Robert Sprout 2nd (1715 - 1797)

Born 1 Jan 1715 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Sampson) Sprout — married 2 Feb 1738 (to about 10 Dec 1741) in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Husband of Hannah (Southworth) Sprout — married 10 Dec 1741 (to 24 May 1778) in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Husband of Marcy (King) Sprout — married 27 Oct 1785 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 11 Jun 1797 at age 82 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Robert, second of the name and son of James and Elizabeth (Southworth) Sprout, was born at Scituate, MA on January 1, 1715 and died at Middleborough, MA on June 11, 1797.

He married his first wife, Hannah, daughter of Isaac and Sarah (Barlow) Samson, at Middleborough on February 2, 1737/38. They had no children.

He married his second wife, Hannah, daughter of Nathaniel and Jael (Howland) Southworth, at Middleborough on December 10, 1741. All children born to Robert were with this wife: Zebedee, Samuel, and Robert.

He married his third wife, Mercy (King) Smith, daughter of Daniel and Mercy (Hathaway) King, and widow of Nathaniel Smith, at Taunton, MA on October 27, 1785.

Probate

Robert's will, dated May 20, 1797, names wife Mercy and son Zebedee. He died at Middleborough on June 11, 1797 and the will proved on February 5, 1798.^[1]

His inventory was taken on 9 February 1798 in Middleborough.^[2]

In 1799, his estate was represented as insolvent, and a list of claims and creditors was recorded.^[3]

In 1800, an account of his estate by his widow Mercy was recorded which included debts paid, appraisers, and administration fees with the balance to the widow.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-XCL8 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1796-1802 vol 36-37 > image 186-187 of 636; State Archives, Boston.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-XC3Q : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1796-1802 vol 36-37 > image 238 of 636; State Archives, Boston.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-XCZD : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1796-1802 vol 36-37 > image 331 of 636; State Archives, Boston.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-XHTD : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1796-1802 vol 36-37 > image 526 of 636; State Archives, Boston.

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• Robert Moody Sherman, CG, FASG, Verle Delano Vincent, comps., Robert S. Wakefield, FASG, ed., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, James Chilton, Volume 15, (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1997), p. 109

• Susan E. Roser, Mayflower Births & Deaths, two volumes, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1992), 2:256

• Vital Records of Scituate Massachusetts to the year 1850, 2 volumes (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909), 1:327 (birth)

• Mayflower Descendant: A Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History, Middleborough, Mass., Vital Records, (Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- ), (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (1st marriage)

• Mayflower Descendant: A Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History, Middleborough, Mass., Vital Records, (Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- ), (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (2nd marriage)

• Vital Records of Taunton Massachusetts to the year 1850, 3 volumes, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1928) 2:451, (3rd marriage)

• Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, Middleborough Vital Records, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), (death)