Eleazer Sprague

Notes:

Reference source: SPRAGUE FAMILIES IN AMERICA, 1913, by Warren Vincent Sprague, M.D., Chauncey, Ohio, Additional Families 1940-41 By the Author. (Book is in the DAR Library in Washington, DC 12/2000.) (Numbers refer to the family connection in the 1913 publication.)

page 48:
108. JOHN (1) SPRAGUE, b. May 4, 1708, Lebanon, CT,; m. there (1) Sept. 7, 1726, Hepibeth Hartwell, b. Sept. 2, 1709. He settled before 1745 at Southeast, a town in Carmel, now Putman Co., NY. He was a Justice of the Peace and an influential member of the Congregational Church. He m. (2) Hannah Holly of Dutchess Co., who was living in Pawling,NY in 1790.

Three children by first wife and one by second and perhaps others.

109. i. ELEAZER (2) SPRAGUE, b. March 23, 1727 in Lebanon
ii. Sarah; m. John Ryder, b. 1732
iii. Hepsibeth; m. Nov. 3, 1756, Michael Evans. (Knibloe's record)
iv. Deborah. She was the 2nd wife of Pardon (6) Slocum, b. July 8, 1751, Dartmouth, MA, buried at Pawling, NY, son of John (5) and
Deborah (Allen) Slocum. (Slocum History, 1882) Putnam Co. was set off from Dutchess Co. in 1812.

109. ELEAZER (2) SPRAGUE (John-1), of Lights Corners in the town of Carmel, NY, Lanesborough, MA, and Hinesburg, VT.; b. March
23, 1727, Lebanon, CT., d. Aug. 25, 1806, age 80 years, Hinesburg, VT; m. Desire _____, b. 1730, d. Aug. 21, 1806, at Hinesburg,
VT; both buried in Mead Cemetery.
1756, April 11, Bap. at Gilead Presbyterian Church, Carmel, NY, by Rev. Knibloe.
1768. Bought land in Lanesborough, MA
1769. Eleazer and Desire were admitted to St. Lukes Church in Lanesborough, MA.
1771. Bought land in Lanesborough. (Berkshire Co. MA Deeds.)
Served in Capt. Asa Barnes' Company., Col. Benjamin Simon's Regiment, Service 5 days on an alarm at the northward.
Company marched from Lanesborough, Oct. 26, 1780. (MA Soldiers and Sailors Record Volumes.)
1781. One of the first settlers in Hinesburg, VT and came with his wife from Lanesboro. (VT History Magazine, 1, 194.)

These children - there may have been others.

110. i. REUBEN (3), bap. April 11, 1756, Gilead Presbyterian Church, Carmel, NY.
111. ii. John
112. iii. Eleazer
113. iv. Peter
v. Trifena, bap. 1769, Lanesboro, MA
vi. Desire, bap. 1771, Lanesboro, MA
vii. Asa, (probably), Admitted St. Lukes Church, Lanesborough, 1779.

Eleazer married Desire (unknown). Desire was born about 1730; died on 21 Aug 1806 in Hinesburg,,VT; was buried in Mead Cemetery, Hinesburg, VT. [Group Sheet]

1. Reuben Sprague was born on 11 Apr 1756 in (bap.) Carmel,,NY; died about 1816 in Saratoga Co,NY.
2. Living
3. Living
4. Living
5. Trifena Sprague was born on 19 Feb 1769 in Lanesborough, Berksh,MA.
6. Desire Sprague was born on 04 Aug 1771 in Lanesborough, Berksh,MA.
7. Asa Sprague was born in 1779.

Notes:

Source: WWW. SPRAGUE-database.org/ad/f63.htm (5-17-01)

Descendants of #AD John Sprague & Hannah Holly (spouse #2)

Notes on John Sprague -- "Sprague Families in America", by Dr. Warren Vincent Sprague, page 18.
John Sprague was a farmer of Lebanon, CT and Carmel, NY. He was a resident of Lebanon at the time of his marriage and when his first child was born. The next we know of him is in 1745 when he was living at what is now know as Lights Corner, near the eastern line of the town of Carmel. He was a Justice of the Peace and an influential member of the Congregational Church.

"Supplement to Sprague Families in America", by Dr. Warren Vincent Sprague, 1940, page 48.
John Sprague settled before 1745 at Southeast, a town in Carmel, now in Putnam County, NY. He was a Justice of the Peace and an influential member of the Congregational Church.

