Ebenezer Sprout (1676 - 1726)

Born May 1676 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Experience (Hawes) Miller — married 1 Mar 1703 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 20 Jul 1726 at age 50 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Ebenezer Sprout married Experience Hawes on 01 March 1703/4 in Yarmouth. Experience was born on 24 September 1686 in Yarmouth, the daughter of John and Desire (Gorham) Hawes, and died in her 74th year on 19 November 1758.^[1]

Children:^[1]

1. Thankful
2. Abigail
3. Mary
4. Ebenezer
5. James

Birth

Date: May 1676

Place: Massachusets, USA^[2][3]

Death

Death: Age: 50

Date: 20 July 1726

Location of death is Middleborough, Massachusetts ^[4]

Burial

Burial:

Place: Middleboro, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA

Probate

His will is dated 8 September 1726 and proved on 21 November 1726 in Plymouth. He mentions his children, Ebenezer (eldest son), James, Thankful Bennett, Abigail Sprout, Mary Sprout, his brother James, and his wife Experience.^[5]

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015. Vol. 8, p. 170, Degory Priest (Link by $ubscription.)
2. ↑ Source: #S-1769351961 Page: Source number: 2001.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: LSS APID: 1,7836::1148073
3. ↑ Source: #S-1093916032 APID: 1,2129::561277
4. ↑ Payne-Joyce Genealogy - Person # 13162 [1] , which in turn references the article, Robert M. Sherman & Robert S. Wakefield, “Robert Sprout of Scituate MA and his wife Elizabeth Samson,” The American Genealogist, 61, 1986, 200-206.
5. ↑ "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.

• Source: S-1093916032 The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011
• Source: S-1093916173 Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2
• Birth: "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.