'Sparke1'
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Families covered: Sparke of Chester, Sparke of Plymouth
| Visitation (Cheshire, 1663) identifies the arms of the following family as "Checky or and vert, a bend ermine". | |||||||||||||||
| William Sparke of Aston, Flintshire | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Sparke of Shotton, Flintshire | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Millington | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Sparke of Chester (a 1613, d 29.12.1639) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1587) Ann Cotes (d 06.12.1639, dau/heir of Alexander Cotes of Chester) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Sparke, Sheriff then Mayor of Chester (d 12.01.1658/9) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c01.1606-7) Margaret Wright (dau of George Wright of Holt) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Sparke of Chester (bpt 28.03.1608, dvp before 30.12.1639) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.06.1632) Mary Lloyd (dau of Humphrey Lloyd, alderman of Chester) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Sparke of Chester (bpt 20.08.1635, d 11.07.1709) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.09.1655) Thomasine Dod (bpt 07.10.1627, dau of Thomas Dod of Shocklach) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Mary Sparke (d 20.11.1739) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.05.1691) Lawrence Wood (b c1647, d 13.07.1710, Vicar in Chester) | |||||||||||||||
| (i)+ | issue - Mary (bpt 09.01.1691), Frances (bpt 13.04.1693), Anne (bpt 11.047.1695, bur 11.05.1701) | ||||||||||||||
| One of these (or another sister) married _ Adams. | |||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue - John (b 13.08.1656, d before 1709), Thomas (b 10.10.1664, d 22.03.1716), Mary (b 27.04.1658, d 13.11.1672) | ||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue - Anne, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Anne Sparke (bpt 29.03.1609, d before 1659) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.01.1629/30) Daniell Greatbatch (Greatebach or Graybach) of Eccleston (d before 02.05.1678) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Susan Graybach probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Bennett, Sheriff then Mayor of Chester (bpt 10.10.1647, d 1716) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Margaret Sparke | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.12.1636) William Jones | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Alice Sparke (bpt 10.07.1611, a 1658) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 1658) John Leonard | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Martha Sparke (a 1658) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.12.1634) Richard Taylor | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Ellinor Sparke (a 1658) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 1658) (William?) Emonson | |||||||||||||||
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| Vivian gives the same arms for the following family as are given for the family above, indicating that they were probably a cadet branch of the above. | |||||||||||||||
| John Spearke or Sparke ("who came from Nantwich in Com. Chester & lived in Plimpton St. Mawrice in Com. Devon") | |||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Moore of Devon (bur 31.08.1598) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Sparke of Plymouth (bur 29.08.1603, youngest son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Julian Cock (bur 29.12.1583, dau/heir of Grigorie Cock of Plymouth) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Sparke of Plymouth (bur 20.03.1639-40) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.10.1620) Deborah Rashleygh (dau of John Rashleygh of Foye) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Jonathan Sparke (2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.08.1631) Mary Basset | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Sparke 'of Plymouth' (bpt 27.08.1636) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c10.1663) Mary Carew (dau of Sir Alexander Carew, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Jonathan Sparke (bpt 29.12.1639) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Deborah (bur 05.06.1676) | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - Deborah (bpt 22.07.1638, bur 21.07.1640), Mary (bpt 15.12.1641, bur 05.01.1641-2), Mary (bpt 06.06.1648, bur 04.01.1665-6) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | William Sparke had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.05.1632) Gertrude Fortescue | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Mary Sparke | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.08.1630) Hender Molesworth of Egloshayle | |||||||||||||||
| iv.+ | other issue - John (b c1612, bur 03.1633), Julyan, Deborah (bur 06.11.1637), Alice (a 1640) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Judith Sparke | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Clement of Plymouth | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Mary Sparke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Nicholas Putt of Allington | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Jane Sparke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Crampporn of Plymouth | |||||||||||||||
| E.+ | other issue - Grigorie, Joane (bpt 30.06.1583, a 1640, d unm?) | ||||||||||||||
| 2.+ | other issue - Thomas, Richard, John | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : a schedule kindly provided by one of our regular contributors (CV, 14.03.20) based on Visititation (Cheshire, 1613 & 1663, 'Sparke of Chester') with sundry input
(2) For lower section (first uploaded to SZmisc18 on 18.06.18) : Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1895), Devon, 1531+1564+1620+additions, 'Sparke of Plymouth', p856 (in Addenda))
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