PART 1: INFORMATION OF SPRAGUE'S FAMILY 8th Generation Samuel Boardman Sex: Male Birth: 1 October 1727 Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Marriage: 12 July 1749 Pembroke, Hillsboro, New Hampshire Death: 3 December 1815 Pembroke, Merrimack, New Hampshire Spouse: Miriam StevensBirth: 1731 Pembroke, Hillsboro, New Hampshire Marriage: 12 July 1749 Pembroke, Hillsboro, New Hampshire Death: 1807 Pembroke, Merrimack, New Hampshire 9th Generation Ezra BoardmanSex: Male Birth: 15 August 1763 Pembroke, Merrimack, New Hampshire Marriage: 1794 Pembroke, Merrimack, New Hampshire Death: 16 November 1824 Sanbornton, Sanborn, New Hampshire Spouse: Mary BrownBirth: 1767 Pembroke, Merrimack, New Hampshire Marriage: 1794 Pembroke, Merrimack, New Hampshire Death: 1836 Cabot, Vermont, USA 10th Generation
Marthe BoardmanSex: Female Birth: 21 February 1800 Sanbornton, Sanborn, New Hampshire Marriage: 1827 Cabot, Vermont, USA Death: 18 September 1845 Sanbornton, Sanborn, New Hampshire Spouse: Johannes SawyerBirth: 1804 Alexandria, , Vermont Marriage: 1827 Cabot, Vermont, USA Death: 1862 Medford, Steele, Minnesota 11th Generation
Laura Anna Sawyer Sex: Female Birth: 16 July 1836 Sanbornton, Sanborn, New Hampshire Death: 14 August 1836 Sanbornton, Sanborn, New Hampshire Anna Maria Sawyer Sex: Female Birth: 18 February 1834 Sanbornton, Sanborn, New Hampshire Death: 1 June 1851 Sanbornton, Sanborn, New Hampshire Martin Luther Sawyer
Sex: Male Birth: 12 July 1832 Sanbornton, Sanborn, New Hampshire Marriage: 1875 Sanbornton, Sanborn, New Hampshire Death: 1923 Alaska Spouse: Ingeborg NilsenBirth: 1835 Mokster, Austevoll, Hordaland, Norway Marriage: 1875 Sanbornton, Sanborn, New Hampshire Death: 1912 Mokster, Austevoll, Hordaland, Norway *Those generations here were not real, we used and changed some beautiful names and infomation from:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/M7VY-TGS PART 2: The BOARDMAN FAMILY Story  New Hampshire Samuel Boardman was born in 1727 in Malden which is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. During that time England had been ruled by William and Mary, Queen Anne, and George I, New Hampshire was administrated by no less than 8 lieutenant governors. Until under King George II, in 1741, Benning Wentworth was made the first own governor of New Hampshire alone. Therefore, Samuel Boardman moved from Massachusetts to New Hampshire in order to have an easy life. In here, he met Miriam Stevens and got marriage with her in 1749 due to the permission of their parent and a small wedding was held in this town. They had a lot of children included 5 sons and 6 daughters. The son named Ezra Boardman, who was born on 15 August 1763, was a smart, active boy and the luckiest one.
 American Revolution War The American Revolution was a war of independence from 1775 to 1783 which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America. New Hampshire was the first colony to declare its independence from Great Britain and to establish its own government (1776). In this war, three first sons of Samuel Boardman join this war and died on the battle of Bunker Hill. Others children were killed except Ezra Boardman. After the war, Ezra Boardman grew and he got marriage with Mary Brown in 1794. Gradually their life more stable and wealthy, then Ezra and Mary had 3 sons and 2 daughters. In 1807, his wife died and 7 years later, he died too. Both of them were buried together in Pembroke, Merrimack, New Hampshire. On 16 November 1824, Ezra Boardman died and he was buried near his parent. After his death 8 years, Mary Brow also died.