From Edgar Morse, correspondent.
The Barbour Collection of Vital Records of Lebanon, CT. Vol. 1, p. 279, gives:
"[Sprague] John, s. Abigail Cailkin, b. May 4, 1708."
Edgar Morse also has a copy of the original record which states: "John Sprague son of Abigail Calkin was born May 4th, 1708." >From the absence of a father's name and also including the mother's family name, but not SPRAGUE, I conclude that this was an illegitimate birth. It seems to me that the most likely father would have been John Sprague, the son of Lt. John Sprague (born about 1656, Duxbury, died March 6, 1727/80. This son was born about 1690, presumably in Duxbury before his parents moved to Lebanon. That would make him about 18 at the time Abigail Calkin bore John Sprague (See Sprague Families of America, pp. 11-13.) They were both, then, of an age where such a "trysting" might have been expected. This would also resolve concerns about John fitting into the Ephraim and Deborah Sprague family; he doesn't belong there. Now to the Hartwells of America (1956). I have been able to find ther no citations to their source except a general reference to the Densmore Hartwell Genealogy of 1887. I checked that source also, and could find no citations in it (nor for that matter could I decipher Densmore's idiosyncratic system of descent to find Hepzibah Hartwell.) The listing for Hepsibah in the 1956 genealogy is: "39 Hepsibah-4 (John-3, John-2, William-1), b. Sept. 27, 1709, m. at Lebanon, CT, Sept. 7, 1726, John, son of Ephraim and Deborah Sprague, possibly born in Lebanon in 1705.

That's all that is given. No other support for assigning John to that Sprague family, no exact date of birth, and not even certainty about the place of birth.

Source: Sprague... typed family file found in Salt Lake City;
John Sprague.. settled before 1745 at Southeast, a town of Carmel, now in Putnam Co., NY. He was a Justice of the Peace and an influential member of the Congregational Church. He m. (2) Hannah Holly of Dutchess Co., who was living in Pawling in 1790.

John married Hepibeth Hartwell on 07 Sep 1726 in Lebanon,,CT. Hepibeth (daughter of John Hartwell and Sarah Shepard) was born on 27 Sep 1709 in Concord,MX,MA; died in in Carmel,,NY. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

See VR of Norwich, page. 44 for birth record of Abigail Calkin.

Abigail also spelled "Abijah" on Norwich records.

John married Sarah Shepard on 07 Jun 1697 in Concord,MX,MA. Sarah (daughter of Abraham Shepard and Judith Fillbrook) was born on 07 Dec 1674 in Concord,MX,MA; died after 1727. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Source: Caulkins Family of Connecticut, Vermont, New York, Etc,, compiled by Mrs. Turney Sharps, Fairfield, CT., located in the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT.

John was one of the earliest settlers of Lebanon, CT; first constable of the Town 31 May 1698; corporal of the first Militia Company there.

Abigail was living in Jan. 1732 when John Calkins of Lebanon deeded land to his son Jeremiah Calkins of Lebanon, reserving the use to "the life of me, the said John Calkins, and the natural life of my beloved wife Abigail."

25 Sept. 1725 John Calkins, ye first of Lebanon deeds to his son James Calkins.

29 Jan. 1744-45 John Calkins of Phillips Parrish (Precinct ?), Dutchess County, NY, sells to son James of Norwich land in Lebanan. Witnesses to this last deed were: John Calkins, Jr. and Jeremiah Calkins.

Children:
Abigail b. Norwich, 8 Sept. 1691 (I suggest that the Record on Barbour files, Conn. State Library, of a marriage at Lebanon
9 July 1712 of an Abijah Calkins to David Spencer is the Abigail.**)
(** Lebanon, 4 May 1708, Abigail Calkins had a son, John Sprague, born.)

Sarah b. Norwich, 14 Feb. 1694 m. Lebanon Church Record - 30 Dec. 1713, Jacob Munsell, he m. 2nd 15 Feb. 1719,
Phebe Loomis (N.E.H.G. Reg. Vol. 34, p. 247)
Mary b. Lebanon, 21 Sept. 1697. Probably the one who m. Lebanon, 7 Nov. 1717 to Abel Wright.

John b. Lebanon, 19 Nov. 1699 m. Lebanon, 9 April 1721 to Sarah Huntington.

James b. Lebanon, 29 April 1702 m. Lebanon, 15 April 1734 to Abigail Huntington.

Jeremiah, bapt. Lebanon, 1705 m. Lebanon, 10 Nov. 1725, to Rachel Janes (sometimes called in error, Rachael Jones.)

John married Abigail Birchard on 23 Oct 1690 in Norwich,,CT. Abigail (daughter of John Birchard and Living) was born in Nov 1667 in Norwich,,CT; died after 1732 in Lebanon,CT. [Group Sheet]

John married Priscilla Wright on 01 Jun 1664 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Priscilla died in 1681. [Group Sheet]

Abraham married Judith Fillbrook on 02 Jan 1672 in Concord,MX,MA. Judith (daughter of Living) was born in 1648 in Concord,MX,MA; died on 22 Feb 1716 in Concord,MX,MA. [Group Sheet]