Sergt. Samuel Sprague

1753 - 1832  (79 years)

• Name	Samuel Sprague  [1, 2, 3]
  Prefix	Sergt.
  Born	28 Feb 1753	Abington, Plymouth Co., MA, USA   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  	BIRTH: 1753 LOCATION: Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States VOLUME: Abington - V1 PAGE: 216 TEXT: Samuel, s. Joshua and Elizebeth, Feb. 28, 1753.
  Gender	Male
  Military	Revolutionary War   [8, 9, 10]
  Died	20 Mar 1832	Pembroke, Washington Co., ME, USA   [1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11]
  Notes	"Sprague Families in America", by Dr. Warren VincentSprague, page 208.     Samuel Sprague resided at Abington, MA and Dennysville, ME.The Bangor Historical Magazine says, he emigrated fromHingham in Sloop Sally to Dennysville and lived and died inwhat is now Pembroke. In Dennysville Centennial, 1886, isgiven the years of the births of his six children. "From Donna Sprague McCarthy, correspondent.     "Samuel Sprague was one of the band of Patriots whodisguised themselves as Mohawk Indians and dumped the teain Boston harbor at the so called Boston Tea Party.     "He emigrated from Hingham, MA to Dennysville, ME in thesloop "Sally" in 1786 and became one of the first settlersof Dennysville, later known as Pembroke, ME". (Ref. BangorHistorical Magasine 8:27)     He was a private in the Mass. militia, DAR 6519-15086,22719-24763" NOTE: There is obviously confusion as the listing of theparticipants in the Boston Tea Party lists only oneSamuel.  However, other sources report the Samuel whowas a participant as the son of Jeremiah and Elisabeth(Whiton) Sprague. From Massachusetts DAR website provided by Rick Ingersoll,correspondent, note of April 28th, 2005 The Boston Tea Party Participants FrancisAkeley             SamuelGore         SamuelNowell  Nathaniel Barber (Maj.) MosesGrant        Joseph Pearse Palmer (Maj.)  Samuel Barnard (Maj.)  Nathaniel Green  Jonathan Parker  HenryBass                  Timothy Guy        Joseph Payson  JosephBassett             Samuel HammondJohn Peters  EdwardBates               PeterHarrington    William Pierce  Adam Beals,Jr.           Williams HaskinsIsaac Pitman (Capt.)  DavidBradlee              WilliamHendley      LendallPitts  JoshiaBradlee            George R. Twelves   HewesSamuelPitts  Nathaniel Bradlee       JohnHicks               Thomas Porter  ThomasBradlee          SamuelHobbs         Henry Prentiss (Capt.)  James Brewer (Capt.)   John Hooton (Sergt.)Nathaniel Prentiss     ohn Brown(Capt.)        ElishaHorton           Edward Proctor (Col.)  Seth Ingersoll Brown    ElijahHoughton      Henry Purkitt(Col.)     StephenBruce             Samuel Howard (Hayward)  SethPutnam  Benjamin Burton (Maj.) SamuelHoward      JohnRandall  Nicholas Campbell       Edward Compton Howe   Joseph Reed(Capt.)  George CarletonJonathan HunnewellPaul Revere(Col.)  ThomasChase               Richard Hunnewell  Benjamin Rice  NathanielChild              Richard Hunnewell, Jr. Johathan D. Robins    BenjaminClark             Thomas Hunstable    Joseph Roby  Jonathan Clark (Sergt.)  Abraham Hunt (Capt.) JohnRussell     JohnCochran                DanielIngersoll        William Russell  Gilbert Colesworthy      Charles Jameson       JohnSawtelle  GreshamCollier             Robert Jameson (Capt.  )GeorgeSayward    Collson               JaredJoy                   EdmundSears (Capt.)  James Foster Condy      DavidKinnison        Robert Sessions (Lieut.)    DanielCoolidge              RobertLash              Joseph Shed  JosephCoolidge            AmariahLearned      BenjaminSimpson  SamuelCoolidge           Joseph Lee (Capt.)     PeterSlater, Jr. (Capt.)    SamuelCooper              Nathaniel Lee (Capt.)  Samuel Sloper  WilliamCox                   AmosLincoln (Capt.)   Ephriam Smith  Thomas Crafts (Col.)      JohnLocke (Sergt.)     ThomasSpear  John Crane (Brig. Gen.)  MathewLoring           Samuel Sprague (Sergt.)  _______Crockett            Joseph Ludden (Sergt.) John Spurr(Gen.)  ObadiahCurtis                DavidLyon                 JamesStarr  Thomas Dana,Jr.            Thomas Machin (Capt.)  Phiness Sterns(Capt.)  Robert Davis(Maj.)          Archibald MacNeil      Ebeneezer Stevens (Gen.)  JohnDeCarteret              JohnMarston               James Stoddard  DavisDecker                   JohnMartin                  ElishaStory (Dr.)  JohnDickman                 ThompsonMaxwell (Lieut.)  James Swan(Col.)    EdmundDolbeare            John May(Col.)           Abraham Tower (Sergt.)    SamuelDolbeare             EbeneezerMcIntosh     Bartholomew Trow(Capt.)    John Dyar,Jr.                 PeterMcIntosh              John Truman  Joseph Eaton (Capt.)      _______Mead              Benjamin Tucker,Jr.    JosephEayres               HenryMellius                Thomas Urann(Capt.)  BenjaminEdes               Thomas Melville (Maj.) James Watson (Capt.)    WilliamEtheridge           Aaron John Miller (Dr.)  Josiah Wheeler(Capt.)  SamuelFenno                 JamesMills                   JohnWhitehead (Lieut.)  Samuel Foster (Capt.)      William Molineaux       David Williams     ThomasFracker              FrancisMoore               Isaac Williams  Nathaniel Frothingham, Jr. (Lt.)  ThomasMoore    Jeremiah Williams  JohnFulton                    Anthony Morse (Lieut.)     ThomasWilliams (Sergt.)    JohnGammell                 JosephMountfort (Lieut.)  Charles Willis  EliazerGay                      EliphaletNewell              Joshua Wyeth  ThomasGerrish               Joseph Nicholls(Capt.)    Thomas Young (Dr.)
