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Linda Ronstadt

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    John Spofford

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    • 9th Great-grandfather of Linda Ronstadt — 12th Generation
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    • 4032 
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    • ABT 1612 
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    • from 7 Oct 1678 to 6 Nov 1678 
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    • BEF 1646 
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    • John Spofford is said to be the son of John Spofford and grandson of Robert Spofford and Agnes Clare. More evidence is needed to confirm this.

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  • Sources for John Spofford

    • 4 Davis, Walter Goodwin, The Ancestry of Phoebe Tilton, 1775-1847, Portland, Maine: Anthoensen Press (1947), 119.
    • 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 Morrison, Leonard Allison and Stephen Paschall Sharples, History of the Kimball Family in America, from 1634 to 1897, Boston: Damrell and Upham (1897), 57.
    • 7 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), 37-38.
    • 8 Torry, Clarence, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2004), 697.

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