Dennis Springer (1712 - 1760)

Born 13 Nov 1712 in Burlington, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Prickett) Larue — married 29 Nov 1736 (to 5 Aug 1760) in Evesham, Burlington County, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 5 Aug 1760 at age 47 in Back Creek, Frederick County, Virginia

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Biography

Dennis Springer lived in Virginia.

For a list of Denis's descendants buried in Oak Grove cemetery, Uniontown, Pennsylvania,, click here.

Ancestry

Dennis's ancestry has not been proved. At one time it was thought by many that he was descended from a Jacob Springer 1668-1731) and Phoebe Hiobe, but it is more likely that he was descended from Dennis Springer of Connecticut.

Kimberlee Miller, Prickett family historian, has written: (http://genforum.genealogy.com/prickett/messages/1254.html) “Dennis and Benjamin are brothers. This comes from family information from papers of John M Prickett about 1880 had written from records of his grandfather, Richard Prickett who was grandson of Jacob Prickett that married Dorothy Springer in 1745.” Melissa Robards, Springer family historian has written (http://genforum.genealogy.com/prickett/messages/1254.html) “Since we have connected Dennis and Benjamin with Y DNA testing, to have even a secondary source for their actual relationship is very good news.”

Dennis's land on Back Creek, just north of present-day Glengary, BEREKELEY CO.,WV, lay about 12 miles due north of Winchester, FREDERICK Co., VA. It was rich bottom land, covered with wild pea vines, which droves of wild hogs came to eat, and was hence known as Hog Bottom. ( [Jolliffe], Jolliffe Family of Virginia, p80) Dennis, though illiterate, apparently prospered: his children married into some of the leading families of the area.

Origins

The first Dennis Springer in the colonies lived in Connecticut and married a Mary Hudson. This Dennis (1712-1760), thought to be his grandson, was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania (or perhaps in Burlington County, New Jersey), lived in Essex County, New Jersey, then moved in the latter 1730s to Evesham Township, Burlington County. He moved again, this time to northern Frederick County, Virginia (now Berkeley County, West Virginia), before 1750. Within a few years after his death there in 1760 his children moved to what is now Uniontown in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and was then Bedford County, Pennsylvania.

Dennis Springer was born on November 13, 1712^[1][2] in Burlington County, New Jersey. His parents may have been Hudson Springer and Abigail Pack. He married Ann Prickett on November 29, 1736 in Burlington County, Colony of New Jersey. Together they had 12 children:

1. Levi Springer Levi B. Springer, Sr. (1744-1823)
2. Hannah Springer Hannah Springer (1739-1820)
3. Josiah Springer Josiah Springer (1737-1785)
4. Zadock Springer Zadock Springer (1742-1829)
5. Drusilla Springer Drusilla Springer (1745-1796)
6. Nathan Springer Nathan Springer (1752-1831)
7. Uriah Springer Lt. Col. Uriah Springer (1754-1826)
8. John Springer Pvt. John Springer (1756-1816)
9. Job Springer Job Springer (1758- )
10. Dennis Springer
11. Lydia Springer
12. Jacob Springer Ensign Jacob Springer (1750-After 1800)

Move to Virginia

By 1750 he had moved to Frederick County, Virginia (present-day Berkeley County, West Virginia), where he first purchased 291 acres on Elk Lick Run, northwest of present-day Glengary, West Virginia. On 9 May 1751, he had 353 acres surveyed, "a Parcell of land where he lives on the w[est] side of Back Creek'). On 4 Nov 1754, he received a land grant from Lord Fairfax “situated on Back Creek, near Dillon's land, and locally known as Hog Bottom, because of the abundance of wild pea vines that attracted large droves of wild hogs to the locality.”

On 9 May 1750, O. S.,, Dennis was appointed "Surveyor of the Highway from William Frosts to John Frosts Mill and that Thos Provin be surveyor of the other part of the sd Road from William Frosts to Colo Morgans Road and that all the male labouring Tithables formerly appointed assist the sd

Surveyors and observe their Directions in Clearing and Keeping the sd Road in repair according to law."

He participated in local politics by voting for one Capt. Thomas Swearengen for the House of Delegates on 11 December 1751, and for Col. George Washington and Mr. High West for the House of Delegates, on 24 July 1758, in Frederick County, Virginia.

By 1753 the Springer household lived on a land grant from Lord Fairfax in Frederick County.^[3]

On 5 August 1760, when he was forty-seven, Dennis died of unknown causes, probably on Back Creek (just north of Glengary) in Frederick County, Virginia.^[4]

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Satellite map showing principal movements of Dennis Springer and his children

Death and Will

On 3 Jun 1760 Dennis Springer wrote his will naming his children. It was proved on 8 Aug 1760.^[5]

He died after 3 Jun 1760, at Back Creek, or possibly in Kentucky. His will, written on 3 June 1760) was probated on 8 Aug 1760 in Frederick County, Virginia.^[6]

On 4 Apr 1772, "the Plantation of Dennis Springer decd" must not yet have been sold to an outside party as it is mentioned in an official county record.

Citations

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1. ↑ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com.
2. ↑ American Genealogical-Biographical Index, (AGBI) Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
3. ↑ Rizer, Kathleen. The Springer Homestead, and Its Family: Their Place and Part in History. Tipp City, Ohio (P.O. Box 428, Tipp City 45371): Rizer Research, 1986.
4. ↑ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com.
5. ↑ Rizer, Kathleen. The Springer Homestead, and Its Family: Their Place and Part in History. Tipp City, Ohio (P.O. Box 428, Tipp City 45371): Rizer Research, 1986.
6. ↑ (Frederick County, VA, Will Book 2, page 415).

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Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Springer-476 was created through the import of Callahan, Wiley, Plotner, Powell Family Tree - 2009.ged on Dec 2, 2011 by Ron Callahan.

• Unsourced family tree handed down to Ethan Murphy.