Samuel Sprague was born in Hingham, Massachusetts on December 22, 1753, and died at Boston on June 20, 1844. Just before the Revolution, he was a member of the famous Boston Tea Party that threw overboard a cargo of tea into Boston Harbor. From a history of the Boston Tea Party by Francis S. Drake, "[Sprague] was a mason by trade, and was athletic and tall of stature. His share in the tea party he thus related to his son: 'That evening, while on my way to visit the young woman I afterwards married, I met some lads hurrying along towards Griffin's wharf, who told me there was something going on there. I joined them, and on reaching the wharf found the Indians busy with the tea chests. Wishing to have my share in the fun, I looked about for the means of disguising myself. Spying a low building, with a stove-pipe by way of chimney, I climbed the roof and obtained a quantity of soot, with which I blackened my face. Joining the party, I recognized among them Mr. Etheredge, my master. We worked together, but neither of us ever afterwards alluded to each other's share in the proceedings.' " Samuel Sprague, Patriot Samuel Sprague Sprague was also a soldier of the Revolution, participating in the siege of Boston, and the battles of Trenton and Princeton. Part of his military service record is as follows: May 27, 1775, enlisted, Gunner, service, 2 months, 1 week, 3 days; [Captain] Thomas Pierce's Company, Colonel Richard Gridley's Artillery Regiment. August 1, 1775, muster roll; Captain Thomas Pierce's Company, Colonel Gridley's Regiment. September 29, 1775, Company return at Roxbury Camp; Captain Pierce's Company, Colonel Gridley's Regiment. December 16, 1775, return of men that enlisted for the ensuing year under the new establishment, at Roxbury Camp; Captain Pierce's Company, Colonel Gridley's Regiment. December 27, 1775, an order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money at Roxbury Camp; Colonel Henry Knox's Artillery Company, Colonel Gridley's Regiment. Other records indicate the service of a Samuel Sprague at various times during the years 1777, and in 1781 through 1783. Please note that Richard Gridley designed the Provincial earthworks at Bunker Hill, and Sprague may have served at that battle. Samuel Sprague was married on July 9, 1778, to Joanna Thayer, of Boston, a daughter of Obadiah Thayer, born September 10, 1756 in Braintree. Their fourth son, Charles Sprague, became a famous poet in the nineteenth century, and at times was referred to as the [Alexander] Pope of America. They lived in a house on Orange (now Washington Street). The Sprague family tomb is Number 5 at Central Burying Ground, and can be viewed from the walkway on Boston Common, near the Charles & Boylston Street entrance.

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             <nowiki>------------------------------------------------------------------</nowiki> Samuel Sprague was the father of acclaimed poet, Charles Sprague, and was born in Hingham, Massachusetts December 22nd, 1753. He was a mason by trade, described as very athletic, and tall of stature. His patriotic activities included those in the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association. He was known for his last minute decision to participate in the tea protest rather than visit the woman he loved and later married, Joanna Thayer. - See more at: http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/samuel-sprague#sthash.ULEXgP9h.dpuf

He was a sergeant in the American Revolutionary War.

Sprague was a mason by trade and helped to build the State House. He was a decendedent of Mayflower passenger Richard Warren and of William Sprague, one of the original settlers of Hingham, Massachusetts.

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Samuel Sprague's Biography Samuel Sprague Samuel Sprague was born in Hingham, Massachusetts on December 22, 1753, and died at Boston on June 20, 1844. Just before the Revolution, he was a member of the famous Boston Tea Party that threw overboard a cargo of tea into Boston Harbor. From a history of the Boston Tea Party by Francis S. Drake, "[Sprague] was a mason by trade, and was athletic and tall of stature. His share in the tea party he thus related to his son: 'That evening, while on my way to visit the young woman I afterwards married, I met some lads hurrying along towards Griffin's wharf, who told me there was something going on there. I joined them, and on reaching the wharf found the Indians busy with the tea chests. Wishing to have my share in the fun, I looked about for the means of disguising myself. Spying a low building, with a stove-pipe by way of chimney, I climbed the roof and obtained a quantity of soot, with which I blackened my face. Joining the party, I recognized among them Mr. Etheredge, my master. We worked together, but neither of us ever afterwards alluded to each other's share in the proceedings.' " Samuel Sprague Sprague was also a soldier of the Revolution, participating in the siege of Boston, and the battles of Trenton and Princeton. Part of his military service record is as follows: May 27, 1775, enlisted, Gunner, service, 2 months, 1 week, 3 days; [Captain] Thomas Pierce's Company, Colonel Richard Gridley's Artillery Regiment. August 1, 1775, muster roll; Captain Thomas Pierce's Company, Colonel Gridley's Regiment. September 29, 1775, Company return at Roxbury Camp; Captain Pierce's Company, Colonel Gridley's Regiment. December 16, 1775, return of men that enlisted for the ensuing year under the new establishment, at Roxbury Camp; Captain Pierce's Company, Colonel Gridley's Regiment. December 27, 1775, an order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money at Roxbury Camp; Colonel Henry Knox's Artillery Company, Colonel Gridley's Regiment. Other records indicate the service of a Samuel Sprague at various times during the years 1777, and in 1781 through 1783. Please note that Richard Gridley designed the Provincial earthworks at Bunker Hill, and Sprague may have served at that battle. Samuel Sprague was married on July 9, 1778, to Joanna Thayer, of Boston, a daughter of Obadiah Thayer, born September 10, 1756 in Braintree. Their fourth son, Charles Sprague, became a famous poet in the nineteenth century, and at times was referred to as the [Alexander] Pope of America. They lived in a house on Orange (now Washington Street). The Sprague family tomb is Number 5 at Central Burying Ground, and can be viewed from the walkway on Boston Common, near the Charles & Boylston Street entrance. From: celebrateboston.com http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/21845924/person/18204634237/media/1?...

