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Robert Spink Sr. (1615 - bef. 1695)

Robert Spink Sr.
Born in Englandmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , and
Died before before age 80 in Narrangansett, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantationsmap
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Biography

Robert Spink's age and origin are determined by his passenger record; a Robert Spink was listed on May 28, 1635 as a passenger for Virginia on the ship Speedwell, his age being given as twenty years.[1] He and others were, previous to sailing "examined by the minister of Gravesend of their conformity to the orders and discipline of the Church of England, and have taken the oath of allegiance." [2]

No information was located regarding his activities between 1635 and his appearence in Newport.

  • 1648: "He was thus early of Newport." [2]
  • 1655: Freeman of Newport [3]
  • 1655/6 Mar 11: In Roger William's handwriting: "Mr. Lytherland being indicted by Robert Spink for putting his name to a bill without the said Robert Spink his knowlege the Court was satisifed of the weakness of the said R. Spink & of the weakness of his charge and of the innocencie of the said Mr. Lytherland & ordered that he should be cleared by proclamation so accordingly he was. Roger Williams President. [4]
  • 1658 Jun: At the General Court of Trials, the Constable of Newport was ordered to deliver a hat to Henry Tibbens "which was taken by warrent of search out of Robert Spinks howse..."[5]
  • 1662 Nov 29: "He bought of John Tefit and wife Mary, 7 acres." [2]
  • 1665 May 13: He and others petitioned the Rhode Island General Assembly "for accommodation of lands, &c., in the Kings Province."[6]
  • 1666 Oct 20: At a General Court of Trials, a Pettit Jury heard a case against Robert Spinks of Portsmouth; "For that contrary to law he did keepe and maintain in his house Ann Brooman the wife of Thomas Brooman." Robert pleaded and was found to be not guilty.[7]
  • 1669 May 10: At a General Court of Trials, Robert Westcott was found guilty of breaching the peace. He was ordered to "peacably and Quietly behave himsilf to all his Majestyes Leag people but espetially to Robert Spencke and his family." [8]
  • 1671 May 20: The General Court, meeting at Aquednesitt (now North Kingston), recognized its residents including Robert, as self-governing and able to choose representatives to participate in General Court assemblies. [9] He took oath of allegiance, and in the same year purchased land in Quidnesoet, of the Atherton Company. [2]
  • 1675 Jun 17: Robert was one of the proprietors who was overdue in owing 18 pence per acre. [10]
  • 1679 Jul 29: After every house in Narragansett was destroyed during King Philips War 41 inhabitants petitioned the King praying that he "would put an end to these differences about the government thereof which hath been so fatal to the prosperity of the place; animosities still arising in the peoples minds as they stand affected to this or that government." [2]
  • 1685 Dec 2: Date of last will and testament. [2]
  • 1687, Sep. 6: On 6 September 1687, he is cited on Gov. Andros' tax roll at Rochester (renamed later to Kingstown), Rhode Island owing a “pole” (poll) tax of 1s, and a property tax of 9s 2d, which places him as an adult resident and property landholder in Kingstown, RI on this date. [11] This tax roll identifies a sum total of 136 heads of house living in the roughly 22.5 square mile area associated with Kingstown, RI on this date in 1687; one consequence of this sparse population is that he would have been well acquainted with many, if not all, of the individuals identified on this list. Therefore, this tax list is a defacto definition of the people who were available to be his friends, neighbors, and allies; it would be essential to cultivate strong working relationships with these neighbors in order to survive on this frontier landscape. This cross reference tool provides hot links to peruse most of the 136 Wikitree families identified in this tax roll; families who were very frequently interconnected, or became interconnected, by marriage, over the course of their lives and throughout the ensuing generations, further binding a network of neighbors into extended families. [12] His sons Robert Jr., John, and Shebna are also named on this tax roll and each levied the 1s poll tax.
  • 1688 Mar 6: He and others made complaint that several highways in Kings Town are stopped up, to the great damage of inhabitants.[2]
  • 1695: Date last will and testament is proved. [2]

Family

At some point Robert was married to a wife named Alice whose surname is unknown.[2] It's also unknown whether she was the mother of his children.

