 1596 - Abt 1650 (56 years)
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| Name |
Ralph Sprague [1] |
| Title |
fuller |
| Born |
Between 1594 and 1596 |
Upway, Dorset, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
Abt Nov 1650 |
Charlestown, Ma [2] |
| Person ID |
I581 |
Paul's Tree |
| Last Modified |
2 Jul 2018 |
| Father |
Edward Sprague, b. Abt 1576, Upway, Dorset, England , d. Abt 6 Jun 1614, Upway, Dorset, England (Age 38 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Christian, b. Abt 1578, Alice, Dorset, Eng. , d. 31 Jan 1651, Tincleton, Eng. (Age 73 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Married |
Abt 1594 |
| Family ID |
F384 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Joanna Warren, b. Abt 1603, Fordington, Dorset, England , d. 24 Feb 1680, Charlestown, Ma (Age 77 years) |
| Married |
15 Aug 1623 |
Fordington, St. George, Dorset, England [3] |
| Children |
| | 1. John Sprague, b. Bef 23 May 1624, Fordington St. George, Dorset, England , d. 25 Jun 1692, Malden, Ma (Age > 68 years) [natural] |
| | 2. Jonathan Sprague, b. Bef 27 Nov 1625, Fordington St. George, Dorset, England , d. Dec 1650, Malden, Ma (Age > 25 years) [natural] |
| | 3. Richard Sprague, b. Abt 1630, prob. England [natural] |
| | 4. Samuel Sprague, b. Bef 3 Jun 1631, Boston, MA [natural] |
| | 5. Mary Sprague, b. Bef 14 Sep 1634, Charlestown, Ma , d. 26 Nov 1717, Charlestown, Ma (Age > 83 years) [natural] |
| | 6. Phineas Sprague, b. Bef 31 Jul 1637, Charlestown, Ma [natural] |
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| Last Modified |
2 Jul 2018 |
| Family ID |
F381 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- From "The Spragues of Malden, MA" Chamberlain 1923:
"Ralph Sprague, his wife Joanna, his children John and Jonathan, and his brothers Richard and William Sprague, undoubtedly came to New England in the Lion's Whelp. ... The Lion's Whelp arrived at Naumkeag (Salem) on Monday, 29 June 1629 -- after a voyage of 45 days."
From "Great Migration Begons: Immigrants ORIGIN: Fordington St. George, Dorsetshire
MIGRATION: 1629
FIRST RESIDENCE: Charlestown
REMOVES: Malden
OCCUPATION: Fuller.
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: "Raph Sprage and Joan his wife admitted to Boston church as members #102 and #103, which would be in early 1631 [BChR 14]. "Raph Sprage and Joan his wife were dismissed to form a church at Charlestown, 14 October 1632 [BChR 15]. "Ralph [and] Jone Sprague" were admitted as founding members of the Charlestown church, 2 November 1632 [ChChR 7].
FREEMAN: Requested 19 October 1630 and admitted 18 May 1631 [MBCR 1:79, 366].OFFICES: Deputy for Charlestown to Massachusetts Bay General Court, ...
Constable of "Charlton," 19 October 1630 [MBCR 1:79]. Selectman, 12 February 1637/8 [ChTR 34]. Committee to lay out lots, 9 January 1633/4 [ChTR 10]. Overseer of highways, 13 January 1634/5 [ChTR 12]. Selectman, 10 February 1634/5, 13 February 1635/6 [ChTR 13, 16]. Committee to stint the common, 17 February 1636/7 [ChTR 25]. Committee to "consider of some things tending towards a body of laws," 26 April 1638 [ChTR 38].
Sergeant, 14 May 1634 [MBCR 1:120, 148]. Ensign, 4 November 1646 [MBCR 2:166]. Lieutenant, 15 November 1637 [MBCR 1:209, 223, 225, 242, 257, 260, 290, 343]. Discharged from his office of Lieutenant (at his request), 4 November 1646 [ChTR 3:84]. Admitted to the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1638 [HAHAC 1:78].
ESTATE: In 1629 "Ralph Sprague & others began to build their houses & to prepare fencing for their lots which was afterwards set up almost in a semi-circular form on the south and southeast side of that field laid out to them which lies situate on the northeast side of the Town Hill" [ChTR 2].
Had seven cow commons in 1635, increased to eight [ChTR 19, 20]. Had five acres Mystic Side, 1635 [ChTR 27]. Had five and three-quarters cow commons, 1637 [ChTR 33]. Received Mystic Side allotments of thirty-five, ninety and five acres, 23 April 1638 [ChTr 37]. Had six cow commons in the stinted common, 30 December 1638 [ChTR 42].
The Charlestown possessions of Ralph Sprague included "one acre of arable land and meadow ... at the east end of the common"; "two acres of arable land ... in the east field"; four acres of meadow ... in the south meade"; "two acres of arable land ... in the high field"; "three acres of aerable land ... in the high field"; "commons for six milch cows"; "four acres of aerable land ... in the Line Field"; "fourteen acres of meadow in Mistick Marshes"; "five acres of woodland ... Mistik Fielde"; "thirty and five acres of woodland ... in Mistick Field"; "four acres of meadow ... Prospect Meadows" and "ninety acres of land in Pond Field" [ChBOP 45-46].
On 6 June 1639 "Leift Ral: Sprague" was granted one hundred acres, "having born difficulties in the beginning" [MBCR 1:262].
In her will, dated 24 February 1674[/5] and proved 15 June 1680, "Joanna Convers widow to Edward deceased sometimes wife of Lieutenant Ralph Sprague" wished to be buried "by my children" and bequeathed to "my daughter Mary Edmands" household goods; to "my son Phinehas Sprague" household goods "at his father's house"; to "Mary Edmands, daughter to Daniell & Mary Edmands," household goods; residue to "my children" equally, "John Sprague, Richard Sprague, Samuel Sprague and Mary Edmands" [MPR Case #4930].
BIRTH: About 1595, probably at Upway, Dorsetshire, son of Edward and Christian (_____) Sprague. In his will, Edward calls "Ralphe Sprague my eldest son" [NEHGR 134:195-96].
DEATH: Malden November 1650. His stepfather, John Corbin, wrote from Upway on 25 March 1651 "I am very sorry to understand that my brother-in-law John Holland shall report ... that you are dead ... but I give God praise that I hear to the contrary" [NEHGR 134:198].
MARRIAGE: Fordington St. George, Dorsetshire, 15 August 1623 Johane/Joan Warren [NEHGR 132:53], daughter of Richard Warren. Joan Sprague was admitted to Boston church as member #103, immediately after her husband; dismissed with him to newly formed church at Charlestown [BChR 14, 15]. She married (2) 1663 EDWARD CONVERSE. She died Woburn 24 February 1680 and called herself "Joannah Convers widow to Edward deceased sometimes wife of Lieutenant Ralph Sprague" in her will [MPR Case #4930].
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| Sources |
- [S52] "The Spragues of Malden, MA" Chamberlain 1923.
- [S32] "Sargent Genealogy"by Aaron Sargent 1895.
- [S632] The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635 Great Migration Begins, Vol 3, P-W.
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