Brief Life History of Nehemiah
When Nehemiah Sprague was born on 21 February 1721, in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Jeremiah Sprague Sr, was 38 and his mother, Priscilla Knight, was 34. He married Mary Simmons in August 1745, in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters.
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Sources (15)
- Nehemiah Sprague, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Nehemiah Sprague, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Nehemia Sprague, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Spouse and Children
1721– Male
1721–1800 Female
Children (7)
1746– Female
1748– Female
1749–1839 Female
1752–1757 Male
1756–1805 Female
+2 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1682–1759 Male
1686–1775 Female
Siblings (13)
1708–1710 Male
1709–1785 Male
1711–1804 Male
1712–1798 Female
1714–1777 Male
+8 More Children
World Events (6)
1776
Age 55
1776 · The Declaration to the King
Age 55
1783 · A Free America
Age 62
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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