Children linked to father Robert Spink as recorded in his will:[13]

  • Robert Jr., b. 1658; d. 1709
  • John, d. Mar 1697
  • Shebna, b. 1666
  • Nicholas; m (1) Abigail ___ (2) Sarah[14]
  • Samuel
  • Ishmael, b. 1680; d. 28 May 1759, West Greenwich, Kent, RI
  • Benjamin
  • Margaret, eldest daughter m John Vaughan
  • Sarah, b. Jun 1676; d. 1717, North Kingstown
  • Elizabeth

Death and Estate

Robert's will was made on December 2, 1685 and proved March, 1695.[13]

Sources

  1. ↑ Somberby, H.G. "Passengers for Virginia." New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 2. Boston, MA: 1847. Page 132.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Austin, John Osborne. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island Comprising Three Generations of Settlers Who Came before 1690. Albany, NY: 1887. Page 188.
  3. ↑ Bartlett, John R. Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England, Vol 1. Providence, RI: Self-Published, 1856. Page 301.
  4. ↑ Rhode Island Court Records...of the Colony of Providence Plantation 1647-1662, Vol 1. Providence, RI: Rhode Island Historical Society, 1920.Page 16.
  5. ↑ RICR 1, 1920. Pages 42-43.
  6. ↑ Bartlett, John R. Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England, Vol 2. Providence, RI: Self-Published, 1857. Page 124
  7. ↑ RICR 2, 1857. Page 50.
  8. ↑ RICR 2, 1857. Pages 84-5.
  9. ↑ RICR 2, 1857. Page 391.
  10. ↑ Arnold, James N. The Records of the Proprietors of the Narragansett. Rhode Island Colonial Gleanings, Vol. 1. Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1894. Page 27.
  11. ↑ Roberts, Gary Boyd; Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, Vol. II, Niles - Wilson; Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore 1989. RI Taxes under Gov. Andros pages 592- 594.
  12. ↑ Randolph Beebe; Cross Reference: Gov. Andros 1687 Rochester RI Tax Register to Wikitree profile; Wikitree Free Space Profiles, 2024.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Swinburne, Henry H. "Genealogical Notes from Early Wills." Newport Historical Magazine, Vol 1. Newport, RI: Newport Historical Publishing, Jul 1882. Page 242.
  14. ↑ Principe, Bill. "Another Rhode Island Spink Family." The American Genealogist, Volume 78. New Haven, CT: 2003. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009-.) Subscription Link $ Pages 214-221.
  • John Osborne Austin. Ancestry of Thirty-Three Rhode Islanders Born in the 18th Century. Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons: 1889. Page: 21. Note: NS088493

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Homer Hopper
December 2, 1685 - Will - proved March 1695, Exs - Wife Alice and son Robert. Overseeers, friends, Captain Wait Winthrop, Captain John Brown and Mr. Joseph Clarke.

To eldest son Robert and his heirs, my now dwelling house at Narragansett, and 100 acres, & c, and if he die without issue then son John to have. To Robert, also two oxen, five cows, ten sheep, and a bed. To son John, a fifth of remaining land at Narragansett, and if he die then son Shebna to have. To John, also two cows and four youg cattle and ten sheep at age. To son Shebna, a fifth of land in Narragansett, and if he die son Nicholas to have. To son Nicholas, a fifth of Narragansett land, and if he die son Samuel to have. To son Samuel, a fifth of said land and if he die son Ishmael to have. To son Ishmael, a fifth of said land and if he die son Benjamin to have. To son Benjamin, my house and land in Portsmouth, and if he die then son Ishmael to have. To sons Shebna, Nicholas, Samuel, Ishmael and Benjamin, at age, the same legacy in cattle and sheep as that given son John. To eldes daughter Margaret Vaughan, wife of George Vaughan, 1s, she having formerly had at her marriage. To daughter Sarah Spink, two cows, four young cattle and ten sheep, five ewes and five lambs, at twenty-one or marriage. To daughter Elizabeth Spink, a like legacy. To wife Alice, half the profits of housing and 100 acres given son Robert, said income to be hers for life while widow. To executors rest of estate real and personal.

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Spink-188 and Spink-9 appear to represent the same person because: Same name, dates, spouse, son Ishmael - let's choose a likely birthplace and merge these two.
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