Ancestry of
Herbert Hoover

31st U.S. President

John Spofford

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• • 6th Great-grandfather of Herbert Hoover — 9th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 444 
  • Father:
  • John Spaford Jr. 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Wheeler   
  • Birth Date:
  • 12 Jun 1678 
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  • 4 Oct 1735 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Dorcas Hopkinson
  • Marriage Date:
  • 15 Mar 1700 
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  John Spofford (Ahnentafel No:222 )

• Sources for John Spofford

  • ¹ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1854, Vol. 8, pp. 340-341.
  • ² 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.
  • ³ 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.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 442, 478, 535.
  • ⁵ 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), 41.