Ancestry of
Herbert Hoover

31st U.S. President

John Spofford

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Herbert Hoover — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 222 
  • Father:
  • John Spofford 
  • Mother:
  • Dorcas Hopkinson   
  • Birth Date:
  • 19 Mar 1703/1704 
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  • Death Date:
  • AFT 1757 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Hannah Tyler
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 2 Nov 1728 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Phebe Spofford (Ahnentafel No:111 )

• Sources for John Spofford

  • ¹ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Rowley Births, Vol. 1, Page 204, Birth record for daughter Phebe Spaffard.
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Rowley, Vol. 1, p. 401, Marriage intention for John Spaford and Hannah Taylor.
  • ³ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1854, Vol. 8, Pages 340-342.
  • ⁴ Brigham, Willard I. Tyler, The Tyler Genealogy: The Descendants of Job Tyler of Andover, Massachusetts, 1619-1700, Vol. 1, Plainfield, New Jersey: C.B. Tyler, Tylerville, Connecticut: R.U. Tyler (1912), 79-80.
  • ⁵ McLean, Hulda Hoover, Genealogy of the Herbert Hoover Family, Stanford, California: The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University (1967), fold-out chart between pages 4 and 5.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 214.
  • ⁷ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants to the American Colonies, Quebec, or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company (2018), 370.
  • ⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 115, 360, 442, 478, 535, 663.
  • ⁹ Spofford, Dr. Jeremiah and Aphia T. Spofford, A Genealogical Record, Including Two Generations in Female Lines . . . Descendants of John Spofford and Elizabeth Scott, Boston: Alfred Mudge and Son (1888), 45-46.