Generation 1

JOHN SPOFFORD (c. 1612 - 1678) of Rowley

Parents: Unknown

John Spofford was born about 1612. He died between 8 Oct and 6 Nov 1678. He married Elizabeth Scott. [Ref, 2;33][Ref, p. 3]

John signed his will on 8 Oct 1678; it was proved on 6 Nov 1678. In his will, John mentions his wife; sons Francis, John, Thomas and Samuel; daughters Elizabeth, Hannah, Mary and Sarah. His wife and Thomas were the executors. [Ref, 2;32]

Children of John Spofford and Elizabeth Unknown:

1. Elizabeth Spofford was born on 14 Feb 1647 in Rowley. [Ref] She married first Alexander Sessions. [Ref, 2;38] He died in 1688. [Ref, 2;39] She married second Unknown Low. [Ref, 2;39]
2. John Spofford was born on 24 Dec 1648 in Rowley. [Ref] He died on 22 Apr 1696 [Ref, 2;34] in Rowley. [Ref] He is buried in the Old Cemetery in Bradford. [Ref, 2;39] He married Sarah, the daughter of David Wheeler, on 9 Mar 1675 or 1676 in Rowley. [Ref][Ref, 2;34, says 1675] Sarah died on 24 Oct 1732. [Ref, 2;39] She is buried in the Groveland Cemetery. [Ref, 2;39] Sarah married second Caleb Hopkinson of Bradford after 25 Apr 1701, when the published their intention in Rowley. [Ref]
3. Thomas Spofford was born on 4 Jan 1651 in Rowley. [Ref] He died on 20 Jul 1706 in Rowley. [Ref] He married Abigail Haggett. [Ref, 2;38] Abigail was probably the daughter of Henry Haggett. [Ref, 2;38]
4. Samuel Spofford was born on 31 Jan 1652/3 in Rowley. He married Sarah Burpee.
5. Hannah Spofford was born in 1654 in Rowley. [Ref]
6. Mary Spofford was born on 1 Nov 1656 in Rowley. [Ref] She married Unknown Hunnewell. [Ref, 2;38] He had property in Westchester, NY. [Ref, 2;38]
7. Sarah Spofford was born on 15 Jan 1658 in Rowley. [Ref] She was buried on 15 Feb 1660 in Rowley. [Ref]
8. Sarah Spofford was born on 22 Mar 1661 in Rowley. [Ref, d. John and Elizabeth] Sarah, the wife of Capt. Richard Spofford, died on 14 Feb 1713, age 51, in Bradford. [Ref] She married Richard Kimball on 17 Sep 1682. [Ref, 2;40]
   some descendants of Sarah Spofford
9. Francis Spofford was born on 24 Sep 1665 in Rowley. [Ref] He died before 1724. [Ref, 2;38] He married Mary Leighton. [Ref, 2;38] Mary was the daughter of Richard Leighton. [Ref, 2;38]

Generation 2

SAMUEL SPOFFORD (1653 - 1744)

Parents: John Spofford and Elizabeth Scott

Samuel Spofford was born on 31 Jan 1652/3 in Rowley. [Ref] He died on 1 Jan 1744 at the house of his daughter Mrs. Stickney in Byfield. [Ref, 2;34] He married Sarah Burpee on 5 Dec 1676. [Ref says March][Ref, 2;40] in Rowley. [Ref]

Samuel was a freeman in 1684. [Ref, 2;40]

Children of Samuel Spofford and Sarah Burpee:

1. Samuel Spofford was born on 15 Sep 1677 in Rowley. [Ref] He was buried on 23 Sep 1677 in Rowley. [Ref]
2. Thomas Spofford was born on 16 Mar 1678/9 in Rowley. [Ref] He married Bethia Haseltine after 15 Nov 1701, when they published their intention in Rowley. [Ref]
   They moved to Boxford. [Ref, 2;43]
   
3. Mary Spofford was born on 7 Aug 1682 in Rowley. [Ref]
4. Sarah Spofford was baptised on 24 Sep 1682 in Rowley. [Ref] She married Robert Haseltine on 10 Jun 1702. [Ref, 2;40]
5. Hannah Spofford was born on 17 Feb 1684 in Rowley. [Ref] She died in 1775. [Ref, 2;43] She married Isaac Adams. [Ref, 2;40] He must have been a grandson of Robert Adams.
6. Ruth Spofford was born on 18 Nov 1687 in Rowley. [Ref] She married John Brockelbanke on 22 Apr 1714 in Rowley. [Ref]
7. Samuel Spofford was born on 15 Jun 1689 in Rowley. [Ref] He married Sarah Stickney [Ref, 2;40] [Ref, 2;40] on 12 Jun 1717 [Ref] in Boxford. [Ref]
   Samuel and Sarah lived in Boxford. [Ref, 2;43]
   some descendants of Samuel Spofford
   
8. Mary Spofford was born on 15 Jun 1692 in Rowley. [Ref] She may be the Mary who married Edward Wood of Bradford on 23 Dec 1713 in Newbury. [Ref]
9. Abigail Spofford was born on 9 Mar 1693/4 in Rowley. [Ref] She married Samuel Ames after 7 May 1718, when they published their intention in Newbury. [Ref]
10. Mehitable Spofford was born on 20 or 29 Oct 1697 in Rowley. [Ref] She married Nathaniel Harriman on 25 Aug 1720 in Rowley. [Ref]
11. Lydia Spofford was born on 25 Apr 1700 in Rowley. She married Jonathan Thurston.
12. Elizabeth Spofford was born on 30 Apr 1702 in Rowley. [Ref] She died on 10 Jan 1789. [Ref, 2;43] She married Benjamin Stickney after 25 Jan 1730/1 in Rowley (int.). [Ref] He died on 12 Mar 1756. [Ref, 2;43]

Generation 3

LYDIA SPOFFORD (1700 - 1735)

Parents: Samuel Spofford and Sarah Burpee

Lydia Spofford was born on 25 Apr 1700 in Rowley. [Ref] She was baptised on 7 Jul 1700. [Ref][Ref, p. 125] She died on 25 Jul 1753, age about 54, in Rowley. [Ref, w. Jonathan, 2nd w. William Fisk] She married first Jonathan Thurston on 10 Dec 1722 in Newbury. [Ref] She married second, as his second wife, Dea. William Fisk on 6 Jan 1743/4 in Rowley. [Ref]

References

Davis, Genevieve Lockwood, Israel (290) Lockwood: Some of his ancestry and descendants, Charlotte, NC, unknown, 1961.

Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850. Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007.

Owing Stone Family Website

Snow, Nora Emma, The Snow-Estes Ancestry, Hillburn, NY, Snow, 1939.

Spofford, Jeremiah, "A Family Record of the Descendants of John Spofford, and Elizabeth, his wife, who came from England and settled in Rowley, in 1638," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 8, 1854, 335-344.

Spofford, Jeremiah, A Genealogical Record: Including two generations in female lines of families spelling their name Spofford, Spafford, Spafard, and Spaford, descendants of John Spofford and Elizabeth Scott, who emigrated in 1638 from Yorkshire, England, and settled at Rowley, Essex County, Mass., Boston, Printed by Alfred Mudge & Son, 1888.