Marthe Boardman is daughter of Ezra Boardman and Mary Brown. She was born in Sanbornton, Sanborn, New Hampshire in 1800. She grew up in affluence and wealth depend on cotton fields. After she visited her father friend in Cabot, Vermont, USA, she met Johannes Sawyer. In 1827, they got married and had three children: Laura Anna Sawyer was born in 1836, Anna Maria Sawyer was born in 1834, and Martin Luther Sawyer. But Laura Anna Sawyer was a premature baby, so she died in the next month after birth. Marthe Boardman was diagnosed with pneumonia, and she died in Sanbornton, Sanborn, New Hampshire 1845. After her dead, Johannes Sawyer married with another woman and moved to Medford, Steele, Minnesota and died in 1862.
 Workers on cotton fields The first son of Marthe Boardman is Martin Luther Sawyer was born in 1832. He joined in the U.S. Army in 1859 and served during the Civil War from 1861 to 1865. After the war he returned hometown and opened clothing stores. He fell in love with Ingeborg Nilsen who came from Norway and married in 1875. Then they decided to find a peaceful place to live, so they moved to Alaska which is purchased by American government from Russia Empire in 1867 . Martin died in 1923 and his wife died in 1912. Anna Maria Sawyer grew up in New Hampshire and she was died in a house fire in 1851 at the age of 17.
 Civil War 1863
Part 1: Information OF SPRAGUE'S FAMILY 1600-1700s 4th Generation:Edward SpragueSex: Male Birth: about 1576 Upway, Dorsetshire, England Death: 6 June 1614 Canterbury, Upway, Dorset, England Spouse: Christiana HollandBirth: 1578 Upway, Dorsetshire, England Marriage: 6 January 1597 Death: 25 May 1651 Upway, Dorsetshire, England5th GenerationRalph SpragueSex: Male Birth: 20 June 1599 Upway, Dorset, England Death: 24 November 1650 Malden, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Spouse: Johane WarrenBirth: 1603 St George, Dorset, England Death: 24 February 1679 Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA 6th GenerationJohn SpragueSex: Male Birth: 23 May 1624 Fordington, St George, Dorset, England Death: 25 June 1692 Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Spouse: Susannah CobbBirth: 1658 Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Marriage: 1683 and Lydia GoffeBirth: 1628 Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Marriage: 2 May 1651 Death: 11 December 1715 Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA 7th GenerationAbiah SpragueSex: Female Birth: 21 August 1687 Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Death: 10 October 1753 Spouse: William BoardmanBirth: 1688 Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts Marriage: 10 April 1708 Death: 10 October 1753 *The information contained herein is taken from:https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/3SY2-JQXhttps://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/MZJM-4VT Part 2: The SPRAGUE Family Story Edward & Christian Sprague of Upwey
Edward Sprague was the son of Tristram Sprague and Elizabeth Colt. Edward was born in 1576 and grew in Upwey, a small hamlet between Dorchester and Weymouth at the foot of the Ridgeway Hill. Edward Sprague was a fuller and owned a fulling mill in Upwey which has recently been demolished. He also owned a considerable amount of property. He got marriage with Christiana Holland who lived and grew with him in the same hamlet in 1597. In the year 1614 Edward Sprague was still a relatively young man but he sickened and died at Upwey, leaving a considerable sum of money to his widow, Christiana, their five sons and one daughter.
 The Sprague Mill, Upwey, England Moved to Fordington
Soon after the death of her father, Alice married Richard Eames and moved to the Dorchester area to live near Puddletown. Ralph followed and went to Fordington. In 1623, he married Joanna Warren whose father Thomas Warren was thought to have lived in the Manor House at Fordington. Living in Fordington, Ralph and his family were surrounded by influential puritans that would change his life.
 Marriage of Ralph Sprague August 15th 1623 Set sail from Weymouth
Before, in 1619, a Dutch ship brings the first African slaves to British North America which was the first movement to the New England. In addition to, The Fires in Dorchester in 1613 and 1623 have destroyed about 200 houses in Dorchester, about half the total, together with two of the three main churches, warehouses and many businesses. It also meant that many people here had to start life again and puritans made the discoveries to New England. Ralph Sprague knew some people who worked in the ‘Dorchester Company’. Ralph, Richard and William Sprague, together with others set sail from Weymouth on 20th June 1628 on the ship named Abagail to Massachusetts and next were his family. In March of 1930, John Winthrop leads a Puritan migration of 900 colonists to Massachusetts Bay, where he will serve as the first governor. In September, Boston was officially established and served as the site of Winthrop's government. Ralph contributed big role in the success of this government. After many years, Ralph died on 24th November 1650 at Malden Middlesex County in Massachusetts.
