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SPRIGG FAMILY. CHRISTOPHER JOHNSTON. COL. THOMAS SPRIGG 2 (Thomas1) was probably born not far from the year 1670, calculating from the ages of his children and from other circumstances. He was living in 1736, when he executed a deed, but he left no will, and the records of the Prerogative Court do not show that letters of administration were ever issued on his estate. He was probably dead in 1739, when letters on the estate of his wife Margaret were taken out by Osborn Sprigg. In 1722, Col. Sprigg deeded lands in Pr. George's County to his sons Thomas, Osborn, and Edward Sprigg, and, in 1728, he executed a conveyance to his daughter-in-law Margery Sprigg, widow of his eldest son Thomas who died in 1725. Margaret, wife of Col. Thomas Sprigg joined her husband in this last deed. She was the daughter of Edward and Honor Mariarte of Anne Arundel County, and proof of her parentage will be found in the Maryland Historical Magazine, vol. i, p. 381; vol. ii, p. 179. Mrs. Margaret Sprigg died intestate in 1739, before 27 November when her son Osborn Sprigg gave bond for the administration of her estate in the sum of £600, with Thomas and Basil Waring as his sureties (Pr. Geo. Co. Becords). At June Court 1697, " Mr. Thomas Sprigg Jun'r." being first duly sworn, took his seat as one of the Justices of Prince George's County (Pr. Geo. Co., Lib. A, fol. 169), and subsequent entries prove that he sat as a member of the Court from this date until 1704. From 1712 to 1715 he represented Prince George's County in the Maryland Assembly (Ms. House Journals). In the Journals for 1713 and 1714 he is styled " Major Thomas Sprigg," while in 1715 his name is entered as " Lieut. Coll. Thomas Sprigg." It is therefore evident that in 1714 or 1715 he was promoted from Major to Lieutenant-Colonel of the County militia. The deed executed in 1728 to his daughter-in-law Margery Sprigg is acknowledged by " Col. Thomas Sprigg" and Margaret his wife. Col. Thomas Sprigg and Margaret (Mariarte) his wife had issue: 3. i. THOMAS SPRIGG," d. 1725. 4. ii. COL. EDWARD SPRIGG, b. 1697; d. 30 Nov. 1751. 5. iii. OSRORN SPRIGG, b. 1707(?); d. 7 Jan'y 1750. iv. PRISCILLA SPRIGG, mar. 22 Aug. 1716, Ralph Crabb. v. MARGARET SPRIGG, mar. 26 Sept. 1717, Francis King. vi. ELEANOR SPRIGG, mar. about 1716, Henry Wright.
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