Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 76

Author: Hurd, Charles Edwin, 1833-1910
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: Boston, New England historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 850

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Samuel2 Green, b. March, 1645, youngest son of Thomas and Elizabeth, m., first, in 1666, Mary, daughter of Richard and Frances Cook, early settlers of Malden, who united with the church at Charlestown, May 30, 1641. They had : Samuel, 1 b. January, 1667-8; Thomas; John; William; Mary; Jonathan, who m. Lydia Bucknam, the youngest child of Lieutenant Joses and Judith (Worth) Bucknam ; Martha; David; and Elizabeth. Samuel3 Green, b. January, 1667-8, m. May 4, 1694, Mary Wheeler, daughter of Thomas and Eliza- beth (Chamberlin) Wheeler, of Malden, the latter probably a daughter of John and Deb- orah (Templar) Chamberlin, John being a son of William Chamberlin, of Hull. They had : Mary, Samuel,4 Lydia, Phebe, and Sarah, also possibly others who d. young. He d. in 1758. Samuel4 Green (birth not recorded) m. 1728 Lois Sprague, recorded as "of Chelsea,"

daughter of Samuel and Lois Sprague. They had : Samuel, Phinehas, Lois, Lois, James, and Mary. Samuel Sprague, father of Lois, was son of Samuel and Sarah (Green) Sprague, of Malden, and brother to Rebecca Sprague, before mentioned as wife of Edward3 Bucknam. Their son, Phinehas5 Green, b. May 14, 1731, lived and d. in Malden, and m., first, January 31, 1755, Elizabeth Lynde, daughter of Nathan Lynde, of Malden. She d. February 9, 1757, and he m., second, 1760, Elizabeth, daughter of Phinehas and Abigail (Pratt) Sargent, of Malden. They had: Elizabeth, Abigail, Mary, Samuel, Phinehas (twin of Samuel), James, Ezra, Joseph, and Lydia.

Phinehas+ Sargent (William,1 John,2 Jona- than3), of Malden, m. December 31, 1724, Abigail Pratt, daughter of John, grand-daugh- ter of Richard (b. 1615 and d. 1691), and great-grand-daughter of Abraham' Pratt (lost at sea in 1644), believed to be the emigrant ancestor of this line. Jonathan3 Sargent, m. in Malden, in 1690, Mary Lynde, daughter of Captain John and Mary (Pierce) Lynde. She was grand-daughter of Ensign Thomas2 Lynde (b. 1615 in England, d. in Malden, October 15, 1693) and wife, Elizabeth Tufts (b. 1613 in England, d. September, 1693, in Malden), daughter of Peter Tufts, of Tufts, near Mal- don, in England. They were m. in 1640. Ensign Thomas Lynde was a son of Deacon Thomas' and Margaret (Jordon) Lynde, of Charlestown. He was b. in England, 1595, d. in Charlestown, December 30, 1671. He m. in England, 1614. She was b. in England, and d. in Charlestown, August 23, 1662.

Mary Pierce (b. August 20, 1656, at Malden, d. December 22, 1690, aged thirty-four years [g.s. ]) m. in 1676 Captain John Lynde. She was a daughter of Sergeant Thomas Pierce, one of the first settlers of Woburn from Charles- town, who m. Elizabeth Cole, daughter of Rice and Arnold Cole. Thomas Pierce was a son of Thomas' and Elizabeth Pierce, of Charlestown. He was admitted to the church on February 21, 1634-5. John2 Sargent, above, b. in Malden, November, 1639, d. September 9, 1716, m. Lydia Chipman, b. December 25, 1654, in Barnstable, Mass., d. in Malden, March 22, 1730. She was a daughter of Elder

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John Chipman (b. about 1614, England, d. April 27, 1708, in Sandwich, Mass.), emi- grant in the ship "Friendship," who m. Hope Howland, daughter of John Howland, who came in 1620 in the "Mayflower," and who m. Elizabeth Tilley.

