Nehemiah
Spragg
Born after in Queens, New York
Ancestors 
Son of Edward Spragg Sr.
and Abigail Southard
Brother of
Sarah Spragg, Jacob Spragg, Edward Spragg, Michael Spragg, Abigail (Spragg) Gritman and Thomas Spragg
Husband of
Phoebe (Southard) Spragg
— married
5 Sep 1725 in St. George's Church, Hempstead, New York
Descendants 
Father of
Micah Spragg, Hannah Spragg, Kaziah Spragg, Phoebe Spragg, Timothy Spragg, Amelia Spragg and Uriah Spragg
Died about
before about age 98
in Monmouth, New Jersey, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 12 May 2014
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Biography
Nehemiah was born 1698 & died 1745/7 in Queens, NY. His son Capt James Spragg (ship? HRS) came from LI to Barnegat City NJ & married Rachel Perkins."
From: Index of NJ Probate Records (letter of W. V. Sprague, MD circa 1920) (HRS 1998) Nehemiah Spragg; 7561 - 7564 m; B,35 p 386 Intestate 1796, Inventory 1796 Source: Ocean County Historical Society Research Library; Corinne Lill:
"Nehemiah Spragg married Phoebe Southard 25 Sept 1725 at St. George's Ch in Hempstead LI. [1]
Nehemiah's son Uriah born ca 1742/43 died Green County PA married 1 ?? in 1774 & moved to PA. Married 2 Hester Kurch. Issue: Caleb, Adam, David, Benajah, Richard, Juelda, Hester and Sarah. Uriah was in the NJ Revolution & the PA Military Roll, Bedford County, Turkey Township
Sources
- ↑ St George's Marriage Registry http://longislandgenealogy.com/StGeorge/marriages/M1725.html
- From John R. Sprague, III: "The Genealogist" Vol 12. No 1
He d. ca. 1796, an inventory of his estate being filed in Monmouth, N.J., in that year. He resided in Hempstead at least until 1746 or 1747, as his name appears in the Hempstead tax list, but he must have moved, likely to N.J., by 23 May 1747, when his earmark was reassigned.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nehemiah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nehemiah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nehemiah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nehemiah:
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~0.39%
Mona (Pierce) Berman
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A384180 [compare], Ancestry member Mona1948
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