Abigail Birchard

Abigail married John Calkins, Jr. on 23 Oct 1690 in Norwich,,CT. John (son of John Calkins and Sarah Royce) was born in Jul 1661 in Norwich,,CT; died after Jan 1745 in Lebanon,CT. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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

Abigail also spelled "Abijah" on Norwich records.

Abigail married . Unknown [Group Sheet]

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]

John married Hannah Holly. Hannah was born in in Of Dutchess Co, NY; died in in Living in Pawling,NY in 1790. [Group Sheet]

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]

Sarah married Living. [Group Sheet]

Hepsibeth married Living [Group Sheet]

Living married Living. [Group Sheet]