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Pete Buttigieg

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Pete Buttigieg

19th U.S. Secretary of Transportation


    John Sprague

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    • 9th Great-grandfather of Pete Buttigieg — 12th Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 3734 
    • Birth Date:
    • ABT 1655 
    • Birth Location:
    • prob. Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
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    • Death Date:
    • 6 Mar 1727/1728 
    • Death Location:
    • Lebanon, New London, Connecticut 
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    • Marriage Date:
    • BEF 6 Nov 1683 
    • Marriage Location:
    • prob. Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
    • Children:

    • Ephraim Sprague

      Benjamin Sprague

      Samuel Sprague

      John Sprague

      Lydia Sprague (Ahnentafel No:1867 )

      Irene Sprague

      Ruth Sprague

    • Notes: 
    • John Sprague was listed as a son of John and Ruth (Bassett) Sprague in a couple of court documents. However, the NEHGS's Christopher Challender Child has shown through a Y-DNA analysis that John Sprague senior was not the biological father, but rather Samuel Fuller (b.c. 1630), or his father Matthew Fuller (d. 1678). Based on the fact that Samuel was unmarried in 1655 and closer in age to Ruth Bassett, it seems more likely that he was the father. (See Mayflower Descendant, Summer 2019, pp. 117-149 and Mayflower Descendants, Summer 2022, pp. 125-126)

  • Additional marriages for John Sprague


    • Spouse:
    • Lois Standish
    • Marriage Date:
    • 21 Mar 1726/1727
    • Marriage Location:
    • Lebanon, New London, Connecticut

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