Pvt. Abel Sprague, Sr., Rev War KIA

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Pvt. Abel Sprague, Sr., Rev War KIA

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut, United States
Death: circa April 01, 1781 (40-48)
Fallsburg, Sullivan County, New York, United States (shot by arrows escaping Native American's after being captured. )
Place of Burial: Hancock, Delaware County, New York, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Peleg Sprague and Hannah Sprague
Husband of Mercy Sprague
Father of Abraham Sprauge, Sr.; Lazarus Sprauge; Abel Sprague, Jr.; Thomas Sprague; Ichabod Sprague and 3 others
Brother of Joseph Sprague; Sarah Sprague; David Sprague and Simeon Sprague

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About Pvt. Abel Sprague, Sr., Rev War KIA

Abel Sprague

  • BIRTH 27 Jan 1738 Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut, USA
  • DEATH 1781 (aged 42–43)nFallsburg, Sullivan County, New York, USA
  • BURIAL Long Flat Cemetery, Delaware County, New York, USA
  • MEMORIAL ID 27232182

Abel Sprague and Mercy Harvey Sprague were married about 1735 [1] and resided in Nine Partners, Dutchess Co., NY and later in Colchester on East Branch of the Delaware from whence he was driven out by Indians in 1778; Revolutionary soldier with the rank of Private [3] in Third regt., Dutchess Co., NY Militia; killed by Indians in spring, 1781. He had six sons [5] and was an ordained Congregational Minister. [5]

Spouse
Mercy Harvey Sprague 1739–1785

Children
Ichabod Sprague unknown–1850
Abraham Sprague 1760–1838

References

[1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27232182/abel-sprague

[2] https://familysearch.org/tree/person/2WM9-JGZ/details

[3] DAR Ancestor #  A107517 

[4] "Sprague Families in America", by Dr. Warren Vincent Sprague, page 579.

[5] From George Sawyer.

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Pvt. Abel Sprague, Sr., Rev War KIA's Timeline

1737
January 27, 1737
Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut, United States
1760
October 19, 1760
Dutchess County, New York, United States
1763
1763
Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States
1766
1766
Nine Partners, Dutchess, New York
1768
1768
Colchester, NY, United States
1776
February 12, 1776
1777
1777
1778
1778
1779
1779
1781
April 1, 1781
Age 44
Fallsburg, Sullivan County, New York, United States