William' and Sarah Sargent, parents of John,2 were emigrants, and settled at Mystic Side, now Malden. Phinehas6 Green, above, son of Phinehas5 and Elizabeth (Sargent) Green, b. in 1767 in Malden, d. in Reading, Mass., and buried there, m. June 18, 1789, Mehitable Hart, baptized December 16, 1764, in. Lynnfield, Mass., daughter of John Hart, Jr. Her father was a son of John Hart (b. March 25, 1703, d. 1777) and wife Mehitable, daughter of Zerubbabel Endicott and grand- daughter of Dr. Zerubbabel, who was a son of Governor John Endicott. John Hart above, b. March 25, 1703, was a son of Samuel Hart, b. February 9, 1656, and grandson of Isaac' (b. in England, d. February 10, 1699, in Lynnfield) and wife, Elizabeth Hutchinson (d. November 28, 1700), who was apprehended as a witch at Salem in 1692. Lowell7 Green, b. April 9, 1808, in Reading, son of Phinehas and Mehit- able, m. in Reading Pamelia Scarlet (b. May 27, 1807, d. in Melrose, February 20, 1847), daughter of William and Mary (Manning) Scarlet, of Tewksbury. He d. in Reading, and is buried there in an old yard near the common. William Scarlet (b. May 28, 1778, in Tewksbury), son of Newman and Mary (Merrill) Scarlet, d. there January 7, 1848.

Mary Manning, above (b. in Billerica, Au- gust 20, 1786, d. in Tewksbury, November 20, 1826), was a daughter of Samuel and Mehit- able (Spaulding) Manning. He was b. Janu- ary 14, 1690, son of Samuel, Jr., and Deborah (Spaulding) Manning, and d. in Tewksbury. Mehitable Spaulding was a daughter of the Rev. Sampson and Mehitable (Hunt) Spauld- ing, who were m. February 10, 1740, at Chelmsford, Mass. Samuel Manning, Jr., b. 1665, in Billerica, was son of Samuel and Eliz- abeth (Stearns) Manning, who were m. April 13, 1664. Deborah Spaulding above, b. Sep- tember 12, 1767, was daughter of Lieutenant Edward and Margaret (Barrett) Spaulding, of Chelmsford. He (b. Braintree, Mass., 1635,

d. in Chelmsford, January, 1708) was a 'son of Edward Spaulding, the emigrant, and his first wife, Margaret, who d. in Braintree in 1640. Samuel Manning, Sr., b. July 21, 1644, in Cambridge, Mass., m. April 13, 1664, Eliza- beth Stearns, daughter of Isaac and Mary Stearns, emigrants to Watertown, 1630. Sam- uel, Sr., son of William2 and Dorothy Man- ning, of Cambridge, and grandson of William1 and Susanna Manning, emigrants in 1634 and settlers in Cambridge 1638.

The Rev. Sampson Spaulding, b. in Chelms- ford, June 7, 1711, d. in Tewksbury, Decem- ber 19, 1796, m. February 10, 1740, in Chelmsford, Mehitable Hunt (b. July 9, 1716, in Tewksbury (Billerica), d. in Tewksbury, March 2, 1807), daughter of Samuel Hunt. The Rev. Sampson was son of John and Mary (Barrett) Spaulding, of Chelmsford (he, b. August 20, 1682, d. March 7, 1760; she, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Woolderson) Barrett, who were m. September 15, 1655, in Chelmsford). John Spaulding was a son of Andrew and Hannah (Jefts) Spaulding, who were m. April 30, 1674, in Chelmsford (he, b. November 19, 1652, in Braintree, d. May 5, 1713, in Chelmsford). Hannah Jefts (b. in Billerica, d. January 10, 1730, in Chelmsford) was a daughter of Henry Jefts. Andrew Spaulding above, was son of Edward Spauld- ing and second wife, Rachel, m. in 1641 in Braintree. Edward's first wife was a daugh- ter of Thomas and Mary (Woolderson) Barrett and sister of Margaret, who m. Lieutenant Ed- ward Spaulding. Their father, Thomas, was a son of Thomas Barrett, Sr., and wife, Mar- garet, settlers of Chelmsford.

