Lawrence
Springer
Born [location unknown]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Martha (Hicks) Springer
— married
1670 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died after
after age 46
in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island
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Biography
Lawrence was born about 1647.
Disputed Origins
- A previous version of this profile claimed he was the Lawrence Springer born 6 Jan 1647 in Barbados, son of John and Margaret Springer. There is such a record,[1] but no evidence that the Barbados-born Lawrence ended up in Rhode Island.
- In 1881, a genealogy was published claiming that the Rhode Island Lawrence Springer was son of Christopher Springer, exchequer in Sweden, and one of three brothers who settled in different parts of North America, and all descending from European nobility.[2] This work was closely analyzed and debunked by Milton Rubincam in 1941.[3] While Christopher Springer of Sweden did have three sons, including a Lorentz, and one of them (Carl) emigrated to North America, there is no evidence that Christopher's son Lorentz left Sweden.
Records in Rhode Island
On 8 May 1679, Thomas Hicks sold a quarter share at Seaconnet to a Lawrence Springer, for £22, 10s.[4] Note: Austin cites no sources for this information, and there are no other references to Springer in the book. Martha Hicks (supposed wife of Lawrence Springer) is not a daughter of Thomas Hicks per the same source.
A Lawrence Springer married Martha ______ in 1684 at Little Compton, Rhode Island.[5] Profile for Martha (Hicks) Springer (abt.1648-abt.1703).
Death
One source says he made his will September 4, 1701, and it was proved February 24, 1701-2 at Taunton. His wife, Martha, died in 1704.[6]
The estate of Lawrence Springer of Little Compton was probated in Taunton February 25, 1701-2.[7]
Children
Children apparently attributed to Lawrence Springer and his wife, Martha ______ (sic) were:[8]
- John, birth 1671
- Jonathan, birth 1672
- Edward, birth March 1685
- Thomas, birth March 1685 [Note:were they twins, or is the date incorrect?]
- Joseph
- Benjamin
- Harry
- Mary
- Waddy
- Joanna
- Martha ??
Another source gives further information on his children, and says (without providing any citations) that his wife was Martha Hicks.[6]
Sources
- ↑ "Barbados Church Records, 1637-1887," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRSL-9CKV?cc=1923399&wc=M6PQ-SMW%3A218219001%2C218217802%2C218219002 : 20 May 2014), Christ Church > Church of England > Baptisms 1637-1836 > image 9 of 412; Department of Archives, Blackrock.
- ↑ A Genealogical Table and History of the Springer Family, in Europe and North America, for Eight Centuries, From the Earliest German Princes, authored by Moses C. Springer (1881), page 142-44.
- ↑ Rubincam, Milton, Esq. The Springer Genealogy: A Critical Review. The American Genealogist. Volume 18. 1941. pg 91. $
- ↑ John Osborne Austin, The genealogical dictionary of Rhode Island : comprising three generations of settlers who came before 1690 : with many families carried to the fourth generation, published 1887. Reference page 97 (Thomas Hicks profile)
- ↑ Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014), Originally Published as: Vital record of Rhode Island 1636-1850: First Series: births, marriages and deaths: a family register for the people, by James N. Arnold. Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company. Reference Newport County, Volume 4, page 6-60 via $American Ancestors. No further information is included in this vital record
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Benjamin Franklin Wilbour, Little Compton families, Vol. 2. Reference Volume 2, page 636
- ↑ Bristol County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1880. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) Reference Case number 24300 via $American Ancestors
- ↑ Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014), Originally Published as: Vital record of Rhode Island 1636-1850: First Series: births, marriages and deaths: a family register for the people, by James N. Arnold. Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company. Reference Little Compton Births and Deaths, Newport County, Volume 4, page 170 via $American Ancestors
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She is currently Martha Hicks attached as daughter of Samuel Hicks and Lydia Doane, but there's no evidence I've seen to date that Samuel and Lydia had a daughter named Martha.
Lawrence was born in Barbados in 1647 to John Springer (Stringer) and wife Margaret whereas Lorentz is the brother of Carl Christopher and is known to never have left Sweden