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The Sprague Mill, Upwey, England

Family / Spouse: Lt. Ralph Sprague / Joanna Warren (F13579)

• Father | Male Lt. Ralph Sprague

  
  

  Born	Abt 1599	Upwey, Dorsetshire, England
  Christened	20 Jun 1599	Upwey, Dorsetshire, England
  Died	24 Nov 1650	Malden, Middlesex Co., MA, USA
  Buried
  Married	15 Aug 1623  [1]	Saint George, Fordington, Dorchester, , Dorsetshire, England  [1]
  Father	Edward Sprague | F13549 Family Group Sheet
  Mother	Christian [--?--] | F13549 Family Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Joanna Warren

  
  

  Born	1603
  Died	24 Feb 1679/80	Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA, USA
  Buried
  Other Spouse	Deacon Edward Converse | F13582
  Married	2 Sep 1662
  Father	Richard Warren | F24606 Family Group Sheet
  Mother	Eve [--?--] | F24606 Family Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Male + Capt. John Sprague

  
  

  Born	23 May 1624	Saint George, Fordington, Dorchester, , Dorsetshire, England
  Christened	23 May 1624	Saint George, Fordington, Dorchester, , Dorsetshire, England
  Died	24 Jun 1692	Malden, Middlesex Co., MA, USA
  Buried		Bell Rock Cemetery, Malden, Middlesex Co., MA, USA
  Spouse	Lydia Goffe | F14584
  Married	2 May 1651	Malden, Middlesex Co., MA, USA

  
  

  Child 2 | Male Jonathan Sprague

  
  

  Born
  Christened	27 Nov 1625	Saint George, Fordington, Dorchester, , Dorsetshire, England
  Died	Dec 1650	Malden, Middlesex Co., MA, USA
  Buried

  
  

  Child 3 | Male Capt Richard Sprague

  
  

  Born	Abt 1627	England
  Died	7 Oct 1703
  Buried	13 Oct 1703
  Spouse	Eunice Chester | F10634
  Married	25 Feb 1672/73
  Spouse	Katherine Richardson | F10643
  Married	7 May 1679	Charlestown, Suffolk Co., MA, USA

  
  

  Child 4 | Male Jabez Sprague

  
  

  Born	1629
  Died	1651
  Buried
  Spouse	Judith [--?--] | F16272
  Married

  
  

  Child 5 | Male + Lt. Samuel Sprague

  
  

  Born	Bef 3 Jun 1632	Charlestown, Suffolk Co., MA, USA
  Christened	3 Jun 1632	First Church Of Boston, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, USA
  Died	3 Oct 1696	Malden, Middlesex Co., MA, USA
  Buried		Bell Rock Cemetery, Malden, Middlesex Co., MA, USA
  Spouse	Rebecca Crawford | F16273
  Married	23 Aug 1655	Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, USA

  
  

  Child 6 | Female + Mary Sprague

  
  

  Born	Bef 14 Sep 1634	Charlestown, Suffolk Co., MA, USA
  Christened	14 Sep 1634	Charlestown, Suffolk Co., MA, USA
  Died	26 Nov 1717
  Buried
  Spouse	Daniel Edmands | F16274
  Married

  
  

  Child 7 | Male + Phineas Sprague

  
  

  Born	1637	Charlestown, Suffolk Co., MA, USA
  Christened	31 May 1637	Charlestown, Suffolk Co., MA, USA
  Died	23 Jan 1689/90	Malden, Middlesex Co., MA, USA
  Buried		Bell Rock Cemetery, Malden, Middlesex Co., MA, USA
  Spouse	Mary Carrington | F16275
  Married	11 Dec 1661	Malden, Middlesex Co., MA, USA
  Spouse	Sarah Hasey | F16276
  Married	5 Jan 1669/70	Malden, Middlesex Co., MA, USA

  
  

• Notes

  Married: From Dottie Middleton, correspondent, note of June 2, 2016 Online Fordington St George parish records show that Joanna and Ralph were married 15 Aug 1623; unfortunately, the online transcript doesn't name their parents.  John Sprague was baptized at St George 23 May 1624 and Jonathan on 27 November 1625. John died in 1692 and is buried in Bell Rock Cemetery, Malden, MA, with about 30 other Spragues.  Some researchers (Sprague database, familysearch, IGI, and Michael Russell, OPC, who wrote "Pilgrims from Fordington The Sprague Family From Fullers to Founding Fathers") say Jonathan died in 1650 in Malden.  Copy-cat "research?"  Access to first-hand documents I haven't found?  I don't know.  In any case, Jonathan has no headstone at Bell Rock Cemetery, and none in Massachusetts that I could find on findagrave.  There is one Sprague headstone at Bell Rock with only the surname; that might or might not be Jonathan, but we don't know.  Further research is needed.  Watkins' noting "no later mention" of Jonathan and speculating that he might have died in childhood is somewhat misleading.  Existing St George parish records do not mention Jonathan after his baptism; however, the 1626 records were very badly water damaged and the 1629 records are missing.

  
  

• Sources

  [S433] Book: New England Marriages, Torrey, Clarence A., (Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004), page 698.