Ruth
Sprague
Born in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Daughter of Samuel Sprague
and Ruth (Alden) Sprague
Sister of
Noah Sprague, Elizabeth (Sprague) Chapman, Nathaniel Sprague, Samuel Sprague, Mary Sprague, Priscilla (Sprague) West and Micah Sprague
[children unknown]
Died
at age 18
in Rochester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Feb 2011
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Biography
Ruth Sprague d/o Samuel Sprague and Ruth Alden was b. Rochester 30 Aug 1714.[1]
Israell Hammond and Ruth Sprague, filed an intention to marry Mar. 24, 1732-3 in Rochester, Massachusetts[2][3]
Ruth never married Israel Hammond. Ruth ye Daur to Lieu Samll Sprague whod Dec. April ye 9 th 1733 in ye 19th year of her age. At Gods command her bridegroom she exchanged We hope her faith in Christ Death ....[4][5]
Sources
- ↑ Vital records of Rochester, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. Vol 1 Births. [https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofro01roch_0/page/n567/mode/2up p. 283
- ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7783/153/141900240
- ↑ Vital records of Rochester, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. vol 2 Marriage s and deaths. p. 290
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 July 2020), memorial page for Ruth Sprague (30 Aug 1714–9 Apr 1733), Find A Grave: Memorial #107936766 citing Center Cemetery, Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Caryn (contributor 47509429)
- ↑ Bowman, George Ernest. "False and Faked Mayflower Claims" "Ruth Sprague Did Not Marry John Haskell" The Mayflower descendant : a quarterly magazine ... vol.20 (1918). pp 190-192]
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Manager, I am going to disconnect Israel Hammond. He and Ruth never married because she died before the nuptials took place as her gravestone says "At Gods command her bridegroom she exchanged" I will of course leave the link. Thank you.