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Participants in the Boston Tea Party

December 16th, 1773 The following brave men are historically said to have participated in the Boston Tea Party that cold December night in 1773. JOSEPH ACKLEY BENJAMIN ADAMS BENONI ARMSTRONG MOSES AXTELL WILLIAM BABBITT GEORGE BACON NATHANIEL BARBER SAMUEL BARNARD HENRY BASS JOSEPH BASSETT EDWARD BATES ADAM BEALS Jr. ELIJAH BEARDSLEY ANDREW BLANCHARD THOMAS BOLTER DAVID BRADLEE JOSIAH BRADLEE NATHANIEL BRADLEE THOMAS BRADLEE JAMES BREWER THOMAS BRIMIGION JOHN BROWN SETH INGERSOLL BROWN STEPHEN BRUCE BENJAMIN BURTON JEREMIAH CADY NICHOLAS CAMPBELL GEORGE CARLETON THOMAS CHASE NATHANIEL CHILD JONATHAN CLARK BENJAMIN CLARKE JOHN COCHRAN GILBERT COLESWORTHY GERSHOM COLLIER ADAM COLLSON JAMES FOSTER CONDY DANIEL COOLIDGE JOSEPH COOLIDGE SAMUEL COOLIDGE SAMUEL COOPER WILLIAM COX THOMAS CRAFTS, Jr JOHN CRANE OBADIAH CURTIS THOMAS DANA ROBERT DAVIS JOHN DE CARTERET DAVID DECKER JOHN DICKMAN EDMUND DOLBEAR GEORGE DUTTON JOSEPH EATON JOSEPH EAYRES BENJAMIN EDES WILLIAM ETHERIDGE SAMUEL FENNO SAMUEL FOSTER NATHANIEL FROTHINGHAM Jr. JOHN FULTON BENJAMIN GARDNER JOHN GAMMELL ELEAZER GAY THOMAS GERRISH SAMUEL GORE MOSES GRANT NATHANIEL GREENE TIMOTHY GUY SAMUEL HAMMOND PETER HARRINGTON WILLIAM HENDLEY GEORGE R. T. HEWES ROBERT HICHBORN JOHN HICKS SAMUEL HOBBS JOHN HOLYOKE WILLIAM HOSKINS JOHN HOOTON ELISHA HORTON SAMUEL HOWARD SAMUEL HOWARD (Hayward) EDWARD COMPTON HOWE JONATHAN HUNNEWELL RICHARD HUNNEWELL RICHARD HUNNEWELL, JR THOMAS HUNSTABLE ABRAHAM HUNT DANIEL INGERSOLL CHARLES JAMESON ROBERT JAMESON JOSEPH JEPHERSON JARED JOY DAVID KINNISON ROBERT LASH NATHANIEL LEE JOSEPH LEE AMOS LINCOLN JOHN LOCKE MATTHEW LORING JOSEPH LOVERING JOSEPH LUDDEN DAVID LYONS THOMAS MACHIN PETER MACKINTOSH EBENEZER MACKINTOSH ARCHIBALD McNEILL _______ MARTIN JOHN MARSTON THOMPSON MAXWELL JOHN MAY ______ MEAD HENRY MELLUS THOMAS MELVILL Dr. AARON JOHN MILLER JAMES MILLS WILLIAM MOLINEUX FRANCIS MOORE THOMAS MOORE ANTHONY MORSE JOSEPH MOUNTFORT ELIPHALET NEWELL SAMUEL NOWELL ANDREW OLIVER JOSEPH PEARSE PALMER JONATHAN PARKER JOSEPH PAYSON SAMUEL PECK JOHN PETERS WILLIAM PEIRCE ISAAC PITMAN LENDALL PITTS SAMUEL PITTS THOMAS PORTER AARON PRATT NATHANIEL PRENTICE HENRY PRENTISS EDWARD PROCTOR HENRY PURKITT SETH PUTNAM JOHN RANDALL JOSEPH READ PAUL REVERE BENJAMIN RICE JONATHAN DORBY ROBINS JOSEPH ROBY JOHN RUSSELL WILLIAM RUSSELL JOHN SAWTELLE GEORGE SAYWARD EDMUND SEARS ROBERT SESSIONS JOSEPH SHED BENJAMIN SIMPSON PETER SLATER Jr. SAMUEL SLOPER EPHRAIM SMITH THOMAS SPEAR SAMUEL SPRAGUE JOHN SPURR JAMES STARR PHINEAS STEARNS EBENEZER STEVENS CAPTAIN WILLIAM STEVENS JAMES STODDARD ELISHA STORY JAMES SWAN ABRAHAM TOWER BARTHOLOMEW TROW Jr. JOHN TRUMAN BENJAMIN TUCKER Jr. THOMAS URANN JAMES WATSON JOSIAH WHEELER THOMAS WHITE JOHN WHITEHEAD DAVID WILLIAMS ISAAC WILLIAMS JEREMIAH WILLIAMS THOMAS WILLIAMS CHARLES WILLIS NATHANIEL WILLIS JOSHUA WYETH ELKANAH YOUNG THOMAS YOUNG

