William Spring (abt. 1633)

Biography

William Spring immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

William Spring was born in July 1633 in England, the son of John Spring and Elinor Unknown.^[1]

He settled, and died, in Bridgeton, Barbados.^[1][2]

His son was John Spring (1677?–?), who went to Newton, Massachusetts around the time of William's death, and chose his uncle John Spring to be his guardian.^[1][2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} 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. 442. Retrieved 8 July 2018 by Clare Spring from https://archive.org/stream/genealogiesoffam00bond#page/442/mode/2up.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Francis Jackson (1854). "A history of the early settlement of Newton, county of Middlesex, Massachusetts, from 1639-1800. With a genealogical register of its inhabitants, prior to 1800," pp. 416–417. Retrieved 8 July 2018 by Clare Spring from https://archive.org/stream/historyofearlyse00jack#page/416/mode/2up/search/%22john+spring%22.