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!CENSUS:
US Census, 1870, Union County, KY.
SPALDING, Robert A., 38 (probably 48), farmer, assets, real prop:
$16,000; personal prop: $3,800; born KY; Wife Ellen M., 36 (probably
46); born KY; Mary A., 21, born KY; Annie, 19, born KY; Jane T., 17,
born KY; Ellen, 15, KY; Susan, 13, born KY; Kate, 7, born KY; Robert
A. 4, born KY.

!NOTES:
See HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY, KY. Published in 1886 FHL 976.9885H2h,
pps 475-477: "ROBERT ABELL SPALDING. The gentleman whose name heads
this article was born in a room of a building now occupied by Mr. Jam es
W. Walker known as the leading hotel in Morganfield, on the 6th day
of January, 1822. He is one of those reserved, modest, good men of
whom it is hard to write, from the fact of a latent diffidence on his
part to give any history or sketch of himself. He is one of those pl ain,
unassuming, honest men, fashioned after the earlier people, of whom it
can be said, they were brave, and honest and true, both to their own
kith and kin and to their friends. This much by way of introduction.
The following sketch will begin by saying he was a son of Ignatius A.
Spalding and Jane Pottenger, both of whom came to Union County from
Nelson County, at an early date. Both father and mother were natives
of Maryland. His father, I. A. Spalding, was born May 5, 1790, and
in the fall of the same year was brought by his father (Benedict J.
Spalding-1141) from Maryland to Kentucky, and located in (what is now)
Washington County. For a number of years the grandfather of our subj ect
served as Deputy Sheriff of his county, and upon several occasions
flat-boated it to New Orleans, and after disposing of his produce and
merchandise, would and did, return overland through the Indian Nation
on foot.
Richard Spalding, a brother of the grandfather of our subject was
a Revolutionary soldier, and was wounded at and died after the battle
of Yorktown. Another brother, George, came to Union County, after
having fought in the Revolutionary War. His grandfather, Samuel Pott-
enger, on his mother's side, came to Kentucky in 1778, a boy, and
settled in Nelson County, on a Creek, which was ever afterwards known
as Pottenger's Creek. The families were largely connected, both in
their native state and in this state. Lieut. Governor Caldwell of
Kentucky, was a near relative, as well as other distinguished people.
Our subject first attended the common schools of his county, and at
the age of fourteen was sent to St. Mary's College where he remained
six months, at the end of which time he entered St. Joseph's College,
Bardstown, Kentucky, where he recieved a collegiate education, includ-
ing a classical course, after a period of four and one-half years
study. Governor Lazarus W. Powell and George Alfred Caldwell, two
distinguished Kentuckians, graduated at this school, and a few year
before Mr. Spalding. Judge Ben P. Cissell and Hon. John C. Atkenson
of Henderson, were classmates of his in 1841. Having completed his
education, the young graduate took the world easy for a time, studying
law (!!?). The law had no charms for him, so in 1845 he settled in
Henderson, Ky., and during that year and the next, lived there.
During his residence in Henderson, he married Miss Ellen Lancaster,
of Marion County, Ky. Shortly after marriage he returned to Union
and sold goods for a time in Morganfield--say three years-- and then
directed his attention to farming. (For further history of his
business life, and that of his ancestry, see the history of Samuel
P. Spalding, pg 478)
By his marriage, our subject became the father of eight children--
Mary A., Annie, Jane T., Ellen, Susan, Elizabeth, Kate and Robert A.
Two of this number are now dead, to wit: Susan and Elizabeth. Two
years ago Mr. Spalding sold his magnificant farm of five hundred and
ten acres of land lying on the Henderson Road, and on the first day
of January, 1884, gave possession and moved into the town of Morgan-
field. His wife had died and life was a dreary thing to him, so far
out from friends and acquaintances. Since her death he has busied
himself more in shaping his affairs, than in carrying on business.
He is now the owner of seven hundred acres of river bottom land, and
three hundred acres of hill land. At the solicitation of many friends
in the county, he permitted himself to become a candidate to repre-
sent Union in the Legislature of the State, and after a spirited
canvass, was elected over his competitor, Willis Gardener. The quest-
ion at issue between the two, was one at the time, embarassing to
most Kentuckians. The election was held in 1861, and at that time
Kentucky took the position of avowed neutrality--a most foolish
stand. Mr. Gardiner favored this proposition, while Mr. Spalding
favored the State Rights doctrine, or Democratic doctrine of letting
the people do as they pleased in matters so momentous. His consti-
tuency decided in his favor--they sustained him and he served them
faithfully in the Legislature of 1861-62. He has never held an office
since nor before, and has no aspirations to hold another. He was
born and baptised a Catholic, and has, during life, remained a stead-
fast member. No man in the county enjoys to a greater extent the
confidence of the people."
See also COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE UNITED STATES, MacKenzie; Vol. 1 , pg599

CENSUS:
US CENSUS, 1870, Morganfield, Union Co., KY.
SPALDING, Samuel P., 44, male, white, farmer; assets: real property$10,000, personal property $4,000, born KY; wife Annie, 38, white,female, born SC; Alathaire, 19, born KY; John H., 18, farmhand, born KY;Margaret, 16, born KY; William, 11, born KY; Samuel, 7, born KY; Kate, 4,born KY; Emma, 1, born KY.

NOTES:
See HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY, KY. published in 1886, FHL 976.9885H2h Pg478-482: "SAMUEL P. SPALDING was born in the town of Morganfield, UnionCounty, Ky., on the 28th day of September, 1825, in a room of the hotelnow occupied by James Walker. His father was a merchant, and at thattime sold goods in the front room, while the rear room was used as aresidence. Mr. Spalding was mostly educated in schools of his nativecounty, but spent eight months of study during a portion of 1836-37, atSt. Joseph's College, and five months at Mount Mareno. While hiseducation was not a classical one, yet by hard study, close application,and a strict regard for the rules and discipline of his teachers andpreceptors, he gained a good education. His insight into all athat wasnecessary to carry him through the world, was sufficient for the times,and today he is one of the most intelligent men in the state.
In October, 1847, Mr. Spalding went to Henderson, Ky., and enteredinto a partnership with David H. Cowan and his (Samuel's) brother RobertA. Spalding, under the firm name of Cowan, Spalding & Co. This firm, fora number of years, did a large dry goods business. On the 6th day ofJanuary, 1850, Mr. Spalding married Miss Margaret Hanly, of JessaminCounty, Ky., unto whom three children were born,
namely: John Hanly, Allie Thaire and Margaret--all are now living andmarried. In 1855, in the City of Henderson, Ky., Mrs. Spalding died. Onthe 5th day of april, 1855, Mr. Spalding again married, this time to MissAnnie Barry, of Cincinnati, a most lovable lady, and a native ofColumbia, South Carolina. By this marriage he be-
came the father of five children, all living and named as follows:William, Samuel, Ignatius, Emma and Benedict. In February, 1853, Mr.Spalding returned to Union County from Henderson, and after remaining ayear, went back to Henderson, and re-entry into commercial circles, heentered into a partnership with D. H. Unsett and Thomas Chapman, underthe firm name of Spalding, Unsett & Co. for the pur-
pose of carrying on a large grocery trade. After the organization of thefirm, a large store room was rented, a large stock of goods purchased,and for several years a magnificant business carried on.
During the years 1850, ཯ and ཰, Mr. Spalding was associated witha large New Orleans commission house under the firm name of Cowan, Dykers& Spalding, his brother Robert Spalding, being one of the firm. Thesubject of this sketch gave but little attention to the affairs of thefirm; in fact he was in New Orleans but once
during the whole time it did business there. During Mr. Spalding'sresidence in Henderson, he took an active interest in the growth of theplace, aiding by his personal influence and pecuniary competency, everyenterprise calculated in any way to benefit the town. He tooka n activeinterest in the building of the Henderson & Nashville RR, and in buildingthe Gas Works. His work, with that of others
associated with him, has culminated in a blessing to the City ofHenderson, and in the completion of both enterprises, and that cityrecognizes the good done in the days long gone by, when the subject ofthis sketch was one of the most active participants in the advancement ofits welfare. In addition to this, he with other capitalists, believingin the ultimate building of the Henderson and Nashville RR purchased anemmense body of coal lands in Hopkins County along side of the surveyedline of the railroad. An organization was formed under the name of theHopkins Mastodon Coal Company, and a large amount of stock given to eachmember. A short time before
the completion of the road, a company of Eastern Kentucky and Tennesseecapitalists purchased a majority of the stock of the Mastodon Company,chartered it under the name of the "St. Bernard Coal and Mining Company." This is now one of the largest mining corporations in the UnitedStates. Mr. Spalding remained a member of the new organization up to twoyears ago, when he sold his stock and dissolved his conneciton with it.
About fourteen years ago, he became a member of the firm of J. M.Lancaster & Co. and for three years operated the large distillery nearUniontown, Ky. The capacity of this house was twenty barrels offorty-five gallons per day and, under the personal supervision of Mr.Spalding, made money. He applied his whole time to the business, leavinghis home and family on Monday morning early, to return again Saturdaynight. His life during this time was much after the fashion of males inold slave times: going to his wife's house on Saturday night; and yet henever grumbled, but with the consciousness of a duty imposed, worked withunremitting zeal for the interest of himself and co-partners.
Politically speaking, our subject has never had any aspirations. Forseven or eight years he served his county as Magistrate, and once he wascalled to accept the Senatorship of his Senatorial District, butrefused. He has all of his life been a steadfast, unflinching Democrat,and has gone through many heated political cam-
paigns, but a desire for office has never been one of hischaracteristics. In his infancy he was baptized a Catholic, and hasremained a steadfast member of that church to this day. (Here is familyhistory that is included under his father's notes.)
The subject of this sketch is of fine physique, a magnifficentgentleman, and is happy in the bosom of his splendid family. He is theowner of 280 acres of very fine land, all of which, except twenty acres,are in a high state of cultivation. He is a large
grower of wheat, corn and tobacco, having garnered this year (1884) 1,700bushels of the former; is a large raiser of cattle and hogs, which nethim a fine profit. He is a fine farmer, a man of enlarged experience,and one held high in esteem wherever he is known. His farm lies fivemiles from Morganfield on the Waverly Road."

