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| Edward Sprague |
| My line of Spragues begin with Edward Sprague. He was born in approximately 1546, in Upwey, Dorset, England. He died in 1614 and is buried at St. Laurence church, where he attended. |
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| St Laurence Church. Upwey, Dorset, England |
| From a book compiled and written by Dr. Warren Vincent Sprague, in 1913, on the Sprague Family line, it is known that Edward Sprague was a Fuller by trade and owned a Fulling Mill in Upwey. He married a woman whose first name is believed to be Christiana in 1597 and it is one of their sons, William Sprague that my line descends from. |
| Edward Sprague's Fulling Mill, Upwey, England |
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| excerpt from the book "Sprague Families in America' " the coat of arms was given to one, Hugh Sprague in England three centuries ago. The coat of arms is a copy of one handed down through the generations to Mr. Charles Sprague on Lynn, Mass. The painting presents as being very old. It is known that it was in the possession of the family of Ephriam Sprague (1763-1846) of Bridgewater, Mass. Whether it descended to him from his ancestor, William Sprague, of Hingham, is not known." "An ancient writing accompanying it contains the following..... He beareth party per fess, Ermine & Argent, in cheif a Lyon passant, Gules. By the name of Sprague, granted to Sir Hugh Sprague, Esq., then living in Gloucestershire, England, in the year 1580, by Sir Wm. C Clarencieux, and from said grant descends to the name and family of Sprague." |
| Transcribed Last Will & Testament of Edward Sprague (1546-1614) |
| The VIth day of June in the year of our Lord God, 1614, In the name of God, AMEN. I, EDWARD SPRAGUE, of Upway in the County of Dorset, fuller, being sick and weak of body, but well and perfect in mind, thanks be given unto Almighty God, do ordain and appoint this my last Will and Testament to be made in the manor and form following; That is to say, first of all, I do bequeth my soul unto Almighty God, my saviour and redeemer, and my body to be buried within the church yard. As for such temporal goods as God hath blessed me withall, I give and bequeath as hereafter follows viz. I give to the Parish Church of Upway ten shillings. Item: I give unto the poor of the said parish of Upway ten shillings Item: I give unto Ralph Sprague, my eldest son, one of the oldest pair of shears in my shop and one lesser pair called the quarrell. Item: I give and bequeath unto my eldest daughter, Alice Sprague, fifty pounds to be paid within one year after my decease. Item: I give and bequeath onto Edward Sprague, my second son, two pairs of shears and twenty pounds to be paid likewise, within one year of my decease Item: I give and bequeath unto Richard Sprague, my third son, twenty pounds to be paid when shall be one and twenty years of age Item: I give and bequeath unto Christopher Sprague, my fourth son, twenty pounds to be paid when he shall be of the age of one and twenty years Item: I give and bequeath unto William Sprague,my youngest son, twenty pounds to be paid when he shall be of the age of one and twenty years. All the rest of my goods, moveable and unmoveable, I give and bequeath unto Christian (Christiana) Sprague, my wife who I do make my whole (sole) executrux of this my last Will and Testament. John Bishoppe his John X Tayler mark MEMORAND: that if Richard Sprague, Christopher Sprague or William Sprague shall happen to die either of them before they shall be of one and twenty years, that then their legacies to remain to the other then living Finallty-- I do appoint Henry Samweys and Willia(m) Bryar overseers of this my last Will and Testament in the presence of those whom names are underwritten MEMORAND: that whereas the living of the aforesaid Edward Sprague doth fall unto his son, Ralph Sprague after his decease, the said Ralph Sprague, doth upon his father's request promise that his mother, Christian(a) Sprague, shall quietly enjoy the said living until he shall be one and twenty years of age. |
| INVENTORY A true and perfect Inventory indented of all and singular the goods, rightes, chattles,and debts of Edward Sprague, late of Upway in the County of Dorset, FULLER, deceased, made the sixth day of June, and appriced and valued by Thomas Leball, John Sellar, Willa(m) Bryar and Francis George, as followeth, viz, 1614. IMPRIMUS, his wearing apparell................................... ITEM, a peice of russet cloth.......................................... ITEM, two beds, furnished............................................. ITEM, one coverled & carpet....................................... ITEM, ten pair of sheets, board cloths, with two pair pillow byes, and six table napkins............ ITEM; thirteen silver spoons....................................... ITEM, one cupboard, ninteen pewter vessels, three candle sticks, and three salts............................... ITEM, four coffers, one chest, two chairs, and a flasket.................................................................. ITEM, a sword and dagger............................................. ITEM, two other beds, furnished................................. ITEM, mill......................................................................... ITEM, a sack of wheat & a sack of malt............................. ITEM, iron rope with other old yron (iron)...................... ITEM, one willow, four old tubs, with a hedlop............... ITEM, one table board & cupboard.................................... ITEM, five barrels with other timber vessels....................... ITEM, two frying pans, one spit, two andyrons, three pair of pothooks with kytchen stuff....................... ITEM, one and twenty brass vessles ......................................... ITEM, butter and cheese........................................................ ITEM, a cheese press, a ladder thread, with other small implements......................................................................... ITEM, four payer (pair) of fuller's shears with the shear bords and iron bar, beams and scales and with other things at the mill............................................. ITEM, three saddles................................................................ ITEM, one pyge (pig)............................................................... ITEM, seven kyne with three yearlings............................... ITEM, one horse..................................................................... ITEM, fourscoure sheep & forty two lambs..................... ITEM, four acres and a half of corn................................. ITEM, due unto the administratrix without specially........ ITEM, due upon bond............................................................ Suma totalissimus Inventury |
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