Richard Sparks

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Sparks, Thomas (1689 - 1727) - male
b. 1689
d. 1727
father: Sparks, Richard (<1658 - )
mother: Mary, ? (*1659 - )
See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY for September, 1955, Whole No. 11, at page 79for the following:

THE SPARKS FAMILY OF PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA


Compiled by


William Perry Johnson


It was during the American Revolution, in 1778 to be exact, that theSparkses settled in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Prior to that time,the family had made its home in Maryland, in the counties of AnneArundel, Baltimore, and Prince George's. In Prince George’s County, thefamily appears to have resided near the town of Upper Marlboro, whichlies about fifteen miles southeast of Washington, D.C., and about thesame distance southwest of Annapolis, Maryland.


Probate records for Anne Arundel County, Maryland, on file in theMaryland Hall of Records, in Annapolis, show that a Thomas Sparks diedintestate in that county in or near the year 1727. The inventory ofestate for Thomas Sparks is dated 20 April 1727, and the papers show thathe had "No Relations." (For some reason, a wife and children apparentlydid not count as “relations” in these cases.) The account, dated 1732,was made by Leonard Hollyday of Prince George’s County, Maryland, asadministrator of Thomas Sparks late of Anne Arundel County, deceased.This Thomas Sparks may or may not be the father of the Thomas Sparks whoappears on the records of Anne Arundel County a generation later. (cont)

spouse: Elizabeth, ? (*1688 - )
----------child: Sparks, Thomas (1711 - )
----------child: Sparks, Matthew (1715 - )
----------child: Sparks, Abigal (1717 - )
----------child: Sparks, George (*1723 - )
----------child: Sparks, Joseph (*1723 - )
----------child: Sparks, Benjamin (*1723 - )
----------child: Sparks, Jonas (*1723 - )
----------child: Sparks, Absalom (*1723 - )
----------child: Sparks, James (*1723 - )