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Village:Hancock, MA Source:hsvcensus:1168Search: Full Last First
id 1168 lastname Sprague firstname Barnabas sex m birth_date 1799 birth_place NY date_admitted Hancock 1829, 1846, 1849-1850, 1854, 1856? Note date discrepancy. covenant_signed Feeble health, used spiritous liquors c1844, Lamson.2010 p76. shaker_residences Elder, 1829, 1846. Clothier, 1850. health 1854.04.00 occupation 2d Elder, Hancock East Family 1829.08.30, OClWHi.III:B-42. Early 1840s, see Lamson.2010 p73, 76-77, 97. Started for Shrewsbury, NJ 1844.10.22 with Sally Collins & Eldress Catherine, DeWint.826. 2d Elder, East Family, 1846.01.01, NOC.TDM. At Adventist camp meeting, Enfield CT 1846.08.10, DeWint.851. At inquiry into Solomon Wollison misbehavior, the 15 brethren unanimously decided to excommunicate, 1849.06.21, NOC.TDM. 1850 U.S. census, Pittsfield, MA family 1515 (William Williams' Hancock East Family, Pittsfield, MA): age 51, clothier, born NY. Left with Sr. Celia Dempsey, also of East Family; both had an 'uncomfortable, uneasy disposition,' Grove Wright letter to Ministry, 1854.06.05, OClWHi.IV:A-20. Married & went to Michigan, Hancock Ministry letter to Ministry, 1854.07.15, OClWHi.IV:A-20. East Family 2d Elder, 1856.07.04[?], NOC 12,792 p114. See his recipe, 'Secret composition to start the animal oil yoke or grease from wool,' DLC.329, n.d. According to Ancestry.com, Barnabas Sprague (1799-1865) was born in MA to Silas Sprague & Mary Leonard; married Celia Dempsey & died 1865 in Chenango, NY.
Village:Hancock, MA Source:whrsreel:013997Search: Full Last First