Elizabeth Sprout (1664 - bef. 1726)

Born Jul 1664 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Died before 8 Nov 1726 before age 62 in Middleboro, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

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Biography

Elizabeth, was born July 1664, in Scituate, daughter of Robert Sprout^[1] and Elizabeth (Samson) Sprout, and died, probably in Middleborough, MA, before November 8, 1726, the date her brother James was appointed administrator of her estate.

Her sister Mary and Elizabeth's inventory was recorded together and taken on 11 November 1726 in Middleborough.^[2]

In 1737, it was determined that Elizabeth and her sister Mary's estate would not pay for estate debts, so it was petitioned to sell their homestead. And it was authorized.^[3]

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Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch: 22 October 2020), Plymouth > Scituate > Births, marriages, deaths 1640-1801 > image 51 of 264; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-F4YS : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1724-1731 and 1838-1842 vol 5-5T > image 173 of 596; State Archives, Boston.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-D28Y : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1732-1738 vol 7 > image 172 of 242; State Archives, Boston.

• Robert Moody Sherman, Ruth Wilder Sherman, comps., Robert S. Wakefield, ed., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Henry Samson, Volume 20, 3 parts (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000) 1:3
• Vital Records of Scituate Massachusetts to the year 1850, 2 volumes (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909) 1:327