Deborah (Woodworth) Sprague (1682 - 1726)

Born Jul 1682 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Ephraim Sprague — married about 1704 (to about 1726) in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 1726 at about age 43 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

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Biography

Deborah Woodworth was born in July 1682 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony and was baptized on July 16, 1682.^[1] Her parents were Benjamin Woodworth and Deborah Unknown.^[2]

She married Ephraim Sprague in 1704.^[3] Together they had 8 children:

1. Peleg Sprague^[4]
2. Irene Sprague^[5]
3. Deborah Sprague^[6]
4. Elizabeth Sprague^[7]
5. Mary Sprague^[8]
6. Mary Sprague^[9]
7. Ephraim Sprague^[10]
8. Perez Sprague^[11]

She died in 1726 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut Colony.^[12]

Research Notes

The parent's of Deborah remains a bit of a mystery. Dr. Warren Vincent Sprague identifies her father as Benjamin but there are at least nine by that name.

"Descendants of Walter Woodworth of Scituate, Mass.", by William Atwater Woodworth, page 18 shows Deborah, daughter of Benjamin, son of Walter, son of Walter as marrying "Sprague". However, Ephraim Sprague was born in 1685 and had his first child in 1705. Benjamin, son of Walter was only 31 in that year making it unlikely that his daughter could be the wife of Ephraim and a mother.

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts To 1850, Volume 1, Year 1909, Page 417, Baptism of Deborah, child of Benjamin and Deborah, 16 July 1682. https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofsc01newe/page/416/mode/2up?q=+Woodworth+
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3. ↑ Richard E. Weber, Dev./A.A. Sprague IV, Webmaster The Sprague Project Dec 2006
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