Ruth (Alden) Sprague (1674 - 1758)

Born 1674 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Sprague — married 29 Nov 1694 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 2 Jul 1758 at about age 84 in Rochester, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

• Ruth Alden is the daughter of David Alden (1646-1719) and Mary (Southworth) Alden (1654-aft.1719). Born in the year 1674 • Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts.^[1][2].

Mayflower Passenger Descendant

• Ruth Alden is a Mayflower Descendant from John Alden John Alden (abt.1598-1687) ^[3]

Marriage

• Ruth Alden Married to Samuel Sprague in the year 29 Nov 1694 • Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Samuel is the son of John and Ruth (Bassett) Sprague. He was chosen constable on 06 Mar 1700, and town clerk 16 Mar 1709. He probably a carpenter by occupation, at the town records for 1708 show his receipt for 180 pounds in full for erecting the meeting house in Duxbury.. He moved to Rochester about 1710, and died there 25 Jul1740.^[4][5][6]

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Childen

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• 1. Noah Sprague was born in the year 18 Jan 1696 at Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts. m. Sarah HammondNoah Sprague (1696-1773)^[11]

• 2. Elizabeth Sprague was born in the year 4 Jul 1699 at Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (Sprague) Chapman (1699-1754)^[12]

• 3. Nathaniel Sprague was born in the year 10 Jan 1701 at Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts. m. Keziah Baker. Nathaniel Sprague (1702-1739)^[13]

• 4. Samuel Sprague was born in the year born in the year 23 Jun 1704 at Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts. m. Ann/Anna Barlow. Samuel Sprague (1704-1727)

• 5. Mary Sprague was born in the year 20 Dec 1706 –d. 19 Apr 1708 at Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts.m. Isaac Chapman. Mary Sprague (1706-1708) ^[14]

• 6. Priscilla (Sprague) West was born in the year 18 Mar 1708 at Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts. m. Benjamin Hammond, m. Rev. Thomas West. Priscilla (Sprague) West (1709-1779)^[15]

• 7. Micah Sprague was born in the year 1712–d. 1734, m. Elizabeth Turner. Micah Sprague (1712-1734)

• 8. Ruth Sprague was born in the year 30 Aug 1714 at Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts. She died 09 Apr 1733 at Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts.The 2002 Mayflower Families Alden book does not list Ruth, but she is clearly their daughter. Ruth Sprague (1714-1733)^[16]

Death

• Ruth Alden died on 02 Jul 1758 at Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts.^[17][18][19]

Notes

Sources

1. ↑ North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Source Citation Book Title: Sprague Families in America Description Title: Sprague Families in America Source Information Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61157/images/46155_b289655-00012?pId=542133
2. ↑ Source: #S35
3. ↑ General Society of Mayflower Descendants Membership Applications, 1620-1920 NOTE: page 1 of 3 SOURCE: 106013505-00175 VOLUME: Alden, John PAGE: 5468:1 General Society of Mayflower Descendants Membership Applications, 1620-1920. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2020). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2731/i/59468/5468-co1/1429755879
4. ↑ Vital Records of Duxbury, Massachusetts to the year 1850, Marriages Published by the new england historic genealogical society At the charge of the eddy town-record fund Boston, mass. 1911 - Page 212 of 446 Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, Call No. 974.482 D1 V2; Pages 211 and 316, FHL Microfilm No. 481072, Item 3 https://archive.org/stream/vitalrecordsofdu00duxb#page/212/mode/2up
5. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 VOLUME: Duxbury - V1 PAGE: 212 TEXT: Ruth and Samuel Sprague, Nov. 29, 1694 Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7699/212/142058161
6. ↑ Source: #S35
7. ↑ North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Source Citation Book Title: Sprague Families in America Description Title: Sprague Families in America Source Information Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61157/images/46155_b289655-00012?pId=542133
8. ↑ Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 Description Mayflower Births and Deaths: Volume 1 Source Information Ancestry.com. Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data:Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/3718/images/mayflowerbdi-001506.4?pId=59991
9. ↑ Esther Littleford Woodsworth-Barnes, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 16, Part 1, The Descendants of John Alden, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2002. "The Silver Book" Page 164
10. ↑ Alden genealogy Description Section: Third generation Source Information Ancestry.com. Alden genealogy [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data:Turner, Violet Main,. Alden genealogy. New York: The Alden Kindred of New York City and Vicinity, 1988. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/16361/images/dvm_GenMono002872-00124-0?pId=125
11. ↑ Birth • Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ3V-MQQ : 15 January 2020), Ruth in entry for Noah Sprague, 1696.
12. ↑ Birth • Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ3N-2PN : 15 January 2020), Ruth in entry for Elisabeth Sprague, 1699.
13. ↑ Birth • Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ3K-D6Y : 15 January 2020), Ruth in entry for Nathaniel Sprague, 1701.
14. ↑ Birth • Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ3N-4SQ : 15 January 2020), Ruth in entry for Mary Sprague, 1706.
15. ↑ Birth • Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ3J-NBC : 15 January 2020), Ruth in entry for Priscilla Sprague, 1708.
16. ↑ Birth • Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6Q-N57 : 5 January 2021), Ruth in entry for Ruth Sprague, 1714.
17. ↑ Death • Find A Grave Index "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGQ-3N61 : 15 December 2020), Ruth Alden Sprague, ; Burial, Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States of America, Center Cemetery; citing record ID 108267831, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. Memorial ID 108267831 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108267831/ruth-sprague
18. ↑ North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Source Citation Book Title: Sprague Families in America Description Title: Sprague Families in America Source Information Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61157/images/46155_b289655-00012?pId=542133
19. ↑ Source: #S35

• Source: Woodworth-Barnes, Esther Littleford and Williams, Alicia Crane, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 16 Part 1 of 3, John Alden, Boston, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2002. p163-164

• Source: W. V. Sprague, Sprague Families in America, Media: Book.

• Source: World Family Tree, Volume 1, pre-1600 to present, Abbreviation: WFT Vol1

• Source: Information from [the Alden Kindred website]

• Source: Ancestral File Number: 8GZ2-J8 (Family Search)

• Source: S35 Author: Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000; Repository: #R1

• Repository: R1 Name: Ancestry.com