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William Sprague

William Sprague[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

Male Abt 1609 - 1675  (66 years)

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  • Name William Sprague 
    Born Abt 1609  Upwey, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 26 Dec 1675  Hingham, Massachusetts Bay Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I500126  Alford Hathaway
    Last Modified 3 Oct 2021 

    Father Edward Sprague,   b. Abt 1576, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1614, Upwey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years) 
    Mother Christina Holland,   b. Abt 1578,   d. 25 Mar 1651  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 6 Jan 1596 
    Family ID F500090  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Millicent Eames,   b. Abt 1616,   d. 9 Feb 1695  (Age 79 years) 
    Children 
     1. Anthony Sprague,   b. Bef 23 May 1636, Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Sep 1719, Hingham, Massachusetts Bay Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 83 years)
     2. John Sprague,   b. Abt Apr 1638, Hingham, Massachusetts Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Oct 1683, Mendon, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years)
     3. Samuel Sprague,   b. Bef 24 Mar 1640, Hingham, Massachusetts Bay Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1709, Marshfield, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 68 years)
     4. Jonathan Sprague,   b. Bef 20 Mar 1641, Hingham, Massachusetts Bay Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jul 1647  (Age > 6 years)
     5. Persis Sprague,   b. 12 Nov 1643,   d. Abt 1684, Marshfield Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years)
     6. Joanna Sprague,   b. Bef 16 Dec 1644, Hingham, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jul 1678, Hingham, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 33 years)
     7. Jonathan Sprague,   b. Bef 20 Mar 1648,   d. 6 Mar 1741, Smithfield, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 92 years)
     8. William Sprague,   b. Bef 2 Jul 1650, Hingham, Massachusetts Bay Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Sep 1723, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 73 years)
     9. Mary Sprague,   b. Bef 25 Apr 1652, Hingham, Massachusetts Bay Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1703, Hingham, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 50 years)
     10. Hannah Sprague,   b. Bef 25 Feb 1654, Hingham, Massachusetts Bay Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Mar 1658  (Age > 4 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2021 
    Family ID F500080  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    The Last Will of William Sprague    		The Last Will of William Sprague
    A transcription of the last Will of William Sprague
    Charlestown Charter    		Charlestown Charter
    Image of the original document creating the first government of Charlestown. Signed by William Sprague and his brothers.

    Flipbooks
    William and Milicent Sprague    		William and Milicent Sprague
    William Sprague and Millicent Eames were born in Dorsetshire, England in the early 1600s. William came to Massachusetts Bay Colony with his brothers in 1629. Millicent came about four years later with her parents. They married in Charlestown and later moved to Hingham where they raised a large family and left their mark on history. This is their…

    Timelines
    William and Milicent Sprague Timeline    		William and Milicent Sprague Timeline
    The lives of William and Millicent Sprague mapper against world events.

  • Sources 
    1. [S80] The History of Charlestown, Massachusetts, Richard Flothingham, Jr, (Charles C. Little, and James Brown, Boston, 1845).

    2. [S81] Genealogy in Part of the Sprague Families , Augustus B. R. Sprague, (Augustus Sprague, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1902).

    3. [S82] The Spragues of Malden Massachusetts, George Walter Chamberlain, M.S, (Boston Massachusetts, 1923).

    4. [S83] New England Marriages to 1700, NEHGS, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.).

    5. [S45] Great Migration Begins, Robert Charles Anderson, (NEHGS).

    6. [S13] FindaGrave, (FindaGrave), https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35310519/william-sprague.

    7. [S84] Massachusetts Vital Records Hingham , Town of Hingham, (Massachusetts State Archives).

    8. [S85] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Ancestry,com, ([database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.).

    9. [S86] The Sprague Project, (http://www.sprague-database.org/).