Lois Standish

Abt 1665 - Aft 1731  (~ 66 years)

• Name	Lois Standish
  Born	Abt 1665	Plymouth, , Massachusetts, United States
  Gender	Female
  Died	Aft Apr 1731
  Buried	Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States
  Person ID	I1269	James Henry Martineau
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2015

  
  

  Family	John Sprague,   b. Abt 1656, Duxbury, , Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 6 Mar 1728, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States  (Age ~ 72 years)
  Married	21 Mar 1727	Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2015
  Family ID	F554	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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: Estimated from birth of husband MARRIAGES: ATGG, pg. 113 DEATH: ATGG, pg. 113 (living 16 Apr 1731) PARENTS: ATGG, pg. 113 John's second wife Lois Standish, survived him (Lebanon's Old Rec., p. 278) (Research):From NEHGS Register April 1933, vol. 87, p. 159-160, "The Children and Grandchildren of Capt. Myles Standish" by Merton Taylor Goodrich, M.A., of Keene, N.H. Lois, m. (1) 20 Nov. 1706, as his second wife, Hugh Calkins, b. in Jun 1659, d. 15 Sept. 1722, "in his 63rd [sic] yr, " son of John and Sarah (Royce) Calkins, who came with their older children from New London to Norwich. (Norwich Vital Records, pp. 19, 43, 172, Caulkins's History of Norwich, p. 172 and deductions from these data). He had m. (1) in May 1689 Sarah Sluman, who d. 5 Apr. 1703, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Bliss) Sluman (or Slonman). (Norwich Vital Records, pp. 13, 43, etc., Caulkins's History of Norwich). Lois did not marry an Abell, as the late Wesley Weyman thought possible, but Hugh Calkins, son of Hugh and Sarah (Sluman Calkins), married 9 Nov., 1714 Phebe Abell. (Norwich Vital Records, p. 77). Lois (Standish) Calkins m. (2) 21 Mar. 1727, as his second wife, Lieut. John Sprague, who d. 6 Mar 1728, son of John and Ruth (Bassett) Sprague. His first wife, Lydia, d. 18 July 1725. The identity of Lois as the widow of John Sprague is established by the following deed, dated 26 Jan. 1729 and signed by Lowis Sprague, Miles Standish, Elizabeth Standish, and Amie Standish, the last three being children of Israel Standish: "The subscribers heirs in part to the estate of our brother Miles Standish late of Preston deceased and ye other as Resedary part being nephews to our Honored Uncle Miles Standish" sell to Jabez Carey their rights in the real estate left by said Miles. (Preston Land Records, vol. 4, p. 657, quoted in the Wesley Weyman M.S., box 4, package 34. From The Sprague Project: http://www.sprague-database.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I49414&tree=SpragueProject Who was the second wife of John SPRAGUE, son of John and Ruth (BASSETT) SPRAGUE? Most sources list her as Lois ABEL but some sources such as the Mayflower Families in Progress series for Myles STANDISH list Lois STANDISH as the second wife. They simply add the footnote "The marriage record in the Barbour file calls her Lois ABEL" with no additional explanation. Further information on this problem, as to who was John SPRAGUE's wife was, has been kindly provided in a letter from Mr. Robert Wakefield of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mr. Wakefield wrote, on May 17, 1998, "I received Russ Warner's Standish file several years after he died. I added much to families that had children, but families with no Standish descendants were a low priority. The Mayflower Societies main purpose is to prove lines of descent. There are three possibilities: 1) The town clerk made an error when he recorded the marriage. I have seen many cases where the town clerk made an error, usually, the bride's first name, but sometimes the surname. The published church records do not have the marriage, so it can't be checked there. 2) Lois married ______ Abel between 30 Dec. 1723 when she is called widow Loice Calkins and 21 March 1726 when she married John Sprague. There is no record of such a marriage in town or church records. If true, she would have buried 3 husbands in less than 6 years. 3) Lois married _______ Sprague and a Lois Abel married John Sprague. We know Lois married a Sprague before the 26 Jan 1729 deed when she is called Lowis Sprague. There is no record of such a marriage. I do not know the answer and we may never know the solution. The old Standish Genealogy in NEHGR says Lois m (1) 29 Nov. 1706 Hugh Calkins and m (2) 21 March 1727 Lieut. John Sprague. Old undocumented genealogies - Standish, Sprague, or any other families, are not proof." (signed, Bob Wakefield).

  
  

• Sources

  [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, John, Lieut., m. Lois Abel, Mar. 21, 1726 Other than this record, there is no evidence that John married a Lois Abel. It is possible that this is an error on the part of the clerk and that she is Lois Standish Calkins, d. of Josiah Standish, who is shown in a deed as Lowes Sprague. It is also possible (but not likely), that she married a man surnamed Abel between the death of her first husband and the marriage to John. The third possibility is that John married a Lois Abel and Lois Standish married another Sprague. The first option seems more reasonable, but is unproven. [S105] Sprague Families of America, Warren Vincent Sprague, (The Tuttle Company, Printers,Rutland, Vermont, 1913), p. 11 (Reliability: 3). who survived him (Lebanon's Old Rec. p. 276) [S114] NEHGS Register, Merton Taylor Goodrich, M.A., of Keene, N.H., "Children and Grandchildren of Captain Standish," (April 1933). (Reliability: 3). p. 159-160 Lois, m. (1) 20 Nov. 1706, as his second wife, Hugh Calkins, b. in Jun 1659, d. 15 Sept. 1722, "in his 63rd [sic] yr, " son of John and Sarah (Royce) Calkins, who came with their older children from New London to Norwich. (Norwich Vital Records, pp. 19, 43, 172, Caulkins's History of Norwich, p. 172 and deductions from these data). He had m. (1) in May 1689 Sarah Sluman, who d. 5 Apr. 1703, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Bliss) Sluman (or Slonman). (Norwich Vital Records, pp. 13, 43, etc., Caulkins's History of Norwich). Lois did not marry an Abell, as the late Wesley Weyman thought possible, but Hugh Calkins, son of Hugh and Sarah (Sluman Calkins), married 9 Nov., 1714 Phebe Abell. (Norwich Vital Records, p. 77). Lois (Standish) Calkins m. (2) 21 Mar. 1727, as his second wife, Lieut. John Sprague, who d. 6 Mar 1728, son of John and Ruth (Bassett) Sprague. His first wife, Lydia, d. 18 July 1725. The identity of Lois as the widow of John Sprague is established by the following deed, dated 26 Jan. 1729 and signed by Lowis Sprague, Miles Standish, Elizabeth Standish, and Amie Standish, the last three being children of Israel Standish: "The subscribers heirs in part to the estate of our brother Miles Standish late of Preston deceased and ye other as Resedary part being nephews to our Honored Uncle Miles Standish" sell to Jabez Carey their rights in the real estate left by said Miles. (Preston Land Records, vol. 4, p. 657, quoted in the Wesley Weyman M.S., box 4, package 34. http://www.americanancestors.org/PageDetail.aspx?recordId=133074833 [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