 The following members of the Sprague family arrived in New England by the year 1629 A child born in Fordington
John Sprague was the first son of Raph Sprague and Joanna Warren and was born and baptised in the Church of Fordington St. George in 1624. Even before Ralph died, son John was following in his father's footsteps, concerning himself with the community and building up various enterprises. England at that time was recovering from the Civil War from 1639 to 1651. Religion and the unsettled estate had encouraged more and more families to look to New England for a better way of life. John Sprague was 14 years old when he came to America. In 1651 John married Lydia Goffe. Like John, she too had been born in England, and traveled to New England with her father arriving in 1635.
 St. Georges Church, Fordington Captain John Sprague
In 1653 John was made Freeman of the Massachusetts Colony and later appointed to be one of a committee of three to lay out the county's highways between new towns Redding (now Wakefield) and Winnesmett (now Chelsea and Rivers). He joined the Malden Militia, first as an Ensign in 1654, then promoted to Lieutenant in 1664. Finally he was commissioned Captain and remained with the Foot Company of Malden from 1685-89. During his lifetime he was also chosen Selectman for Malden, then Representative in the General Court 1685-89 and Moderator and Clerk of the Writs in 1687. John and Lydia lived in a property known as Pound Farm, Malden (now Melrose). The house stood near Barrett's Mound on the southerly side of Maple Street. They had ten children: John, Lydia, Jonathan (born 1656) Samuel, Mary, Edward, Phineas, Deborah, Hannah and Sarah. It is thought that Mary died in infancy. He married the second wife in1683 and her name is Susannah Cobb who lived in the same state. Captain John as he was known had a long life and was a much respected citizen. He died in 1692 and was buried in the Bell Rock Cemetery.
 Headstone of Capt. John Sprague A daughter of Sprague Family
Abiah Sprague is daughter of John Sprague and Susannah Cobb. She was born in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1687. Ariah Broadman William Sprague met each other when they work for a local firm in Massachusetts, they married in 1708.
 Bird's-eye view from Bunker Hill of the "Malden Bridge", Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States King George's War and the death of Abiah Sprague
French and British troops always conflict and contradiction for colonial expansion in the Americas. King George's War (1744–1748) is the name given to the military operations in North America that formed part of the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748). It was the third of the four French and Indian Wars. It took place primarily in the British provinces of New York, Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire, and Nova Scotia. It’s most significant action was an expedition organized by Massachusetts Governor William Shirley that besieged and ultimately captured the French fortress of Louisbourg, on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, in 1745. The war took a heavy toll, especially in the northern British colonies. The losses of Massachusetts men alone in 1745–46 have been estimated as 8% of that colony's adult male population. Tension persists in North America continued the following years, It caused the death of many civilians including a couple Abiah Sprague and William Boardman in 1753 by the French army artillery.
