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Capt John Sprague
Cenotaph

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Capt John Sprague

Birth
Dorchester, West Dorset District, Dorset, England
Death
24 Jun 1692 (aged 68)
Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Cenotaph
Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.4384023, Longitude: -71.0607926
Plot
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Memorial ID
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Actual burial here

John is the eldest of seven children born to Ralph and Johane (Warren) Sprague. He married Lydia the eldest of three children born to Edward and Joyce (Cutter) Goffe.

John and Lydia had ten children together:

John
Lydia
Jonathan
Samuel
Mary
Edward*
Phineas
Deborah
Hannah
Sarah∼INFORMATION NOT VERIFIED BY CURRENT MANAGER OF MEMORIAL.

Age: 68 Years Old

Source:
Synopsis of the Inscriptions in
the Old Malden Burying Grounds
Actual burial here

John is the eldest of seven children born to Ralph and Johane (Warren) Sprague. He married Lydia the eldest of three children born to Edward and Joyce (Cutter) Goffe.

John and Lydia had ten children together:

John
Lydia
Jonathan
Samuel
Mary
Edward*
Phineas
Deborah
Hannah
Sarah∼INFORMATION NOT VERIFIED BY CURRENT MANAGER OF MEMORIAL.

Age: 68 Years Old

Source:
Synopsis of the Inscriptions in
the Old Malden Burying Grounds

Inscription

Here Lyes ye Body of
Capt John Sprague
Aged 68 Years
who departed this
Life the 25 Day
of June 1692
The Memory of ye just is Blessed

Gravesite Details

This is one of several graves north of Medford Street that were re-interred in 1899. It appears in the early surveys of the cemetery but not in the Malden Cemetery Department Bell Rock card file.


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  • Created by: David Bruty
  • Added: Jul 5, 2008
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28063224/john-sprague: accessed ), memorial page for Capt John Sprague (23 May 1624–24 Jun 1692), Find a Grave Memorial ID 28063224, citing Bell Rock Cemetery, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by David Bruty (contributor 46939293).