1st Generation: Edward Sprague, b Abt 1576, Fordington Dorsetshire, England, m. Christiana Holland, Ralph Sprague 2nd Generation: Lt. Ralph Sprague, b. Abt 1599, Upwey, England, m. Joanna Warren William Sprague 2nd Generation: William Sprague, b. Abt Oct 1609, Upwey, England, m. Millicent Eames 3rd Generation: Anthony Sprague, b. 1635 Charlestown, MA; m. 1661 Hingham, MA ,E. Bartlett; d. 1719, Hingham, MA) 4th Generation: Samuel Sprague (b. 1671/72, Hingham, MA; m. 1716/17 Hingham, MA E.Hewett; d. 1723 Plymouth, MA) 5th Generation: Samuel Sprague (b. 1719/20, Hingham, MA; m. 1742 Rehoboth, MA, A.Nash; d. 1783, Rehoboth) 6th Generation: James Sprague (b. 1760, Rehoboth, MA; m. 1783, Rehoboth S.Jennings; d. 1840  : Jonathan Sprague, b. 28 May 1648, Hingham MA, m. Mehitable Holbrook 4th Generation: Capt. William Sprague, b. 2 Feb 1690/91, Smithfield, RI, m. Alice Brown 5th  3rd Generation: William Sprague, b. 7 May 1650, Hingham MA, m. Deborah Lane 4th Generation: William Sprague, b. 24 Dec 1675, Hingham MA, m. Silence Tower 5th Generation: Joshua Sprague, b. 1 Jan 1713/14, Abington, MA, m. Elizabeth Keen 6th Generation: Samuel Sprague, b. 28 Feb 1753, Abington, MA, m. Mary Benner 7th Generation: Daniel Sprague, b. 1 Aug 1787, Abington, MA, m. Nancy Batson 8th Generation: Lawrence Batson Sprague, b. 23 Nov 1814, Dennysville (Pembroke), ME, m. Sarah B. Reynolds 9th Generation: Elisha Lawrence Sprague, b. 13 Oct 1848, Dennysville (Pembroke), ME, m. Deborah Ellen Jones 10th Generation: Ralph Leslie Sprague, b. 19 Sep 1877, Dennysville (Pembroke), ME, m. Augusta Madonna Cushing(My Grandmother). In July 2005, my sister Jean Fennell and I were fortunate to have visited Upwey, Dorsetshire, England and walked the same grounds of our  ancestor(Edward Sprague). With my movie camera, I took a video inside the St Lawrence Church as well as the graveyard and grounds outside this beautiful church. Edward had been a member there and we visited the nearby Wishing Well that had been on his former lands. It is now home of a restaurant and gardens and although the sign said "do not drink from the spring" , I could not resist. It didn't taste bad to me.  www.sprague-database.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I35854&tree=SpragueProject

 

He was also a direct line Sprague GRANDPARENT-Governor of Massachusetts John Endicott (c. 1589-1665) Governor Massachusetts Bay Colony 1629-1630, 1644-1645, 1649-1650, 1651-1654, 1655-1665 Unlike the Pilgrims who didn't know what to expect in the "New World," the first Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony had a good idea of where he was going. When the Colony sent its first ships to what would become the Massachusetts Bay Colony, they were led by Governor John Endicott who had helped lead the Dorchester Bay Company's settlement on Cape Anne in the 1620s. Endicott and the settlers wintered with the remainder of the Dorchester Colony in Salem. Then in June and July of 1630, they welcomed eleven ships bringing over 1,000 better-equipped Puritan settlers. Together the settlers set off with the Colony's new leader, John Winthrop, who had arrived with them. Though Endicott was replaced by Winthrop, he had earned the respect of the colonists who benefited from his knowledge and strong leadership during that first winter. He remained an active voice in the Colony's politics. Over a decade later, he would be elected Governor again, serving almost continuously from 1644 to his death in 1665.  Lineage to Gov John Endicott> Dr Zerubbabel> Elizabeth Endicott> Elizabeth Gilbert> Hannah Hersey> Abigail Lewis> Abigail Hersey> Margaret H Smith> Lorena Morgan> Augusta Madonna Cushing> Norman Philip Sprague> Me          www.famousamericans.net/johnendicott