Person:John Sprague (5)

Name	Lt. John Sprague
Gender	Male
Birth`^?`	Abt 1656	Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United Stateseldest son
Marriage	Abt 1683	Based on birth of eldest son John to Lydia Unknown
Marriage	21 Mar 1726/27	Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United Statesto Lois Standish
Death^[1]	6 Mar 1727/28	Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States

References

↑ "Lebanon Vital Records", in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
Vol. 22, p. 190.

SPRAGUE, John, Lieut., d. Mar. 6, 1727/8.
Christopher Challender Child, Lt. John Sprauge (ca. 1655-1727/8) of Duxbury, Mass., and Lebanon, Conn., an illegitimate son of Samuel2 Fuller (Samuel1)?, in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography
67.2:177+, Summer 2019.

At the General Court at Plymouth on 6 Jun 1655, John2 Sprague (Francis1) and Ruth2 Bassett (William1) of Duxbury were "present[ed] for fornication before they were married..." Comparison of the Y-DNA of descendants of eldest son John3 to sons Samuel and William and other Sprague children show he was not John2 Sprague's biological child. Indeed descendants match the Y-DNA haplogroup of the Fullers of Plymouth. Which Fuller male could have fathered Ruth Bassett's eldest child John? Only Samuel2 Fuller (Samuel1) of Plymouth was living near Duxbury.