MA, USA: 1912.</ref>

He is buried in Bell Rock Cemetery in Malden, Massachusetts.

Research Notes ==Edmund West lists Samuel Sprague's parents as John Francis Sprague andJoanna Warren. Born 3 June 1632 in Malden, Mass. Maried Rebecca Crawford on 23 Aug 1655 in Boston, Mass. Died on 3 Oct 1696 in Malden, Mass. <ref> Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Birth year: 1632; Birth city: Malden; Birth state: MA. (Ancestry.com) : accessed 20 July 2016</ref>

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See also:* (The Sprague Project : accessed 14 Feb 10)* Boston Vital Statistics, 1630-1699, Boston Records Commissioners Reports (Rockwell and Churchill, Boston, 1883) Vol. 9, Page 1: Births and Baptisms. 1631, "Samuel son of Raph Sprage, 3 day 4 mo."

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Lt. Samuel Sprague's Timeline

1631
June 3, 1631
Malden, Mass.
1632
June 3, 1632
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
June 3, 1632
First Church, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
June 23, 1632
First Church,Boston,Suffolk,MA
June 23, 1632
First Church,Boston,Suffolk,MA
1657
1657
Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1660
March 4, 1660
Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
1662
May 4, 1662
Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
1670
1670
Midlesex Mas, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States