Note 16 — Chapter X
Reading edition
Page 46—According to a note I have seen in the handwriting of Ruth Burgess Manter, which she says is copied from the Record of the Sprague Family, she states:
“Jennie (Jennie, daughter of Isaac Burgess) has a Book with the History of the Sprague Family and Which I have been Reading.
“My Grandmother was the daughter of Mercy and Phineas Sprague. They had two daughters and one Son, named Seth and two daughters, Mercy and Ruth. Ruth was my Grandmother and she was a twin to Seth Sprague. They were Born on the 4th of July, and she used to go over to Duxbury and Celebrate the day with him. I find by the Records he was a very Business like man and is called Hon. Seth Sprague, he was a member of Massachusetts Legislator 27 yrs., sometimes in the House and sometimes in the Senate, he has several times been chosen one of the Counsellors of the Governor of the Commonwealth but always declined that honor.”