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Village:Hancock, MA Source:hsvcensus:337Search: Full Last First
id 337 lastname Dempsey Sprague firstname Celia sex f birth_date 1812c birth_place NY date_admitted 1819 covenant_signed Hancock 1819, 1829, 1846, 1850, 1854, 1870, 1880 shaker_residences Softening brain, 1880 census. health 1854.06.05 occupation Age 7, in Christopher Patten's Family, Hancock Chh, 1819.09.00, OClWHi.III:A-17. Res Hancock East Family 1829.08.30, OClWHi.III:B-42. Moved from Hancock East Family to Hancock Chh Family 1846.10.06; returned to East Family 1846.12.15; back to Chh Family 1850.03.28, DeWint.851. Discontented 1846.12.15, NOC.TDM. 1850 U.S. census, Pittsfield, MA family 1515 (William Williams' Hancock East Family): age 38, born NY. With Shakers since childhood; she had an 'uncomfortable, uneasy disposition,' left with Barnabas Sprague, Grove Wright letter to Ministry, 1854.06.05, OClWHi.IV:A-20. Returned to Shakers as Celia Sprague after Barnabas died: 1870 U.S. census, Pittsfield, MA, (Simon Mabee's) family 1524: age 58, no occupation, born NY. 1880 U.S. census, Pittsfield, MA, (Simon Mabee's Hancock East) family 539: age 68, at home, softening brain, born NY. Death: *seeking documentation. NF Hancock or Pittsfield MVR. departure_apostasy 1880.08.02 8/2/1880 notes Hancock