Thomas Spragg was born in 1729 in Hempstead,L.I.,NY. He was the son of Edward (4) And Margaret (Gritman) Spragg. He was married to Mary Carman on Oct 31 1752, in Hempstead, NY, at the ST. George church.

He moved from Hempstead, up the Hudson River (about 75miles) to Fishkill, Dutchess Co. NY. His son Caleb Spragg was born in Fishkill in 1766. Thomas Spragg had a large farm near Fishkill, near the "Wappinger cheek".

Thomas and his wife Mary had eight children: Richard, Thomas Jr. Caleb, Mary, Elizabeth (Peggy), Elijah, Hannah, and Jane.

When the American Revolution started, Thomas Spragg refused to sign the association papers to support the revolution. He was taken into custody,and later escaped. He was forced to leave his family to the hardships of the war. His farm was taken over by the revolutionaries, by a Lt. Codwis. The farm (186 1/2 acres) was later sold in a forfeitures sale ( Mar 27 1782) and the mother and children put off the farm. The same Lt. Codwis was the purchaser of the farm.

Thomas Spragg with twenty-eight other men left for New York City. With these men, (that he had engaged in Dutchess Co to serve under him), he became a part of the "Rogers Corp" of the British army. Because he was a farmer, he was not given a commission by the British and he fought as a private in the war. He and these men fought as part of the successful assault on Fort Montgomery on the Hudson River.

Thomas Spragg received a "ball" in his arm, which remained for as long as he lived. One of his sons was sent nearly fifty times by the British officers, into the country- side for intelligence (this would have been son Richard).

At the close of the war, in 1783, all Tories had to leave the new United States. Thomas Spragg was made a captain of a company of Torie Loyalist. With his and the families of the other Tories, they moved to St. John river area, of Kings Co, New Brunswick, Canada. As a result of their adherence to the Royal cause in the American Revolution, they asked the British for aid and relief for their loses in the revolution. Thomas Spragg received a grant of land of about 2000 acres on the "Belleisle Bay" on the St. John River, in Kings Co. New Brunswick, Canada. This area was called Spragg's Grant or Spragg's Pt. It was later changed to Hatfield's Pt

(Note: Weeden Hatfield had married Elizabeth Spragg, grand daughter of Thomas and Mary Spragg)

Capt. Thomas Spragg and his wife Mary lived out their lives in New Brunswick. Thomas died Feb 22 1812, and Mary dies Oct 24 1821. Both are buried in the Bayview cemetery in the small town of Hatfield Pt. Thomas Spragg had given the land for the new cemetery and church. The cemetery is on a hill that over looks the "Belleisle Bay".

Today the descendents are found all over the U.S. and Canada: Many are still in New Brunswick and many in Iowa, Montana and Mass.