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Abiah West (Sprague)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Death: circa April 1721 (29-37)
South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island
Immediate Family:

Daughter of William Sprague II and Deborah Sprague
Wife of William West, Sr. and William West
Mother of William West, Junior; Deborah West; William West, II; Abiah West; John West, Sr. and 1 other
Sister of William Sprague, III; Deborah Beal; Joanna Sprague; David Sprague; Jonathan Sprague and 3 others
Half sister of Peter Sprague

Managed by: Job Waterreus
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About Abiah West

Biography

Abiah Sprague, daughter of William & Deborah (Lane) Sprague, was born in Hingham, then Plymouth Colony, on 27 Jan 1688/9. She died before April 1721[1].

Abiah Sprague married William West of Kingston, "m. (pub. Dec. 24, 1709)'"[2][3] although the Mayflower Families in Progress "Soule" book just says about 1707.

Her father's will dated April 1721, proved 11 Nov 1723 names Deborah, John, William and Abiah West as his grandchildren.[1]

William married again, this time, about 1722, to Jane Tanner, who was the daughter of Francis and Mary (Babcock) Tanner. Jane m. (2) in 1751 John Hill.[1]

William West of Kingstown, husbandman, and his first wife Abiah sold land in Kingstowne to John Crowder, weaver, in Aug. 1711. They sold 33 acres in Kingstown, on [2]8 April 1713, to Robert Renalds.[1]

27 July 1741, "William West, wife and children" were to be transported from Charlestown, Rhode Island, to North Kingstown, by order of the Charlestown Town Council. And in July 1742, he and some of the family were living in West Greenwich with Benjamin Tanner, when the town council of there asked for an explanation.[1] There was also a William West on the 19 Jan 1744 rate bill for South Kingstown, Rhode Island, but it is unknown if this is the correct William.[1]

Probate records for William have not been found, but we know he was alive in July 1742 and that Jane remarried in 1751, making his death between July 1742 and 1751.[1]

From Samuel West's Memorandum Book : "My grandfathers name was William West his sons names ware William John Joseph BenjaminThomas Francis Hezekiah and Ebenezar his daugthters names ware Deborah Abiah Jane & Susanna."[1]

Children[1]

  1. Deborah, daughter of Abiah, born about 1708; died after 11 Nov 1723
  2. William, son of Abiah, born c. 1710 (based on his age at death)
  3. John, son of Abiah, born 25 Nov 1715,
  4. Abiah, daughter of Abiah, born c. 1718 and before 1 April 1721 (will of grandfather)
  5. Child??? West, of Abiah, b. c. 1720; died young before 1 April 1721??

References

  1. The Sprague Project
  2. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sprague-2514 cites
    1. George Soule of the Mayflower and his Descendants for Four Generations. "Mayflower Families in Progress" Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendents, 2006.
    2. History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts: Volume 3. Genealogical published by the town 1893.p. 165
    3. Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data:Hingham. Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Link at Ancestry ($) lines 13 & 14 a marriage intention "propose"
    4. Sprague, Frank William. The Brothers Ralph and William Sprague and Some of Their Descendants, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1909) Vol. 63, Page 149
  3. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/West-669
  4. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LDX1-RL6
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Abiah West's Timeline

1688
January 27, 1688
Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1710
1710
Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island, USA
1715
November 25, 1715
North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, United States
1715
North Kingstown, Providence Plantations County, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
1715
New York
1718
1718
Hopkinton, Washington Co, Rhode Island,
1721
April 1721
Age 33
South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island
1907
January 8, 1907
Age 33