The first record of John Sparks is dated 24 July
1650 when he was apprenticed to Obadiah Wood “bisquit maker” in Ipswich,
Massachusetts [Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County,
Massachusetts, 1900, Volume 1, page 200]. Obadiah Wood married Margaret, John’s
sister. In 1664 John rented half a house
from Thomas Bishop of Ipswich. On 14
February 1671 John Spark bought two acres in Ipswich for his own bakery, and an
“ordinary” (tavern).
He married Mary Roper, daughter of Walter Roper of
Ipswich. There was an early article in the
1977 issue 98, pages 1904 – 1905 of The
Sparks Quarterly published by the Sparks Family Association that stated that
John Sparks married Mary Sinnett of Boston.
This was reversed in issue 164, pages 4192 – 4229 when an article by
Russell E. Bidlack described the will of Walter Roper that names his daughter
Mary (Roper) Sparks, and her children.
See my blog post last week on the Roper family to see a transcription of
that will. Mary’s will is transcribed
below from the Essex County Probate 25951, dated 9 December 1711. She died sometime before 26 July 1712 when
her son-in-law Thomas Newman was appointed executor of this will:
Item I give also my Daughter Sarah Newman twenty shillings out of th^### Legacye W1'1 It shall be due, given by my Brother John aforesaid.
Item In Consideration th^### I am & am like to be More Chargeable & Troublesome To my son, Thomas Newman & my Daughter Rose Newman with whom I Now Live, I Give unto Them & Their heirs for Ever all the Rest of my Estate, Either in possesion or reversion of what Kind or Nature so ever or In whose hands It is or May be found In, as a finall a reward of the Daily Love & Service, & I Ordain my said son Thomas Newman To be sole Executor of this my Last Will & Testament. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto Sett my hand & Seal the Ninth Day of December Ann Dome Seventeen hundred & Eleven.
This transcription is from the Sparks Family
Association website http://www.sparksfamilyassn.org/pages/164-A.html
My SPARKS genealogy:
Generation 1: John Sparks, born about 1630, died
before March 1704 in Ipswich, Massachusetts; married Mary Roper, daughter of
Walter Roper and Susan Unknown. She was
baptized on 22 August 1641 in Hampton, New Hampshire and died 1712 in Ipswich,
Massachusetts. Eight children.
Generation 2: Elizabeth Sparks, born about 1666
probably in Ipswich, died 10 April 1692 in Ipswich; married on 25 December 1684
in Ipswich to Jacob Perkins, son of Jacob Perkins and Elizabeth Whipple. He was born 3 August 1662 in Ipswich, and
died 12 November 1705.
Generation 3: Elizabeth Perkins m. David Burnham
Lineage A:
Generation 4: David Burnham m. Elizabeth Marshall
Generation 5: Amos Burnham m. Sarah Giddings
Generation 6: Judith Burnham m. Joseph Allen
Generation 7: Joseph Allen m. Orpha Andrews
Generation 8: Joseph Gilman Allen m. Sarah Burnham
Mears
Generation 9: Joseph Elmer Allen m. Carrie Maude
Batchelder
Generation 10: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude
Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)
Lineage B:
Generation 4: Westley Burnham m. Deborah Story
Lineage B1:
Generation 5: Westley Burnham m. Molly Woodbury
Lineage B1a:
Generation 6: Asa Burnham m. Polly Bray
Generation 7: Lydia W. Burnham m. Samuel Mears
Generation 8: Samuel Mears m. Sarah Ann Burnham
Generation 9: Sarah Burnham Mears m. Joseph Gilman
Allen (see above)
Lineage B1b:
Generation 6: Henry Burnham m. Sally Poland
Generation 7: Sarah Ann Burnham m. Samuel Mears
Generation 8: Sarah Burnham Mears m. Joseph Gilman
Allen (see above)
Lineage B2:
Generation 5: Sarah Burnham m. Abner Poland
Generation 6: Sally Poland m. Henry Burnham (see
above)
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