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Reuben Sprague

Male 1756 - Abt 1816  (59 years)


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  • Name Reuben Sprague 
    Born 11 Apr 1756  (bap.) Carmel,,NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Abt 1816  Saratoga Co,NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I86  B03 Thomas Hore, b1649, Chilham, Kent, England
    Last Modified 23 Nov 2018 

    Father Eleazer Sprague,   b. 23 Mar 1727, Lebanon,,CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Aug 1806, Hinesburg,,VT (age 80 yrs) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Desire (unknown),   b. Abt 1730,   d. 21 Aug 1806, Hinesburg,,VT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F237  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Bacon,   b. 03 Nov 1757, Middletown, Middlesex, CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. (alive 29 Jan 1818) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Lanesborough, Berksh,MA ?? Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Hulda Sprague,   b. 04 Jun 1783,   d. 29 Jun 1865, West Fulton,,NY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)  [natural]
     2. Living
     3. Living
     4. Living
     5. Reuben Sprague,   b. 1782  [natural]
     6. Living
     7. Living
     8. Ann Sprague,   b. 18 Jul 1779, (bapt) Lanesboro.Berkshire,MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Last Modified 23 Nov 2018 
    Family ID F105  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Reference source: SPRAGUE FAMILIES IN AMERICA, 1913, by Warren Vincent Sprague, M.D., Chauncey, Ohio, Additional Families 1940-1941 By the Author; (The book is in the Daughters of the American Revolution library in Washington, DC (12/2000). This book was published as a supplement to the original book. Numbers noted in the text refer to the family connection in the 1913 publication.)

      110. REUBEN (3) SPRAGUE (Eleazer-2, John-1), of Lanesborough, MA and Charlton.NY, baptized April 11, 1756 at Lights Corner's, NY, died about 1816. Will dated Aug. 22, 1816, proved Jan. 29, 1818, (Saratoga Co, NY, Probate Record) names wife Mary (Bacon) and children named below except Ann. He did not own land in Lanesborough. Was admitted to church in Lanesborough in 1779. 1790 Census - Ballston, Saratoga Co,NY (data 1-2-4).

      1800 Feb 13, Residence was in Charlotte, VT. Sold his land there
      NJ Marriages: 1665 - 1800, by William Nelson, 1967, Genalogical Publishing Co., Baltimore:
      -- Abiel Cook, Jr. Monmouth, married Mary Thomson, 6/17/1765
      -- Asher Cook, Monmouth, married Elizabeth Green, 3/31/1764 to Nathaniel Newell for $1666.60. Took notes for this amount which were due at Ballston,NY.

      Children:
      i. Amy
      ii HULDA bap. 1784
      iii. Ruth
      iv. Desire
      v. Reuben, bap 1782
      v. Ezra
      vi David
      vii Ann, bap 1779

      NOTE: Sprague is a Mayflower related name.

      NOTE: Salt Lake City, Family History Library, 2-12-1999: Descendants of Enos Sprague, p. 5, lists: Reuben Sprague, b. 13 Sept. 1742, Providence, RI, son of #16, Daniel Sprague.

      Source: History of Saratoga County, New York 1609-1878, pub. 1878.

      (p. 84)

      Reuben Sprague was appointed a Justice of the Peace, on April 6, 1808 for Charlton. He was reappointed 1809 and 1813.