About John Sprague
Lived 1718 – 1797 (aged 78–79). John Sprague was a physician.
John Sprague (1718–1797) was an early American physician.
Personal life Born in 1718, he was graduated from Harvard College in 1737. Around 1770, he moved to Dedham, Massachusetts.
He married Elizabeth Dalhonde in 1745. After Elizabeth died in 1757, he married Esther Harrison in 1770. He had a son, Lawrence, who was an assistant to William Montague at a school in Dorchester.
Sprague owned two homes in Dedham's Low Plains, both of which burned in 1765.
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American physician (1718–1797)
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John Sprague was a physician.
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