Family of Elkanah + SPRAGUE and Mehitable + MOULTON
Husband: |
Elkanah + SPRAGUE (1732-1790) |
Wife: |
Mehitable + MOULTON (1733-1770) |
Children: |
Abigail + SPRAGUE (1755-1798) |
Marriage |
9 Dec 1754 |
Windham, Windham, CT, US1 |
Husband: Elkanah + SPRAGUE
Name: |
Elkanah + SPRAGUE |
Sex: |
Male |
Father: |
Benjamin + SPRAGUE (1686-1754) |
Mother: |
Abigail + HODGES (1697-1760) |
Birth |
25 Jan 1732 |
Lebanon, New London, CT, US2 |
Title |
|
Captain |
Residence |
1766 (age 33-34)3 |
|
|
Lebanon, Madison, NY, US |
Census |
1790 (age 57-58)4 |
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Hartford, Windsor, VT, US |
Death |
1790 (age 57-58) |
NY, US |
Wife: Mehitable + MOULTON
Spouse: Oliver + TAYLOR
Name: |
Abigail + SPRAGUE |
Sex: |
Female |
Spouse: |
Oliver + TAYLOR (1748-1797) |
Birth |
18 Jul 1755 |
Lebanon, New London, CT, US2 |
Death |
14 May 1798 (age 42) |
Lebanon, New London, CT, US |
Note on Husband: Elkanah + SPRAGUE
capt. elkanah sprague ,son of benjamin {1686}, was born jan25,1732 in lebanon ,conn.he married mehitable moulton dec 19,1754 in windham,conn.he was in windham until1757 settling in hartford ,vt about 1777,in 1777 he was listed in town books as moderator oftown meetings, he was then listed as an ensign.he had extensive service in thr revolutionary war : aug.-oct.,1777 private in capt. hodges co.,col.marsh regt.in apr.27 -june 28 1779,lieutenant incapt. burt's co. col.samuel fletcher's regt.of militia,in service on the frontier at rutland.in 1780,ensign in capt. joshua hazen ,s co.col.wood's{3rd} reg.,became lieutenant in the regt, in which elkanah jr was a private..in aug. he was promoted to capt.of a co. of hartford vt. troops.they were ordered into service at ft, Bethel,25 mi. uo white river.three of his sons served under him.1778 he was one of three selectmen of hartford,vt.he bought many acres of land in harford,vt.he and amos robinson took seats as representatives of hartford,vt in the gen'l assembly of vermont which was considering the differences between new york and vermont/his children were born between 1755 and 1777,there were 11 of them.
Sources
1 | "Connecticut Town Marriage Records pre 1870 (Barbour Collection)". |
2 | Barbour Collection, "Connecticut Town Birth Records pre 1870". |
3 | "New York Genealogical Records 1675-1920 Record". |
5 | "MA Town and Vital Records 1620-1988 Record". |