  Person ID	I43523	Sprague Project
  Last Modified	24 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	Joshua Sprague,   b. 1 Jan 1713/14, Abington, Plymouth Co., MA, USA ,   d. Bef 7 Mar 1757  (Age 43 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Keen,   b. Abt 1724, Middleboro, Plymouth Co., MA, USA ,   d. Aft 19 Jul 1763  (Age ~ 39 years)
  Married	21 Aug 1744	Middleboro, Plymouth Co., MA, USA   [5]
  Family ID	F16535	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family / Spouse	Mary Benner,   b. 1760, Abington, Plymouth Co., MA, USA ,   d. 10 Oct 1811, Dennysville (Now Pembroke), Washington Co., ME, USA  (Age 51 years)
  Married	4 Apr 1782	Abington, Plymouth Co., MA, USA   [6, 7, 12]
  Children	+ 1. Samuel Sprague, Jr.,   b. 18 Nov 1782, Abington, Plymouth Co., MA, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 2. John S. Sprague,   b. 20 May 1785, Abington, Plymouth Co., MA, USA ,   d. 7 Jun 1860, Charlotte, Washington Co., ME, USA  (Age 75 years) + 3. Daniel Sprague,   b. 1 Aug 1787, Abington, Plymouth Co., MA, USA ,   d. 10 Dec 1852, Pembroke, Washington Co., ME, USA  (Age 65 years) + 4. Andrew Sprague,   b. 8 Jan 1793, Dennysville (Now Pembroke), Washington Co., ME, USA ,   d. 22 Apr 1877, Dennysville (Now Pembroke), Washington Co., ME, USA  (Age 84 years)   5. Mary Sprague,   b. 16 May 1795, Dennysville (Now Pembroke), Washington Co., ME, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. William Sprague,   d. Yes, date unknown + 7. Abigail Sprague,   b. 12 Feb 1802, Dennysville (Now Pembroke), Washington Co., ME, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	24 Dec 2020
  Family ID	F16748	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 28 Feb 1753 - Abington, Plymouth Co., MA, USA Married - 4 Apr 1782 - Abington, Plymouth Co., MA, USA Died - 20 Mar 1832 - Pembroke, Washington Co., ME, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S628] Correspondent: Sprague, John Norman. [S1105] Correspondent: McCarthy, Donna Sprague, note of July 28th, 2004. [S5508] Book: Mayflower Families: Samson Volume 20, Fiske, Jane Fischer FASG, Sherman, Robert Moody FASG, &Sherman, Ruth Wilder FASG, (2005, Plymouth Massachusetts, General Society of MayflowerDescendants.), pages 244 t 246. [S72] DAR Patriot Index, page 2764. [S503] Mayflower Families: Henry Samson, Sherman, Robert Moody & Sherman, Ruth Wilder, (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1995), page 59. [S123] DAR Application, "DAR Lineage Books: Application of Mrs. Myrtie Augusta LowHodge, DAR ID Number: 22719". [S123] DAR Application, "DAR Lineage Books: Application of Mrs. Ellen SouleCarhart, DAR ID Number: 27689.". [S72] DAR Patriot Index, Pvt., MA, page 2764. [S123] DAR Application, "served as a private in the Massachusetts militia.", "DARLineage Books: Application of Mrs. Myrtie Augusta LowHodge, DAR ID Number: 22719". [S123] DAR Application, "served as a private in the Massachusetts militia.", "DARLineage Books: Application of Mrs. Ellen Soule Carhart, DARID Number: 27689.". [S1105] Correspondent: McCarthy, Donna Sprague, "d. Pembroke, ME in 1844". [S5508] Book: Mayflower Families: Samson Volume 20, Fiske, Jane Fischer FASG, Sherman, Robert Moody FASG, &Sherman, Ruth Wilder FASG, (2005, Plymouth Massachusetts, General Society of MayflowerDescendants.), pages 244 to 249.