Brief Life History of Martha
Martha Spraque was born on 10 August 1802, in Danby, Rutland, Vermont, United States. She married Benjamin Sweet on 29 November 1818, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Martha Sweet in household of Benjamin Sweet, "United States Census, 1850"
- Martha Sweet in entry for Triphena Sweet Hicks, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005"
- Martha in entry for Triphena Sweat Hicks, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
Spouse and Children
1796–1857 Male
1802– Female
Children (12)
1820– Female
1823– Male
1824– Female
1826–1871 Female
1827–1895 Male
+7 More Children
World Events (8)
1803
Age 1
1803 · The U.S doubles in size
Age 1
1834 · Vermont Anti-Slavery Society is Formed
Age 32
Name Meaning
English (Devon): nickname from Middle English sprag ‘brisk, energetic’, a variant of Sprake with voicing of the -k-, which survives in the 19th-century dialect word spragg ‘lively, ingenious’. It was occasionally used in the 12th century as personal name, recorded as Spreg'c. 1177–86.
History: William Sprague came from England to Salem, MA, in 1628 with his brothers Ralph and Richard. He was one of the founders of Charlestown, MA, and later of Hingham, MA. His descendants include Peleg Sprague, a jurist and MA legislator, who was born in 1793 in Duxbury, MA; William Sprague a textile manufacturer born in 1773 in Cranston, RI; and Yale College educator Homer Baxter Sprague, who was born in 1829 in South Sutton, MA, and whose legacy lives on in Yale's Sprague concert hall.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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