Miles Sperry (1745 - 1776)

Born 4 Apr 1745 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Esther (Brockett) Sperry — married 14 Apr 1766 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Died 9 May 1776 at age 31 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut

Biography

This profile is part of the Sperry Name Study.

Miles was born April 4, 1745.^[1] He was the son of Charles Sperry Martha Miles. He married Esther Brockett on April 1766.^[2] She was the daughter of Isaac Brockett Elizabeth Culver.

Miles died on May 9, 1776. Notice that all 3 of his children died within a 1 month period between May & June of 1776. This may be the Miles Sperry that Eudora Jane Speary Sick's notes refer to in the retelling of a family story about a fever epidemic striking the family & all the young children dying.

She read these notes at a 1937 Speary family reunion & attributed them to a Miles Sperry/Speary that is the nephew of this Miles - the son of his brother Wooding Sperry & Anna Lawrence.

The story does not fit in to the facts of his nephew's life. However, the story sure seems to fit here.

Sources

1. ↑ Families of Ancient New Haven, Jacobus, p 1676
2. ↑ Families of Ancient New Haven, Jacobus, p 1676