Noah Sprague

1775 - 1838  (~ 62 years)

• 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 theWar 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-dayKnox 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 theMassachusetts 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 thetime 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, whoI 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 childrenDanford, Joseph, and Charles first (to receive equalportions of his estate if his wife died or remarried). Theother children (each received $1) were all listed inchronological 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 consistentwith the 1820 Census listing for Noah, which lists onefemale under 10 in the household, who would have to beHannah. 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, SpragueProject Developer This one introduces a bit of uncertainty. Lucy Ann Spragueis indicated in your note as the wife of Noah. However,this doesn't match what I already have recorded. Noah islisted as married to Susanna and to Jane. Is Lucy Ann oneof these two individuals or is the current recordincomplete. Another issue comes from Noah's age which gives him a birthof approximately June 1775. This is a variation of severalyears from the birth year currently recorded. Can you addand clarifications to these two matters? Cecil's response: I don't have any substantive proof, however based on howmany Noah Sprague's that were living in the area at thattime, it seems highly probably that these two are the same. Many grave markers have been known to have errors (or thebirth day you have could be in error also), and It isalways possible that he had an additional unknown wife.The fact that Hiram Sprague is buried there also and NoahSprague had a Hiram Sprague seems likely it is the samefamily. From David W. Kaczma, correspondent, note of September 20,2015 I've attached scans on some interesting legal documents Iobtained from the online Boston College archives on NoahSprague(http://dcollections.bc.edu/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=449564&local_base=GEN01): a summons for nonpayment of a $5debt to a Mr. Robert Robinson, as well as the originalunpaid promissory note. These documents are from 1808,when Noah (son of Asher Sprague) would have been about 33years old. At the time, Jefferson County (now in Maine)was still part of Massachusetts (before the MissouriCompromise of 1820). If you look at the promissory note,you'll notice how tremulous his handwriting was for arelatively young man. Not sure I can read too much intothis, but I have discovered that he had considerablefinancial and legal difficulties throughout this life. Ihave a few other court records from Maine that I'll sendyou - Noah's own physician, Isaac Flitner, actually suedhis estate for nonpayment of services when he tended to himon death bed. NOTE: The above mention attachements are included in thepicture 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 SoilManuscripts Index, Document No. 1663. In this summons, Noah Sprague, a "housewright aliashusbandman," is brought before the courts to answer chargesto the plaintiff, Robert Robinson, "a yeoman aliasesquire." Interesting to note that both parties have dualoccupations. This document also comes with a neat littleinsert. Scans of the document may be found athttp://dcollections.bc.edu/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=449564&local_base=GEN01 as follows: Object     Robert E. Brooker III Collection of Amer          RobertE. Brooker III Collection of Amer... - Mets (8 K) Creator      Sprague, Noah      Robinson, Robert      Huston, Robert      Clary, TimothyTitle      The Robert E. Brooker IIICollection of American Legal and Land Use Documents,1716-1930. No. 1663 Date created      1808 Format      1 manuscriptAbstract      Two related documents:1) Summons for non payment of debt. Writ. Area was part ofMassachusetts but is now in Maine. 2) The original unpaidpromissory note.General notes      Names in document:Noah Sprague, Robert Robinson, Robert Huston, Timothy Clary.      Primary location: Maine(Jefferson).      Other locations: Newcastle, Maine.      Electronic reproduction. ChestnutHill, Mass. : University Libraries, Boston College, 2010.      Brooker Collection, Daniel R.Coquillette Rare Book Room, Boston College Law Library.Use Restrictions      Use of thisresource is governed by the terms and conditions of the"Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 UnitedStates" 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 LawLibrary > Robert E. Brooker III Collection of AmericanLegal 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 AppletonBaptist 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 standingat 108 Searsmont Rd, Appleton, ME 04862. Source: "The Appleton Baptist Church: The First One HundredYears", edited by Royce W. Miller, Third Edition April andMay 1998, updated June 1999. Prepared for the AppletonHistorical 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 ofNoah Sprague (I43664). Isaac and William are actuallylisted on the same page in the 1840 Census for Washington,Lincoln County, Maine. I have quite a bit ofcircumstantial evidence to support this notion, and I thinkmost professional genealogists would claim this to be a'calculated relationship'. I am hesitant to make thisleap, however, since I've confirmed that this area of Mainewas populated by descendants of both William Sprague(1609-1675) and Francis Sprague (1590-1676), two differentlines. [7]
  Person ID	I43664	Sprague Project
  Last Modified	12 Jul 2016

  
  

  Father	Asher Sprague,   b. 29 May 1743, Hingham, Plymouth Co., MA, USA ,   d. 12 Jun 1824, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, USA  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Susanna Buck,   b. 18 Sep 1746, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, USA ,   d. 1793  (Age 46 years)
  Married	12 Jul 1764	Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F16591	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  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 2	Jane Chase,   d. 3 Jun 1830
  Married	9 Feb 1827	Newcastle, Lincoln Co., ME, USA   [1, 8]
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2013
  Family ID	F90347	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, 02Jan 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 MarriageRecords. Also refer to case Hanly v. Sprague, Reports ofCases Determined in the Supreme Judicial Court of the Stateof 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
  Last Modified	12 Jul 2016
  Family ID	F148893	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Jun 1775 - Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, USA Census - 1810 - Jefferson, Lincoln Co., ME, USA Census - 1820 - Appleton Plantation, Lincoln Co., ME, USA Married - 9 Feb 1827 - Newcastle, Lincoln Co., ME, USA Married - 2 Jan 1831 - Nobleboro, Lincoln Co., ME, USA Will - 22 Dec 1837 - Waldo Co., ME, USA Died - 4 Mar 1838 - Appleton, Knox Co., ME, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  [S161] Correspondent: Robinson, Jean Parker, note of July 3rd, 2006. [S114] Correspondent: Sprague, Cecil R., III, note of May 28th, 2008. [S4819] Correspondent: Kaczka, David W., note of December 26, 2015. [S4819] Correspondent: Kaczka, David W., note of July 9, 2016. [S4819] Correspondent: Kaczka, David W., note of September 20, 2015. [S4819] Correspondent: Kaczka, David W., note of January 23, 2016. [S4819] Correspondent: Kaczka, David W., note of December 13, 2015. [S161] Correspondent: Robinson, Jean Parker, note of October 21, 2013. [S4819] Correspondent: Kaczka, David W., note of October 3, 2015.