Person:John Spofford (2)

John Spofford
d.Bet 7 Oct 1678 and 6 Nov 1678 Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
m. 30 Nov 1605
  1. John Spofford1611 - 1678
m. Bef 1646
  1. Elizabeth Spofford1646/47 - Aft 1719
  2. John Spofford1648 - 1696
  3. Thomas Spofford1650 - 1706
  4. Samuel Spofford1652/53 - 1743/44
  5. Hannah Spofford1654 - 1689
  6. Mary Spofford1656 -
  7. Sarah Spofford1658 -
  8. Sarah Spofford1661 - 1713/14
  9. Francis Spofford1665 -
Facts and Events
Name John Spofford
Gender Male
Christening[1][2] 21 Apr 1611 Toddington, Bedfordshire, England
Marriage Bef 1646 to Elizabeth Scott
Death[1][2] Bet 7 Oct 1678 and 6 Nov 1678 Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United Stateswill and proved
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 John Spofford, in Threlfall, John B. Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England & their Origins. (Madison, Wisconsin: J.B. Threlfall, 1990)
    97-424.

    JOHN SPOFFORD (Thomas, Thomas, John) was baptized 21 April 1611 at Toddington, Bedfordshire. (He deposed as being about 50 in March 1661/2). He came to New England and settled in Rowley, Massachusetts where he had a 1 1/2 acre house lot on Bradford Street in 1643...

    John Spofford married Elizabeth Scott of Ipswich. She was the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Strutt) Scott and was baptized at Rattlesden, Suffolk, England, on 18 November 1623, and was 23 at the time of the marriage.

  2. 2.0 2.1 John Brooks Threlfall, The ancestry of Margaret (Brooks) Threlfall (Madison, Wis.: the author, 2002)
    #418.
  3.   Two descendants of Mary (Spofford) Wood distinguished, in The American Genealogist (TAG). (Donald Lines Jacobus, et.al.)
    57:149-50.
  4.   THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JOHN SPOFARD, SENIOR.

    THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JOHN SPOFARD, SENIOR

    I comit my soule into the hands of god who gave it, and my body to the earth, to be
    decently buried, and as to that estate which the lord hath given, dispose of it as
    follows after my debts are payd.
    Imprimis: - As for my dear and loving wife, I give to her the lease of the house and
    lands of Mrs. Prudence Cotton.
    Also I give to her all the household stuff, to be at her disposal, except the arms and
    ammunition. Also I give to her two cows, and one calfe, also four sheep. I give to her
    and my son Francis, to be equally divided between, one young horse, also to have the
    use of four acres of land at the farm during her life. Furthermore, I will that my son
    Francis his portion be at my wife's disposal till he comes to the age of twenty-one years if
    she live so long, for that end that he may be helpful to her to carry on her husbandry
    work.
    Item: That which I give to my son Francis, is the two young oxen, and the mare and the
    cart, and all the furniture belonging to husbandry. Also one yearling calf, these to be at
    my wife's disposal till he be of age above said, and these things, or the worth of them, to
    be faithfully payed to him. Also I give him the small gun , and four acres of land at great
    meadows, and what may so fall by virtue of any town grant.
    Item: I give to my son John, two stears coming three years old, and the long fowling
    piece, and one halfe of the lease of the farm together with twenty pounds stocke I
    formerly gave him.
    Item: I give to my son Thomas, my vilage lands, and the gray horse and two sheepe,
    and one spring hog, and one two year old heifer and the great musket.
    Item: I give to my son Samuel, the other halfe of the lease of the farm and two young
    steers, one that come three year old and one that come four year old and one spring
    hog, and about ten pound stock I have already given him.
    Item: I give to my daughter Elizabeth one two year old heifer and two sheep.
    Item: I give to Hannah one cow, one three year old heifer, and two sheep.
    Item: I give to my daughter Mary one cow and one calf and two sheep.
    Item: I give to my daughter Sarah, one cow and one calf and two sheep.
    Item: I also appoint my louing wife and my son Thomas to be joint executors of this my
    last will, and my children to be payd at marriage or at coming one and twenty years old,
    and if any die before, their portion to be divided among the rest.
    In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal 8th 8th month,
    (Oct. 7TH) 1678.
    JOHN SPOFARD.
    Signed, sealed and delivered
    in presence of us,
    John Johnson,
    Philip Nelson.

    In court held at Ipswich, 6th. 9th. Month, 1678, this will proved to be the last will and
    testament of John Spaford, by the oaths of Philip Nelson and John Johnson.