Thomas Spring (abt. 1545 - 1597)

Biography

Thomas Spring was born in Suffolk, England, the son of Thomas Spring and Julian Fairey.^[1][2][3][4]

He was the first of the Spring family to settle in Ireland.^[1][2]

He married Annabelle Browne.^[1] The marriage occurred after 1580.^[5] Thomas and Annabelle's children were:

• Thomas Spring^[1][2][3][4]
• Walter Spring^[1][2][3][4]
• Elizabeth Spring^[2][4]
• Frances Spring^[2][4]
• Susanna Spring^[2][4]
• Alice Spring^[2][4]
• Annabella Spring^[2][4]

Thomas served as High Sheriff of Kerry, Ireland in 1592.^[1]

He died on 22 August 1597.^[1][4]

Research notes

• Birth year guessed.
• Birth place: "The Spring family of Suffolk and County Kerry, and branches in Australia, New Zealand and the USA," claims Thomas' birthplace was Pakenham, Suffolk^[4] (not Lavenham).
• Geni website states that Thomas Spring of Castlemaine was married to Annabelle Apsley.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} "Thomas Spring of Castlemaine." (27 November 2017). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21 February 2018 by Clare Spring from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Spring_of_Castlemaine&oldid=812411129.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8} "Selections from Old Kerry Records." 1872. Watson & Hazell, pp.73–78. Retrieved 19 May 2018 by Clare Spring from http://www.researchireland.com/BLENNERHASSETT.pdf. Archived 5 April 2017 at https://web.archive.org/web/20170405053150/http://www.researchireland.com/BLENNERHASSETT.pdf.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Lundy, Daryl (compiler). "Captain Thomas Spring of Castlemaine." The Peerage. Retrieved 1 July 2018 by Clare Spring from http://www.thepeerage.com/p27962.htm#i279620.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9} William Anthony Spring and Jane Vivien Spring [researchers and compilers]. 2000. "The Spring family of Suffolk and County Kerry, and branches in Australia, New Zealand and the USA," p. 6. Accessed 3 March 2018 at the National Library of Australia by Clare Spring. https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/21876001.
5. ↑ "Capt. Thomas Spring." HumphreysFamilyTree.com. Retrieved 1 July 2018 by Clare Spring from http://humphrysfamilytree.com/Spring/capt.thomas.html. Archived 1 March 2017 at https://web.archive.org/web/20170301131810/http://humphrysfamilytree.com/Spring/capt.thomas.html.
6. ↑ "Capt. Thomas Spring, of Castlemaine." Geni. Retrieved 5 April 2018 by Clare Spring from https://www.geni.com/people/Capt-Thomas-Spring-of-Castlemaine/6000000026592839051.