Person:Ebenezer Sprout (1)

Name^[1]	Ebenezer Sprout
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]^[2]^[3]	Abt 1717	Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Christening^[1]^[3]	21 May 1727	Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	8 Jun 1749	Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United Statesto Bathsheba Wood
Death^[2]^[3]	23 Jan 1786	Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 White, Elizabeth Pearson. John Howland of the Mayflower: The First Five Generations. (Rockland, Maine: Picton Press, 1990-2008)
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↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Gravestone Records from the Old Cemetery at 'The Green', Middleborough, Mass.", in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography
14:135.

SPROUT - SPROAT
Ebenezer, Col., died 23 January, 1786, in his 69th year.
[Age 68 so birth before Jan 1718, i.e., about 1717.]
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 White, Elizabeth P. and Ralph V. Wood Jr. "Ebenezer Sproat of Scituate & Middleboro, Mass.", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
141:205,211.

28 Sep 1732, Ebenezer Sprout, "a minor under the age of twenty one Years & above the age of fourteen Years" chose step-father Francis Miller as his guardian.
[Born bef. 1718, after 1711]. Children of Ebenezer Sprout and Experience Hawes: 4) Ebenezer, b. abt. 1717, bp. Middleboro 21 May 1727, d. Middleboro 23 Jan 1786, m. Middleboro 8 Jun 1749 Bathsheba Wood. "Eldest son" per father's will. Will of "Ebenezer Sproat of Middleboro", dated 4 Aug 1785, proved 6 Mar 1786, mentions wife Bathsheba; five sons Ebenezer, Earl, Thomas, James and Samuel; two daughters Mary wife of William Torrey and Bathsheba wife of Cyrus Keith.