SPRAGUE, John Francis

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A soldier in King Philip's War

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Died:
Slain in Pierce's fierce fight at Pawtucket in King Phillip's War.

John married BASSETT, Ruth in 1655 in Plymouth, MA. Ruth (daughter of BASSETT, William and TILDEN\ SELDON\ NEILL, Elizabeth) was born in 1633 in Bridgewater, MA; died in 1696 in Duxbury, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. SPRAGUE, Lieut. John was born in CA 1656 in Duxbury, MA; died on 6 Mar 1727 in MA; was buried in Lebanon, CT.
2. SPRAGUE, Elizabeth was born in 1657 in Duxbury, MA; died on 27 May 1727 in Plympton, MA; was buried in Plympton, MA.
3. SPRAGUE, Ruth was born on 12 Feb 1658 in Marshfield, MA; died on 3 Mar 1734 in Dartmouth, MA; was buried in Dartmouth, MA.
4. SPRAGUE, William was born in 1664 in Duxbury, MA; died on 25 Nov 1712 in at sea.
5. SPRAGUE, Desire was born in 1665 in Duxbury, MA; died in 1700 in Rochester, MA.
6. SPRAGUE, Dorcas was born in 1666 in Duxbury, MA; died on 10 Jan 1710 in Falmouth, MA.
7. SPRAGUE, Phineas was born in Dec 1665 in Malden, MA; and died.
8. SPRAGUE, Lieut. Samuel was born in CA 1670 in Duxbury, MA; died on 25 Jul 1740 in Rochester, MA; was buried in Rochester, MA.
9. SPRAGUE, Sarah was born in Feb 1672 in Malden, MA; died in 1752 in MA.

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• Residence: 1623, Plymouth, MA
• Arrival: Jul 1623, Plymouth, MA; aboard the "good ship Anne"
• Residence: 1627, Plymouth, MA

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He arrived at Plymouth on the "Little Anne" in 1623. He was one of those "passengers" who, as Morton writes, "seeing the low and poor conditions of those that were before them, were much daunted and dismayed, and according to their divers humors, were diversely affected. Some wished themselves in England again; others fell to weeping, fancying their own misery in what they saw in others; other some pitying the distress they saw in their friends had long been in, and still were under. In a word, all were full of sadness; only some of their old friends rejoiced to see them, and it was no worse with them, for they could not expect it should be better, and now hoped they should enjoy better days together. And truly it was no marvel they should be thus affected, for they were in a low condition, both in respect of food and clothing at that time." Governor Bradford, in allusion to the passengers who came in the Anne and the James, says: "The best dish we could present them with, is a lobster, or a piece of fish, without bread, or any thing else but a cup of fair spring water; and the long continuance of this diet, with our labors abroad, has somewhat abated the freshness of our complexion; but God gives us health." (New England's Memorial, Davis' edition, p. 102, and Young's Chronicles of the Pilgrims, P. 353.)

Residence:
Shared in the division of lands with those who came in the Anne

Residence:
At the division of cattle he gives the name of his children as Ann and Mary. in July he signed an agreement with William Bradford and others pertaining to the carrying on of the fur trade.

Francis married ARCHER, Lydia in 1620 in England. Lydia was born in CA 1600 in London, London, England; died in 1660 in Duxbury, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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