See also COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE UNITED STATES,(1607-1920), Mackenzie,George Norbury, Vol 2, , Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. 1907, pg599. This article states that he served one term in the KentuckyLegislature.

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!NOTES:
See THOMAS JENKINS OF MARYLAND 1670 by Edward Felix Jenkins O.S.A . pg62:
"SAMUEL S. SPALDING born 1805; married February 8, 1831; Eliza E. Abe ll,
born about 1811; died July 15, 1866. (Citing Spalding Memorial, p. 99 1)
Children:
i. Felix French, born 1832; died May 18, 1881; married January 25,
1859; Regina Harriett Simms, born Mar 1828; died Nov. 12, 1919, buried
Mt. Olivet, D.C.
ii. John Thomas, (to page 96) born March 30, 1843; near Leonardstow n;
died July 24, 1892, of typhoid fever at Leonardstown; married Januar y 241871;
Emma Johnson Heard, born July 29, 1853; she was the daughter of Jame s M.
Heard and Sarah Ann Spalding, (daughter of Thomas (1275) Emma was Joh n's
first coursin, once removed). He graduated from the Maryland Univers ity
Medicine, at Baltimore in 1865, and became one of the most successful
physicians in Southern Maryland (citing Spalding Memorial, pg 922).
Here lists their children Mary Emma, R. Lila, E. Bernadette, T.
Foley, J. Tiffany, A. Louise, M. Kathleen and John Thomas Spalding."
iii. Samuel E. born 1836; died 1899; married Caroline Simms, born 1 838;
died 1923.
iv. Daniel, born 1841; died May 21, 1899; in D.C.; married Decembe r 10,
1867, Elizabeth Olivia Cryer.
v. Elizabeth, died young."

.

!NOTES:
From THOMAS JENKINS OF MARYLAND 1670 by Edward Felix Jenkins, O.S. A.at page
38: "B. ca. 1736; d. ca. 1776; m. ca. 1760; Edward Abel of St. Mary' sCounty,
d. ca. 1807. Clements says she m. Samuel Abell the Fourth but this i snot
true. The Abels were originally a Protestant family from St. Mary' sCounty
and most of their births are recorded in the register of St. Andrew' sEpisco-
pal Church there. Through intermarriage with Catholic families, man ybranches
of the Abell family have become Catholic. Edward and Susannah (Spald ing)
Abell had six children whose births were all registered at St. Andrew 's
Church. This does not mean or indicate that they were Protestants, b utonly
that they conformed to the law requiring registration of all births i nthe
local Anglican parish church. Many Catholics did this to avoid troub le.
Many other Catholics refused to do it, and their records are conseque ntly
very incomplete.
Mrs. Susannah (Spalding) Abell d. young. On November 7, 1778, Edw ard
Abell m. Statia (Anastasia) Taylor and had three more children. Tw o ofthem
married back into the Spalding family."

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!NOTES:
See THOMAS JENKINS OF MARYLAND 1670 by Edward Felix Jenkins O.S.A .pg. 62:
"SYLVESTER SPALDING born about 1810, died January 6, 1852; married (1 )Feb.
17, 1835; Mary Ann Tennison; married (2) January 14, 1845; Ellen Davis
born about 1826. Children (1) i. John Oscar born 1836; died Oct 27, 1 858;
ii. Jane Pam, born 1837, died young; (2) iii Cornelius Briscoe born 1 845,
iv. Elizabeth Rebecca, born 1847; died 1869; married Sep 24, 1867, Ed win
I. Thompson."

.