Samuel Hunt, father of Mehitable Hunt (b. February 4, 1679, in Concord, Mass., d. Octo- ber 13, 1738, in Tewksbury), m. Anna Hasel- tine, of Bradford. He was a son of Samuel and Ruth (Todd) Hunt, m. May 1, 1678. He (b. November 17, 1657, in Concord, d. Janu- ary II, 1742-3, Tewksbury) was a son of Samuel Hunt, b. 1633 in England, and his wife, Elizabeth Redding, of Ipswich. He was the son of William Hunt (b. 1605 in England, d. in Concord, Mass.) and wife, Elizabeth Best, both emigrants from Halifax, Yorkshire, England. Hannah Jefts, above, daughter of

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Henry and Hannah (Hill) Jefts. He was b. March 21, 1659, in Woburn, and d. in Bil- lerica. She was the daughter of Abraham Hill, of Malden. Henry Jefts was a son of Henry, Sr., settler of Woburn, who m. May 21, 1649, Hannah Booth, or Births. Hannah Hill, above, b. in Cambridge, was a daughter of Abraham, Jr., and Hannah (Stowers) Hill, of Malden and Cambridge. He was b. in Eng- land, and d. in 1713 in Malden, m. October, 1666, in Malden. She (born in Malden, d. June 27, 1738, in Malden) was a daughter of Nicholas Stower, b. in England, who emi- grated in 1630 to Charlestown, and d. there May 17, 1646. His wife, Amy, d. in August, 1667. Abraham Hill, Jr., was a son of Abra- ham and Sarah (Long) Hill (he, b. 1615 in England, d. February 13, 1669-70, in Malden ; inhabitant, 1636; admitted to church, 1639).

Phinehas and Mehitable (Hart) Green had six children - Samuel, Lowell, John, Ara- bella Augusta, Charlotte Adelaide, and James Munroe, Arabella Augusta being the mother of the subject and author of this sketch, he first see- ing the light of day on Summer Street, Stone- ham, and being the second child of four - Richard Edward Chapman, Wilton Francis, Pamelia Priscilla, and Mary Eazola - and now the only one living, the others dying in early life.

Until twelve years of age Wilton Francis Bucknam attended the public schools of Stone- ham. He then went to New Hampshire with his parents, who removed there, settling on a farm. Although for some years in his boy- hood out of the reach of good schools, he never was out of reach of good knowledge, and to this day is an ardent student. At McCollom Institute, Mount Vernon, N.H., which he entered in his later youth, he added much to his early stock of information. Much of the time when at labor was devoted to mill work, in various branches of lumber and grain busi- ness. His health requiring a change, farming was interspersed with the mill work until 1881, when he entered the employ of the Boston & Lowell Railroad as fireman, in a short time being promoted to engineer. In 1885-86 he ran the first engine that went west from Jefferson's, on the Massachusetts Central

Railroad, toward Northampton, and soon after the completion of the road he ran a train regu- larly as engineer, living part of the time at the Boston end, one year at Northampton, and seven years at Ware. Leaving that part of the road, he ran one year from Boston to Law- rence and four years between Boston and Con- cord, N. H., over what is known as the South- ern Division of the Boston & Maine road, the latter having leased the old Lowell Company lines and retaining the help. At present he is running between Ayer, Mass., and Salem, in the passenger service. In 1878, while liv- ing in Amherst, N. H., he was made a member of Souhegan Grange, No. 9, P. of H. ; and in 1888, at Boston, he joined Boston Division, No. 61, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. In that body he has served in many of its offices and on many committees, and for five years past has been its corresponding secretary. At Northampton, Mass., he affiliated with the I. O. O. F., being made a member of Nono- tuck Lodge, No. 61, and at Ware was made a Master Mason in Eden Lodge, F. A. A. M., of that place. He is a member of the Congre- gational church in Stoneham and a regular attendant when in town.

