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Facts and Events
References
- ↑ Historical Society of Watertown (Massachusetts). Watertown Records. (Watertown, Mass.: Press of Fred Barker, 1894-1939)
Vol. 2, p. 53.
Henry Spring Son of Thomas & Elizebeth Spring born 2 February. 1710.
- ↑ Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Town of Weston, Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1707-1850: 1703-gravestones-1900, church records, 1709-1825. (Boston: McIndoe Bros., 1901)
p. 390.
March. 25. 1710. Henry - Son to Elisabeth Spring Wid. - ab't. a m. old.
[Note: date should be 25 Mar 1711, as context shows. Probably entire month was put under year 1710, but new year would have started 25 Mar, so it should be 1711.]
- To start the confusion, Weston Records show
*on p. 1: Henry ye Son of Joseph Bullard & Elizabeth Bullard was born in Weston on ye 11th Day of Feb'r. 1712.
*on p. 5: Henry ye Son of Thomas & Eliza. Spring Was born on ye 11th Day of Feb'r 1712.
This is confusing because Elizabeth, the widow of Thomas Spring married Joseph Bullard. So these appear to be the same birth attributed to both husbands. Clearly the Thomas Spring birth is impossible, he having died in 1710.
To compound the confusion, Bond, p. 443, say 11 Feb 1712 is a death date for Henry Spring, which would be nice and clean if true, but is contradicted by Bond himself. After say this Bond directs the reader to #79, i.e., the Henry Spring who m. Abigail Chadwick, who he says on p. 445, is "probably a son of Thomas". Then in his corrections, p. 733, the abstract the 1753 will of Elizabeth (Traine) (Spring) (Bullard) Upham names a son Henry Spring, showing him to be alive in 1753.
In the 1722 will of Joseph Bullard [Middlesex Probate 3471], the only child named or mentioned is Abigail who gets the two-thirds of the estate not given to his widow. In the 1736 distribution of the estate of Joseph Bullard's father Jonathan [Middlesex Probate 3469], Abigail Bigalow is listed as "the only Child of Joseph Biggalow [sic, should say Joseph Bullard] who was Second son of the said Jonathan". This shows that Joseph Bullard had no other surviving child, in particular, that there was no Henry Bullard who lived.
The significance of the date 11 Feb 1712 is unknown, but if there was a Henry Bullard born on that date, which seems unlikely since the mother already had a son Henry, he must have died young.
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