 King George's War
Part 1: INFORMATION OF SPRAGUE'S FAMILY 1500-1600S 1st Generation:Johan SpragueBirth: 1501 Dorset, England Death: 1556 Dorset, England Spouse: Marie SpragueBirth: 1505 Dorset, England Death: 1556 Dorset, England 2nd Generation:Enos SpragueBirth: 1525 Dorset, England Death: 1564 St George, Dorset, England Spouse: Barbara SpragueBirth: 1521 Dorset, England Death: 1594 Dorset, England Ava SpragueBirth: 1527 Dorset, England Death: 1529 Dorset, England Mia SpragueBirth: 1527 Dorset, England Death: 1556 Dorset, England 3rd Generation:Tristram SpragueBirth: 1559 Dorset, England Marriage: June 1575 Fordington, St George, Dorset, England Death: 1581 Puddletown, Dorset, England Spouse: Elizabeth ColtBirth: 1563 Dorset, England Marriage: June 1575 Fordington, St George, Dorset, England Death: 1576 Dorset, England *Some information contained herein is taken from:https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/3SY2-J7L PART 2: THE SPRAGUE FAMILY STORY On a bitter cold day in 1501, Johan Sprague was born in Dorset, England in a Catholic family. From 1512 to 1516, he was studied in a church near his house, but deep down in his heart, he did not believe in Catholicism. By midsummer in 1516, he was married Marie – a pastor's daughter in the church who taught him. Nine years later, in 1525, they was has a first son – named Enos Sprague. In 1527, they had twins girls, Ava and Mia, but Ava died when she was two years old because of influenza. Three years later, when Mia was five years old, many people in their village got and died of smallpox, and she also got it, she survived but sadly it made her blind. In 1534, Henry VIII dissolved England's monasteries because Pope did not allow him to divorces his first wife. “After Henry's death, England tilted toward Calvinist-infused Protestantism during Edward VI's six-year reign” [1]. Many evangelical churches springing up, Johan Sprague and his family left Catholicism and became Protestant, but not much people in the village knew about that. He really found his faith in Protestantism. Unfortunately, after Edward died, Mary I (also known as "Bloody Mary") was crowned, people endured five years of reactionary Catholicism under Mary I, she was beheaded and burned many Protestants, nearly 300 Protestants were burned to death. Governments and Catholics had no evidence of Sprague family were Protestants, therefore they can safe. Unfortunately, in 1556, Sunday morning, Sprague family were be burned at their house, Johan, Marie, Mia and Enos’s children all dead, just Enos and his wife can alive, the neighbors around said it was just an accident, but someone believe that Catholics did.  Protestant Reformation Go back a little, Enos Sprague was a healthy boy. He did not go to school, he start working and contributing to the family income from the time he was about 8 years old. When he was 17 years old, he worked in a coal mine far 14 miles from home. In 1544, when he was 19 years old, he married Barbara who worked spinning cloth in a cotton mill, that time she was 15 years old. A year later, they had a first baby, but Enos did not happy because she is a girl. The next five years, Enos all had baby girls while he always want a boy. In usual days, all members of Sprague family must present at house on Sunday to pray in the morning. However, when the accident happened induce the dead of people in his family, Enos was took his wife on the way to the mill because his wife’s boss needed her work in the early morning. Grief of his family members dead, in 1557, he left the coal mine, then he and his wife made their living from farming, they milked cows, fed animals and grew herbs and vegetables. In 1559, Tristram Sprague was born, he was a plump child, sadness about the family tragedy was eased on Enos. Also in that year, Elizabeth I took the throne, and she restored Protestantism to England. The point is most of the population accepted the religious settlement of Elizabeth. England actually more peaceful in the reign of her. Their life was easier until in 1564, Enos died because of malaria. In contrast, his wife – Barbara lived until 73 years old, and died just because she got old.
 Elizabeth I of England About Tristram Sprague, he went to a kind of nursery school called a 'petty school' first then moved onto grammar school when he was about seven. The school day began at 6 am in summer and 7 am in winter, he went to school 6 days a week and there were few holidays. When he was 12, he was kept bees on his family farm, he also helped a lot in farm work. In 1575, when he helped his mother took goods to market in town to sell, he met Elizabeth Colt when she sold foodstuffs in the streets. On June 1575, they married and a year later, they had a first child, his name was Edward Sprague. But sadly, Elizabeth Colt died in childbirth (because the midwives hands were dirty and she became infected). In 1578, Tristram Sprague came to towns in search of work. That town was dirty, smelly and crowded. Rubbish such as rotting vegetables, offal and dirty water were thrown on the ground, rats and other vermin were common. It is not surprising that outbreaks of plague. In 1580, a lot of people in that town died of plague. However, plague cannot kill Tristram Sprague. Therefore in 1581, he came home, but six month later, he died because of dysentery.
 Plague cause many to die wrote by Huynh Mai Quoc Thuy
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