William Sprague (Y-DNA)
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Status summary
Completed as of October 31, 2020:
- Recruiting additional direct male-line descendants of William Sprague for further SNP testing - anyone interested in submitting their DNA for testing should contact MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com
Still to do as of October 31, 2020
- NGS/WGS test multiple descendants of William Sprague to place the family clade as well as test descendants to discover any subclades unique to descendants lines
Biography
First Generation
William Sprague was born about Oct 1609 in Upwey, Dorsetshire, England, the youngest son of Edward & Christian Sprague. William, and his brothers Ralph and Richard emigrated to Salem in 1628. William married Charlestown 26 May 1635 to Millicent Eames. They had eleven children: Anthony, John, Samuel, Elizabeth, Jonathan (died young), Persis, Joanna, Jonathan, William, Mary & Hannah (died young).
Second Generation
Anthony Sprague was born Charlestown 2 Sep 1635 and died Hingham 3 Sep 1719. He married Hingham 26 Dec 1661 to Elizabeth Bartlett[1]. They had eleven children (born Hingham): Anthony (1663), Benjamin (1665-1690 unm.), John (1667-1690 unm.), Elizabeth (1669-1690), Samuel (1671/2), Sarah (1674), James (1677/8), Josiah (1680), Jeremiah (1682), Richard (1685) and Matthew (1688).
John Sprague was born Hingham about 1638 and died Mendon 26 Oct 1683. He married Weymouth 13 Dec 1666 to Elizabeth Holbrook. They had eight children: John (died young), Elizabeth, Melicent, John, William, Persis, Ebenezer & Hannah.
Samuel Sprague was baptized Hingham 24 May 1640 and died Marshfield in 1709. He married Duxbury abt 1665 to Sarah Chillingsworth. They had eight children: Sarah, Mary, Hannah, Joanna, Samuel, Nathan, John & James.
Jonathan Sprague was baptized Hingham 28 May 1658 and died Smithfield, RI in Sep 1741. He married three times, but only had children by his first marriage, Weymouth 20 Jul 1670 to Mehitable Holbrook. They had six children: Jonathan, Patience, Joanna, Persis, William & Mary.
William Sprague was born Hingham 7 May 1650 and died Providence, RI 26 Sep 1723. He married twice, first 13 Dec 1674 Hingham to Deborah Lane and second, Hingham aft 5 Nov 1709 to Mary Tower. He had eight children by first wife: William, Deborah, Joanna, David, Jonathan, Abiah, John & Benjamin. By his second wife, he had four children: Rowland, Judith, Mary & Peter.
Third Generation
Anthony Sprague (II) was born Hingham 18 Aug 1663 and died prob. Attleboro bef 14 May 1729. He married abt 1689 Mary Tilden and they had nine children (born Rehoboth and Attleboro): Anthony (c1690 m Anne Thurston), Benjamin (1691-1691/2), Mary (1692), Elizabeth (1694), Sarah (1696/7), Lydia (1699), Hannah (1700/1-1704), Mercy (1703) and Phebe (c1705).
Samuel Sprague was born Hingham 8 Mar 1671/2 and died bef 17 Jun 1723. He married (int. Hingham 16 Feb 1716/7) Elizabeth Huet/Hewitt and they had two children (born Hingham): Ruth (1718) and Samuel (1719/20 m Anna Nash).
James Sprague was born Hingham 23 Jan 1677/8 and died aft 24 Mar 1743/4(deed). He married Hingham 8 May 1702 Elizabeth Fearing and they had three children (born Hingham): Elizabeth (1704), infant son (1708-1708) and Jerusha (1712).
Josiah Sprague was born Hingham 23 Apr 1680 and died there 23 Mar 1760 in 80th yr. He married Hingham 17 May 1705 Elizabeth Wilder and they had seven children (born Hingham): Josiah (1706-1778 unm.), Benjamin (1707 m Deborah Corthell), Isaac (1709 m Leah Stodder & Sarah Hersey), Hannah (1711/2), Ephraim (1714 m Hannah Lane, Anna Humphrey & Mary Orcutt), Daniel (1717 m Anna Wilder) and Elisha (1721-1787 unm.)
