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 Ralph SpragueBorn 1603 at Upwey, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, died Sep 1650 at Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, age 46 or 47 years Came to Salem, Mass., in 1628 with his two brothers, Richard and William, his wife and two little boys, John and Richard. With several others, they journeyed twelve miles to a hill on the north side of the Charles River, and on the south and southeast slope they made a settlement in 1628. building their homes in a senii-circle"on the two acres of land Governor Endicott granted to each of them. This settlement, called Charlestown, was with- in the present city limits of Boston. September 28, 1630, Ralph was one of a jury impaneled. This was the first jury in Massachusetts, In his short life of forty-seven years he was a very prominent man. On October 19, 1630, he made requisition to be admitted as a Freeman of the Colony, and took the Freeman's oath May 18, 1631. At General Court this month he was made constable and became in regular succession, sergeant, ensign, lieutenant and captain of militia. Nine years from the settlement in Charlestown, Ralph and Richard owned large tracts of land on the opposite side of Mystic River, near Ell Pond, which they called "Pond Feilde." This was in the west part of Maiden, now Melrose. - Excerpts from "The Ralph Sprague Genealogy"
Married 15 Aug 1623 at St George Church, Fordington, Dorchester, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, age 19 or 20 years (married 27 years) to:
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John SpragueBorn 1624 at ,, England, United Kingdom 2.
Richard SpragueBorn ± 1627 at ,, England, United Kingdom 3.
Lieutenant Samuel SpragueBorn ± 1632 at Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, died 3 Oct 1696 at Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, age approximately 64 years, buried at Bell Rock Cemetery, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States His home in Maiden was on the south side of the present Pleasant St., east of the river and not far from the Coytmore mill. He must have been a man having good self control and all of the christian graces according to the following incident for "A youth, Thomas Shepherd struck Samuel Sprague two blows, Sprague did not strike back but said 'What dost thou meane to play the foole? I: am Resolved: I: will: not strike:' although the other dared him with many Rending Speeches." He was appointed town "clarke" of Maiden in 1685; selectman many years; took the Freeman's Oath March 22, 1689-90; commissioner to join with other towns in 1687 to make the county tax rate; was Representative and deputy to the General Court from 1681-1680 and from 1088-1093; and was its secretary from 1682 to 1685; lieutenant of the militia in 1685 and is referred to in the early histories as lieutenant. In 1652 he sold to his brother John his share of the Ell Pond estate which his father Ralph had bequeathed to him. His brother Richard willed his estate to Samuel's two sons, Samuel and John in 1703. He d. October 3, 1690 in Maiden. - From "The Ralph Sprague Geneology" 4.
 Mary SpragueBorn ± 1634 at Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States 5.
Phineas SpragueBorn 31 May 1637 6.
Jonathan SpragueBorn after 1637 | |||