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Samuel Sprague Samuel Sprague was born in Hingham, Massachusetts on December 22, 1753, and died at Boston on June 20, 1844. Just before the Revolution, he was a member of the famous Boston Tea Party that threw overboard a cargo of tea into Boston Harbor. From a history of the Boston Tea Party by Francis S. Drake, "[Sprague] was a mason by trade, and was athletic and tall of stature. His share in the tea party he thus related to his son: 'That evening, while on my way to visit the young woman I afterwards married, I met some lads hurrying along towards Griffin's wharf, who told me there was something going on there. I joined them, and on reaching the wharf found the Indians busy with the tea chests. Wishing to have my share in the fun, I looked about for the means of disguising myself. Spying a low building, with a stove-pipe by way of chimney, I climbed the roof and obtained a quantity of soot, with which I blackened my face. Joining the party, I recognized among them Mr. Etheredge, my master. We worked together, but neither of us ever afterwards alluded to each other's share in the proceedings.' "

Samuel Sprague Sprague was also a soldier of the Revolution, participating in the siege of Boston, and the battles of Trenton and Princeton. Part of his military service record is as follows: May 27, 1775, enlisted, Gunner, service, 2 months, 1 week, 3 days; [Captain] Thomas Pierce's Company, Colonel Richard Gridley's Artillery Regiment. August 1, 1775, muster roll; Captain Thomas Pierce's Company, Colonel Gridley's Regiment. September 29, 1775, Company return at Roxbury Camp; Captain Pierce's Company, Colonel Gridley's Regiment. December 16, 1775, return of men that enlisted for the ensuing year under the new establishment, at Roxbury Camp; Captain Pierce's Company, Colonel Gridley's Regiment. December 27, 1775, an order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money at Roxbury Camp; Colonel Henry Knox's Artillery Company, Colonel Gridley's Regiment. Other records indicate the service of a Samuel Sprague at various times during the years 1777, and in 1781 through 1783. Please note that Richard Gridley designed the Provincial earthworks at Bunker Hill, and Sprague may have served at that battle. Samuel Sprague was married on July 9, 1778, to Joanna Thayer, of Boston, a daughter of Obadiah Thayer, born September 10, 1756 in Braintree. Their fourth son, Charles Sprague, became a famous poet in the nineteenth century, and at times was referred to as the [Alexander] Pope of America. They lived in a house on Orange (now Washington Street). The Sprague family tomb is Number 5 at Central Burying Ground, and can be viewed from the walkway on Boston Common, near the Charles & Boylston Street entrance.

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Birth: Dec. 22, 1753 Hingham Plymouth County Massachusetts, USA Death: Jun. 20, 1844 Boston Suffolk County Massachusetts, USA

Samuel Sprague Participant in the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773. Revolutionary War Patriot, served in the Contenental Army when it besieged Boston and in battles of Trenton and Princeton. Sprague was a mason by trade and helped to build the State House. He was a decendedent of Mayflower passenger Richard Warren and of William Sprague, one of the original settlers of Hingham, Massachusetts. He is the father of the American Poet, Charles Sprague who was known as the "Banker Poet of Boston". He is the great grandfather of American Artists Charles Sprague Pearce and William Houghton Sprague Pearce.

Burial: Central Burying Ground Boston Suffolk County Massachusetts, USA

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