Catharine (Richardson) Sprague (1655 - 1721)

Born 6 Jan 1655 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Died 17 Apr 1721 at age 66 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Katherine Richardson Sprague was born on 6 January 1654/55 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, the daughter of Amos Richardson and Mary Smith.

She first married Captain David Anderson 12 September 1671 as his second wife,, he was master of the ship Blessing and died enroute to England in May, 1677. They had

John b. 14 July 1675

David b. May 1677 (Middlesex Couty Records)

Her parents deeded her land and dwelling house in Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk Deeds IV, 9) that bordered on Quandocke Farm in November 1677.

She second Captain Richard Sprague 2 May 1679, who died 12 November 1701.

She died 7 April 1721, Boston, MA.

Sources

• Boston Vital Statistics, 1630-1699, Boston Records Commissioners Reports (Rockwell & Churchill, Boston, 1908) Vol. 9, Page 46: Catharine of Amos and Mary Richardson, b. 6 June 1654/5

• RICHARD, William.New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Volume IV, 1913, p 1978-1979.

Section of Amos Richardson names his daughter Catherine and first and second husbands. No children.

• BACON, J. Dean Bacon and Dow P. Bacon. A Gen. of Bacon and Allied Families Ancestors and Relatives of Donald Dewitt Bacon and Lois LaVonne Bacon. Murray & Gee, Culver City, CA. 1958. p. 99

Names Catherine'sparents, siblings and two husbands

• JORDAN, John Woolf. Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley Pennsylvania, Volume 2, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913, p. 631.

Amos Richardson daughter Catherine, and two husbands

• VINTON, John Adams. Richardson memorial, comprising a full history and genealogy of the posterity of the three brothers, Ezekiel, Samuel, and Thomas Richardson, who came from England, and united with others in the foundation of Woburn, Massachusetts, in the year 1641, of John Richardson, of Medfield, 1679, of Amos Richardson, of Boston, 1640, of Edward and William Richardson, of Newbury, 1643, with notices of Richardsons in England and elsewhere. Rutland, Maine, 1876 p. 14

Received of parent land and dwelling house in Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk Deeds IV, 9) that bordered on Quandocke Farm.

• New England Register, New England Marriages Pror to 1700, p. 16

Katharine Anderson

Maiden Name: Richardson

Birth Year: 1655

Marriage Date: 12 Sep 1672

Spouse: David Anderson (2nd wife)

• Massachusetts Town and Vital Records

Name: David Anderson

Birth Date: 16 May 1677

Birth Place: Charlestown, Massachusetts

Father Name: David

Mother Name: Katherine

David Anderson Marriage

Marriage Date: 4 Jan 1699

Marriage Place: Boston, Massachusetts

Spouse Name: Hannah Philips

• Massachusetts Town and Vital Records

John Anderson

Birth Date: 14 Jul 1675

Birth Place: Charlestown, Massachusetts

Father Name: David

Mother Name: Katherine Anderson