In early life he developed a fondness for his- tory and historical research, and soon began following out the different families of the town. For several years he has been engaged in compiling a memorial of the family, which is now nearing completion, the work taking in the following : descendants of William Buck- nam, settler of Malden; of Deacon Thomas Lynde, of Charlestown; of Patrick Hay and Anthony Hadley, of Stoneham; and Joseph Drinkwater, of North Yarmouth, Me. At the last reunion at Northport, Me., of the Drink- water family association, although not a Drink- water descendant, he was made an honorary member, as a token of respect for his untiring services in the interests of that family. He is a member of the New England Historic- Genealogical Society of Boston and the Tops- field Historical Society of that place, and in touch with the proceedings of other historical societies of the State. His ever-persistent labor has accomplished the act of placing, genealogically, over twenty thousand people

WILLIAM H. SPRAGUE.

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that had not been so placed by any previous writer. His papers on local history, now being brought out in the Stoneham Independent under the title "Stoneham Two Hundred Years Ago," are considered as of unquestionable value; and Mr. Tillinghast, the State libra- ian, has ordered a copy of the work to be pre- served in scrap-book form at the State's ex- pense, and duly catalogued in the Massachu- setts State Library.

Mr. Bucknam was married first September 17, 1884, to Alberta M. Parker, of Westford, Mass., by whom he became the father of two children : Edward Albert, born September 15, 1885, who died November 8, 1898; and Ar- thur Bertram, born May 19, 1887. Edward Albert was a painter of great promise and a remarkable scholar. His death was caused by a severe blow at a game of football. He was a member of the Congregational Church of Stoneham, having united in May, 1898. Ar-

thur Bertram is now (1901) a student in the Stoneham High School. On June 27, 1900, Mr. Bucknam married, second, Jennie Silver Moulton, of Lynnfield, Mass., born June 8, 1867, at Lynnfield, the daughter of Joseph and Mary (Aborn) Moulton. She has one brother, Clarence L. Moulton, a shoe manufacturer at Lynnfield. Her only sister, Elizabeth M., died April 20, 1899. Mr. Bucknam owns a house at 8 Rowe Street in Stoneham, and has resided there a great deal of the time since 1885. To the last marriage a daughter, Marion Elizabeth, born January 15, 1902.

ILLIAM HENRY SPRAGUE, a well-known native resident of Stone- ham, Mass., now (November, 1901) serving in his fourth year as Postmaster of that town, was born June 27, 1845, a son of John and Martha Abigail (Sprague) Sprague. His father, who was b. in St. Johnsbury, Vt., Feb- ruary 8, 1817, and was son of Jonathan, Jr., and Sarah (Greeley) Sprague, d. in Stoneham, April 17, 1868. His mother, b. in Stoneham, May 7, 1816, daughter of Timothy6 and Eliza (Pierce) Sprague, is now a widow living in Stoneham. Through both his parents Mr. Sprague is descended directly from Ralph1

Sprague, immigrant, founder of the old Middle- sex County family of this name. The male line has not yet been completely traced. Be- ginning with the great-grandfather, it is: Jonathan, Sr. ; Jonathan, Jr. ; John, the father. The maternal line is : Ralph,' John,2 Edward, 3 Timothy, 4 Matthew, 5 Timothy,6 Martha Abi- gail7.

