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Lieut Ralph Sprague

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Lieut Ralph Sprague

Birth
Dorset, England
Death
Nov 1650 (aged 49–50)
Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.4384295, Longitude: -71.060796
Plot
Section 28 Lot 053 Grave NA
Memorial ID
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Born about 1595, probably at Upway, Dorsetshire, son of Edward and Christian (_____) Sprague. In his will, Edward calls "Ralphe Sprague my eldest son." A fuller from Fordington St. George, Dorsetshire who came to Massachusetts Bay in 1629. First settled in Charlestown & removed to Malden. Died in Malden November 1650. His stepfather, John Corbin, wrote from Upway on 25 March 1651 "I am very sorry to understand that my brother-in-law John Holland shall report ... that you are dead ... but I give God praise that I hear to the contrary."
Married in Fordington St. George, Dorsetshire, 15 August 1623 Johane/Joan Warren, daughter of Richard Warren. Joan Sprague was admitted to Boston church as member #103, immediately after her husband; dismissed with him to newly formed church at Charlestown. She married (2) 1663 EDWARD CONVERSE . She died Woburn 24 February 1680 and called herself "Joannah Convers widow to Edward deceased sometimes wife of Lieutenant Ralph Sprague" in her will. Source: Anderson's Pilgrim Migration.
Born about 1595, probably at Upway, Dorsetshire, son of Edward and Christian (_____) Sprague. In his will, Edward calls "Ralphe Sprague my eldest son." A fuller from Fordington St. George, Dorsetshire who came to Massachusetts Bay in 1629. First settled in Charlestown & removed to Malden. Died in Malden November 1650. His stepfather, John Corbin, wrote from Upway on 25 March 1651 "I am very sorry to understand that my brother-in-law John Holland shall report ... that you are dead ... but I give God praise that I hear to the contrary."
Married in Fordington St. George, Dorsetshire, 15 August 1623 Johane/Joan Warren, daughter of Richard Warren. Joan Sprague was admitted to Boston church as member #103, immediately after her husband; dismissed with him to newly formed church at Charlestown. She married (2) 1663 EDWARD CONVERSE . She died Woburn 24 February 1680 and called herself "Joannah Convers widow to Edward deceased sometimes wife of Lieutenant Ralph Sprague" in her will. Source: Anderson's Pilgrim Migration.


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  • Created by: Linda Mac
  • Added: Mar 29, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35329935/ralph-sprague: accessed ), memorial page for Lieut Ralph Sprague (1600–Nov 1650), Find a Grave Memorial ID 35329935, citing Forest Dale Cemetery, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Linda Mac (contributor 47062703).