Johan Sprague (abt. 1501 - abt. 1526)

Born about 1501 in Upwey, Dorset, England [uncertain]

Husband of Marie Sprague — married about 1526 in Upway,,Dorset,England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 1526 at about age 25 in Upwey, Dorset, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Johan Sprague

Name

Name: Johan /Sprague/

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Text: Record for Enos Sprague

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Text: Record for Johan Sprague

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Text: Record for Johan Sprague

Birth and Parentage

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1501

Place: Upway,,Dorset,England

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Text: Record for Enos Sprague

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Text: Record for Johan Sprague

Birth:

Date: ABT 1501

Place: Upway, , Dorset, England

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Text: Record for Johan Sprague

Found multiple copies of BIRTH DATE. Using 1501

Johan Sprague was born in Dorset, England, about 1501. His parents' names are currently unknown. ^[1]

Marriage

He married Marie, born about 1505 in Dorset and died about 1556 in Dorset.

Death

Johan Sprague died about 1556 in Dorset, England.

Death

Death:

Date: 1526

Place: Upway,Dorsetshir,,England

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Text: Record for Enos Sprague

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Text: Record for Johan Sprague

Death:

Date: ABT 1526

Place: Upway, Dorsetshir, , England

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Text: Record for Johan Sprague

ITEC Narrative

On a bitter cold day in 1501, Johan Sprague was born in Dorset, England in a Catholic family. From 1512 to 1516, he was studied in a church near his house, but deep down in his heart, he did not believe in Catholicism. By midsummer in 1516, he was married Marie – a pastor's daughter in the church who taught him. Nine years later, in 1525, they was has a first son – named Enos Sprague. In 1527, they had twins girls, Ava and Mia, but Ava died when she was two years old because of influenza. Three years later, when Mia was five years old, many people in their village got and died of smallpox, and she also got it, she survived but sadly it made her blind.

In 1534, Henry VIII dissolved England's monasteries because the Pope did not allow him to divorce his first wife. “After Henry's death, England tilted toward Calvinist-infused Protestantism during Edward VI's six-year reign”[1]. Many evangelical churches sprung up, Johan Sprague and his family left Catholicism and became Protestant, but not many people in the village knew that. He really found his faith in Protestantism. Unfortunately, after Edward died, Mary I (also known as "Bloody Mary") was crowned, and people endured five years of reactionary Catholicism under Mary I, and she beheaded and burned many Protestants, nearly 300 of them. The government and Catholics had no evidence that the Sprague family were Protestants, therefore they were safe. Unfortunately, in 1556, Sunday morning, Sprague family were burned at their house, and Johan, Marie, Mia and Enos’s children all dead, just Enos and his wife can alive, the neighbors around said it was just an accident, but someone believe that Catholics did.^[1]

Research Notes

There is no verifiable evidence that Johan Sprague was born in 1501 Upwey, Dorset, England, that he married Marie Ashley about 1526 in Upwey, Dorset, England or he died in 1526 Upwey, Dorset, England and they had a son Enos.

The source on the profile, The First Three Generations of the Sprague Family has no sources and the quoted ITEC Narrative also provides no sources and as such are poor secondary accounts.

Record’s checked - Dorset History Centre, Dorset Online Parish Clerks Database, Hathitrust, Google Books, Visitation’s of Dorset and a Google search (accessed 17 Dec 2021).

Family Crest Image removed as definitely does not pertain to this branch of the family and may breach copyright law as no definitive explanation of right of use.

N.B. There is actually no verifiable source available to prove that this person or his wife existed at all.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Family History - The First Three Generations of Sprague's Family. Written by students of International Training and Education Center, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Ms. Kelly Norman, teacher. It is not clear whether this unsourced material is based on research of the actual lives of persons, or whether it is historical fiction intended to illustrate the religion, politics, and health issues of the eras in which they lived. http://rubikgroup.weebly.com/1/post/2013/10/family-history-the-first-three-generations-of-spragues-family.html. Accessed June 7, 2015.

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Source S00003

Author: Ancestry.com

Title: Public Member Trees

Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2006;

Repository: #R00001

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