Mary Spafford

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Spafford was born on 22 August 1793, in Sharon, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Amos Spofford, was 27 and her mother, Mary Taggart, was 29. She married William Emery on 2 June 1818, in Wakefield, Carroll, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 2 February 1862, in New Ipswich, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 68.

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Family Time Line

William Emery
1791–1862
Mary Spafford
1793–1862
Marriage: 2 June 1818
Almina O Emery
1812–
Mary T Emery
1818–1846
William G Emery
1821–1884
Nancy M Emery
1823–1898
Amos Barrett Emery
1825–1882
Horace B Emery
1827–1866
Sarah E. Emery
1829–1866
Eveline C Emery
1831–1860
Fanny Jane Emery
1837–1859
Edward Emery
1847–

Sources (5)

  • Mary Emery in household of William Emery, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Polly Spofford, "New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920"
  • Mary Spofford in entry for Nancy Sargent, "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947"

World Events (6)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1808 · Concord Becomes the Capital

In 1808, Concord became the capital of New Hampshire. It was originally the Penacook Plantation given to the state by the Massachusetts Bay Colony. 

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

Name Meaning

English (Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire):

habitational name usually from Spalford (Nottinghamshire). The placename may derive from Old English Spaldas, the name of an Anglian tribe who settled chiefly in the fen-lands of Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire, or from spald ‘ditch, trench’ + ford ‘ford’.

variant of Spofforth, a habitational name from Spofforth (Yorkshire), probably from Old English spot ‘small piece, plot of land’ + ford ‘ford’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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