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Richard Sperry Jr. (1652 - 1734)

Richard Sperry Jr.
Born in New Haven, Connecticut Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , , , , , , , and
Husband of — married 16 Dec 1680 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Colonymap
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Father of , , , , , , , , , and
Died at about age 81 in New Haven, Connecticut Colonymap
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Biography

Richard was born in 1652 to Richard Sperry and Dennis Goodyear in New Haven, Connecticut Colony.

In 1680, Richard married Martha Mansfield in New Haven. They had at least eleven children.

In 1730, Martha passed away in New Haven. In 1734, Richard passed away in New Haven.

Ancestry and Descendants of William Curtis of Marcellus, N.Y., by L. E. Steele, page 51-52,1912 [1]

RICHARD^2 SPERRY (Richard^1 ), b. Jan. 20, 1652; d. 1734; m. Martha^3 , dau. of Joseph^2 Mansfield (Richard^1 and wife Gillian Drake), and his wife Mary^2 Potter (John^1 ).

Some of a large family of children:

i. MARTHA^3 .
ii. MOSES, b. Jan. 7, 1681, m. Hannah Blakely.
iii. ABEL, moved to Wallingford, Ct. had large family. Most Moseses and Abels are descended from these two.
iv. JAMES, from whom is descended Admiral Charles Stillman^9 Sperry (Stillman^ 8 , Corydon^7, Hezekiah^6, Timothy^5 , James^4 ,James^3 , Richard^2 , Richard^1 ), U. S. Navy, d. Feb. 1, 1911,Washington, D. C.

Sources

  • Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 7, p 1666
  • Sperry Genealogy, by George S. Skilton, about 1905, manuscript never published
  • Ancestry and Descendents of William Curtis of Marcellus, N.Y.; Also Some Allied Families, Sperry, Matteson, Worden, by Lorissa E. Steele, 1912 [2]
  • Compiled and edited by Jacqyelyn Ladd Ricker, The Ricker Compilation of Vital Records of Early Connecticut (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2006), p. 11966. " ... by James Bishop JP - New Haven VR."
  • Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 7, p 1578. Jacobus, Donald Lines. Notes on New Haven Families, NEHGR (Boston, 1912) Vol. 66, Page 308




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