Ralph™ Sprague, b. in Upway, Dorsetshire, England, about 1603, son of Edward Sprague and his wife Christina, and one of a family of six children - Ralph, Alice, Edward, Richard, Christopher, and William. Their father d. in England in 1614, and his sons - Ralph, Richard, and William - came to America in 1628 or 1629, landing at Salem. It is sup- posed that Ralph' Sprague was the first white settler of Mystic Side, then a part of Charles- town. His homestead was in the centre of what is now Melrose, at the junction of West Foster and Vinton Streets. He m. in Eng- land Joanna Warner, daughter of William Warner. They had the following-named chil- dren : John, the next in line of descent; Rich- ard; Samuel, baptized 1632 in Charlestown ; Mary ; Phinehas ; Jonathan. The will of Ralph Sprague, dated August II, 1650, gives value of estate as six hundred and forty-nine pounds, ten shillings. His wife Joanna survived him, and m. in 1662 Deacon Edward Converse, of Woburn. She d. February 24, 1680, as his widow, and was buried in Woburn.

Jonathan Sprague, b. in Malden in 1758 (perhaps son of Phineas, who d. in Malden, De- cember 29, 1805, aged eighty years), m. Sep- tember II, 1783, Catherine Emerson, b. May 23, 1763, daughter of James+ Emerson, of Reading, and his second wife, Elizabeth, widow of Jeremiah Bancroft, and daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Bachelder) Nichols. Her father's first wife was Mary Farrar. James+ Emerson was b. in Reading in 1720. His father, Ebenezer3 Emerson, who was b. in Mendon, Mass., and d. in Reading in 1751, m., first, Bethia Parker, and second, Mary Boutwell, b. about 1685, daughter of Captain James and Mary (Kendall) Boutwell, of Reading. Ebe- nezer3 was son of the Rev. Joseph2 Emerson (b. about 1620-1 in England, d. in Concord, Mass., January 3, 1680), who m. as his second

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wife, December 7, 1665, Elizabeth Bulkeley. She was b. 1638, d. September 4, 1693. The Rev. Joseph2 Emerson, who was minister at Wells, Milton, and Mendon, was son of Thomas' Emerson, immigrant, probably b. in Sedgefield, county Durham, England, d. May I, 1666, in Ipswich, Mass., and whose wife was named Elizabeth. They came, it is thought, in the "Elizabeth Ann" in 1635, and lived in that part of Ipswich called "Tur- key Shore."

Elizabeth Bulkley was daughter of the Rev. Edward Bulkley, who was a son of the Rev. Peter Bulkley, the first minister of Concord, Mass. The above-named Jonathan Sprague was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, enlist- ing no less than five times. First enlistment, dated April 19, 1775, service, two months, seven days, during which he was in the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill as a private in Captain John Philipps's company, John Brooks's regiment ; second, July, 1775, twelve months, in Captain Steward's company, Col- lonel Phinney's regiment; third, July, 1776, three months, Captain Lynde's company, Col- onel Crane's regiment ; fourth, October, 1777, six months, Captain Hill's company, Colonel Poor's regiment; fifth, August, 1778, six months, Captain Twist's company, Colonel Sargent's regiment. He d. May 29, 1845, aged eighty-seven. His name on pension list in 1835 is Jonathan Sprague, Caledonia County, Vermont, served in Massachusetts companies; placed on pension roll Septem- ber 5, 1833. June 1, 1840, Jonathan Sprague, of Sutton, Vt., d. aged eighty-two years. After his death his widow, Catherine, received the pension.

Jonathan Sprague, Jr., son of Jonathan and his wife Catherine, was b. in Malden, and there learned the trade of shoemaker, which he subsequently followed in connection with gen- eral farming, first in St. Johnsbury, Vt., then in Malden, later in Peterboro, N.H., and finally in Cambridgeport, Mass., where he spent his last years, and where he d. His grave is in Stoneham. His first wife was

Barrett; his second, Susan Greeley, d. March 29, 1867.

John Sprague, son of Jonathan and Susan

(Greeley) Sprague, was b. in St. Johnsbury, Vt., February 8, 1817. When about nine years old he accompanied his parents to North Malden, now Melrose, where he assisted his father on the farm and attended the district school until the removal of the family to Peter- boro, N. H. In 1837 he settled in Stoneham, Mass., where he was henceforth variously em- ployed as shoemaker, shoe cutter, and market gardener, continuing in active pursuits until his death, April 12, 1868. He was liberal in his religious views, and an attendant of the Universalist church. He m. Martha Abigail Sprague, by whom he had two children - John Francis, and William Henry, the special sub- ject of this sketch. John F. Sprague was b. in Stoneham in 1843, and was there educated. After working a few years in a Stoneham shoe factory, he went into business with his brother, William H., in 1874, locating in Boston, and remaining in partnership with him until 1880, when, on account of ill health, he retired.