!NOTES:
Taken from "THE SPALDING FAMILY OF MARYLAND, KENTUCKY AND GEORGIA " byHughes Spalding. FHL US/CAN 929.273 Sp18sg; pps 11-12:
"There is no record of any person by the name of Spalding in Maryl and
prior to June 21, 1659. On that date John Shercliffe demanded one hundred
acres of land for having brought Thomas Spalding into the province .(Early
Settlers, Liber 4 folio 29 Land Office.) This Thomas Spalding is the
founder of the Maryland Spaldings. He was born in England about 164 0 and
came to Maryland about 1658. He was undoubtedly closely related to S her-
cliffe or to his wife; for when Shercliffe made his will December 2 ,1661, he
gave his relative, Thomas Spalding, fifty acres of land. (Baldwin wi lls
Volume 1, page 24.) After Shercliffe's death in 1663, Thomas seems t ohave
continued to reside with his (Shercliffe's) widow, Ann, until 1667, w henon
March 22nd of that year one hundred and sixteen acres of land was surveyed
for Thomas Spalding. He called this tract of land "St. Giles." He married
Catherine Hall before July 27, 1674, as Catherine, wife of Thomas Spalding,
proved on that date her right to fifty acres of land for her servic e inthis
province under John Jarboe. So, it would seem that Thomas and Cather ine
were married about 1673. We know her name was Hall for on January 14,
1668 Jarboe had her age judged in the Provincial Court as per the following:
"The age of Catherine Hall, servant to Lt. Col. John Jarboe, was judg edthat
she served the said Jarboe or his assigns until she arrive at the ag e of
22 years. (Md. Arch. No 57, page 232, Provencial Court Proceedings
1667/68)."
Thomas and Catherine prospered in their new home. Thomas alread y had
obtained two hundred and fifty acres of land before he received the f ifty
acres that was awarded to Catherine. In addition to the one hundred
and sixteen acres called "St. Giles," Thomas in 1688 acquired one hundred and
nine additional acres called "Williams Hermitage."
There is no record when he or Catherine died. He witnessed the wi llof
John Davis February 2, 1690. On July 28, 1698, he appeared in Court
to prove the will of Davis. In March, 1710, he sold forty-two acres
of "Spalding Addition" to his son William, no wife signing the deed . So
Catherine must had died before this date. This is the last record of
Thomas. He probably died about 1713. Since he died intestate, it is
difficult to say how many children he had. However, we know he had at
least five sons, namely, John, William, Thomas, Peter and Charles."
(Note below that the fifth son is not Charles but Edward)
See also at page 249 (op.cit.): "Thomas Spalding, born c. 1640, ca meto
the Catholic Colony in Maryland bout 1658. John Shercliffe, a relative,most likely by marriage, paid his expenses to the colony and, as w asthe
custom, Thomas became his apprentice or bondservant and worked for him
and his wife for the allotted time, probably six years. Shercliffe
accumulated an estate in land and at his death in 1663 left a tract of
land to Thomas and he, Thomas, continued to reside with Shercliffe's
widow, who was, we believe, closely related to him.
"About 1674 Thomas married Catherine Hall, who had been in the ser-
vice of John Jarboe. Thomas worked hard and prospered.
"In those early colonial days, and for a long time thereafter,
wealth was represented chiefly by the ownership of land. Both Thomas
and his wife were alloted tracts of land for services rendered in the
colony. Thomas named one of his farms "St. Giles," and another which
he purchased was called "William's Hermitage." And still another tra ct
was named "Spalding's Addition." He was known to be alive in 1710 wh en
he sold part of Spalding's Addition to his son William. It is presum ed
that his wife Catherine was dead at that time because she did not join
in the deed. Thomas died about 1713 and unfortunately did not leave a
will. On this account, it is difficult to say how many children he h ad.
It is definitely known, however, that he and Catherine had at least f ive
sons. There also may have been daughters, but there is no way to tra ce
them. The names of the sons were John, William, Thomas, Peter and Ed-
ward."
The Patent (Deed) to the 42 acre plot called "Spalding Addition" is
found in Liber 15, Folio 260, Land Office, Annapolis, MD, and is dated
August 4, 1674. It reads:
"By virtue of a warrant granted out of his Lordship's Secretary's
Office unto Thomas Spalding bearing date 27 of July, these are in hum ble
manner to certify that I, Richard Edelen, deputy surveyor under Baker
Brooke Esq. surveyor general laid out for the said Spalding part of t he
land specified in the Warrant called Spaldings Addition lying in Saint
Maries County beginning at a bounded Chestnut oake the bount tree o f the
said Spaldings and Lewis Tapper standing South South East two hundred
and fifty perches to a bound red oake North East six perches to a bou nd
white oake of the said Tapper thence binding upon Tapper land to the
first containing forty two acres more or less. To be held in the Man nour
of West St. Maries. S/ Richard Edelen, Deputy Surveyor."
From THOMAS JENKINS OF MARYLAND 1670 by Edward Felix Jenkins, O.S .A,
at page 5 we find "Ann Jenkins married William Spalding, born 1678; d ied
1740; a son of Thomas and Katherine Spalding, also of Charles County."
At page 317, "SPALDING - The name of Spalding appears in Englis hhistory
as early as the reign of King Ethelbald (A.D. 716-757). In a royal charter
which established the monastery of Crowland (Croyland) in Lincolnshir e,the
monastery lands are described as extending in one direction "usque a daedificio
Spalding". According to the 14th edition of the Encyclopedia Britann ica,
there are no traces of a settlement called Spaulding in Lincolnshir euntil
late Saxon times. It seems likely, however, that the present-day tow n of
Spalding was preceded by a Saxon village of that name which was in ex ist-
ence prior to the establishment of the Prior of Spalding in 1051 by Thorold
the Sheriff. In Domesday Book, compiled in 1086, the village or manor
Spalding is listed as belonging to one Ivo de Taillebois.
"As a partonymic, the name of Spalding has been in use since the 1 3th
century or earlier, as is evidenced by a sale of land in the year 126 7 to
John de Spalding, a burgess of Lenn (modern day King's Lynn) in Norfo lk-
shire. Thereafter, the name of Spalding is encountered repeatedly i nNOr-
folkshire, Lincolnshire, Suffolk and Scotland. It is not clear, howe ver,
whether all these Spaldings were descended from the same person. Th eScot-
tish Spaldings, in particular, may have had their ancestral roots in a
place other than Lincolnshire.
"The first major effort to trace the genealogies of Spalding famil ies
in the United States was undertaken by the Rev. Samuel J. Spalding o fNew-
buryport, Massachusetts. In 1872 he published a book of 1,275 page sunder
the title of THE SPALDING MEMORIAL. A revision of this book was undertaken
by Charles Warren Spalding, a resident of Chicago, and published in 1 897.
The two authors trace the origins of many Spaldings in America to Edw ard
and Edmund Spalding, who are presumed to have been brothers and who c ameto
Virginia about 1619 and were living there in 1623. Sometime prior t o1640,
Edward Spalding, his wife and two children went to Massachusetts wher ethey
became progenitors of a very large Protestant Spalding lineage. Wha tbecame
of Edmund Spalding is unknown. (The revised edition of The Spaldin gMemorial
suggests incorrectly that he moved to Maryland and became the ancesto rsof
the Maryland Spaldings.)
"Mr. J. W. S. Clements, a prominent lawyer in Kentucky and great-great-
grandson of Benedict Joseph Spalding, who migrated from Maryland to Kentucky
in 1790, was the first person to undertake a major study of the Maryl and
Spaldings. After retiring from the active profession of the law in 1 919,
he devoted the rest of his long life to travel and to genealogical research.
His book, THE ORIGIN OF THE CLEMENTS, SPALDINGS AND ALLIED FAMILIES O FMARY-
LAND AND KENTUCKY, was published in 1928 and later expanded. Mr. Clements
showed that the Maryland Spaldings are descended from Thomas Spaldin g who
came to Maryland in 1657 as an indentured servant to his cousin Joh nSher-
cliffe, (Shirtcliffe, Schircliffe, Shirecliffe) and later married Katherine
Hall.
"Other persons who have done extensive research on the Spaldings include
the late Hughes Spalding of Atlanta, Georgia, who published a two-vol ume
work in 1963-1965 entitled THE SPALDING FAMILY OF MARYLAND, KENTUCKY , AND
GEORGIA from 1658 to 1965; Mr. Charles Fenwick of Leonardtown, Maryla nd,
and who was president of the St. Mary's County Historical Society fo r 17
years; and Spalding P. Lally (Mrs. J. M. Lalley) of Baltimore, Maryla nd."

!PROPERTY
Included in a genealogy file found in the Family History Library
(FHL 985191) contributed by Chas. S. Fenwick, Leonardtown, Maryland is
the following Patent issued in 1667 to "St. Giles" to Thomas Spalding:
Thomas Spalding Cert. 116 Acres
St. Giles
Charges to the Rent Roll
Vidi Patt: lib KK fol 206
To the humble Lieutenant General of Maryland
1667
By virtue of a warrant granted out of his Lordships Secretaryes Of fice
unto Thomas Spalding bearing date the tenth of this instance thes e are
in humble manner to Certifie that I Charles Boteler Deputy Surveyor
have laid out for the said Thomas Spalding a parcelle of Land call ed
St. Giles lying in St. Maryes County and beginning at a bounded oke
in a run called Winkapino near the land of Henry Spink and running
South and by West one hundred perches to a white oke bounded on the
West by a line drawn South and by East for the length of one hundr ed
and twenty perches to a marked white oke on a plane and from the s aid
white oke by a line drawn South East and by East one hundred eight yfour
four perches to a beech tree in a swamp caled the main fresh of
Brittons bay and from the said breech by a line drawn North Nort h West
to the first bounded tree in aforesaid Winkipisco Runn containin g and
now laid out for one hundred Sixteen acres more or less to be hel d of
the Mannour of West St. Maries.
C. Botelens Deputy Surveyor
Veinedanda approved by me Jerome White Surveyor General
Copied by Chas. S. Fenwick from Liber 10, folio 536, Patent Records,
Land Office, Annapolis, Maryland.
.
From a book titled Early Settlers, Annapolis (no further identificati on)
located by Chas. Fenwick, we read
Tho. Spalding right to 50 acres and warrant 100 acres May 10, 1667
Came Thomas Spalding and demanded fifty acres of land due to him by
bequest, John Sherclif, deceased) for transporting Elizabeth Abrahams,
Thomas Spalding demans land for his time of Service performed to Ann
Sherclif, proved in common form May the 10, MDC Savy
Philip Calvert
Warrent then issued in the name of Thomas Spalding for fifty acres o fland
due to him by bequest John Sherclife deceased for transporation Eliza beth
Abrahams and fifty acres more for his time of Service performed to Ann
Sherclife and according to his Lordships Instructions Returnable 10 August,
next. 1667.

! From Patricia Doster, Prodigy WKPF87A, "Thos. Spalding Sr. came fr om
Farnham All Saints, Lincolnshire, England."

