When David Spearpoint was born in 1836, in Brighton, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom, his father, Robert Milton Spearpoint, was 25 and his mother, Harriet Chapman, was 22. He married Eliza Sophia Tanswell in 1857, in Croydon, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in East Grinstead, Sussex, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Croydon, Surrey, England, United Kingdom in 1881.
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English: variant of Pierpoint with prosthetic S-, influenced by the words spear and point and their relevant relationship.
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