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From: "Debi" <>
Subject: Fw: [RI-ROLLCALL] SPURR in Rhode Island
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 10:37:27 -0500


Here are some tidbits I found, many of which relate to a John Spurr. Some
seem to pertain to a younger John Spurr - perhaps a son?

Name: John Spurr
Rank: Major
County: Providence Co.
Annual Allowance: 240 00
Sums received: 462 59
Description of service: Rhode Island continental line
When placed on the pension roll: December 1, 1818
Commencement of pension: March 31, 1818
Age: 63

(Rhode Island Pensioners, 1835; Ancestry.com)

Name: John Spurr
Year: 1798
Age: 36
Place: Providence, Rhode Island
Source Publication Code: 9111.1
Primary Immigrant: Spurr, John
Annotation: Date and port of arrival. Extracted from U.S. Custom House
Papers housed in the Manuscript Department at the Rhode Island Historical
Society and the National Archives microfilm publication M575, Copies of
Lists of Passengers Arriving at Miscellaneous Ports on the Atlantic and Gulf
Coasts and at Ports on the Great Lakes, 1820-1873. Sex, occupation, place of
birth, citizenship, residence, intended residence, sponsor's or reporter's
name, port of embarkation, and name of ship may also be provided.
Source Bibliography: TAYLOR, MAUREEN. Rhode Island Passenger Lists, Port of
Providence 1798-1808, 1820-1872; Port of Bristol and Warren 1820-1871.
Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1995. 232p.
Page:
19

(Passenger and Immigration Lists; Ancestry.com)


(Davis, George Lucien,, [View Citation] [View Image]
Samuel Davis, of Oxford, Mass., and Joseph Davis, of Dudley, Mass., and
their descendants
North Andover, Mass.: George L. Davis, 1884, 617 pgs. )



(Revolutionary War Record;
SPURR, JOHN
MA RI , CONT
Roll: 763 Image: 888 File: S39853/BLWT1892-400 Total Pages: 4
Request as attachment from )

RI Vital Records Database; NEGHS

1804SPURRSPURR Mrs. Henrietta, wife of Dr. John, in this town, Jan. 11,
1804DeathProvidence
1805SPURRSPURR Mary, daughter of Col. John, in this town, in 21st year, Nov.
3, 1805DeathProvidence
1810SPURRSPURR Dr. John H., a native of London, in this town, aged about 46
years, Sept. 21, 1810DeathProvidence
1820SPURRSPURR Mrs. Sarah, wife of Col. John, in 61st year, Sept. 16,
1820DeathProvidence
1774SPURRSPURR Col. John, in this town, in 74th year, born at Dorchester,
Mass., came to this town 1774, served through the Revolution 1774 to 1783,
Oct. 28, 1822DeathProvidence
1783SPURRSPURR Col. John, in this town, in 74th year, born at Dorchester,
Mass., came to this town 1774, served through the Revolution 1774 to 1783,
Oct. 28, 1822DeathProvidence
1822SPURRSPURR Col. John, in this town, in 74th year, born at Dorchester,
Mass., came to this town 1774, served through the Revolution 1774 to 1783,
Oct. 28, 1822DeathProvidence


(New England Historical and Genealogical Register; 1881; Vol 25, Page 188;
Request attachment from )

Listing of Spurr family members listed in the RI Cemetery Transcription
Database:

SPURR ALICE W. (SAWYER*) 1872 - 9 MAY 1941
PV003
SPURR BETSEY 1780 - 2 OCT 1780
PV003
SPURR HENRIETTA 1765c - 11 JAN 1804
PV001
SPURR HILDA K 1903 - 1995
CR002
SPURR JOHN 1783 - 26 SEP 1783
PV003
SPURR JOHN 1789c - 28 SEP 1791
PV003
SPURR JOHN 1749 - 28 OCT 1822
PV003
SPURR JOHN HARDY, DR 1766c - SEP 1810
PV001
SPURR JOHN WILLIAMSON 1937 - 11 JUN 1991
PV003
SPURR MARY 1784c - 3 NOV 1805
PV003
SPURR SALLY 1760 - 16 SEP 1820
PV003
SPURR SALLY 1779c - 21 SEP 1780
PV003
SPURR THOMAS 1778 - 18 AUG 1779
PV003

If you contact the Swan Point Cemetery (http://swanpointcemetery.com/) for
specific information on plot location, I would be happy to snap some digital
photos of the gravestone(s) for you. Also, there are additional references
to a John Spurr in various issues of the New England Historical and
Genealogical Register. Although I do not have time to do so now, I can take
a look there for you for any additional relevant information.

Debi C.
Bristol, RI
www.RAOGK.org

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 7:11 PM
Subject: [RI-ROLLCALL] SPURR in Rhode Island


> Hello lists
>
> I was wondering if some kind soul might be able to provide some
> information on Major John SPURR (1749-1822.) I believe he was born in
> Dorchester, Massachusetts and died in Providence, Rhode Island. I am very
> interested in the circumstances surrounding his death. He was married in
> 1777 to Sally WEST in Newport, Rhode Island and had 7 children. I believe
> his children all predeceased him. I do not have the names of his
> children.
>
> I have additional info on the Major if anyone is interested.
>
> Thank you
>
> Richard Hardwick
>
>
> Richard Hardwick (Researching direct lines in Nova Scotia and New
> England - HARDWICK, ARMSTRONG, BARTEAUX, SPURR, HENDERSON, CREIGHTON)
>
>
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