| Name |
Noah Sprague [1] |
| Born |
Jun 1775 |
Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, USA  [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
 Census |
1810 |
Jefferson, Lincoln Co., ME, USA [3] |
Year: 1810; Census Place: Jefferson, Lincoln, Maine; Roll: 12; Page: 290; Image: 00294; Family History Library Film: 0218683
|
| Military |
Between 3 Sep 1814 and 7 Nov 1814 |
War Of 1812 [3] |
| Massachusetts Militia |
Noah Sprague served in the Massachusetts Militia during the War of 1812
Capt. N. Payson's Company, Lieut Col. E. Foot's Regiment
Raised at Hope. Service at Camden
(note: The Towns of Hope and Camden are now in present-day Knox County, Maine)
Dates of Service:
3 Sep to 9 Sep 1814
21 Sep to 23 Sep 1814
3 Nov to 7 Nov 1814
Source: U.S., Adjutant General Military Records, 1631-1976
California State Library; Sacramento; Records of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
|
| Census |
1820 |
Appleton Plantation, Lincoln Co., ME, USA [3] |
1820 U S Census; Census Place: Appleton Plantation, Lincoln, Maine; Page: 279; NARA Roll: M33_36; Image: 156
|
| Will |
22 Dec 1837 |
Waldo Co., ME, USA [4] |
From David W. Kaczka, correspondent, note of July 9, 2016
Confirmed children of Noah Sprague, who were living at the time that his will was written, 22 Dec 1837. Thanks to M. Kathryn Kelly for finding this:
1) Danford
2) Charles F.
3) Joseph R.
4) Noah
5) Isaac
6) William
7) Hiram
8) Lucy Ann
9) Horace
10) Hannah
I have accounted for all of his children except Hannah, who I estimate was born sometime around 1817.
Source:
The Will of Noah Sprague
Appleton, Waldo County, Maine
Docket 2, Page 177, Case 455
Waldo County Probate Court
Registry of Probate
39A Spring Street
Belfast, Maine
207-338-2780
From David W. Kaczka, correspondent, note of July 10, 2016
Noah's will (attached) lists his three youngest children Danford, Joseph, and Charles first (to receive equal portions of his estate if his wife died or remarried). The other children (each received $1) were all listed in chronological order, according to their dates of birth. This would place her year of birth sometime after Horace's (1813) but before Danford (1820). This is also consistent with the 1820 Census listing for Noah, which lists one female under 10 in the household, who would have to be Hannah. So her mother would have to be Noah's first wife, Lusanna / Lucy Anna Haskins.
|
 |
I43664
Will of Noah Sprague |
| Died |
4 Mar 1838 |
Appleton, Knox Co., ME, USA [1] |
- Pittman/Sprague Cemetery Appleton, Maine
SPRAGUE, NOAH died March 4, 1838, ae. 62 yrs., 9 mo.
|
| Buried |
Pittman/Sprague Cemetery, Appleton, Knox Co., ME, USA [2] |
| Notes |
- Note to Cecil Sprague from Richard E. Weber, Sprague Project Developer
This one introduces a bit of uncertainty. Lucy Ann Sprague is indicated in your note as the wife of Noah. However, this doesn't match what I already have recorded. Noah is listed as married to Susanna and to Jane. Is Lucy Ann one of these two individuals or is the current record incomplete.
Another issue comes from Noah's age which gives him a birth of approximately June 1775. This is a variation of several years from the birth year currently recorded. Can you add and clarifications to these two matters?
Cecil's response:
I don't have any substantive proof, however based on how many Noah Sprague's that were living in the area at that time, it seems highly probably that these two are the same. Many grave markers have been known to have errors (or the birth day you have could be in error also), and It is always possible that he had an additional unknown wife. The fact that Hiram Sprague is buried there also and Noah Sprague had a Hiram Sprague seems likely it is the same family.
From David W. Kaczma, correspondent, note of September 20, 2015
I've attached scans on some interesting legal documents I obtained from the online Boston College archives on Noah Sprague (http://dcollections.bc.edu/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=449564&local_base=GEN01): a summons for nonpayment of a $5 debt to a Mr. Robert Robinson, as well as the original unpaid promissory note. These documents are from 1808, when Noah (son of Asher Sprague) would have been about 33 years old. At the time, Jefferson County (now in Maine) was still part of Massachusetts (before the Missouri Compromise of 1820). If you look at the promissory note, you'll notice how tremulous his handwriting was for a relatively young man. Not sure I can read too much into this, but I have discovered that he had considerable financial and legal difficulties throughout this life. I have a few other court records from Maine that I'll send you - Noah's own physician, Isaac Flitner, actually sued his estate for nonpayment of services when he tended to him on death bed.
NOTE: The above mention attachements are included in the picture section as 43664a, b, c, & d.
From David W. Kaczma, correspondent, note of December 26, 2015
Description: Noah Sprague was residing in Jefferson, Lincoln Co. Maine in 1808, according to the Native Soil Manuscripts Index, Document No. 1663.
In this summons, Noah Sprague, a "housewright alias husbandman," is brought before the courts to answer charges to the plaintiff, Robert Robinson, "a yeoman alias esquire." Interesting to note that both parties have dual occupations. This document also comes with a neat little insert.
