Henry Spring (1662 - 1749)

Biography

Henry Spring was born on 1 March 1662 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, the son of Mehittable Spring and Henry Spring.^[1][2]

He was married to Lydia Cutting.^[2] Their children were:

• Lydia Spring (1686–1769)^[3]
• Anna Spring (1691–1770)^[3]
• Henry Spring (1692–1756)^[3]
• Sarah Spring (1695–?)^[4]
• Mehitabel Spring (1700–1760)^[3]
• Elizabeth Spring (1701–1764)^[3]
• Susanna Spring (1705/6?–?)^[3]

Henry died in 1749 in Watertown.^[2]

Research notes

There is a glaring error included in the Genealogical and family history of central New York,^[5] which states that Henry married in 1662 (he was in fact born in 1662).

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VQXB-7PJ : 10 February 2018), Henery Springe, 01 Mar 1662; citing Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, ; FHL microfilm 745,869.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} "Henry Spring, Jr." Find A Grave. Retrieved 8 July 2017 by Clare Spring from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140357596.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} Henry Bond (1860). "Genealogies of the families and descendants of the early settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, including Waltham and Weston : to which is appended the early history of the town," p. 443. Retrieved 8 July 2018 by Clare Spring from https://archive.org/stream/genealogiesoffam00bond#page/443/mode/2up.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ66-D8S : 10 February 2018), Henry Spring in entry for Sarah Spring, 05 Sep 1695; citing WATERTOWN,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0874146 IT 2, 0874176 IT 2.
5. ↑ William Richard Cutter (1912). "Genealogical and family history of central New York; a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation." Retrieved 8 July 2018 by Clare Spring from https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalfami02cutt#page/562/mode/2up/search/%22henry+spring%22.

• Watertown Records of BMD