Benjamin Sprague

Male 1686 - 1754  (67 years)


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  • Name Benjamin Sprague 
    Born 15 Jul 1686  Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    AFN 9J30-83 
    Died Jan 1754  Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Person ID I1118  James Henry Martineau
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2016 

    Father John Sprague,   b. Abt 1656, Duxbury, , Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Mar 1728, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years) 
    Mother Lydia,   b. Abt 1660,   d. 18 Jul 1725, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Married Abt 1684  Duxbury (of), , Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID F463  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Woodworth,   b. Abt 1682, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jul 1725, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 43 years) 
    Married 29 Dec 1707  Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8
    Children 
     1. Barnabas Sprague,   b. Mar 1708, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1708, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
    +2. John Sprague, Deacon,   b. 5 Sep 1709, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1777, Andover, Tolland, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     3. Eliakim Sprague,   b. 10 Oct 1711, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Dec 1786, Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     4. Mary Sprague,   b. 5 Mar 1714, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1754  (Age 39 years)
    +5. William Sprague,   b. 29 Sep 1715, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Apr 1795, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     6. Phineas Sprague,   b. 5 Sep 1717, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1772, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
    +7. Jerusha Sprague,   b. 2 Oct 1720, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1795, Tupperville, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     8. Frelove Sprague,   b. Apr 1722, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Oct 1722, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
     9. Benjamin Sprague,   b. Abt Mar 1723, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jun 1723, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
     10. Benjamin Sprague,   b. 5 Jun 1725, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Sep 1772, Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 
    Family ID F462  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Prudence Minor,   c. 6 May 1688, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 May 1726, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 38 years) 
    Married 20 Jan 1726  Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10, 11
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2016 
    Family ID F557  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Abigail Hodge,   b. Abt 1697, Taunton (of), Bristol, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jul 1760, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Married Abt 1727  Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 
    Family ID F558  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 20 Jan 1726 - Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • ATGG: "Ancestry of Two Great Grandmothers, Esther (Root) Poole, Lois (Sprague) Mears", compiled by Winifred Lovering Holman, S.B., 1938, copy at the NEHGS, -D0007
      BIRTH: "Vital Records of Duxbury Massachusetts to the Year 1850", pg. 168-D0014 ATGG, pg. 131.
      MARRIAGES: ATGG, pg. 131.
      DEATH: ATGG, pg. 131 places death btwn Oct 1749, Jan 1754

      (2) mg. Prudence Miner, 26 Jan 1726. (3) Abigail Hodge
      Source: Sprague Families of America by W.V. Sprague, p. 11, 12, 13, 16.
      Descendants of Silas Sprague by F.H. Sprague, p.11
      TIB cards & Archive Records.
    • (Research):Windham Probate iv., 438, Benjamin Sprague will probated 8 Jul 1754.

  • Sources 
    1. [S153] Vital Records of Massachusetts to the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, (Boston, Mass., 1911), Ref R. Rm. F 74., Duxbury, pg. 168 (Reliability: 4).
      Births
      Sprague, Benjamen [dup. Benjamin] s. John and Lidea [dup. Lydia], July 15, 1686
      http://www.americanancestors.org/PageDetail.aspx?recordId=142059118

    2. [S105] Sprague Families of America, Warren Vincent Sprague, (The Tuttle Company, Printers,Rutland, Vermont, 1913), p. 11-12 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S105] Sprague Families of America, Warren Vincent Sprague, (The Tuttle Company, Printers,Rutland, Vermont, 1913), p. 12-13 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S154] Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999, Connecticut., (Ancestry.com.), Will of Benjamin Sprague 1748, proved 1754; (Ancestry.com : accessed 6 April 2016) (Reliability: 3).
      Name:?tab?Benjamin Sprague
      Probate Date:?tab?1754
      Probate Place:?tab?Hartford, Connecticut, USA
      Inferred Death Year:?tab?Abt 1754
      Inferred Death Place:?tab?Connecticut, USA
      Case Number:?tab?3529
      Item Description:?tab?Probate Packets, Slocum, Jonathan-Staniford, E, 1719-1880

