Person:John Sparhawk (2)
Rev. John Sparhawk
b.Abt 1673
d.29 Apr 1718 Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 3 Oct 1649
  1. Nathaniel Sparhawk1650 - 1650/51
  2. Mary SparhawkEst 1652 - 1673
  3. Sybil SparhawkCal 1655 - 1708
  4. Samuel Sparhawk1664 - 1713
  5. Nathaniel Sparhawk1666 - 1734
  6. Rev. John SparhawkAbt 1673 - 1718
  7. Esther Sparhawk
Spouse and Children
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m. 22 Jun 1699
Spouse and Children
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m. Bef 1713
  1. John Sparhawk1713 - 1755
  2. Nathaniel Sparhawk1714/15 - 1776
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Facts and Events
Name Rev. John Sparhawk
Gender Male
Birth[4] Abt 1673
Marriage 22 Jun 1699 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Elizabeth Poole
Marriage Bef 1713 Based on birth of eldest child
to Priscilla Waldron
Death[2][3][4][5] 29 Apr 1718 Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island, United States
References
  1.   Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    4:144.

    "JOHN, Bristol, s. of the sec. Nathaniel, ord. 12 June 1695, m. Elizabeth Poole, and had two more ws. yet d. under 45 yrs. 29 Apr. 1718, leav. two s. John, b. 1713, H. C. 1731, min. of Salem; and Hon. Nathaniel, 4 Mar. 1715, wh. m. 10 June 1742, Elizabeth eldest d. of the first Sir William Pepperrell, and the only ch. wh. surv. him, and by her was f. of the late Sir William, permit. by the k. to assume the name of gr.f. Pepperrell, H. C. 1766."

  2. ↑ "Bristol - Deaths", in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
    Vol. 6, Part 1, p. 163.

    SPARHAWK
    [2-110] Rev. John (minister of this town for 23y.), [died] Apr. 22, 1718.
    [Clearly incorrect as his will is dated 28 Apr 1718.]

  3. ↑ Rounds, H. L. Peter. Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts probate records: Bristol County, Massachusetts probate records. (Genealogical Publishing Company, 1987)
    p. 144.

    Will of John Sparhawk, Minister of the Gospell in Bristol, "being Sick & very Weak", dated 28 Apr 1718, probated 15 Mar 1726/27, mentions wife Priscilla [executrix] and 2 sons John & Nathaniel Sparhawk [both under 21].

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Maine Historical Society (Portland, Maine). Collections and proceedings of the Maine Historical Society. Second series. (Portland, Maine: The Society, 1890-1899)
    Vol. 9, p. 226.

    John Sparhawk, s/o Nathaniel Sparhawk and Patience Newman, b. about the year 1673 [citing "Harvard Graduates, Vol. III, page 421"], d. 29 Apr 1718 in the forty-fifth year of his age, m. (1) Elizabeth Poole, m. (2) Priscilla Hemans. Graduated Harvard 1689, ordained pastor in Bristol, RI, 12 Jun 1695.

  5. ↑ Sibley, John Langdon. Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Cambridge, Mass.: C.W. Sever, 1873- 1885)
    Vol. 3, p. 421.

    John Sparhawk, Class of 1689, Born 1673? died 1718, aged 45?, s/o Nathaniel Sparhawk and Patience Newman, d. 29 Apr 1718, "in the forty-fifth year of his age" according to the text, or "in the 46th Year of his Age" according to Boston Newsletter. He m. Elizabeth Poole and two other wives [sic, unnamed wife discredited by article in Genealogical Magazine, Vol. III, p. 145], one of whom, Priscilla, survived him several years.

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