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JONATHAN SPRAGUE (b. 28 May 1648, d. 10 Apr 1756)

JONATHAN SPRAGUE (son of WILLIAM SPRAGUE and MILLICENT EAMES) was born 28 May 1648 in HINGHAM, MASS., and died 10 Apr 1756 in SMITHFIELD, R. I.. He married MEHITABLE HOLBROOK on 20 Jul 1670 in WEYMOUTH, MASS., daughter of WILLIAM HOLBROOK and ELIZABETH PITTS.

Notes for JONATHAN SPRAGUE:
Jonathan went from Hingham, Ma to Mendon, Ma and in 1672 was living near his brother, John and his father-in-law, William Holbrook. In 1675 his father died and left him 60 acres in providence, R.I. In 1680 he was taxed 1s, 7d at Providence R.I. In 1687 his tax able estate was 2 oxen, 6 cows, 2 mares, horse, 18 sheep, 8 acres planting ground and six acres meadow. On 13 Dec 1687 he was fined 6s 8d for refusing to take the oath as a juryman. On 2 Jul 1695 he was appointed on a committee by the Assembly to propose a method of making grate; also with others to run the eastern line of the Colony.
He was Deputy in 1695-96, 1698, 1700, 1702-1711 and 1714. In 1702 he was Justice of the Peace; 1703 Speaker of the house of Deputies; 22 Jun 1703 he and two others were appointed to draw up a method and proceedings of the Court of Common Pleas. In 1705-1712 he was on the Town Council; in 1707 Clerk of the Assembly. On 16 Jun 1713 he was taxed 18s 6d.
On 23 May 1719 he made agreement with his sons-in-law William Jenckes, John Tefft, and Daniel Brown, deeding them his house and all lands, they maintaining him for life and he to have choice of son-in-law to live with. They were to maintain his horse also and pay him L6 and L25 to such persons as he should direct at his decease. On 9 Nov 1719 he deeded to his son-in-law Ebenezer Cook certain land. On 23 Feb 1722 he wrote a long letter to three prominent Presbyterian Ministers in Mass, John Danforth, Peter Thatcher, and Joseph Belcher in answer to one they had addressed to him and other citizens concerning the establishment of a church in Providence, R.I. Mr Sprague and other Baptists failed to see the necessity of a Presbyterian church and in his letter gave his views in very vigorous and unmistakable terms. He preached as an exhorter but was not ordained ( as Morgan Edwards declares in his account of the Baptists).

More About JONATHAN SPRAGUE and MEHITABLE HOLBROOK:
Marriage: 20 Jul 1670, WEYMOUTH, MASS..

Children of JONATHAN SPRAGUE and MEHITABLE HOLBROOK are:

+JONATHAN SPRAGUE, b. 1672, PROVIDENCE, R.I., d. 22 Apr 1764, SMITHFIELD, R. I..