Edward Sprague

by | Jun 17, 2016 | Genealogy, Laude

Birth:  1576  England Occupation:  Fuller, which is someone who cleanses and thickens cloth as part of the finishing process.  They lived comfortably by the standards of the day, operating from the mill.  His will shows that he owned 80 sheep and forty two lambs and...

William Sprague

by | Jun 17, 2016 | Genealogy, Laude

Birth: 1609   Upway, Dorsetshire, EnglandImmigration:  1628Details: William Sprague immigrated to America in 1628 with his two brothers, Ralph and Richard on the ship “Abigail”, with Governor Endicott and landed at Salem on September 6, 1628. Ralph became...

Jonathan Sprague

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Birth: 28 MAY 1648  Hingham, Plymouth Colony, MassachusettsBirth of Daughter: Joanna SpragueBirth of Son:  ABT 1672Name: Jonathan SpragueNote: 1672Details:  Jonathan went from Hingham to Mendon, Rhode Island in 1672 to live near his brother, John Sprague and his...

William Ballard

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Birth:  03 AUG 1603  Warwickshire, EnglandBirth of Daughter:  1632Name:  Esther BallardImmigration:  13 JUL 1635 on the “James”Details:  “W[illia]m Ballard,” aged 32, husbandman, “Elizabeth Ballard,” aged 26, “Hester...

Joseph Jencks

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Birth:  26 AUG 1599  Hammersmith, Greater London, EnglandNote:  The origins of the Jencks family in England is treated in NEHGR, Volume 110.1st Marriage:  05 NOV 1627  to Joan Hearne in Horton, Buckinghamshire, EnglandBirth of Son:  George JencksBirth of Son: ...

Joseph Jencks Jr.

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Baptism:  12 OCT 1628  Colnbrook, Horton, Buckinghamshire, EnglandName Var:  JenksNote:  Joseph Jenckes II is known as the founder of Pawtucket. A skilled ironworker, he had come to the New World to join his father, Joseph Jencks I, who had organized and operated the...