      Will names:
      Wife, Abigail
      Son, John
      Son, Eliakim
      Daughter, Mary, now deceased, two children which she has left
      Son, William
      Daughter, Jerusha
      Son, Phineas, land from Ebenezer Tisdale and Jonathan Clarke
      Son, Benjamin
      4 daughters by present wife, Abigail, Lydya, Esther & Mary
      3 youngest sons by present wife, Silas, Elkanah & Minor, as they become of age
      Executors, wife Abigail, sons William and Silas
      Witnesses, Solomon Williams, Joseph Blackmen, Mehetable Throop

      Will proved 8 January 1754
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=try&db=USProbateCT&h=2931448

    5. [S77] American Genealogist, Maclean W McLean of Pittsburg, PA, "John Sprague (c. 1635-1676) of Duxbury, Mass.," vol. 41 (January 1965); digital images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, \i americanancestors.org\i0 (http://www.americanancestors.org/PageDetail.aspx?recordId=134868448) p. 178. (Reliability: 3).
      Article by Maclean W McLean

    6. [S149] Barbour Collection, New England Historic Genealogical Society, (\i American Ancestors\i0 . http://www.americanancestors.org/.), (http://www.americanancestors.org/ : accessed 29 Sep 2009); Lebanon Vital Records. (Reliability: 3).
      Sprague, Benjamin, m. Mary Woodworth, Dec. 29, 1707
      http://www.americanancestors.org/PageDetail.aspx?recordId=234501281

    7. [S119] Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (The Barbour Collection), ((http://www.americanancestors.org)), accessed 28 Oct 2012), Benjamin Sprague/Mary Woodworth. (Reliability: 3).
      SPRAGUE, Benjamin, m. Mary Woodworth, Dec. 29, 1707?tab?
      Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States?tab?Marriage?tab?Vol 1, p. 277
      http://www.americanancestors.org/PageDetail.aspx?recordId=234502236

    8. [S150] Lebanon Connecticut - Records of births, marriages, and deaths, vols. 1-4, 1700-1915, Lebanon (Connecticut). Registrar of Vital Statistics, (FHL microfilm 1312154. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.), Benjamin Sprague & Mary Woodworth marriage; FHL microfilm 1312154, item page 277 (Reliability: 3).
      Benjamin Sprague & Mary Woodworth were married together December the 29th 1707

    9. [S216] Stonington, CT, Index to Records of the First Church, Edward H. Williams Jr., ((http://www.newenglandancestors.org : 2003)), accessed 29 Sep 2009), Benjamin Sprague; p. 232. (Reliability: 3).
      Sprague, 1726 Jan 20 Benjamin = Prudence Denison, Marriage
      http://www.americanancestors.org/PageDetail.aspx?recordId=6127642

    10. [S105] Sprague Families of America, Warren Vincent Sprague, (The Tuttle Company, Printers,Rutland, Vermont, 1913), p. 16 (Reliability: 3).

    11. [S163] Stonington, CT: First Congregational Church Records, 1674-1874, First Congregational Church, Stonington, CT, USA, (New England Historic Genealogical Society. \i American Ancestors\i0 . http://www.americanancestors.org), Sprague-Denison marriage (1726); First Congregational Church (Stonington, CT), \i American Ancestors\i0

      ?(http://www.americanancestors.org) (Reliability: 3).
      Jan. 20, 1726, Benjamin Sprague and Prudence Denison
      http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/stonington-ct-first-congregational-church-records-1674-1874/image/?volumeId=7366&pageName=232&rId=6127333

    12. [S119] Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (The Barbour Collection), ((http://www.americanancestors.org)), accessed 30 Oct 2012), Benjamin Sprague. (Reliability: 3).
      SPRAGUE, Benjamin, m. Abigail Tisdale, [ ]
      Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States, Marriage, Vol. 1, p. 277
      (no date given)
      http://www.americanancestors.org/PageDetail.aspx?recordId=234499383