Joanna (Maddock) Sprague (abt. 1702 - 1786)

Born about 4 Oct 1702 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Edward Oakes — married about 1720 (to 1752) in Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Wife of Richard Sprague — married 24 Aug 1758 (to 9 Dec 1766) in Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 20 Dec 1786 at about age 84 in Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Joanna Maddock is a Mayflower descendant [Ruth Church - Caleb Church - Elizabeth Warren - Richard Warren = Elizabeth Walker]^[1]

Joanna (Maddock) Sprague was born in Massachusetts.

Joanna, the daughter of John Maddock (1663-1703) and Ruth Church (1669-1746) was born in October 1702 in Watertown, Massachusetts.^[2]

Joanna was twice married. She married 1) Edward Oakes say 1720 in Medford, Massachusetts. They were the parents of ten children born in Medford:

1. Joanna Oakes (b. 17 Aug 1721; d. 1745),^[3]
2. Edward Oakes (b. 31 Mar 1722),^[4]m. 27 Feb 1759 at Medford, Joanna Griffith (1722-)
3. John Oakes (b. 24 May 1725; d. 1756),^[5]
4. Nathan Oakes (b. 16 Apr 1728; d. 1781),^[6]m. 7 Oct 1751 at North Yarmouth, MA, Amy Wyman (1734-1755)
5. Samuel Oakes (b. 12 Oct 1731),^[7]
6. Lydia Oakes (b. 23 Sep 1734; d. 1775),^[8]m. 21 Aug 1755 at Medford, MA, Nathan Baldwin (1721-)
7. Mary Oakes (b. 3 Jan 1737; d. 1747),^[9]
8. Simon Oakes (b. 13 Oct 1739; d. 1773),^[10],m. 2 Aug 1763, Worcester, MA, Rhoda Knight (1735-1807)
9. Ruth Oakes (b. 30 Oct 1742; d. 1796),^[11]m. 19 Aug 1760 at Medford, MA, Daniel Green (1733-1818)
10. Mercy Oakes, born 19 September 1744; died 11 July 1745^[12]

Joanna (Maddock) Oakes married 2) Richard Sprague on 24 August 1758 at Medford, Massachusetts.^[13] There were no children from this union.

Joanna (Maddock) [Oakes] Sprague died 20 December 1786 in her 84th year at Medford, Massachusetts.^[14]

Sources

1. ↑ Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 18 Part 1 of 3, Richard Warren, Boston, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2004. "The Silver Book" Page 133
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NW-3XS : 15 January 2020), Johannah Maddock, 1702.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-JNQQ : 2 March 2020), Joanna Oakes in entry for Joanna, 26 Aug 1721; citing Birth, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009696.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-XMGH : 2 March 2020), Joanna Oakes in entry for Edward, 31 Mar 1722; citing Birth, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009696.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-Z2NV : 2 March 2020), Joanna Oakes in entry for John, 24 May 1725; citing Birth, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009696.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-6H2B : 2 March 2020), Joanna Oakes in entry for Nathan, 16 Apr 1728; citing Birth, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009696.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-N6XW : 2 March 2020), Joanna Oakes in entry for Samuel, 12 Oct 1731; citing Birth, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009696.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-N6F2 : 2 March 2020), Joanna Oakes in entry for Lydia, 23 Sep 1734; citing Birth, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009696.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ2W-PM7 : 15 January 2020), Joanna in entry for Mary Oakes, 1737.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ2H-QVG : 15 January 2020), Joanna in entry for Simon Oakes, 1739.
11. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ2W-5LX : 15 January 2020), Joann in entry for Ruth Oakes, 1742.
12. ↑ Mayflower Edward Oakes, son of Thomas and Sarah (Tufts) Oakes, died in 1752 at Medford, Massachusetts. Families Through Five Generations, Silver Books, Volume Eighteen, Part 2, The Descendants of Richard Warren Through His Children Mary, Anna, and Elizabeth, 2011 Edition, Published 2016, Page 305
13. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCL-BQF7 : 31 October 2019), Richard Sprague and Joanna Oakes or Oaks, 24 Aug 1758; citing Marriage, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010699.
14. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-VWQD : 2 March 2020), Joanna Spragise, 20 Dec 1786; citing Death, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009696.