Ruth BASSETT

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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)

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

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

William married Elizabeth ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]