NOAH PAUL SPRAGUE, son of Alden, was born November 6, 1798. He lived in Bath, New Hampshire, in his early manhood. In 1825 he removed to Buffalo, where he died August 21, 1879. He married for his first wife Abiah Carleton. The first of the American Carletons was Edward, who was appointed Judge at Rowley, Mass., in 1647. Edward Carleton (2d), son of Edward, removed from Rowley to Haverhill, Mass. Edward Carleton (3d), son of Edward (2d), had a son, Edward Carleton (4th), who had a son, Peter, who was a Revolutionary soldier, a member of the convention for revising the Federal Constitution in 1791, and a Representative in Congress in 1807 and 1808. Ebenezer Carleton, son of Peter Carleton, married Mary Heath. They had a daughter, Abiah, who married Noah P. Sprague, and who was the mother of the late Hon. Eben Carleton Sprague of Buffalo. The second wife of Noah P. Sprague was Mary Bach. His death occurred on the 21st of August, 1879.
SOURCE: Memorial and Family History of Erie County New York; Volume I