Joanna (Thayer) Sprague (1756 - 1848)

Born 10 Sep 1756 in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Sprague — married 9 Jul 1778 (to 20 Jun 1844) in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 2 Sep 1848 at age 91 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Joanna (Thayer) Sprague was born in Massachusetts.

Birth and Parents

Joanna, the third of six children of Obadiah Thayer and joanna Thayer was born on 10 September 1756 at Braintree, Massachusetts.^[1]

Marriage and Children

Joanna married Samuel Sprague (1753-1844), the son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Whiton) Sprague on 9 July 1778 at Boston.^[2]They had sixteen children born at Boston:

1. Samuel Sprague (b. 1779; d. 1796)
2. Andrew Sprague (b. 8 Oct 1780; d. 1803)^[3]
3. George Sprague (b. 24 Dec 1781; d. )^[4]
4. James Sprague (b. 16 Aug 1783; d. 1812)^[5]
5. Anna Sprague (b. 15 Dec1784; d. 1865)^[6]m.
6. Eliza Sprague (b. 22 Mar 1786; d. 1807)^[7]
7. Joanna Sprague (b. ca. 1785; d. 20 Mar 1865, Boston, MA)^[8]Died unmarried.
8. Lucretia Sprague (b. 21 Jan 1788; d. 20 Oct 1849, Boston, MA)^[9][10]m. 13 Aug 1809 at Boston, MA, William Burdick (1774-1817)
9. Lydia Sprague (b. 22 Dec 1789; d. 1867)^[11] m. John Tewksbury III (1784-1871)
10. Mary Elizabeth Sprague (b. 1790; d. 21 Jun 1867, Somerville, MA)^[12]Died unmarried
11. Charles James Sprague I (b. 26 Oct 1791; d. 22 Jan 1875, Boston, MA)^[13][14] m. 8 May 1814, Elizabeth Rand (1787-1862)
12. Jeremiah Sprague (b. 5 Nov 1793; d. 1847)^[15]m.
13. Edward Sprague (b. 1795; d. 1796)
14. Matilda Sprague (b. 18 Nov 1796; d. 1881, Boston, MA)^[16][17]m. 29 Sep 1818 at Boston, MA, Benjamin Stevens (1790-1862)
15. Clarissa Sprague (b. 17 Jun 1798; d. 31 Dec 1887, Boston, MA)^[18][19]Died unmarried
16. Mary Sprague (b. 1 May 1800; d. 1832)^[20]m. 13 Mar 1821 at Boston, MA, William S. Chadwick (1799-1826)

Joanna (Thayer) Sprague died on 20 March 1865 in her 80th year at Boston.^[21]

Death and Burial

Joanna (Thayer) Sprague died on 2 Spetember 1848 in her 91st year at Boston.^[22]She is buried in Central Burying Ground at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.^[23]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Geneanet Community Trees Index [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022. Original data: Geneanet Community Trees Index. Paris, France: Geneanet. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/5858766058:62476?ssrc=pt&tid=79254133&pid=412473302428
2. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC7M-BYB : 28 December 2022), Samuel Sprague, 1778.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JC-D57 : Wed Oct 25 09:43:51 UTC 2023), Entry for Andrew Sprague and Samuel Sprague, 8 Oct 1780.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JC-D5H : Wed Oct 25 19:04:28 UTC 2023), Entry for George Sprague and Samuel Sprague, 24 Dec 1781.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DCT6-QXZM : Wed Oct 25 08:49:00 UTC 2023), Entry for James Sprague and Samuel Sprague, 16 Aug 1783.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JC-D5X : Wed Oct 25 16:19:38 UTC 2023), Entry for Anne Sprague and Samuel Sprague, 15 Dec 1784.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Births, 1636-1924", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4DK-3FZ : Wed Nov 15 05:32:12 UTC 2023), Entry for Eliza Sprague and Samuel Sprague, 22 Mar 1786.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHVB-J3X : Wed Oct 25 18:00:51 UTC 2023), Entry for Joanna Sprague and Samuel Sprague, 20 Mar 1865.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts, Births, 1636-1924", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4DK-QQJ : Wed Nov 15 05:26:31 UTC 2023), Entry for Lucretia Sprague and Samuel Sprague, 21 Jan 1788.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHQ7-6V9 : Wed Oct 25 12:58:34 UTC 2023), Entry for Lucretia S Sprague Burdick and Samuel Sprague, 20 Oct 1849.
11. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JC-D5P : Wed Oct 25 15:22:44 UTC 2023), Entry for Lydia Sprague and Samuel Sprague, 22 Dec 1789.
12. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QK-X8KN : Wed Oct 25 07:08:26 UTC 2023), Entry for Mary Elizabeth Sprague and Samuel Sprague, 21 Jun 1867.
13. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JC-D5T : Wed Oct 25 18:57:26 UTC 2023), Entry for Charles Sprague and Samuel Sprague, 26 Oct 1791.
14. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH6S-1ZV : Wed Oct 25 17:50:26 UTC 2023), Entry for Charles Sprague and Samuel Sprague, 22 Jan 1875.
15. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JC-D51 : Wed Oct 25 15:15:17 UTC 2023), Entry for Jeremiah Sprague and Samuel Sprague, 5 Nov 1793.
16. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DCTF-9V2M : Wed Oct 25 18:50:40 UTC 2023), Entry for Matilda Sprague and Samuel Sprague, 18 Nov 1796.
17. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4XP-188 : 14 December 2022), Samuel in entry for Matilda S. Sprague Stevens, 1881.
18. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JC-DR7 : Wed Oct 25 15:24:04 UTC 2023), Entry for Clarissa Sprague and Samuel Sprague, 17 Jun 1798.
19. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH8N-X6X : Wed Oct 25 09:01:25 UTC 2023), Entry for Clarissa Sprague and Samuel Sprague, 31 Dec 1887.
20. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JC-DRH : Wed Oct 25 17:04:12 UTC 2023), Entry for Mary Sprague and Samuel Sprague, 1 May 1800.
21. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHVB-J3X : Wed Oct 25 18:00:51 UTC 2023), Entry for Joanna Sprague and Samuel Sprague, 20 Mar 1865.
22. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q576-FQ8K : Fri Oct 20 20:00:06 UTC 2023), Entry for Edward Sargent and Joanna Sprague, 06 Sep 1848.
23. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31145725/joanna-sprague: accessed 01 January 2024), memorial page for Joanna Thayer Sprague (10 Sep 1756–2 Sep 1848), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31145725, citing Central Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Carolie McLaughlin (contributor 47064303).

Acknowledgments

• Biography written in full with inline sourcing following further research by Carol Baldwin on 1 January 2024.