Jeremiah Sprague was born Hingham 24 Jul 1682 and died there 5 Mar 1759. He married Boston 5 Mar 1706 Priscilla Knight and they had twelve children (first two Boston, rest Hingham): Knight (1708 d.y.), Jacob (1709 m Sarah Stodder), Knight (1711 m Mary Lewis & Mary Beal), Priscilla (1712/3), Jeremiah (1714 m Elizabeth Whiton), Susannah (1716), Mary (1717/8), John (1719/20 m Margaret webb & Lucy Richardson), Nehemiah (1721/2 m Mary ____), Elizabeth (1723/4), Deborah (1725/6) and Joanna (1727/8).
Richard Sprague was born Hingham 10 Apr 1685 and died Smithfield, RI 1 May 1753. He married Mary ____ and they had nine children: Ruth (c1713), Zerviah (1716), Obadiah (1718 m Sarah Cowen & Mary Alger), Abigail (c1719), Urania (c1721), Lydia (c1723), Amos (c1725 m Mercy Comstock), Enoch (1727-1810 unm) and Daniel (c1729 unm.)
Matthew Sprague was born Hingham 27 Mar 1688 and died there 16 Jun 1783. He married Hingham 13 Sep 1716 Sarah Fearing and they had five children (born Hingham): Sarah (1717), Israel (c1719-1730/1), Margaret (1721/2), Lydia (1723) and Noah (1728/9-1813 m Ann Hatch but no ch.)
John Sprague was born Hingham 20 Jan 1675/6. He married Mendon 13 May 1705 Mary Killian but it is currently unknown whether they had any children.
William Sprague was born Hingham 13 Jun 1679 and died Milford about 1752. He married 1712 Hannah Mitchell and they had five children (Mendon): Hannah (1712), John (1714), Margaret (1716), Persis (1718) and William (1719).
Ebenezer Sprague] was born Mendon 1682 and died Providence, RI 13 Feb 1731/2. He married Providence 12 Jan 1705/6 Mary Mann and they had four children (Providence): Mary (1708/9), Ebenezer (1711/2), Daniel (1713) and Samuel (1715).
[Samuel Sprague (II) was born Marshfield 5 Jun 1674 and died 15 Feb 1764. He married Duxbury Bethiah Thomas and they had four children (Duxbury): Sarah (1701), Samuel (c1706), Bethiah (c1710) and Phineas (c1714).
Nathan Sprague was born Marshfield 1679 and died there before 25 Apr 1758. He married 12 Dec 1710 Margaret Randall and they had five children (Marshfield): Joanna (1711), Margaret (1713), James (1714/5), Nathan (1720) and Mary (1722).
John Sprague was born Marshfield 1682 and died Duxbury 14 Dec 1739. He married about 1706 Bethiah Snow and they had eight children (all but oldest Duxbury): Bethiah (Marshfield 1707), John (c1709), Rebecca (1710/1), Joanna (1715), Peleg (c1716), Abijah (son 1719), Susanna (c1721) and Asenath (c1723).
James Sprague was born Marshfield about 1685 and died there 29 Nov 1766. He married Marshfield 19 Nov 1717 Hannah Black and they had two children (Marshfield): James (1718) and Hannah (1721/2).
Jonathan Sprague was born Providence, RI about 1672 and died Smithfield, RI 22 Apr 1764. He married twice
(Capt.) William Sprague was born Smithfield, RI 2 Feb 1690/1 and died there 20 Oct 1778. He married twice
William Sprague
David Sprague
Jonathan Sprague
John Sprague
Benjamin Sprague
Rowland Sprague
Peter Sprague
DNA results R1b-S3933
Previous Y-DNA testing
The Sprague DNA Project Group: "Hap'group R1b - Genetic Family A" has two individuals claiming William Sprague as their Most Distant Known Personal Ancestor (MDKPA). One match in the project (who does not list any ancestor) has Y-SNP tested to R1b-U106>>Z8. Plugging in the modal values for this group into the Nevgen Haplogroup Prediction tool gives a result of: R1b-U106>Z381>Z301>>Z30>>Z8 >>Z346>>S3933
Further needed testing
We need additional direct male-line descendants of William Sprague to WGS/NGS test to refine it further and delineate descendant clades.
References & External Links
Wakefield, Robert S., Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol. 18 part II (daughters Mary, Annna & Elizabeth), General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA, 2011
