Person:Richard Sprague (2)
Captain Richard Sprague
b.Abt 1605 Upwey, Dorset, England
d.25 Nov 1668 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 6 Jan 1597
  1. Lieutenant Ralph SpragueEst 1595 - 1650
  2. Alice SpragueAbt 1597 -
  3. Edward Sprague1601 -
  4. Captain Richard SpragueAbt 1605 - 1668
  5. Christopher SpragueAbt 1607 - 1625
  6. William Sprague1609/10 - 1675
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Captain Richard SpragueAbt 1605 - 1668
  • W.  Mary _____Bef 1612 - Bet 1672 & 1674
m. Bef 1632
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Captain Richard Sprague
Gender Male
Birth[1][3] Abt 1605 Upwey, Dorset, England
Emigration[1] 1629
Residence[1] 1629 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Bef 1632 to Mary _____
Other[1] 18 May 1631 Freeman
Will[1] 15 Sep 1668 With codicils of 15 September 1668, 17 September 1668 and 15 October 1668.
Occupation[1] Merchant
Death[1][2][3] 25 Nov 1668 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Estate Inventory[1] 4 Dec 1668 £2357-16-08; £580 in real estate.
Probate? 11 Dec 1668
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Richard Sprague, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995)
    III:1731-1735.

    ORIGIN: Upway, Dorsetshire.
    CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admitted to Boston church as member #79, which would be during the winter of 1630/1 [BChR 13]. "Richard Sprage and Mary his wife" were dismissed to form a church at Charlestown, 14 October 1632 [BChR 16. "Richard [and] Mary Sprague" were admitted to Charlestown church as founding members, 2 November 1632 [ChChR 7].
    FREEMAN: 18 May 1631 [MBCR 1:366].
    BIRTH: About 1605, probably at Upway, Dorsetshire, son of Edward and Christian (_____) Sprague.
    DEATH: Charlestown 25 November 1668 [ChVR 1:58].
    MARRIAGE: By 1632 Mary _____.
    No children

  2. ↑ Joslyn, Roger D. Vital Records of Charlestown, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1984-1995)
    Vol. 1, p. 58.

    Capt. Richard Sprague, d. in Charlstowne, [died] 25 9 mo. 1669.
    [Note: In old-styles dates, the ninth month is November. More info may be found here.]

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871. (American Ancestors, 2014)
    Case 21088 Richard Sprague 1668.

    Will of "Richard Sprague of Charlestowne ... yeom'n aged about 63 years", dated 15 Sep 1668, proved 11 Dec 1668, names wife Mary Sprague; kinsman Richard Sprague [Marrin'r?] son of brother Ralph Sprague deced [three "sixtens" of the ship Dolphin, one thirty-two part of the ship So[c?]iety]; my kinsman L't John Sprague; my cousen Samuel Sprgue of Mauldon; my couson Phineas Sprague; Mary wife of Daniel Edmunds; brother William Sprague of Hingham; Margery the wife of Lawrance Douse; Olive the wife of Thomas Lord; Harvard College; Church of Charlestown. Wife to be executrix, friends Capt. Jn'o Allen, L't Randall Nicholls, Serg't William Stitson and kinsmans L't Jn'o Sprague to be overseers. Postscript [or codicil] the same date names my servant by Indenture Stephen Gary. Codicil "17-7-68" [17 Sep 1668], and 15 Oct 1668.
    4 Dec 1668: Inventory of Cap't Richard Sprague Deceased: £2357-16-8, by John [Wayte?], [L???] Hammond, John Cutler.

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