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Eleazer Sprague

Male 1727 - 1806  (79 years)


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

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

    Family Desire (unknown),   b. Abt 1730,   d. 21 Aug 1806, Hinesburg,,VT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Children 
     1. Reuben Sprague,   b. 11 Apr 1756, (bap.) Carmel,,NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1816, Saratoga Co,NY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)  [natural]
     2. Living
     3. Living
     4. Living
     5. Trifena Sprague,   b. 19 Feb 1769, Lanesborough, Berksh,MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     6. Desire Sprague,   b. 04 Aug 1771, Lanesborough, Berksh,MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [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.