Eleazer Sprague

1727 - 1806  (79 years)

• Name	Eleazer Sprague
  Born	23 Mar 1727	Lebanon,,CT
  Gender	Male
  Died	25 Aug 1806	Hinesburg,,VT (age 80 yrs)
  Buried	Mead Cemetery, Hinesburg, VT
  Person ID	I434	B03 Thomas Hore, b1649, Chilham, Kent, England
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2018

  
  

  Father	John Sprague,   b. 04 May 1708, Lebanon,,CT ,   d. Carmel,,NY
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Hepibeth Hartwell,   b. 27 Sep 1709, Concord,MX,MA ,   d. Carmel,,NY
  Relationship	natural
  Married	07 Sep 1726	Lebanon,,CT
  Family ID	F238	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Desire (unknown),   b. Abt 1730,   d. 21 Aug 1806, Hinesburg,,VT  (Age 76 years)
  Children	1. Reuben Sprague,   b. 11 Apr 1756, (bap.) Carmel,,NY ,   d. Abt 1816, Saratoga Co,NY  (Age 59 years)  [natural]   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living   5. Trifena Sprague,   b. 19 Feb 1769, Lanesborough, Berksh,MA  [natural]   6. Desire Sprague,   b. 04 Aug 1771, Lanesborough, Berksh,MA  [natural]   7. Asa Sprague,   b. 1779  [natural]
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2018
  Family ID	F237	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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.