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Parish #0883672

D. Maryland Research
1. Maryland Records: Colonial, Rev., County & Church from Original
Sources by Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh, Baltimore Md.
2. 1693 Maryland Records: Broad Creek/Piscataway Parish Records in
Maryland Archives
3. St. Mary's Co., MD, Marriage Licenses, 1777-1801
4. Census of 1776 of MD: see Brumbaugh: enumerates all souls, even
babies, giving ages and ages of all male members.
5. "GAZETTEER OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND: 7th US Census FHL 975:E5 f or
microfilm #896649, item 2
6. Maps: "On the Map, Chestertown, MD, by Russell Morrison, et.al.
Washington College, 1988 FHL 975.2:E7o
7. Cemetary Records: DAR Maryland, DAR Gen. Records Microfilm #908909 it 2
8. "THE HISTORY OF CHARLES COUNTY" by Klapthor & Brown P.D. Brow nPublic
Library, La Plata, MD. 20646 $5.
9. CHARLES COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Southern MD. Studies Center
PO Box 910, Mitchell Rd. La Plata, MD 20646-0910
Phone: 301 934-2551 Ext 610 Hours M/Th 8-10, Fr 8-4.
Documents room M-F 1-4, Sat 9-4.

E. Miscellaneous
1. RHW PHILLIMORE ATLAS & INDEX OF PARISH REGISTERS Edition by Ce cil
Humphrey-Smith 1984 $50 Gen Pub Co for consulting English PAR ISH
registers.
2. A HISTORY OF KY BAPTISTS FROM 1769-1885 by J. H. Spencer, 2 vo l.
Gallatin, TN. $42 per set + postage.
3. CHURCH HISTORY RESEARCH & ARCHIVES, 220 Graystone Drive, Galla tin,
TN., 37066.
4. THE FLOWERING OF THE MARYLAND PALATINATE by Harry Wright Newma n,
196- & 1984, $21.50 includes names of original 1634 expedition.
5. CATHOLIC FAMILIES OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND Records of Catholic Residents
of St. Mary's Co. in the 18th Century by Timothy J. O'Rourke , 1985
pp. 143, $17.50 from Gen. Pub. Co., Inc. 1001 Calvert St. Baltimore
MD., 21202-3897
6. TO MARYLAND FROM OVERSEAS by Harry Wright Newman, 1985, pp 19 0 $20
Gen. Pub. Co.
7. COLONIAL RESIDENTS OF VIRGINIA'S EASTERN SHORE by Wm. R. Houst on &
Jean Mihalyka, 1985, $17.50 (Accomack & Northhampton Co. 1632-1830)
8. MARRIAGES OF LOUDOUN CO. VA., 1757-1853, by Alice Wertz (Loudo nCo.
created fr Fairfax, 1757)
9. RESIDENTS OF NELSON COUNTY, KY (formerly VA) RECORDED IN TAX L ISTS
Vol II by Margaret Johnston Schroeder & Carl op cit 1898, pp 1 66
Index; $35 + $3 mailing from Mrs. Schroeder, P.O. Box 118, 119
Westview Drive, Bardstown, KY 40004.
10. NELSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL ROUND TABLE, INC. Box 409, Bardstow n,KY
11. 1785-1791 RESIDENTS OF NELSON CO. VA (KY) REC IN TITHABLE & TAX
LISTS Vol I by Margaret Johnston Schroeder, 1988, $30 + $3 P O Box
118, 119 Westview Drive. Bardstown, KY., 40004.
12. NELSON COUNTY KY 1810-1840 CENSUS by Rowene Lawson, pp 74, $10 .50
Bowie, MD. Heritage Books, Inc. 1985; order from Heritage Book s,
Inc., 3602 Maureen, Bowie, MD 20715 Note: Nelson from Jefferso n in
1785 began census in 1810
13. HISTORIC SITES OF HARRODSBURG & MERCER CO, Har-Mer Co. Landmar kAssn.
PO Box 362, Harrodsburg, KY 40330. A HISTORY OF MT. STERLING , KY
1792-1918, Carl B. Boyd, Jr., 1894, pp 303 $22.50 + $1.50 post age
from Mrs. Hazel Boyd, 123 everett Court., Mount Sterling, KY.
14. FAYETTE COUNTY, KY. RECORDS Vol I & II by Michael L. Cook & Be ttie
op.cit. Evansville, Ind. Cook Publications 1985 $28.50 Vol I I$31.50
order from Cook Pub., 3318 Wimberg Ave, Evansville, IN., 47712.

F. REFERENCE BOOKS ON GENEALOGY FOR HOME LIBRARY
Vendor: BOOKS ON DEMAND ORDER DEPT. UMI (University Microfilm ,Int'l)
Box 1467, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 Tel 1(800) 521-0600
1. #718 SPALDING MEMORIAL: A GEN HIST OF EDWARD SPALDING OF MASS . BAY
by Samuel Jones Spalding, Boston: A. Midge & Sons, 1872, 676 p gs
(the first Spalding Genealogy) Book $180 7 microfilms $90.
2. HISTORY OF THE SPALDING FAMILY by Hughes Spalding of Atlanta , GA.
Excellent history of Roman Catholic Maryland Spalding, with so me
history of Benedict Spalding, Sr., founder of Rolling fork Set tle-
ment, KY. Excellent historical background material.
3. A GENERAL HISTORY OF EDWARD SPALDING & HIS DESCENDANTS revise d &
enlarged from original genealogy by Rev. S. J. Spalding of New-
buryport, Mass., by Charles Warren Spalding, American Pub. Ass n.
Chicago, Il, 1897.
4. #1454 Edward Spalding on pg 557, William Faircloth in State Records
of NC Army Accounts: Halifax & Warrenton Settlements, Vol XVII,
1781-1785.

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!NOTES:
See THOMAS JENKINS OF MARYLAND 1670 by Edward Felix Jenkins O.S.A .page
6. "The pioneer, Thomas Jenkins (97) had Ann (100) who married Willi am
Spalding, (1128), son of Thomas and Catherine (Hall) Spalding. Thoma shad
a son George (91) who married Susannah Cole (92), daughter of Edwar d Cole
(134) and Honora (135)." Susannah had a sister Honora Cole (1254) an don p.
6 we find: "Her (Susannah's) sister, Honora Cole, married Thomas Spal ding
(1132) whose brother William Spalding married Ann Jenkins, sister o fGeorge."

!EXPLANATION:
Edward Cole and his wife Honora had (at least) three daughters, Susannah
Honora and Elizabeth, and (at least) one son, Edward Cole Jr. Thoma sJenkins
and his wife Ann (Spalding) had (at least) Ann and George. Thomas Spalding
and his wife Catherine (Hall) had (at least) William and Thomas. Susannah
married George Jenkins; Honora married Thomas Spalding, Elizabeth mar ried
William Heard, and Ann married William Spalding. Edward Cole Jr. mar ried
Ann Neal.
Edward Cole(134) Thomas Jenkins(97) Thomas Spalding(1129)
m m m
Honora --- (135) Ann Spalding(98) Catherine Hal l(1130)
------------ ---------------- --------------
| Ann(100)--------m--------1 William(112 8)
1 Susannah Cole (91)----m----1 George Jenkins (91) |
2 Mary Cole (1255)-----m-----2 Edward Jenkins (102) |
3 Honora Cole (1254)--------------------m---------------2 Thomas Spalding(1129)

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!WILL:
MARYLAND WILL BOOK 37, ABSTRACTS OF CHARLES & ST. MARYS COUNTIES
(FHL 844961) p. 245
"THOMAS SPALDING, Court House of St. Mary's County
Wife Catherine Spalding. One-third of my personal estate. Daughter
Jane Power, 2 shillings sterling. Daughter Mary Ann Spalding 2 shill ings
sterling. Dau Ann Mahoney 2 sh sterling. Dau Susanna Abell L10. Dau
Mary Ann McGill 500 lbs tobacco. Grandson Thomas McGill, a horse etc.
and he to have 1 year schooling which my son Thomas is to pay for ou t of
his part. My son Elexius Spalding tract plantation & improvements whereon
he now lives called Spaldings Adventure and at his decease to his son
Richard.
The meaning hereof is that if my son Elexius Spalding pay L20 curr ency
to my executor and make over his right of "Crackburns Purchase" to my
son Thomas Spalding, which if he refuse to do then said plantation and
improvements called "Spaldings Adventure" to become right of my son Thomas.
Son Thomas my Mannor Lease called St. Thomas's Hope and improvement s and
one other called Bennams March and part of another called The Exchange
and part of the Tract called Rich Neck and tract called Crackburns Purchase.
But in case he die without heirs, give said lands to my four grandson s,viz.
Enoch, Elias Spalding, son of Elexius Spalding & Barnard & Agustus He nry
Spalding, sons of Henry Spalding all lands which was bequeathed to m y son
Thomas.
To my three daughters, Mary, Catherine and Ann Penny, the rent of
"Crackburns Purchase" until they marry then to receive the rents, an dwhen
they do marry their part to become right of my son Thomas. To my daughter
Ann Penny Spalding one slave. Request that money due me from Joshua
Millard be paid on my debts, and balance if any to son Thomas. Granddaughter
Alusia Mahoney some cattle at age 16. Executors wife and son Thomas.
January 2, 1768.
Wit: Mary McFur? Smith, Ann Whitefield, and Wm. Russell.
Probated 24 Mar 1769."

