Samuel McClure Spinney (1771 - 1832)

Born 11 Nov 1771 in Granville Centre, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Died 24 Apr 1832 at age 60 in Aylesford, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Biography

• Name: Samuel McClure Spinney
• Birth Date: 11 Nov 1771
• Birth Place: Granville Centre, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Death Date: 24 Apr 1832
• Death Place: Aylesford, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Cemetery: Plains Baptist Church Cemetery
• Burial Place: Wilmot, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Spouse: Elizabeth [Beech] Spinney

From the records of Aylesford, a Samuel Spinney, undoubtedly brother of Joseph, m. Dec. 30, 1795, Elizabeth Beech and had children:

Isaac, b. Aug. 4, 1797;

Jacob, b. Nov. 15, 1799;

Sarah, b. Nov. 6, 1801;

Eliza, b. Aug. 1, 1804;

Eunice, b. Jan. 8, 1807;

Jane, b. Nov. 8, 1810;

Elisha, b. Sept. 24, 1811;

Ingerson, b. Oct. 18, 1813;

Caroline, b. April 17, 1816;

Henry, b. May 5, 1819;

Catherine Inglis, b. May 24, 1822;

Amret (?), b. June 5, 1825.

A slight sketch of the Spinney family will be found in the Calnek Savary History of Annapolis, pp. 604, 5.

From Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton, book: THE SPINNEY FAMILY

Joseph Spinney was a grantee in Aylesford, Aug. 30, 1783, and a Joseph Spinney, son of Samuel and Elizabeth, of Granville, Annapolis county, m. in Aylesford, Oct. 5, 1797, Sarah Beech. They had children:

Abraham, b. Sept. 19, 1798;

Samuel, b. Nov. 22, 1802;

Benaiah, b. July 21, 1805;

Mary, b. May 7, 1807;

Elijah, b. Sept. 4, 1809;

James, b. Nov. 4, 1811;

Cyrena Ann, b. July 4, 1813;

William, b. Sept. 9, 1815;

Charlotte, b. Sept. 9, 1817;

Sarah Elizabeth, b. Aug. 26, 1819;

John, b. Feb. 3, 1822.

Sources

Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton, M. A., D. C. L., The History of Kings County Nova Scotia (The Salem Press Company, Salem, Massachusetts, 1910 Title page also gives ..... Heart of the Acadian Land - Giving a Sketc), p. 822.

Calnek, W. A., Savary, A. W., History of the County of Annapolis, including old Port Royal and Acadia, 1897 ,Toronto : W. Briggs; p. 604.5. (PDF).

Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 01 February 2019), memorial page for Samuel McClure Spinney (11 Nov 1771–24 Apr 1832), Find A Grave Memorial no. 160825744, citing Plains Baptist Church Cemetery, Wilmot, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada ; Maintained by Ric Noble (contributor 47989037) .

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Catherine Spinney for creating Spinney-190 on 13 Dec 13.

• Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160825744