Phineas Sprague

1666 - 1736  (~ 70 years)

• Name	Phineas Sprague  [1]
  Born	Feb 1665/66	Malden, Middlesex, MA, USA   [1]
  Died	29 Aug 1736  [1]
  Notes	22 Phineas3 (s. John2, Ralph1, Edward), b. December 1665-66 in Malden. Took Freeman's Oath March 22, 1690; d. August 29, 1736. He settled about two miles north of his father when he was m. in 1700 to Elizabeth, dau. of John and Mary Green. She was b. February 3, 1673, d. in 1747. At the time of the death of his father which occurred in 1692, he inherited a homestead out of the original Ell Pond farm, which his grandfather Ralph had purchased of the Indians in 1639. At the time of his death, he bequeathed his two farms to his two sons. Phineas, having the Ell Pond farm and Samuel having the old homestead, which in 1761 he deeded to his brother Phineas. Was a soldier in King Philip's War, Three County Troup, etc. ; had rank as "ensign," a title which clung to him. In 1691 for his eighteen weeks' service as Representative, he received fifty cents per day. His home was situated in what is now Melrose, near junction of Florence, Vinton and Maple Streets. CHILDREN. 74 Elizabeth. b. Oct. 11, 1690. 75 Mary, b. Oct. 15, 1693. 76 Tabithy, b. Oct. 19, 1696. 77 Phineas, b. Jan. 13, 1700-01. 78 Sarah, b. Jan. 30, 1702. 79 Lois, b. Nov. 18, 1705. 80 Lydia, b. Dec. 11, 1708. 81 Samuel, b. Sept 27, 1712. [2]
  Person ID	I84	AC-Family
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2015

  
  

  Father	Capt. John Sprague,   b. 23 May 1624, Fordington, Saint George, Dorset, England ,   d. 25 Jun 1692, Malden, Middlesex, MA, USA  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Lydia Goffe,   b. Abt 1628, , , England, Great Britain ,   d. 11 Dec 1715, Malden, Middlesex, MA, USA  (Age ~ 87 years)
  Married	2 Mar 1650/51	Malden, Middlesex, MA, USA   [3, 4]
  	non sourced date given as 2 May 1651
  Alt. Marriage Date	2 May 1651	Malden, Middlesex, MA, USA   [5]
  Alt. Marriage Date	2 May 1653  [6]
  Family ID	F23	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family / Spouse	Elizabeth Green,   b. 3 Feb 1672/73,   d. 1747  (Age 73 years)
  Married	1700  [1]
  	Phineas Sprague and Elizabeth Green had eight children. [2]
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2011
  Family ID	F49	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Feb 1665/66 - Malden, Middlesex, MA, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S191] Surname / Sprague: Ralph Sprague Genealogy, E. G. Sprague, (Montpelier, Vt.: The Capital City Press, 1913?.), 40. [S191] Surname / Sprague: Ralph Sprague Genealogy, E. G. Sprague, (Montpelier, Vt.: The Capital City Press, 1913?.), 40-41. [S417] Place / U.S.A. / MA: Massachusetts Marriages, Early, Prior to 1899, Frederic W. Bailey, editor, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1968.), G929.3744 B152 eap., 66. [S278] Surname / Sprague: Sprague Families in America, Warren Vincent Sprague, (Rutland, VT: The Tuttle Company, 1913.), 123. [S271] Surname / Sprague: Spragues of Malden Mass., George Walter Chamberlain, (Boston: Private printing, 1923.), 83. [S454] Surname / Cutter: Cutter Family of New Eng, Benjamin Cutter, (Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1871.), 19.