!NOTES:
See THOMAS JENKINS OF MARYLAND, 1670 by Edward Felix Jenkins O.S.A . at
page 16:
"B. ca. 1706; d. ca. 1769; m. 1722; Catherine Cooper, d. 1775; th eonly
child of Thomas and Theresa Cooper of St. Mary's County. That Thomas
Spalding was only 16 years of age when he m. is proven by the Lease sofHis Lordship's lands in Beaver Dam Manor that Thomas Spalding, o fWilliam,
was b. in 1706, (Maryland Records, Volume II, pg. 66, G. M. Brumbaugh ).
Thomas Cooper the First and his wife were the founders of Leonardtown.
(Judgments, L 106, F 220). Thomas Spalding called himself Court Hous e or
Leonard Town Spalding, to distinguish himself from his uncle, son, and
several cousins and nephews of the same name. In his will of Jan 2 ,1768,
probated in St. Mary's County, March 14, 1769 (Liber 37, Folio 245) , he
mentions his wife Catherine, daughters Jane Power, Mary Ann Spalding,
Ann Mahoney, Susannah Abell, and Mary Ann McGill, sons Thomas, Elexius
and Henry, daughters Mary, Catherine and Ann Panny, who were single;
grandsons Richard Enoch and Elias Spalding, sons of Elexius; Bernar d and
Augustus Spalding, sons of Henry; grandson Thomas McGill and grand-
daughter Alusia Mahoney. Mrs. Catherine (Cooper) Spalding in her will
of July 14, 1775, probated in St. Mary's County, Aug 21, 1775, (Liber 40,Folio 603) mentions daughters: Catherine Mattingly, Mary Ann McGi ll,
Mary Spalding, Jean Power, Mary Ann Spalding, Ann Mahoney, and "Susan nah
Abell's children", also sons Elexius and Thomas and daughter Ann Panny
Ford. These wills, while unusually complete, are somewhat confusing.
For one thing, Thomas and Catherine (Cooper) Spalding had no son Henr y.
Thomas in his will calls his brother Henry his son. Actually, he wa s his
son-in-law, since Henry m. his niece, Mary Ann Spalding, Thomas' daughter.
It also appears that they lacked imagination in naming their daughter s,
since besides having a Mary and an Ann they actually had two Mary Ann s.
Mary Ann Spalding, mentioned in the will of both of her parents, was
neither single, nor a daughter-in-law, but married to her uncle."
See also FHL 985186, GENEALOGYS OF ST. MARY'S COUNTY, MD.; THOMAS
SPALDING, son of William and Ann (Jenkins) Spalding and brother of
Benedict Spalding: Born ca 1706 St. Mary's Co., MD., married 1729
Catherine Cooper, daughter of Thomas Cooper; died ca 1768 where he
was born. Catherine was born ca 1710 in Leonardtown, St. Mary's Co.,
MD., and died 1775 in the same place. They had the following ten
children: Jane 1730; Mary Ann 1732; Ann 1734; Susanna 1736; Elexius
1738; Mary Ann 1740; Mary 1742; Catherine 1744; Ann Panny 1746;
Thomas 1748-1819. Dates are approximate. Thomas married first
Elizabeth Mattingly and second, Rebecca Yates. Elexius died 1783,
Susanna died 1776, Jane died 1786.

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!PROBATE:
INDEX OF WILLS ST. MARY'S COUNTY, MARYLAND, FHL 975.241s2H locate swill
dated June 11, 1814 of SPALDING THOMAS at Liber JJ No. 3 Folio 533:
Thomas names his wife Rebecca Yates Spalding (his first wife was
Elizabeth Mattingly who bore to him his first three children including
Catherine Spalding Payne, [3rd great-grandmother to James J. Sparks ] whom
he disinherited as he did all of his children by Elizabeth Mattingly).
He names his heirs as William, Zachariah, Thomas, George, Henry, Robe rt
Samuel S., Augustine, Sylvester, Mary, Mary Ann Walker, Benedict,
Alexander Joseph, Lucretia and Martha Rebecca Howard. He leaves $150
each to Zachariah and to "my daughter Catharine Payne." The will was
dated 11 June, 1814. By a codicil dated Nov 6, 1819, he revoked the
cash gifts above. He died before Nov 18, 1819. FHL 014426(3).
Liber JJ #3, folio 533, Leonardtown, MD. For copy see FHL 985191.
The Final Accounting of the Estate of Thomas Spalding Sr. was filed
on the 22 day of March, 1828, by Thomas Spalding, Jr. his Executor.
Value of the total inventory was $8,164.10
Distribution of the estate was made by the executor as follows:
To Benedict Spalding $400.00 )
To Alexander Spalding $400.00 ) sons of the deceased
To Thomas Spalding $800.00 )
To the widow Rebecca Spalding $2,526.16 3/4
Rest to four daughters equally:
To Mary Spalding }
To Mary Ann Wathen }
To Lucretia Thompson} $863.08 1/2 each.
To Rebecca Spalding }
Balance and distribution, 1828, St. Mary's Co. MD., Liber E.J. M.Accts 1826-29 Leonardtown, MD.

!NOTES:
See THE MATTINGLY FAMILY OF EARLY AMERICA by Herman E. Mattingly (1975)
at pg 57: "Elizabeth Mattingly, the last of his children named in hi sWill
by Luke Mattingly, married Thomas Spalding. Three children were bor n of
this union: William (b.c. 1770), Zachariah (b.c. 1772; d. 1/5/1845 ) who
m. 1st (1799) Eleanor Abell, and 2nd, Cicilia Riswick (1792-1870); and
Catherine (b.c. 1775) m. (5/22/1812) Richard Payne. Elizabeth Mattin gly
died before 1796, and Thomas Spalding married 2nd Rebecca Yates. O f this
Union were born twelve children (names them and provides dates)."

!NOTES:
See THOMAS JENKINS OF MARYLAND 1670 by Edward Felix Jenkins, O.S.A .,page
37: "B. 1750; d. ca. 1819; on "Spaldings Comfort"; m. twice and had fourteen
children, two (sic) by his first wife, and twelve by his second. Hi sfirst
wife was Elizabeth Mattingly, daughter of Luke and Priscilla Mattingl yof St.
Mary's County and sister of Anastasia Mattingly who m. Joseph Spalding
(citing Wills. Liber JJ #1, folio 245, St. Mary's County). Thomas' second
wife was Rebecca Yates. I am indebted for this information to Mrs. Spalding
Lally of Baltimore, a descendant of Thomas and Elizabeth (Mattingly )Spald-
ing, and to Mr. Charles Fenwick of Leonardtown, a descendant of Thoma sand
Rebecca (Yates) Spalding. In his will of June 10, 1814, Thomas menti ons
his widow, Rebecca, and fourteen children. To his son, William, he deeded
$500.00, provided he left the United States Army at once and came hom e.
The War of 1812 was then going on and the British were soon to invad eMD."

