Henry Spring (abt. 1628 - bef. 1697)

Biography

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

Henry Spring was born in 1628 in England, the son of Elinor Spring and John Spring.^[1][2][3][4]

Henry, at the age of 6, and his family, migrated to Massachusetts on the ship Elizabeth in April 1634. William Andrews was ship master.^[5][1][3][6]

The family settled at Watertown.^[1]

On 25 March 1656, John Spring Sr., Henry's father, gave his dwelling house and adjacent land, all his lands in Watertown, his tools of animal husbandry, household items and utensils to Henry, reserving, during his natural life, the right to the north end of the dwelling house, half the fruit orchard, the kiln and kiln house and part of the hop ground, household stuff and utensils of husbandry. Henry was to pay him L4 annually. After his death, Henry was then to pay his brother John Jr. L30.^[7][1]

Henry married, firstly, Mehitable Bartlett on January 7, 1658 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. ^{[8] [1] [2][9]} Mehitable was born at Watertown on July 4, 1640, daughter of Thomas and Hannah (___) Bartlett. ^[10] Their children were:

1. Elizabeth Spring born on October 13, 1659; married John Gale on September 27, 1677. (1659–?)^[8][11]
2. Henry Spring born at Watertown on March 1, 1662/3. (1662–?)^[8][12]
3. Anna Spring born on September 21, 1671; married Jonathan Parke on March 18, 1690. (1671–?)^[8][13]
4. Thomas Spring born before 1674; died at Watertown June 28, 1710; married Elizabeth Train on November 20, 1701.^[8][14][15]
5. Mehitable Spring born before 1675.^[14]
6. Abigail/Abiah Spring born on January 6, 1676/7. (1676–?) ^[8][16]

Henry married Susanna (Stowers) Cooke on September 15, 1691.^[8][17] as her forth husband. His wife Susanna Stowers' origins are unknown but she had previously married first, George Wheeler, second Edward Goodwin and third, Gregory Cooke.^[1]

Henry died sometime between 29 June 1695 when he wrote his will and 25 November 1697 when his estate was inventoried.^[14]

In his will, Henry named:^[14]

• wife Susanna
• son Henry, sole executor
• son Thomas when he reaches age 21
• daughter Elizabeth Mellings
• daughter Mehitable when she reaches age 22
• daughter Abigail^[14]

His estate was inventoried on November 25, 1697 and valued at L 317 7s. It included household goods and furnishings, husbandry utensils such as plows and chains, and livestock - 3 cows and a calf, and old mare and her colt, 3 swine and sheep. The land holdings, assessed at L 272, included the mansion house, barn and orchard with about 30 acres of land, two dividend lots containing 25 acres and 35 acres, a farm of 59 acres and 3 1/2 acres meadow.^[14]

Research notes

Watertown Births

• Spring, Elizabeth, d. Henery and Mehitable (Bartlett), Oct. 13, 1659. (p. 22)^[8]
• Spring, Henery, s. Henery and Mehitable (Bartlett), Mar. 1, 1662. (p. 24)^[8]
• Spring, Anna d. Henery and Mehitable (Bartlett), Sept. 21, 1671. (p. 35)^[8]
• Spring, Abiah, d. Henery and Mehitable (Bartlett), Jan. 6,1676[-7]. (p. 42)^[8]

Watertown Marriages

• Gale, John and Elizabeth Spring, Sept. 27, 1677. (p. 43) ^[8]
• Spring, Anna and Jonathan Parke, Mar. 18, 1690. VS (p. 63) ^[8]
• Spring, Thomas and Elizabeth Train, Nov. 20, 1701. (p. 12) ^[8]

Watertown Deaths

• Spring, Thomas, June 28, 1710. (p. 53) ^[8]