Scans of the document may be found at http://dcollections.bc.edu/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=449564&local_base=GEN01 as follows:
Object
Robert E. Brooker III Collection of Amer Robert E. Brooker III Collection of Amer... - Mets (8 K)
Creator Sprague, Noah
Robinson, Robert
Huston, Robert
Clary, Timothy
Title The Robert E. Brooker III Collection of American Legal and Land Use Documents, 1716-1930. No. 1663
Date created 1808
Format 1 manuscript
Abstract Two related documents: 1) Summons for non payment of debt. Writ. Area was part of Massachusetts but is now in Maine. 2) The original unpaid promissory note.
General notes Names in document: Noah Sprague, Robert Robinson, Robert Huston, Timothy Clary.
Primary location: Maine (Jefferson).
Other locations: Newcastle, Maine.
Electronic reproduction. Chestnut Hill, Mass. : University Libraries, Boston College, 2010.
Brooker Collection, Daniel R. Coquillette Rare Book Room, Boston College Law Library.
Use Restrictions Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the "Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States" license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/)
Place Name Maine -- Jefferson
Maine -- Newcastle
Genre Heading summons
Sys. No. 000018310
Related collections
Daniel R. Coquillette Rare Book Room, Boston College Law Library > Robert E. Brooker III Collection of American Legal and Land Use Documents, 1716-1930
From David W. Kaczka, correspondent, note of January 23, 2016
Noah Sprague is listed as a founding member of the Appleton Baptist Church in 1816, along with his wife Lucy Ann (I43674) and son Isaac (I315047). His older son, Noah Jr (I251378), joined soon after. The church is still standing at 108 Searsmont Rd, Appleton, ME 04862.
Source: "The Appleton Baptist Church: The First One Hundred Years", edited by Royce W. Miller, Third Edition April and May 1998, updated June 1999. Prepared for the Appleton Historical Society. [3, 5, 6]
- (Research):
From David Kaczma, correspondent, note of December 13, 2015
I do have a VERY strong suspicion that this William Sprague (I318347), along with Isaac (I315047), were the sons of Noah Sprague (I43664). Isaac and William are actually listed on the same page in the 1840 Census for Washington, Lincoln County, Maine. I have quite a bit of circumstantial evidence to support this notion, and I think most professional genealogists would claim this to be a 'calculated relationship'. I am hesitant to make this leap, however, since I've confirmed that this area of Maine was populated by descendants of both William Sprague (1609-1675) and Francis Sprague (1590-1676), two different lines. [7]
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| Person ID |
I43664 |
Sprague Project |
| Last Modified |
12 Jul 2016 |
| Family / Spouse 1 |
Susanna Haskins, b. 1777, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, USA , d. 14 Mar 1826, Appleton, Knox Co., ME, USA (Age 49 years) |
| Married |
2 Apr 1797 |
| Children |
| + | 1. Noah Sprague, b. 2 Sep 1799, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, USA , d. 25 May 1882, Appleton, Knox Co., ME, USA (Age 82 years) |
| + | 2. Isaac Sprague, b. 10 Nov 1801, Jefferson, Lincoln Co., ME, USA , d. 28 May 1891 (Age 89 years) |
| + | 3. William Sprague, b. 14 Jun 1804, Jefferson, Lincoln Co., ME, USA , d. 14 Apr 1890, Washington, Knox Co., ME, USA (Age 85 years) |
| + | 4. Hiram Sprague, b. Cal 6 Jan 1806, d. 20 Jan 1853 (Age ~ 47 years) |
| + | 5. Lucy Ann Sprague, b. 10 Feb 1810, Jefferson, Lincoln Co., ME, USA , d. 21 Jun 1891, Appleton, Knox Co., ME, USA (Age 81 years) |
| + | 6. Horace Sprague, b. 1813, d. 18 Jun 1863, Appleton, Knox Co., ME, USA (Age 50 years) |
| | 7. Hannah Sprague, b. 23 Jul 1813, d. 5 Jan 1880 (Age 66 years) |
| + | 8. Danford Sprague, b. Cal 1 Jan 1820, ME, USA , d. 5 Mar 1882, Tiffin, Seneca Co., OH, USA (Age ~ 62 years) |
|
| Last Modified |
2 Feb 2013 |
| Family ID |
F16816 |
Family Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family / Spouse 3 |
Nancy Hall, b. Between 1789 and 1790, ME, USA , d. 5 Jan 1882, Nobleboro, Lincoln Co., ME, USA (Age ~ 93 years) |
| Married |
2 Jan 1831 |
Nobleboro, Lincoln Co., ME, USA [9] |
- Noah had a third wife, Nancy Hodgkins. Source: "Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907," Database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4F2-8QV : accessed 20 June 2015), Noah Sprague and Nancy Hodgkins, 02 Jan 1831; citing Nobleborough, Lincoln,Maine, reference ; FHL microfilm 11,575.
They had two children together: Charles F. Sprague (1832- ) and Joseph Sprague (1836). Source: Massachusetts Marriage Records. Also refer to case Hanly v. Sprague, Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine, Vol II, pp 431-435, 1841. [9]
|
| Children |
| + | 1. Charles F. Sprague, b. 1832, Acton, York Co., ME, USA , d. 24 Mar 1862, Fort Jefferson, Monroe Co., FL, USA (Age 30 years) |
| + | 2. Joseph R. Sprague, b. 1836, d. Yes, date unknown |
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| Last Modified |
12 Jul 2016 |
| Family ID |
F148893 |
Family Group Sheet | Family Chart |
1775 - 1838 (~ 62 years)
: Address
: Location
: City/Town
: County/Shire
: State/Province
: Country
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