Individual Details

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"Sprague Families in America", by Dr. Warren Vincent Sprague, page 143.
Capt. William Sprague was from Smithfield, RI.
1720, Oct. Was made Freeman from Providence.
1728 to 1731. Lieutenant in Providence Co. Militia.
1732. Captain in 1st Co. of Smithfield, 2d Regt. Providence Co. Militia.
1738, Aug. 28. He deeded 100 acres to his son Nehemiah Sprague.
1738, Aug. 31. He deeded "the land whereon the Baptist Meeting-house stands to certain persons for and in consideration of a Meeting-house by my leave and consent erected and built for the worship of god, by my honored father, Jonathan Sprague, James Ballow, James Walling and Richard Sprague, with the help of self and some others".
1747, Dec. 15. For fatherly love and affection he deeded 11 1/3 acres on both sides of Crookfall River, to his well beloved son and daughter Stephen Sly and Sarah Sly, of Smithfield.
1748. Citizen of Highway District No. 6.
1757, Dec. 20. He deeded for love, etc. to "dutiful and obedient son Joshua" half of the homestead in Smithfield and the easterly half of the lands in Cumberland, 300 acres, with a dwelling house near the Pawtucket River and half the barn.
1762, July 21. Joshua Sprague and wife Abigail, of Smithfield, for 1,200 pounds, conveyed land inherited from their honored father, William Sprague.
1768, April 20. William Sprague, for love and good will, and natural affection, deeded to his "dutiful grandsons" Elias and Nehemiah Sprague, and for his honorable maintenance, the homestead on Pawtucket River. "For upwards of a century the Spragues were prominent actors in the religious and political history of old Smithfield". "In the will of James Walling, Mercy is called wife of William Sprague, who was made executor, and to her was given one-third and to her children, Hannah Phillips, Joseph Cook, Abigail Cutter and Samuel Cook, also one-third.

"Sprague Families in America", by Dr. Warren Vincent Sprague, page 581.
William Sprague of Smithfield, deeded to his son Samuel of Glocester in 1747. (Glocester Deeds, III, 146) In a Journal dated December 25, 1793, Amasa Sprague stated that his father, Samuel Sprague was the son of William of Smithfield.

"Genealogy (in part) of the Sprague Families in America", by Augustus B. R. Sprague, page 17.
William Sprague bore the rank of Captain in 2nd Regiment Providence Co. Militia in 1732. Smithfield was a part of Providence before 1730, when the tereitory was set off and the town of Smithfield incorportated. To this date, the town of Providence extended north to the Massachusetts line.
In the History of Woonsocket, RI, formerly a part of Smithfield, page 203, we read, "For upwards of a century the Spragues were prominent actors in the religious and political history of old Smithfield".
August 31, 1738, he deeded "the land whereon the Baptist meeting house stands, to certain persons, for and in consideration of a meeting-house by my leave and consent erected and built for the worship of God, by my honored father, Jonathan Sprague, James Ballou, James Walling and Richard Sprague, with the help of self and some others.
December 15, 1740, he deeded to his daughter Sarah Sly, and her husband, William, for love, etc., eleven and one-half acres.
December 20, 1750, he deeded for love, etc., to dutiful and obedient son Joshua, half of land in Smithfield and Cumberland, 300 acres, and dwelling-house on easterly part of homestead on the intervale on the west side of Pawtucket River, also half the barn.
February 9, 1754, he and his son made a division of lands above deeded.
May 21, 1762, he bought of his son, Joshua, and the latter's wife, Abigail, for $1250.00, certain lands.
April 15, 1768, he deeded for love, etd., to dutiful grandsons, Elias and Nehemiah Sprague, and for "my honorable maintenance, all my homestead where I dwell." "Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island"

"The Brothers Ralph & William Sprague and some of Their Descendants", by Frank William Sprague, 1909, page 7.
He deeded land 7 Dec. 1738, to son Nehemiah of Smithfield (Smithfield Deeds, vol 1, p. 413); on 15 Dec 1740 to his beloved son and daughter, Stephen Sly and his wife Sarah Sly, both of Smithfield, (Ibid., vol 2, p. 26); on 20 Dec 1750 to son Joseph of Smithfield (Ibid., vol. 3, p. 59); and on 16 May 1755 to son Joshua (Ibid., vol. 3, p. 59).
"The Genealogical Register", April 1909, page 151.
The children of William Sprague were Nehemiah, Joseph, Joshua, and Sarah (who married Stephen Sly).

Birth	2 Feb 1691	Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island
Marriage	16 Sep 1714	Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island - Alice Brown
Marriage	16 Aug 1744	Mercy/Mary Walling
Death	20 Oct 1778	Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island

Spouse	Alice Brown (1691 - )
Child	Nehemiah Sprague (1717 - 1807)
Child	Alice Sprague (1720 - 1766)
Child	Sarah Sprague (1722 - )
Child	Samuel Sprague (1724 - )
Child	Peter Sprague (1726 - )
Child	Maj. Joshua Sprague (1729 - 1816)

Spouse

Mercy/Mary Walling ( - 1751)

Father	JONATHAN SPRAGUE ( - 1741)
Mother	MAHITABLE HOLBROOK (1648 - 1719)
Sibling	Jonathan Sprague (1672 - 1764)
Sibling	PATIENCE SPRAGUE (1675 - )
Sibling	Joanna Sprague (1676 - 1757)
Sibling	Persis Sprague (1681 - )
Sibling	Mary SPRAGUE ( - 1770)