According to Bond, "HENRY SPRING, m., Jan. 7, 1657-8, MEHITABEL BARTLETT. [Bartlelt, 2.] He m. (2d), Sept. 12, 1691, SUSANNA, wid. of Gregory Cook. [Cook. 1.] His Will, dated June 29, 1695, mentions wife Susanna; sons Henry and Thomas; drs. Elizabeth Mellings (Mellen); Mehitabel and Abigail. Inventory, dated Nov. 25, 1697, £317. 7. As early as 1680, he was elected the town "prizer," and continued to hold the office until 1695. The duty of apprizer appears to have been to fi.v the rale at which agricultural products shall pass in the payment of taxes and debts. He was often employed in taking inventories, and settling estates."^[18]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Anderson, Robert C. John Spring in: Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VI, R-S, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 2009, p. 440-6
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Source: #S413. Title: Ancestral File.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Francis Jackson. (1854). "A History of the Early Settlement of Newton, County of Middlesex," p. 415. Retrieved 4 April 2018 by Clare Spring from https://books.google.com.au/books?id=gIQxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA418&lpg=PA418&dq=thomas+spring+and+mary+upham&source=bl&ots=AcLLM_rmJg&sig=JKbJ0x8oFbDsT5_u0CYyrtvue_M&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=thomas%20spring%20and%20mary%20upham&f=false.
4. ↑ "Henry Spring." Geni. Retrieved 8 July 2018 by Clare Spring from https://www.geni.com/people/Henry-Spring/6000000004237811716.
5. ↑ Hotten: James C. The Original Lists of Persons of Quality; Emigrants; Religious Exiles; Political Rebels; Serving Men sold for a term of years; apprentices; children stolen; maidens pressed; and others who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700 : with their ages and the names of the ships in which they embarked, and other interesting particulars; from mss. preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England, London, England, 1874, p. 281
6. ↑ Rob Regan (24 August 2013). "The Brilliant life of John Spring: A Founder of Watertown, Massachusetts." Regan-Ettinger Family History Retrieved 8 July 2018 by Clare Spring from http://reganettinger.blogspot.com/2013/08/john-spring-founder-of-watertown.html. Archived 3 July 2018 at https://web.archive.org/web/20180703163541/http://reganettinger.blogspot.com/2013/08/john-spring-founder-of-watertown.html#!https://reganettinger.blogspot.com/2013/08/john-spring-founder-of-watertown.html.
7. ↑ Roberts, Gary Boyd. The English Origins of John Spring of Watertown in: The American Genealogist, Volume 55, D. L. Jacobus, New Haven, Connecticut, 1979, p. 65- (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
8. ↑ ^{8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14} Watertown Records Comprising the First and Second Books of Town Proceedings with the Land Grants and Possession, and the First Book and Supplement of Births, Deaths and Marriages, The Historical Society, Press of Fred G. Barker, Watertown, Massachusetts, 1894 p. 20: 22: 24: 35: 42: 53: 65
9. ↑ James Savage, A Gen. Dict. of the First Settlers of New England. Genealogical Publ Co, Inc., Baltimore ;
10. ↑ Anderson, Robert C. Thomas Bartlett in: Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N.E. 1620-1633, Vols. I-III, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts,1995, p. 120-2 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)
11. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F46R-MXH : 5 November 2017), Elizabeth Springe, 13 Oct 1659; citing Birth, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 745,869.
12. ↑ "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.
13. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F465-WLJ : 5 November 2017), Henery Spring in entry for Anna Spring, 02 Sep 1671; citing Birth, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 745,869.
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5} Case 21123: p. 1-5: Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871, Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org)
15. ↑ Case 21136: p. 1-3; Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org)
16. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FC9M-8VB : 3 November 2017), Hen. Spring in entry for Abigail Spring, 06 Jan 1676; citing Birth, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 892,249.
17. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FH9J-KQ5 : 5 November 2017), Henry Spring and Susana Cocke, 15 Sep 1691; citing Marriage, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 745,869.
18. ↑ Bond, Henry, M.D. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Second Edition. Boston: N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society, 1860. Pages 18-19, 442. Accessed 4 March 2018 at: https://archive.org/stream/genealogiesoffam00bond#page/18/mode/2up/search/Henry+Spring