!NOTES:
See CLEMENTS-SPALDING AND ALLIED FAMILIES by --- (Clements) Rosemo nd,
FHL 929.273 A1 #405. This author seems quite inaccurate in much of her
information but it will be included with that caveat. In order to av oid
confusion, the Thomases referred to in this article will be designate d by
their Record Identification Number as follows:

Thomas Spalding born 1640 RIN 1129
|
William Spalding b 1678 RIN 1128---Thomas Spalding b 1688 RIN 1132
|
Thomas Spalding b 1706 RIN 1198--Benedict Spalding b 1720 RIN 1135
| |
Thos Spalding Jr b 1750 RIN 1206 Richard Spalding b 1777 RIN 1148
| |
Catherine Spalding Archbishop Martin J. Spalding b 1810 RIN 1239

In the following article, Ms. Rosemond, mistakenly believes that t heThomas RIN 1706 who was the son of William RIN 1128 was actually t heThomas RIN 1132 born in 1688, who was William's brother. The latt erThomas was the uncle of Benedict Spalding who was the grandfathe r ofArchbishop Martin J. Spalding on whose article Ms. Rosemond base s herconclusions. Also, see below where she says that Benedict's unc le Thomasdied in 1768 which would have been been at the age of 80.
Pg 56: "Thomas Spalding, the youngest son of the pioneer, seems t o have
a curious history. Archbishop Spalding (1239), in a letter publishe d in
the book "Spalding", dated 1859, insists that some fifty years before
that date or 1808, an uncle of his grandfather Benedict Spalding (113 5),
named Thomas, died at the age of 120 years. He got this knowledge fr om
his father and grandfather who, of course, knew the man. If he was
correct as to the fact, I have certainly found the man in this Thomas
Spalding, though he made a codicil to his will, dying in a few days
thereafter, and so then nearly 132 years old. (JS Note: Archbishop
Spalding was obviously referring to Thomas Spalding, (1132) who was b orn
in 1688 and would have been 120 in 1808. He correctly designated this
Thomas as his grandfather's uncle. However, he is not the Thomas Jr.
(1206) who was born in 1750, who died in 1819, and who left the will
and codicil to which Ms. Rosemond refers.)
"I could find no tradition of him in St. Mary's County, where he
lived and died, but the bishop would not have written this statment f or
a publisher without being sure of his facts. The only mistakes wer e in
having him die in 1808 when he lived to 1819 and in styling him uncle
when he was the great-uncle (JS Note: The Archbishop was referring to
Thomas Sr. born about 1706. Thomas Jr. and Benedict Jr. were broth-
ers. Benedict Jr. was the Archbishop's grandfather.) but in the old
days there was practically little information between Maryland and
Kentucky.
"He married Honour Cole, daughter of Edward Cole, before 1717, as
the will of the latter shows. Edward Cole, of Robert Cole, one of the
first settlers was founder of a prominent family.
"There were children by this marriage not mentioned in his will.
He admits to having been married twice in his will, but possibly
oftener. He lived so long he may have forgotten his own history. It
seems reasonably certain that he had by first marriage sons Edward,
John, Peter, Henry Sr., George, Clark and others. We find land grant-
ed to George in 1730, to Peter in 1739, to Henry 1741 and to Edward 1 742.
(JS Note: I believe she was referring to conveyances to the sons of
Basil Spalding who had sons Henry, George, John and Edward; Thomas Sr.
had no sons with those names and Thomas Jr. was born in 1750). He
seems to have been a prosperous farmer and to have left innumerable
descendants, but no memories. He was a fanatical Federalist and
hated the war of 1812, for on the 10th day of June, 1814, he made his
will, dismissing the children of a former marriage or marriages,
unnamed with the statement that he had done all he could for them,
except his son William who was then in the Army of the U. S., to
whom he left $500 on condition that he quit the Army and return
home. At that time English armies were invading Maryland, and in a
few short weeks, were to complete their vandalism by the burning of
Washington. Not helped by this on the 6th day of November, 1819, a
few days before he died, he added a codicil in which he revoked the
devise to William, who evidently was a better patriot than his father.
He devised lands called Rich Neck and Spalding's Comfort. Edward
Mattingly was one of the attesting witnesses. He left widow Rebecca,
children named William, Zachariah, Thomas, Robert, Samuel, Augustine,
Sylvester, Benedict, Alexander, CATHARINE PAYNE, Mary, Mary Ann,
Lucretia and Rebecca by his last marriage. He refers to Hy, Edley
and Elizabeth Attaway, probable grandchildren, and also to the min-
ority of some of his children. As girls married very young in those
days and he had four unmarried daughters, it follows that many of
these children were begotten after he had long passed 100 years.
If this story be too tall for physiology or general belief, the
good bishop is to blame (!!!). Benedict's Uncle Thomas died as
will appear in 1768, his great-uncle Thomas it was who survived
to a great age. (JS Note: Benedict was the third generation of
the Spalding family in the United States; he was the son of William,
son of Thomas and Catherine (Hall) Spalding. He could not have
had a great-uncle Thomas because his grandfather's name was Thomas--
unless his greatgrandfather named two sons Thomas!)
"I find from the records that as far back as 1730, his nephew
Thomas Spalding (RIN 1198) of William (RIN 1128), and Benedict's
uncle, (JS: No; Thomas and Benedict were both of William and were
brothers) was called Junior, in deference to this Uncle Thomas who
seems to have been born in 1688 (JS Note: Benedict's Uncle Thomas
RIN 1132, his father William's brother, was born in 1688). If
Benedict Spalding ever had a very old Uncle Thomas, as his grandson
said he claimed, this old Thomas was the man. Is it possible on
marrying a young wife, he so hid his age that his very children
did not know the truth? and so the tradition in the uncertainty
perished."
"He refers to children of an earlier marriage (JS: to Elizabeth
Mattingly) as though they had annoyed him and cost him money; the
truth being, I suspect, that he was a harsh father and his older
children were glad to leave and forget him, and the marriage in
his old age caused mutual recrimination and estrangement."

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!NOTES:
See THE SPALDING FAMILY OF MARYLAND, KENTUCKY AND GEORGIA by Hughes
Spalding, FHL 929.273Sp18sg, pg 24:
"(5) Thomas Spalding - (1778-1850). His first wife was Susanna Ab ell.
Thomas and Susanna had fourteen children. Upon the death of his first
wife, Thomas Spalding married Ann Shircliffe. They had no children.
Also at page 72 we find:
"Thomas Spalding (December 2, 1778-April 27, 1850). He was the grandfather
of Benedict Spalding Mattingly and the ancestor of Susan Mattingly Spalding; of
Benedict Spalding Mattingly, Jr., George Basil Mattingly; and of their
descendants. He was also the grandfather of Sister Anne Marie Matting ly."

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!NOTES:
See THOMAS JENKINS OF MARYLAND 1670 by Edward Felix Jenkins O.S.A . pg
62: "THOMAS SPALDING born about 1803; died in St. Mary's County Jun e 23,1838;
married January 27, 1823; Ann Johnson, died about 1853. He lived an ddied
in Maryland. They had four children whose names are in the Spaldin gMemor-
ial, page 991:
i. Sarah (Sally) Ann
ii. Joseph H.; went South (Tradition)
iii. Johnson; went South
iv. Forrest; died in infancy."

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!WILL:
WILLS OF ST. MARY'S COUNTY, MD., Bk TA 1, pps 95-97. FHL 14425.
Will executed December 6, 1740 and proved January 19th (or 9th), 1740.
(Charles Fenwick says that the year is probably in error and should be
1741. [seems obvious in view of the will date])

!NOTES:
From "THE SPALDING FAMILY OF MARYLAND, KENTUCKY AND GEORGIA" by Hu ghes
Spalding; Vol 1. FHL US/CAN 929.273 Sp18sg, ppg 12-13:
"William was the second son of Thomas and Catherine Spalding. The reis
no record of his birth, but he probably was born about 1678. He first
appears of record in Maryland when his father sold him "Spalding Addition"
containing forty-two acres on March 17, 1710. On December 10, 1714 h eand
his brother John obtained a patent on one hundred and sixty-five acre swhich
they called "Two Brothers." He continued to acquire land until he had
several hundred acres. He was undoubtedly a man of fine intellect, we ll
educated for his time, rapidly became wealthy and was prominent in the
business and social world of his day. He seems to have been a lawye r or
certainly a conveyancer, executing many deeds, wills and contracts fo rhis
neighbors.
He married Ann Jenkins, daughter of Thomas and Ann Jenkins of Char les
County, Maryland, around 1704. (Wills Liber 10 folio 251 Land Office,
Annapolis also a deposition of Henry Jenkins. Test Proc. Liber 38 fol io
417-432 Land Office Annapolis Maryland.)
The equal of any who bore the Spalding name, he died about the fir st
of January, 1741. His will made December 6, 1740, proven at Leonardstown,
January 9, 1741. He leaves to his wife Ann his dwelling plantation,
"St. Barberys" during life, at her death to be divided between his so ns,
Thomas, William and Henry. This land was in Beaver Dam Manor. To his
son Benedict he leaves "The Mill Land," but not his Water Mill, he al so
leaves him part of "Additiona" to "Hearts Delight" and "New Cassell. " He
gives to his son Thomas "Spalding Addition" and "St. Giles." To hi s son
William he leaves part of "Addition" and "Hearts Delight." To Henry
part of "St. Joseph" that joins land of Mr. Plowden and John Dent..."
"William Spalding's wife Ann lived a great number of years after h is
death. She made her will November 10, 1760. It was proven in Leonar d-
town February 7, 1761. She named three of her sons as Executors, amo ng
which was our ancestor, Benedict. The wills of William and Ann reveal
that they had eight children."
See FHL 985186, GENEALOGYS OF ST. MARY'S CO., MD.: WILLIAM SPALDING
born 1678 St. Mary's County, MD., died 1741, Charles County, MD. Son
of Thomas Spalding of England and Maryland, and Catherine ---. Marri ed
Ann Jenkins daughter of Thomas Jenkins and Ann Spalding. They had 10
10 children, all born in St. Mary's County, MD.:
Thomas born 1706 died 1769, married Catherine Cooper died 1769;
William born 1709 died 1779 married Mary Herbert; Ann born 1718, died
1741, married Clement Joseph; Jane born 1711, married Edmond Plowden;
Mary born 1721, married John Seale; Benedict born 1723 died 1767,
married Elizabeth Mattingly; Henry born 1726 died 1799 married Mary
Ann Spalding; John Baptist born 1728 died 1787 married Ann Jackson
July 23, 1767.
See CHRONICLES OF ST. MARY'S, VOL 5, pg 72, FHL 975.2B2s. This
contains an abstract of the Will of William Spalding dated 6 December,
1741 who names as his sons Thomas, William, Henry, John and Benedict , all
of St. Mary's County, Maryland.

