Valentia Branch (Sparkes) - Parentage

Started by Debbie Gambrell on Monday, December 21, 2020
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I just read where her father was unlikley named Ludgate. That was just the Parish where she was from - St. Martin Ludgate. It is discussed at this link: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/770755/good-evidence-valentia-sparkes-...

Basically, from what I've read, no one has found any documentation of her parents but think it more likely her father was probably named William, but still nothing actually connecting her to him either. That name, as dicussed at the link above, is based on records for a William Sparke, draper, and her marriage record indicates her father was a draper with surname Sparke.

Her marriage record doesn't even name her father:

[1596] July 7 Leonall Branche of London, Gent. & Valentia Sparke of St Martin, Ludgate, sd City, Spr, dau. of [blank] Sparke, late of sd City, Draper, decd; Gen Lic.

Based on this, it would be best to disconnect her for speculative parents until some actual evidence turns up.

I have no idea where the name Valentine came from for her mother. On Wiki they show her mother's name as Elizabeth, but the discussions on there are best explained on the link I previously posted. There seems to be a better chance her father's name was William but I don't think there is any real evidence to support any first name for her mother.

Ok, so her mother's name speculatively being Elizabeth comes from that same link above where one of the William Sparkes was married to Elizabath Ratcliff, but whether that couple were her parents is still speculative.

One thing is clear from her marriage record though, her maiden name was Sparke, not Sparke - no 's' on the end.

Detached Valentia Branch as child of Lady Elizabeth Valentyne Sparkes & Sir Samuel Sparks, of Ludgate and attached her as daughter of William? Sparke

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