Hi Dorothy - The Sprague references caught my eye although I don't believe they are directly related. I have Sprague ancestry (Ichabod Ward Sprague) in the county from Sandy Spring. I just wanted to mention that creation of an index does not have to be 'high tech'. It can literally be a couple of boxes of 3 x 5 index cards which you may or may not get around to typing up into a Word document. If you do make one, you can probably make many more nice additions to the mail list like this one. Russ Sprague Kensington, Maryland -----Original Message----- From: dorothy baker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 8:19 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NYOSWEGO] Watson Earl Sr. & Jr. #3 Hi Jim: I am the proud owner of the original Hannibal's Historical Highlights by Gordon W. Sturge (who happened to be my history teacher at Cato-Meridian High School back in the dark ages). My sister found this book for me at a garage sale up there for .50. The one thing this book does not have is an Index. Maybe someday I will make an index-- good idea anyway. From the book, page 11,"The first white settler within the present limits of the town of Hannibal was Thomas Sprague, who came from Massachusetts in 1802. He located on the south line of the town on lot 95, built the first house, which was, of course, a log one, and likewise made the first clearing. The first marriage was that of Daniel Thomas and Prudence Sprague in 1803. Carr Sprague, born in 1805, was the first white child born in the town. The first death was that of another child, a daughter of Thomas Sprague, in 1806. During the years 1803 and 1804 the Sprague family seem to have been the only inhabitants of the present town. In 1805, however, a number of settlers arrived, prominent among them being Watson Earl, Joseph Weed, Israel Messenger, David Wilson, Samuel Barrow, Sterling Moore, and Orren and George Cotton, all of whom located at Hanibal Center. Being a millwright, Orren Cotton, in company with Watson Earl, built there, about 1806, the first grist mill in town. He was a lineal descendant of Dr. John Cotton, the great Puritan preacher of Boston. Samuel Barrow was one of the first surveyors." Page 14 "Among other prominent residents were ------William Earl, Page 33, "Early Hannibal Industries and Directory in 1866-67, Dress Makers and Milliners--Helen Earl, Stone and Brick Masons-- Edwin Earl There are no biographys, per se , in the book . The author was a little remiss . Dorothy ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== List Administrator Bonita Shafer Northern New York Genealogy - http://www.nnygenealogy.com [email protected] ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237
these Sprague families maybe related to the BOWNE family from NY and MI thanks for any info Audrey Bowne seattle [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russ" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 9:15 AM Subject: [NYOSWEGO] Early residents of Hannibal > Hi Dorothy - > > The Sprague references caught my eye although I don't believe they are > directly related. I have Sprague ancestry (Ichabod Ward Sprague) in the > county from Sandy Spring. > > I just wanted to mention that creation of an index does not have to be > 'high tech'. It can literally be a couple of boxes of 3 x 5 index cards > which you may or may not get around to typing up into a Word document. > If you do make one, you can probably make many more nice additions to > the mail list like this one. > > Russ Sprague > Kensington, Maryland > > -----Original Message----- > From: dorothy baker [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 8:19 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NYOSWEGO] Watson Earl Sr. & Jr. #3 > > Hi Jim: > > I am the proud owner of the original Hannibal's Historical Highlights by > Gordon W. Sturge (who happened to be my history teacher at Cato-Meridian > High School back in the dark ages). My sister found this book for me at > a garage sale up there for .50. The one thing this book does not have is > an Index. Maybe someday I will make an index-- good idea anyway. > > From the book, page 11,"The first white settler within the present > limits of the town of Hannibal was Thomas Sprague, who came from > Massachusetts in 1802. He located on the south line of the town on lot > 95, built the first house, which was, of course, a log one, and likewise > made the first clearing. The first marriage was that of Daniel Thomas > and Prudence Sprague in 1803. Carr Sprague, born in 1805, was the first > white child born in the town. The first death was that of another > child, a daughter of Thomas Sprague, in 1806. > > During the years 1803 and 1804 the Sprague family seem to have been the > only inhabitants of the present town. In 1805, however, a number of > settlers arrived, prominent among them being Watson Earl, Joseph Weed, > Israel Messenger, David Wilson, Samuel Barrow, Sterling Moore, and Orren > and George Cotton, all of whom located at Hanibal Center. Being a > millwright, Orren Cotton, in company with Watson Earl, built there, > about 1806, the first grist mill in town. He was a lineal descendant of > Dr. John Cotton, the great Puritan preacher of Boston. Samuel Barrow > was one of the first surveyors." > > Page 14 "Among other prominent residents were ------William Earl, > > Page 33, "Early Hannibal Industries and Directory in 1866-67, Dress > Makers and Milliners--Helen Earl, Stone and Brick Masons-- Edwin Earl > > There are no biographys, per se , in the book . The author was a little > remiss . > > Dorothy > > > > > > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > List Administrator Bonita Shafer > Northern New York Genealogy - http://www.nnygenealogy.com > [email protected] > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > Oswego NYGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyoswego/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >
Russ: Where is Sandy Spring in Oswego County? I find a Sandy Creek. I also own a copy of History of Oswego County 1877, and Landmarks of Oswego County, a very weighty tome. Thank you for the index card idea but that is more effort than doing it the hi-tech way. Dorothy Dorothy