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!WILL:
Records in La Plata, Charles County, MD, Liber WDM #15 Folio 377,
provided Charles K. Fenwick with information which he used to prepar e a
summary of the last will of William Spalding as follows (copy in FH L985191):
Will of Wiliam Spalding of Charles County.
Weak in health, etc.
To my brother John Spalding and
To my brother Basil R. Spalding
all my estate, real and personal. They to pay the following bequests:
To my mother $1,000
To my nephew William Ffrench, son of Mr. D'Arcy FFrench and Mrs Ann
Ffrench, $1,000.
To my sister Elizabeth Spalding $1,000. If she should marry, etc.
To my nephew Francis Henry Clements, son of my sister Mrs. Mary Clements
of Prince Georges Co., $1,000.
To my cousin Mrs. Ellen Cripps, wife of William M. L. Cripps of Washington
City, $500.
To my cousin Mrs. Matilda Coyle of Washington City, $100.
Signed in Washington City, D.C. Aug 21, 1830.
Witness: Henry Ashton, George Sweeney, E. Dyer.
November 23, 1830, came John and Basil R. Spalding etc.

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!NOTES:
From THOMAS JENKINS OF MARYLAND 1670 by Edward Felix Jenkins, O.S. A.,on
page 17:
"Born before Dec 6, 1719, as he was of age when his father made hi swill;
died about 1779; married 1757; Mary Herbert, died 1789, daughter of Francisand Elizabeth Herbert of St. Mary's County (citing Adm. Account sof St.
Mary's County, MD., Liber 41, Folio 185). Mr. Charles Fenwick of Leonard-
town, St. Mary's County, provided most of the information on Willia mSpalding.
Mr. Fenwick says that this is the William Spalding who married Mary Herbert.
Mary Herbert's mother, Elizabeth, was the daughter of Ann Fenwick an dJohn
Sewall. William Spalding of William, died intestate in 1779 (citin gTest-
amentary Proc. St. Mary's County, 1777-1801). This record book was s aved
from the fire when St. Mary's County Court House burned March 8, 1831.
Although the book is in private hands, a copy is on film and can be s een
at the St. Mary's County Historical Society, Leonardstown. William's
widow, Mary Spalding, died testate in 1789. In her will she names the
following children (citing L.J.J. #1, Folio 464, Hall of Records, Ann ap-
olis:
Henry, Philip, Mary; a widow (so named in her mother's will of 178 9),
Jane, Mary Ann, Dorothy; married Samuel Benfield and they had a daugh-
ter, Mary Ann Benfield, baptized July 10, 1770, Rebecca m. William Ki ng.
The above children were all mentioned in the will of their mother . It
is possible that there were more. William Spalding and his wife Mar y(Her-
bert) Spalding probably lived in the lower part of St. Marys County,a nd,
therefore, were not involved in the court case of 1762 (citing 1792 Testa-
mentary Proc., St. Marys County 1777-1801). They were married durin g or
before 1757, probably not long before."

!WILL:
INDEX OF WILLS ST. MARY'S COUNTY, MD. FHL 975.241s2H:
"Sep 10, 1788 SPALDING MARY Liber JJ, No. 1, Pg 464
"Children Henry, Philip, Mary, Martha, Mary Ann, Jane, Dorothy Ben-
field, Rebecca King. Died before 10 March, 1789."

NOTES:
See THOMAS JENKINS OF MARYLAND 1670 by Edward Felix Jenkins, O.S.A .at page 52 in an article on the life of Edward Jenkins, son of Michael,son of William, son of Thomas and Ann. Edward married Feb 15, 1803 AnnSpalding "eldest of the six children of William and Mary (Lilly) Spaldingof Baltimore. Ann (Spalding) Jenkins was born in Shepherdstown, Virginia(now West Virginia) May 28, 1786; and died in Baltimore, February 3,1871. Her father, William Spalding, who died in Baltimore, August 3,1803, at the age of 48, was the son of Basil and Catherine (Green)Spalding [JS: Father Jenkins agrees with Hughes Spalding, THE SPALDINGFAMILY OF AMERICA, that Basil's spouse was not Catherine Edelin] ofCharles County. Mrs. Mary (Lilly) Spalding was the daughter of Richardand Mary (Elder) Lilly of Frederick County. William Spalding, in hiswill of April 25, 1803, probated in Baltimore August 17, 1803 (citingBaltimore Federal Gazette, June 6, 1801) names his children, says Ann isthe only married daughter, and names Edward Jenkins, as his son-in-law.He makes Edward Jenkins, and Basil Spalding Elder, whom he calls hispartner, but who was also his nephew, the executors of his estate. Hemakes Basil Spalding Elder the sole guardian of his minor children (theywere all minors)."

See THOMAS JENKINS OF MARYLAND 1670 by Edward Felix Jenkins O.S.A .page
40: "William, born May 5, 1795; married Elizabeth Thompson."
We are able to identify William Francis Spalding as the father of
Jane Catherine (Spalding) Payne (1071) by the following language from
THE HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY, KY., published in 1868, FHL 976.9885H2 h at
pages 654-5, a biography of Jane's son John Spalding Payne:
"Our subject's maternal grandfather, William F. Spalding, a farmer
of Uniontown Precinct, was born in Marion County (formerly Nelson Co.)
in 1795; married a Miss Wathen there, and coming to Union at a very e arly
day, (1820) and died here in 1870."
Thus, Jane Catherine (Payne) Spalding a first cousin of Archbishop
Martin John Spalding.
See THE SPALDING FAMILY OF MARYLAND, KENTUCKY AND GEORGIA from 165 8 to
1965 by Hughes Spalding, FHL 929.273 Sp18sg, V.1.2 pg 25:
"(12) William Francis Spalding - (1795-1870). His first wife was
Elizabeth Thompson. There were three children by this marriage. Hi ssecond
wife was Behetheland (Hetty) Wathen. There were ten children by thi smarriage.
His third wife was Mrs. Polly Clements Hite, a widow. There were n ochildren
by this marriage."
(At present, we do not know whether Jane Catherine (Payne) Spalding
was a daughter of Elizabeth Thompson or of Behetheland Wathen.)

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!NOTES:
See THOMAS JENKINS OF MARYLAND 1670 by Edward Felix Jenkins O.S.A . pg
61: "ZACHARIAH SPALDING born in St. Mary's County, in 1778 and spen t his
whole live there. He died at his residence, "Valentine's Grove" Janu ary
5, 1845. (citing National Inteligencer, January 13, 1845). He married
(1) on December 28, 1799 Eleanor Abell, born March 10, 1782, daughte r of
Edward and Statia (Taylor) Abell. Mrs. Spalding Lally of Baltimore h as
informed me that if Zachariah had any children by his first wife, they
must have died in infancy. He married (2) on February 10, 1810, Cece lia
Reswick or Van Ryswick, both forms are used, daughter of Joseph and E liz-
abeth (Mattingly) Van Ryswick. Cecelia was born 1790 and died Novemb er
19, 1869, aged 80..."
A copy of his final account and distribution is found in a genealo gy
folder provided by Charles Fenwick (FHL 985191). The accounting is
dated 9 June 1845 and the distribution is dated 31 March, 1847. There
is no citation to the source of these documents in Leonardtown, Md.

