SQ pg 2619: In 1964, they were operating a resort area in GallinasCanyon on New Mexico State Route 3 to Montezuma. We have no furtherinformation about them.

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, March 1990, Whole No. 149, p. 3546:
"Eady Sparks, daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth (Jones) Sparks, was bornon February 19, 1801, probably in clarke County, Georgia. She wasundoubtedly named for her father's sister, Eady Sparks. She was marriedto John Hale in 1819. He may have been a son of Isaiah Hale who appliedin 1832 in Hickman County for a pension for his service in theRevolutionary War. John Hale died in 1832, leaving Eady with six smallchildren. His property was sold at a public auction conducted by UrealB. Spicer, constable, in Hickman County in 1833.
"(John Hale may also have been a brother of the wife of Hardy Sparks,brother of Jesse Sparks. Note that John and Eady (Sparks) Hale named ason Isaiah Hale. We also know that Hardy and Mary (-----) Sparks, wholived in the Hickman-Humphries- Carroll Counties area of Tennessee fromabout 1810 to 1830, named their first child Isaiah Hale Sparks. For thisreason, we believe that Hardy's wife was Mary Hale.)

His grandmother advises that, after father apparently abandoned hisfamily when Jonathan was young, Johnathan's name was legally changed toJohnathan Daniel Hale from Johnathan Daniel Smith. Source was hisgrandmother, Thelma (McKay) Marshall in January 2002.tmarshall@@farmerstel.com

See SQ p. 3546 and the notes of Eady Sparks (485) for support for theprobility that Mary's surname was Hale. Eady was married to John Hale,believed to be Mary's brother.

Information concerning Nikki and Drew was provided by her grandmother,Thelma Jean (McKay) Marshall at tmarshall@@farmerstel.com. "Nikki andDrew are both graduates of Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville,Calhoun County, Alabama. Both are physical education teachers."

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!NOTES:
The following note was located in a genealogy file in the Family History
Library, Salt Lake (FHL 985191):
27 July, 1674
Came Katherine the wife of Thomas Spalding and proved her Right t ofifty
acres of Land for her time of Service performed in this Province to Lieut.
Colonel John Jarbo
Warrant then Granted unto Thomas Spalding of St. Maries County
for fifty acres of land it being due to him for Katherine his
wifes time of Service performed in this province.
Coct.ut(?) the 27th day of October next
10th
Land Record, 1674, St. Maries County, Liber 18, Folio 101, Land Offic e,
Annapolis, MD.
An additional note in FHL 985186 indicates that "Catherine --- Emigrated
with the John Jarboe family from Dijon France. Her Uncle was John Shercliffe."

Ellen B. Hamersley Clerico Speth lives in Seal Beach, CA (as of 12/99).

Apparently (See BRITISH ROOTS OF MARLAND FAMILY which traces the ancestryof the Alexander Hamilton famous in American History) this Alexander wasunrelated to the famous Alexander.

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!NOTES:
Mary Hamilton was the daughter of Leonard Hamilton. Mary and Bene dict
got their marriage bonds in Springfield, KY.

Copy of the death certificate in possession of James J. Sparks revealsthe following:

Place of death: Morganfield, Union County, Ky.
Female white widowed.
Wife of John Sparks
Date of birth: april 7, 1864
Age: 74 years, 2 months, 27 days
Birthplace: Union County, KY
Name of Father: William Hancock
Birthplace: Union County, KY
Name of Mother: Martha (?) Hancock
Birthplace: Union County, KY
Informant: Henry Sparks Henderson, KY.
Buriel: Odd Fellows, July 6, 1938, Morganfield, KY.
Date of death: July 4, 1938
Cause of death: Organic Heart disease.

SQ p. 4551-2:

" "Nancy (Hancock) Sparks survived her husband by a dozen years, dyingon April 15, 1856. James R. Green was appointed to administer herestate. He had been married to Priscilla Sparks in 1845 and was ason-in-law of Nancy Sparks. He made an inventory return at the September1856 term of the Wilson County Court and a final settlement of her estateat the march 1857 term. Each of her eight heirs received a share of herestate in the amount of $41.37. According to the records sent to us by adescendant, Nathan Sparks had nine children." (here named but see theirindividual sheets.)

SQ p. 4573:

"Nancy Sparks, mother of Priscilla, died in the spring of 1856, andher son-in-law, James R. Green, was appointed as the administrator of herestate. Green filed an inventory of her estate at the June 1856 term ofthe Wilson County Court valued at $258.60. He made a final settlement ofthe estate at the March 1857 term of court and $331 was distributed toNancy's eight heirs. We have found no further record of this family."

Beginning in April 2000, Kelly (Hancock) Robinson (emailKELYROBINS@@aol.com) provided much information on the descendants of JohnPayne, Jr. for which we are grateful.