Mayflower Descendant 7th Generation

Priscilla SPRAGUE was born 21 April 1746 at Scituate, Plymouth (Sprague Families in America by Warren Vincent Sprague). She married Philemon Lee, son of John Lee and Martha Carpenter, at Berkshire County, Massachusetts (proof pending). She died on 9 May 1804 (proof pending) and is buried in an unmarked grave next to her husband Philemon Lee at Maplewood formerlly called Mt. Upton Cemetery at Mt. Upton, Guilford Township, New York (A View of Maplewood Cemetery compiled by Guilford Historical Society).

Priscilla was raised in the frontier community of Lanesborough, Massachusetts where her family farmed (land records, Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts). In her father's probated will 11 April 1772 Priscilla Lee was mentioned as a child of Anthony Sprague. This indicates that she was married to a man by the name of Lee. She inherited the family bible. Land records in Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts show that a Priscilla Lee jointly owned land with her husband Philemon Lee. Adams is a neighboring town to Lanesborough.

Philemon Lee with a household composed of one adult male and two females is found in Rensselaerville, Albany County, New York. A check of the land records show that a Philemon Lee and his wife Priscilla owned land in this town at this time. By 1800 the family had sold the land in Rensselaerville and bought land in Unadilla, Otsego County, New York. Later Philemon and family removed to Mt. Upton across the Unadilla river in Chenango County. On 5 November 1819 Philemon Lee gave a half acre for a burying ground and school to the town of Mt. Upton. The following year, 1820, he married Ursula Cleveland. It is quite probable that his first wife Priscilla was buried on this land. The book "A View of Maplewood Cemetery" by the Guilford Historical Society shows that Priscilla Sprague was wife to Philemon. A stone prominent in the cemetery erected 1 May 1887 by the trustees of the First Baptist Church reads " Mr. Lee gave these grounds to the First Baptist Church Nov. 5 1819 for a burial ground."

Children of Priscilla Sprague and Philemon Lee are:

1. Olive b. 3 March 1774 d. 6 January 1854. She married John Scott.

2. Sarah b. 30 January 1777 d. 23 March 1848. She married Silas Scott.

3. Martha b. 28 January 1779 d. 16 April 1854. She married Jesse Skinner.

4. Philemon b. 2 December 1782 d. 20 December 1866. He married Sophia Townsend.

5. Mary b. 16 April 1785 d. 16 March 1854. She married Asher Scott.

6. Lucy b. 7 March 1787 d. 8 March 1824. She married Richard Mudge.

7. Anthony b. 6 February 1790 d. 4 August 1861. He married Mary (--?--).

8. Elizabeth "Betsey" b. 4 April d. 5 November 1879. She married William D. Mudge.

9. Sophia b. 8 December 1795 d. 11 May 1879. She married Jallael Billings.