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!NOTES:
See THOMAS JENKINS OF MARYLAND 1670 by Edward Felix Jenkins O.S.A . pg96:
"ZACHARIAH A. (sic) SPALDING born march 10, 1828, in Oakville; died J un
30, 1892; married June 1, 1858, Mary Amanda Floyd, daughter of William
Floyd and Ellen Heard. He was a merchant. One child, Henry born abo ut
1863; lived in Baltimore.

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!NOTES:
SQ pg 3847 for mention of these two unidentified daughters of Millington and Mabel (Ruth) Sparks.

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!NOTES:
SQ 3680: "A son of Charles and Margaret Sparks was identified as a nheir
of Charles Sparks when his siblings, mother, and step-father signed t heBed-
ford County, Pennsylvania, deed dated November 23, 1786. Unfortunate lyhe
was referred to only as "the youngest Heire" not yet "of age." Thi smeans
that he was born after November, 1765. As was noted earlier [see not esof
his father], when the witness to this deed, Samuel Paxton, swore to i ts
validity on January 18, 1788, he recalled incorrectly that "Solomon Sparks"
had been one of the signers, and omitted Absolom Sparks, the oldest c hild
of Charles and Margaret. This may suggest the possibility that thi syoungest
son may have been named Solomon. We have no further information regarding
him."

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!NOTES:
SQ pg 3264: An unidentified daughter apparently was born to Reuben
and Cassie (Buttery) Sparks between 1785 and 1790.

!NOTES:
SQ 3796: "Daughter, born ca.1797. She may have been the daughte rknown to
have been married to Samuel Edwards and who died before her father."

!NOTES:
SQ 3797: A son whom we have been unable to identify was born betw een1815
and 1820.

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!NOTES:
SQ pg 3798: His name may have been George Sparks.

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!NOTES:
See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, March 1994, Whole No. 165, which states : A
daughter whom we have been unable to identify was born about 1809.

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!NOTES:
See SPARKS QUARTERLY, March 1994, Whole No. 165, which, at page 42 70says:
A daughter whom we have been unable to identify was born about 181 6.

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!NOTES:
Paul Sparks' report on James Sparks (190) lists children of Solo mon(173)
and states: "A daughter whom we have been unable to identify was bor n to
Solomon and Susan, probably about 1816."

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!NOTES:
THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, March 1994, Whole No. 165, p. 4273, states " An
unidentified daughter was born to Solomon and Susan probably about 18 19."

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!NOTES:
SQ 3266: "An unnamed daughter was probably born to Benjamin and Sa rah
(Jeffreys) Sparks about 1825; she probably died when quite young."

See SQ p. 232 for birth information.

SQ 5617:
A son appears to have been born to Bailey and Martha Sparks about 1809.He was shown on the 1820 census as a male under the age of 10 years, andon the 1830 census as between 15 and 20.
We have not learned his name.

SQ p. 5617:

A daughter was born to Bailey and Martha (Noland) Sparks about 1815.

SQ p. 5618:

"A son appears to have been born to Bailey and Martha (Noland) Sparksabout 1821. He was enumerated on the 1830 census of Carroll County,Tennessee, as between 5 and 10 years of age. We have no furtherinformation."

SQ p. 5618:

"A daughter was born to Bailey and Martha (Noland) Sparks about 1822. Shemay have been the Elizabeth Sparks who was married to Charles Monneyin Yalobusha County, Mississippi. Their marriage
was recorded there, but with only the information that it had beenbetween 1833 and 1846; it probably was performed about 1842."

SQ p. 5618;

"A daughter was born to Bailey and Martha (Noland) Sparks about 1824. Shemay have been Susan A.
Sparks who was married on November 2, 1848, to James H. W. Callaway inYalobusha County,
Mississippi, by a justice of the peace named William M. Pollan. (Recordedin Marriage Book A.)

When the 1850 census was taken of Choctaw County, Western Division,Mississippi, J. H. W. Calaway
[sic] was shown as a farmer who had been born in Georgia and was then 22years old. His wife, Susan A.
Calaway, was recorded as 27 years of age and a native of Tennessee. Nochildren for them were
recorded. (Page 5, rev., taken October 25, 1850, family #70.) Also livingin their household was the family
of James M. Martin and his wife, Martha. (See below.) The family of Jamesand Matilda Fields, noted on
the preceding page under the possible child of Bailey and Martha Sparksnamed Matilda, appears on the
same 1850 census (page 5, rev., family #73) as that of H. W. Calaway andJames M. Martin (family #70)."

SQ p. 5618:

"A daughter was born to Bailey and Martha (Noland) Sparks about 1826. Shemay have been the
Martha Sparks who was married to James M. Martin on March 12, 1847, inYalobusha County,
Mississippi, by a justice of the peace named WIlliam M. Pollan. (Recordedin Marriage Book A.) (One
person who copied this, recorded the groom's surname as Marlin ratherthan Martin. From census
records, it appears that Martin is correct.) On the 1850 census ofChoctaw County, Mississippi, James M.
Martin was shown as 35 years old, a native of Alabama, and a farmer.Martha Martin was recorded as 24
years of age, a native of Tennessee . They were shown with one child, ason, named George L. Martin,
age 6, born In Mississippi. On this 1850 census, James M. and MarthaMartin, with their son, were
included as members of the household of J. H. W. Callaway and Susan A.Callaway. (See above.) There
can be little doubt that Martha (Sparks) Martin, Susan A. (Sparks)Callaway, and Matilda (Sparks) Fields
were sisters."

SQ p. 5620:

"A daughter was born to Bailey and Martha (Noland) Sparks about 1829. Shewas shown on the 1830 census as one of Bailey's children then under fiveyears of age . We have no further information."

BIRTH:
See UNION COUNTY, KENTUCKY BIRTHS 1852-1878, FHL 976.9885 V28b, page46:
4 Nov, 1874, ---- Sparks, Male, Deceased, father William Sparks, motherMary (Sic) Markwell; white, father born in Bullitt County, mother born inUnion County, resides in Union County.

See SPARKS QUARTERLY p 392:
"AARON SPARKS, oldest son of George and Delila Sparks, was born about1809 in Wilkes County, North Carolina. He married Huldah ---, who wasalso born in North Carolina, about 1834. Aaron Sparks was a farmer inRock Creek Township, Wells County, Indiana, and was the administrator ofhis father's estate. He died in Wells County in 1854. He did not leavea will; his wife Huldah was administratrix. She was probably the sameHulda Sparks who married Jacob Roush in Huntingtion County, Indiana, onOctober 18, 1862 . From the 1850 census of Wells County, it would appearthat Aaron and Huldah Sparks were the parents of the following children.
(1) Lydia Sparks, born in Indiana about 1835. She was probably theLydia Almeda Sparks who married Noah Redding in Wells County on November22, 1853.
(2) William R. Sparks, born in Indiana about 1837.
(3) Sarah Sparks, born in Indiana about 1843. She was probably theSarah Ann Sparks who married William Haflich in Wells County on March 1,1859.

See also SQ 3706

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See SQ p. 5288:

Aaron Sparks was born April 14, 1809. He was married to Huldah Johnson inWayne County, Indiana, on December 18, 1831.

Aaron became a farmer in Rock Creek Township in Wells County, Indiana,and he was the administrator of his father's estate. Aaron died in 1854without leaving a will. When the 1860 census was taken of Wells County,Aaron's widow, Huldah, age 46, was shown as head of her household in RockCreek Township, and living with her was Elizabeth Johnson, age 71, bornin Virginia, whom we believe was her mother. Living in the same dwelling,but numbered as a separate household, was William Sparks, age 23, withwife, Samantha, also age 23, and their month-old-daughter, Armina Sparks.William Sparks was surely the son of Aaron and Huldah Sparks who had beenmarried in Wells County to Samantha Brickley on June 14, 1859. Based onthe 1850 census, it appears that Aaron and Huldah were also the parentsof Lydia Sparks, born about 1835, and Sarah Sparks, born about 1843.There is a marriage record in Wells County for the marriage of LydiaAlmeda Sparks to Noah Redding on November 22, 1853, and that of Sarah AnnSparks to William Haflich on March 1, 1859. There is a marriage record inHuntington County, Indiana, for Huldah Sparks and Jacob Roush datedOctober 18, 1862.

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