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Linda Ronstadt

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John Spafford

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Linda Ronstadt — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 252 
  • Father:
  • Jacob Spafford 
  • Mother:
  • Rebecca Smalley   
  • Birth Date:
  • 31 Aug 1752 
  • Birth Location:
  • Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • 24 Apr 1823 
  • Death Location:
  • Lowville, Lewis, New York 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Baldwin
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 29 Nov 1771 
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  • Child:

  Horatio Gates Spafford (Ahnentafel No:126 )

  • Notes: 

  • Revolutionary War veteran

    Col. John Spafford participated in the taking of Fort Ticonderoga with Allen and Arnold. He accepted in surrender the sword of the commander of Crown Point which was said to be in the Colonel's family in the early 20th century.

• Sources for John Spafford

  • ¹ Bulletin of the Fort Ticonderoga Museum, 1977, Vol. 13, No. 5, "Some Notes on Allen's Men, The List", 363 .
  • ² Evening Post (New York, New York), 07 MAY 1823, p. 2, Death notice for Col. John Spafford.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/23/2021).
  • ⁴ Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association: The Eleventh Annual Meeting . . ., Vol. 09, Unknown: New York State Historical Association (1910), 323.
  • ⁵ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, S.A.R. No. 60442, Membership application for Franklyn Amherst Royce.
  • ⁶ Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005, FHL No 5464263, Image 68, death of daughter of John Spaford.
  • ⁷ Vermont, U.S., Vital Records, 1720-1908, Death record for spouse Mary Spafford.
  • ⁸ 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), 52, 76-77.
  • ⁹ Spofford, Jeremiah, M.D., A Family Record, of the Descendants of John Spofford, and Elizabeth, His Wife, Who Came from England to America . . ., Haverhill: E. G. Frothingham, Printer (1851), 22, 32, gives source for family as "Letter of his grandson, Gen. Ira Spofford, Canada".
  • ¹⁰ Wikipedia, "Battle of Bennington", (accessed 05/23/2021).

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