When John Spink was born on 11 September 1758, in West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Samuel Spink, was 38 and his mother, Abigail Spink, was 33. He married Lydia Eldred on 27 December 1778. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Rhode Island, United States in 1758.
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English and Scottish (Angus): nickname from Middle English spink ‘chaffinch, finch’ (probably of imitative origin), bestowed on account of some fancied resemblance to the bird. Compare Pink .
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