When Eleanor Spraggon was born in 1780, her father, John Spraggon, was 49 and her mother, Eleanor Stoker, was 38. She married Robert Gillespy on 26 November 1805, in Jarrow, Durham, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Hedworth, Durham, England, United Kingdom in 1841. She died on 21 April 1844, in Southwick, Durham, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 64.
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English: relationship name from an unrecorded Middle English personal name * Spragin, * Sprakin, a pet form of Sprag ( see Spragg and Sprake ).
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