William SPRAGUE: Darlene's Family Genealogy

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Generation: 1

William SPRAGUE (son of John SPRAGUE and Ruth BASSETT); died before 21 Feb 1712.

Other Events and Attributes:

Fact: 17 Mar 1708, Chosen "Surveyor of Highways"
Death: 25 Nov 1712, Drowned, by the upsetting of a whale boat

Family/Spouse: Grace WADSWORTH. Grace (daughter of Deacon John WADSWORTH and Abigail ANDREWS) died between 13 Jan 1748 and 03 Apr 1758. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Zerviah SPRAGUE was born on 10 Dec 1704 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

Generation: 2

2.	John SPRAGUE (son of Frances SPRAGUE and Lydia ?); died on 26 Mar 1676 in King Philip's War. John married Ruth BASSETT in 1655. Ruth (daughter of William BASSETT and Elizabeth ?) died on 26 Mar 1676 in King Philip's War. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ruth BASSETT (daughter of William BASSETT and Elizabeth ?); died on 26 Mar 1676 in King Philip's War.

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They resided for a time in Marshfield, as the birth of their daughter Ruth is recorded there.

This John, more likely than John of William, was a Counsellor of Sir Edmund Andros, mentioned in Hutch, i, 354. He was slain in Pierce's fierce fight at Pawtucket in Philip's War, march 26, 1676. His estate was appraised in 1676 and was sworn to by the widow Ruth sprague. She afterwards married ? Thomas. (Plymouth Co., Mass., Probate.) (Ref. Sprague Memorial; Winsor's Duxbury; Doggett's Attleboro; Dux. V. Rec)

Children:

Lieut. John SPRAGUE was born about 1656 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 6 Mar 1727/8.
1. William SPRAGUE died before 21 Feb 1712.
Desire SPRAGUE was born about 1665.
Lieut. Samuel SPRAGUE was born about 1670 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 25 Jul 1740 in Rochester, Massachusetts.