Martha Abigail Sprague, the wife of John Sprague, and mother of William H. and John F., was b. in 1816 in Stoneham, where she now resides. She is a daughter of Timothy and Eliza (Pierce) Sprague, and a descendant in the seventh generation from the immigrant an- cestor, Ralph Sprague, as above shown.

John2 Sprague, b. in Upway, England, in 1624, son of Ralph,' d. in Charlestown, Mass., June 25, 1692. He shared in the shipping interests of Charlestown, acquired much wealth, and with others owned several islands in Bos- ton Harbor. A man of fine physique, com- manding in appearance, he made an excellent officer in the militia, of which he was Captain in 1685. On May 2, 1651, at Charlestown, he m. Lydia Goffe, b. in England, d. in Malden, December 11, 1715, a daughter of Edward Goffe, who d. in Cambridge, Mass., 1667, and his wife, Lydia Joyce, who d. in Cam- bridge, May 2, 1657. The children of John2 and Lydia (Goffe) Sprague were: John, b. March 9, 1651-2; Lydia, b. 1654; Jonathan, b. August, 1656; Samuel, b. 1658-9; Mary, b. 1661; Edward, b. 1663; Phinehas, b. in 1665; Deborah, b. in 1668, m. Lieutenant Samuel Bucknam; Sarah, b. 1670; and Hannah, men- tioned in his will as a daughter.

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Edward3 Sprague, the fourth son of John, 2 d. in 1720. He was a farmer and miller. His grist mill was located on his farm, where the brook, which ran through it, is now crossed by Mountain Avenue; the fulling-mill near by was taken down on account of its age, at the settlement of his widow's estate, being then valued at five pounds. He was known as "Cap- tain," and was in the Indian War of 1689 to 1697, known as "King William's War," in an expedition to Maine and New Hamsphire. His wife, Dorothy Lynde, whom he m. November 4, 1693, survived him, dying in Malden in 1727. They had nine children, namely : William, who settled the estate, taking the farm; Timothy, further mentioned below; Ebenezer, b. in 1700, who settled in Groton, Mass .; Jemima, b. in 1702, who m. Joseph Perkins; Lydia, b. in 1704; Hezekiah, b. in 1707; Anna, who m. Benjamin Falkner; Dorothy; and Phebe.

Dorothy Lynde was b. about 1670 in Mal- den. Her father, Colonel Joseph Lynde, b. June 8, 1636, d. there January 29, 1726; and his first wife, Sarah Davidson, b. 1647, d. December 13, 1678, of smallpox, aged thirty-one years. Colonel Lynde was a promi- nent man in public life, and took an active part in military affairs. In 1694 he was sent to the banks of the Merrimack with a detach- ment of soldiers to quell the disturbances by the Indians there. He m., second, Emma Brackenbury. She d. September 1, 1703 ; and he m., third, Mary Winthrop, March 12, 1705 ; all buried at Malden. His children were : Sarah, b. December 5, 1666, m., first, Thomas Clark, a merchant, and second, Seth Sweetser ; Margaret, b. January 24, 1668, m. March 3, 1720, Colonel Thomas Sargent, Jr., of Boston ; Joseph, b. May 15, 1671, m. Sarah Belcher, and was lost at sea; Dorothy, mentioned above, m. Edward Sprague; Nicholas, b. July 1, 1672, d. at Jamaica, W.I., October, 1703; Joanna, b. July 4, 1676, m. in 1700 Samuel Everton, who d. October 12, 1715, and she d. De- cember 3, 1772, in her ninety-seventh year ; Thomas, b. November 15, 1678, lost at sea with his brother Joseph.

