John Spaulding

John Spalding was born ABT. 1633, and died 3 OCT 1721 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. He was the son of Edward Spalding and Margaret.

John Spalding later married Mary Stowe or Stow in Chelmsford. The "Massachusetts Town Marriage Records" indicates that John Spauldyng married Widow Mary Fletcher. Mary's parents were Thomas Stow and Mary Griggs.

Biography

From https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=leahyafa3&id=I19766

John Spalding, probably born around 1633 at an unknown place, was the first of three children and two sons born to Edward Spalding and his first wife, Margaret _. (There were four more children, including Benjamin Spalding, husband of Olive Farwell, born to John Spalding and his second wife, Rachel _).

John married Hannah Hale in Concord, Massachusetts around 1658, in a ceremony performed by Major Simon Willard.

John and Hannah had eight children.

John came to Chelmsford, Massachusetts with his father about 1654. He was made a Freeman there on March 11, 1689/90. The Spalding Genalogy lists his land holdings.

John was a soldier in King Philip's War.

John died in Chelmsford, Massachusetts on October 3, 1721, aged eighty-eight.

Family

From http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I36235&tree=Schirado

He married Hannah Hale 18 MAY 1658 in Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, daughter of John Hale Heald and Dorothy Royle. She was born ABT. 1640 in Alderley, Cheshire, England, and died 14 AUG 1689 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.

Their children include

• 1. John Spaulding, b. 15 February 1658/9, Chelmsford, MA d. 28 November 1709, Plainfield, CT
• 2. Eunice Spaulding, b. 27 July 1661, Chelmsford, MA d. 19 January 1743/4, Plainfield, CT
• 3. Edward Spaulding, b. 16 September 1663, Chelmsford, MA d. about 1725, Plainfield, CT
• 4. Samuel Spaulding, b. 6 March 1667/8, Chelmsford, MA d. about 1725, Pomfret, CT
• 5. Timothy Spaulding, b. about 1675, Chelmsford, MA d. 14 April 1763

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Origins

6 children of Margaret Elliott and Edward Spaulding, all baptized in Dickleburgh:

4. John (again) bp 13 April 1633 d Chelmsford 3 Oct 1721. Married 1) Hannah Heald 2) Mary (Stowe) (Cotton) Fletcher

References

• How Edward Spalding, a Puritan Farmer from the Norfolk-Suffolk Border, Came to Prosper in New England, Stephen Waasa Spaulding, NEHGR Vol 173 (Summer 2019) Pg 220-231. link
• http://sprague-database.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I84349...
• Spalding memorial and personal reminiscences by Phineas Spalding, M.D. and Life and selected poems of Caroline A. Spalding. Published 1887 by Printed at Cohos Steam Press] in [Haverhill, N.H . Written in English. Comment: has Grace born 1641 - 1st wife Margaret died 1640. Other sources have 1622 (Edward Spalding accompanied by wife Margaret and two children, boy and girl, muster of Jamestown [Edward Spalding, Uxor Spalding (wife) Puer Spalding & puella Spalding (boy & girl)]. Two daughters named Grace?