Ephraim Spalding, Sr.

• Reference: Full Text - https://archive.org/details/spaldingmemorial1897spal/page/87/mode/2up A Genealogical History of Edward Spalding of Virginia and Masachusetts Bay, AND HIS DESCENDANTS< by Charles Warren Spalding, A.M., Chicago, Ill. 1897 p.87

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383. Ephraim 4 [120], (Edward 3 , Benjamin 2 , Edward 1 ), b. April 3, 1700, in Canterbury, Conn. ; he d. in 1776; m. Abigail Bullard, of Plainfield, Conn.; she d. July, 1789, being over ninety years of age. They lived in Plainfield, Conn., and all their children were born there.

FIFTH GENERATION

Children of Ephraim Spalding and Abigail Bullard

384. John [1152], b. Aug. 8, 1724 ; d. May 29, 1768. His family removed to Plainfield, N. H.

385. Phineas [1160], b. March 25, 1726.

386. Reuben [1165], b. Feb. 26, 1728.

387. Josiah [1171], b. Dec. 7, 1729.

388. Ezekiel [1182], b. Sept. 30, 1731.

389. Palatiah, b. March 19, 1734; d. Oct. 3, 1750.

390. Abigail, b. March 16, 1736; m. Capt. Samuel Hall, May 19, 1756.

391. Oliver [1190], b. Sept. 30, 1739.

392. Mary, b. May 16, 1744; m. John Larrabee, Dec. 16, 1762.

393. Ephraim [1203], b. May 24, 1747.

NOTE from page 33:

These notes show that the name Spalding was very early introduced and extensively used in England and in Scotland. But whether the families were descended from one common ancestor, it is impossible to decide. The spelling of the name is quite uniformly the same— Spalding; and the given names, with the exception of one or two in the Maryland branch, like Benedict, are common to all the families, both in this country and in Great Britain. It is also to be noted that in the coats-of-arms the prevailing colors are the same, which would indicate a common origin. The introduction of u into the name, as Spaulding, is an Americanism,, and first appears in the wills of some of the children of the emigrant ancestor. As Edward Spalding was among the settlers of Braintree, it might be inferred that he came over in their company. But as to the family with which he was connected, or the county in England from which he came, nothing definite is known. The general tradition is that he came from Lincolnshire.

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