Colonel Joseph Lynde was son of Deacon Thomas' Lynde, one of the first settlers of

Charlestown and leading citizen for many years. His homestead was located where now stands the present Waverley House. At one time he owned over one-fourth of Charlestown. He was b. in England, 1593, and three times m. He d. December 30, 1671, in Malden, so says tradition, at the house now standing, built by his son, Ensign Thomas Lynde. He m., first, Margaret Jordan, who was mother of his children; m., second, a widow, whose maiden name was Martin; m., third, December 6, 1665, Rebecca Trerice, widow of Captain Nicholas Trerice (captain of the famous ship "Planter " that brought over so many new comers in 1634-5), a prominent merchant of both Marblehead and Charlestown, dying in the latter place. She survived as Deacon Lynde's widow.

Timothy4 Sprague, b. in Malden in 1699, d. in 1765. Succeeding to the ownership of his father's mill, he carried on a successful business, and acquired more property by pur- chase, buying from Aaron Bucknam the mill built (near the present site of Barrett's Dye House) by Deacon Joses Bucknam, and also land in the vicinity of Spot Pond. A "hus- bandman" and "miller " during his active life, at the time of his death he was styled "gentle- man." An inventory of his estate was taken October 31, 1765. His will speaks of his dwelling-house, in which lived his wife and aged mother, as valued at eighty pounds; his mills as valued at two hundred and sixty-six pounds, thirteen shillings, and four pence; and Spot Pond lands at two pounds. By his marriage, April 14, 1737, with Mrs. Mary Legg, daughter of a prominent merchant of Salem, Mass., he had a number of children, the three mentioned in his will being : Matthew Whipple (the next in this line) ; Timothy, b. in 1759; and Sarah.

Matthew Whipple5 Sprague, b. in Malden in 1755, d. March 30, 1837. He m.

17-, Lydia --- , who d. March 17, 1824. Their children were as follows: Timothy, the next in line of descent; Lydia, b. February 27, 1789; Matthew Whipple, Jr., b. December 28, 1791; Edward; and Sarah.

Timothy6 Sprague, b. in Stoneham, Mass., October 21, 1786, d. January 24, 1881, at the

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time of his death being the oldest citizen of Stoneham. He m. June 24, 1813, Eliza Pierce, daughter of - --- , and she bore him six children, as follows: Elizabeth S., b. May 24, 1814; Martha A., b. May 7, 1816; Sarah G., b. July, 1818, d. unmarried Septem- ber 29, 1839; Sylvanus P., b. November 17, 1820, d. March 25, 1899; Mary J., b. Decem- ber 14, 1822; and Ezra V., b. April 14, 1826, d. July 13, 1901.

William Henry8 Sprague embarked in the shoe business on his own account in 1874, when, in company with his brother, John F. Sprague, he opened a retail shoe store at 17 Cambridge Street, Boston, under the firm name of Sprague Brothers. This partnership con- tinued until 1880, when the brother retired from business. Mr. Sprague then established himself at 212 Hanover Street, subsequently removing to 272 Hanover Street, where he re- mained until 1888, when he disposed of his stock. In 1887 Mr. Sprague purchased an in- terest in a grocery and provision store in Stoneham, where he carried on business under the name of W. H. Sprague & Co. two years, when he sold out. In 1891 he engaged in the manufacture of shoes with Leonard P. Benton as junior member of the firm of Benton & Sprague, manufacturers of misses' and chil- dren's shoes, the factory being located at the corner of Main and Summer Streets, Stone- ham, where Mr. Benton, to whom he sold out his interest in 1892, still conducts the busi- ness.

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Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 76

Author: Hurd, Charles Edwin, 1833-1910 Publication date: 1902 Publisher: Boston, New England historical publishing company Number of Pages: 850

Author: Hurd, Charles Edwin, 1833-1910
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: Boston, New England historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 850