Captain
William
Simeon
[uncertain]
Sparkman
Sr
Born in Bertie, North Carolina, British Colonial America
Ancestors 
Son of John Sparkman Sr
and Sarah (Unknown) Sparkman
Brother of
Thomas Sparkman, Sarah Sparkman, John Sparkman II, Richard Sparkman Sr., Mary Sparkman and James Sparkman Sr.
Husband of
Mary Annah (Gardner) Sparkman
— married
about 1736 in North Carolina, British Colonial America
Husband of
Mary (Ward) Sparkman
— married
about 1780 in Bertie Co., North Carolina
Descendants 
Father of
Rachel (Sparkman) Stone, Elizabeth (Sparkman) Hyman, Edward Edmund Sparkman Sr, William Jesse Sparkman Sr, John Sparkman Sr. and William Simeon Sparkman Jr.
Died
at about age 77
in Bertie, North Carolina, United States
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Biography
Captain William Sparkman Sr performed Patriotic Service in North Carolina in the American Revolution.
William Sparkman Sr is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A107846.
DAR Records
- SPARKMAN, WILLIAM
- Ancestor #: A107846
- Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
- Birth: CIRCA 1715
- Death: POST 10-6-1784 BERTIE CO NORTH CAROLINA
- Service Description: 1) FURNISHED HORSE TO MIL.
- RESIDENCE: 1) County: BERTIE CO - State: NORTH CAROLINA
- SPOUSE: 1) MARY X
William Simeon Sparkman Sr. first bought land in North Carolina in 1735. He was a Captain in the North Carolina Militia and served for seven years in the Continental Army. He also served during the French and Indian War.
There are records indicating William was frequently appointed to serve on N. Carolina grand juries and to serve as overseer in the construction of N. Carolina roads around Bertie County. There are also records of William buying and selling land, bequeathing land to his sons, especially to William Jesse Sparkman, Sr., indicating that William Simeon Sparkman was well off financially.
Last Will & Testament of William S. Sparkman Sr.
Will of William S. Sparkman Sr. D-22 6 Oct 1782 proved May Ct 1785 Bertie Co [Gammon abstract] "..being weak in body..." - Wife Mary Sparkman - my manor plantation and 200 ac adjoining, also Negroes Jim, Harry, Bob, Lid and Venus, also mares, hogs, etc., for her lifetime and at her death to my youngest son William Sparkman. - Eldest son Edward Sparkman - cattle, and lend him Negroes Sarah and Ester, and at his death, Sarah is to belong to my grandson Thomas Sparkman and Ester to my grandson Edward Sparkman. - Youngest son William -- all my lands and Negroes Joe, Tiller, Penny, Lucy, Zilpah, Rose, Dinar, and Jenny, my brandy still, my stock at Thomas Morass, but to be kept on the plantation until he in eighteen. - Eldest daughter Rachel Stone - five shillings, and lend her Negro Long Cate for her lifetime with reversion to my granddaughter Sarah Stone at her death. - Daughter Elizabeth Hyman - Negro Jude, cows, and calves. - Daughter in law Rebekah Sparkman [relicit of Jesse Sparkman] - five shillings - Grandson William Sparkman [son of Jesse Sparkman] - Negro Frank. - Granddaughter Sarah Ward - Negro Cate for her lifetime, and at her death to be divided among her heirs. - Granddaughter Winnefred Sparkman [daughter of Jesse Sparkman] - Negro Joan. - Granddaughter Elizabeth Sparkman [daughter of Jesse Sparkman] - Negro Sarah. - Grandson William Hyman - plantation I bought of Thomas Mewbon containing 126 ac, also Negroes Ben and Hannar. - Granddaughter Sarah Hyman - Negro Feraba - Grandson Hugh Hyman - Negro Joe. - Granddaughter Elisabeth Hyman - Negro Peter. - Grandson Thomas Sparkman - the plantation on which his father lives containing 200 ac, to be divided by a line adj. Job Hunter's line, not coming near the islands. EX: friends Thomas Ward, Esq. , Hugh Hyman, James Wilson WIT: Thos. Ward, Hardy Hunter, William Bird, Richard [x] Bird, Herbert Pritchard.
Sources
- Will of Captain William Simeon Sparkman gives his death date as Oct. 6, 1782
- DAR Patriot Index Volume III page 252.5 https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A107846
- North Carolina Early Census Index. Year: 1757. Shows William Sparkman residing in Bertie County, NC.
- https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LZ5B-DS7/william-s-sparkman-sr-1705-1784
- http://www.learnwebskills.com/patriot/patriotindex.htm
- http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=23114633&pid=1353679530
- http://www.thehennesseefamily.com/getperson.php?personID=I31656&tree=hennessee
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~1.56%
Laverne (Hammock) Tornow
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch HF8149298 [compare], yourDNAportal LAV08eebf1d, Ancestry member lavhamm1
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~1.56%
Nancy Sparkman :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch a957775 [compare], Ancestry member nsbrownlee
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~1.56%
Lee Sparkman :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member matthew_lee_sparkman
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~0.78%
James Skelton :
23andMe, GEDmatch M133044 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Timothy Cannon :
23andMe, GEDmatch XL7761464 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member tlcfl
-
~0.78%
Linda (Keever) Rice :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member lrice
-
~0.78%
Richard Stevens :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #250145
-
~0.78%
Douglas Keever :
MyHeritage DNA
-
~0.39%
Wesley Franklin :
23andMe, GEDmatch M170459 [compare]
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #81528
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~0.39%
Daniel Hill :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member DanielAlanHill
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~0.39%
Lyn (Wrenn) Heidel :
23andMe, GEDmatch WR4684583 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Joshua Sparkman :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Anne Woodworth :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
+
MyHeritage DNA
-
~0.39%
Teri Roberts :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
Marshall Sparkman :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
Jennifer Hart :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A647226 [compare], Ancestry member jvenar1
-
~0.39%
Kathleen Tyler :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch 79825 [compare], Ancestry member mktyler19
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~0.39%
Mary (Sparkman) Weirich :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
D (Ray) Kenney :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A481764 [compare], Ancestry member Tergiversada
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~0.39%
Julia (Pixton) Pitzer :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch AX5324265 [compare], yourDNAportal JUL7603ef3d
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~0.39%
Kimberly Wrenn :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SP7358441 [compare], Ancestry member kdwrenn
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~0.39%
Sandra Nowak :
AncestryDNA
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Debra Holloway :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Brenda (Knight) Smith :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T086417 [compare], FTDNA kit #464275
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~0.39%
Linda (Carey) Ahearn :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.39%
Bob Thomas :
MyHeritage DNA
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