Asa Sprague (1748 - 1830)

This profile is part of the Sprague Name Study.

Asa was born to Knight Sprague Sr. and Mary Beal Sprague on July 24, 1748. He was the eldest of 6 from this marriage, which was the second for Knight Sprague Sr.

He married Martha Wilson on March 11, 1773 and they had eleven children:

1. Patty (Martha) Sprague, b. 16 Sep 1773, Spencer, Worcester Co., MA, USA, bur. Worcester Co., MA, USA

+ 2. Chloe Sprague, b. 1 Oct 1775, Spencer, Worcester Co., MA, USA, d. Abt 1837, Ashtabula, Ashtabula Co., OH, USA (Age 61 years)

+ 3. David Sprague, b. 30 May 1777, Spencer, Worcester Co., MA, USA, d. 8 Oct 1832, Schuyler Lake, Otsego Co., NY, USA (Age 55 years)

4. Ruth Sprague, b. 10 Jan 1780, Spencer, Worcester Co., MA, USA, d. Abt 25 Jan 1840, De Kalb, St. Lawrence Co., NY, USA (Age 60 years)

+ 5. Rebecca Sprague, b. 11 Feb 1782, Spencer, Worcester Co., MA, USA, d. 4 Sep 1863, De Kalb, St. Lawrence Co., NY, USA (Age 81 years)

+ 6. Phila Sprague, b. 26 Feb 1784, Spencer, Worcester Co., MA, d. 7 Dec 1863, De Kalb, St. Lawrence Co., NY, USA (Age 79 years)

+ 7. Olive Sprague, b. Spencer, Worcester Co., MA, USA, bur. De Kalb, St. Lawrence Co., NY, USA

+ 8. Judge Asa Sprague, Jr., b. 25 Dec 1788, Spencer, Worcester Co., MA, USA, d. 25 Jun 1875, Phelps, Ontario Co., NY, USA (Age 86 years)

+ 9. Otis Sprague, b. 9 Apr 1791, Worcester Co., MA, USA, d. 10 Aug 1869, Winona, Winona Co., MN, USA (Age 78 years)

+ 10. Ara D. Sprague, b. 27 Aug 1793, Spencer, Worcester Co., MA, USA, d. 31 Oct 1884 (Age 91 years)

11. John Willson Sprague, d. Yes, date unknown

He served as corporal at the Lexington Alarm and was sergeant in the Worcester County, Massachusetts Militia, 1777. He has a DAR designation - DAR# A107523.

He is listed as a farmer in the US census of 1860.

He died in De Kalb, NY on February 2, 1830. His tombstone was found in 2008 and reads: To the memory of Capt Asa Sprague departed this life, Feb 2 1830, Aged 82 years - "in peace he left this world". He is buried at Old Pioneer Cemetery De Kalb, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA.

Sources

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ38-452 : accessed 29 December 2015), Asa Sprague, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 426,570.
• Findagrave profile
• The Sprague Project - http://sprague-database.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I43255&tree=SpragueProject
• Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Silver Books, Volume Eighteen, Part 2, The Descendants of Richard Warren Through His Children Mary, Anna, and Elizabeth, Published 2011, Page 92