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Patriot Summary
Silas Sprague (1762-1841) served in the Massachusetts militia as a private in Companies led by Captains Christopher Marshall, Goodrich, and Thomas Ingersoll and Regiments commanded by Colonels Ashley and Marshall. Silas Sprague was born in Lebanon, Windham County, Connecticut on February 18, 1762. He married Mary Polly Leonard and they had eight children, seven sons and one daughter. He moved to Oakland County living with his son, Silas Sprague. Silas Sprague died March 8, 1841, and is buried in Crooks Road Cemetery located in Troy, Oakland County, Michigan. SAR Patriot Number P-295369 DAR Patriot Number A107684 Find-A-Grave Number 70926354From the History of Oakland County, Michigan by Thaddeus D. Seeley (1912)
Silas Sprague was another early settler and soldier who is buried in the Crooks cemetery at Troy, this county. He was born February 18, 1762, in Connecticut, coming to Michigan in 1824, with his son Silas, died March 8, 1841, in Troy, Michigan. His wife, Polly Leonard, was born October 16, 1763; died October 5, 1813, in New York. Their children were: (1.) Silas, b. Oct. 16, 1785, Middlebury, Conn.; d. July 2, 1868, Troy, Mich.; m. Nov. 12, 1807, Sarah Crofoot; m. 2nd, 1824, Amanda Bostwick; m. 3rd, 1855, Eunice Fuller.
“Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors” gives his service as follows: Certificate dated May 31, 1780; signed by Truman Wheeler, muster master of Berkshire county, stating that in the fore part of July, 1779, he had mustered said Sprague and others to serve in the Continental army for the term of nine months, to the credit of the town of Great Barrington; also descriptive list of men raised in Berkshire county to serve in the Continental army for the term of nine months to Capt. Goodrich’s company, Col. Ashley’s regiment; age seventeen years; stature five feet, nine inches, complexion light; engaged for the town of Great Barrington; also served twelve days at Stillwater, 1781.