Thomas SpriggsAge: 77 years1769–1846
- Name
- Thomas Spriggs
- Given names
- Thomas
- Surname
- Spriggs
| Family Origin | before 1769 Note: In 1881 the surname SPRIGGS was most frequent in the Northampton / Leicester area, so a family origin in this area is possible. (The name meant 'a small, slender person') |
| Birth | about 1769 |
| Marriage | Rebecca Burton — View this family 1 October 1792 (Age 23 years) |
| Baptism of a son | John Spriggs 25 August 1793 (Age 24 years) |
| Baptism of a son | Thomas Spriggs 13 December 1795 (Age 26 years) |
| Baptism of a son | James Spriggs 10 December 1797 (Age 28 years) |
| Baptism of a son | William Spriggs 28 December 1800 (Age 31 years) |
| Baptism of a daughter | Elizabeth Spriggs 6 May 1804 (Age 35 years) |
| Baptism of a son | Joseph Spriggs 21 February 1808 (Age 39 years) |
| Baptism of a son | Robert Spriggs 11 February 1810 (Age 41 years) |
| Burial of a son | William Spriggs 15 June 1819 (Age 50 years) Note: age 18 |
| Marriage of a child | John Spriggs — Elizabeth Davison — View this family 27 October 1824 (Age 55 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Spriggs — Annis Neal — View this family about 1827 (Age 58 years) |
| Burial of a wife | Rebecca Burton 23 September 1827 (Age 58 years) Note: age 54 |
| Marriage of a child | Thomas Watson — Elizabeth Spriggs — View this family 1830 (Age 61 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Joseph Spriggs — Elizabeth Parkinson — View this family 1 March 1839 (Age 70 years) Note: Coy (page 42) gives a copy of the marriage certificate which shows the day/month as well as the place of marriage - Parson Drove. |
| Census | 1841 (Age 72 years) Age: 70-74 Address: Bank
(towards Murrow) Note: Listed as an agricultural labourer, living in the household of (his son) James Spriggs, aged 40-44 |
| Residence | 18 April 1846 (Age 77 years) Note: The record of a Settlement examination made on this day at Wisbech survives. Although Thomas was 77, it was decided to remove him to Stanground, near Peterborough, where he had worked briefly when a young man. This probably never happened as he was buried at Parson Drove a few months later. |
| Burial | 8 December 1846 (Age 77 years) |
| Family with Rebecca Burton |
| himself |
Thomas Spriggs Birth: about 1769 — Yaxley, Huntingdonshire Burial: 8 December 1846 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire |
| wife |
Rebecca Burton Birth: about 1773 Burial: 23 September 1827 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire |
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Marriage: 1 October 1792 — Walpole St. Peter, Norfolk |
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11 months son |
John Spriggs Baptism: 25 August 1793 24 20 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Burial: 20 October 1870 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire |
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2 years son |
Thomas Spriggs Baptism: 13 December 1795 26 22 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Death: before March 1871 — Holbeach district, Lincolnshire |
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2 years son |
James Spriggs Baptism: 10 December 1797 28 24 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Death: before June 1860 — Wisbech district, Cambridgeshire |
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3 years son |
William Spriggs Baptism: 28 December 1800 31 27 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Burial: 15 June 1819 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire |
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3 years daughter |
Elizabeth Spriggs Baptism: 6 May 1804 35 31 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Burial: 4 April 1875 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire |
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4 years son |
Joseph Spriggs Baptism: 21 February 1808 39 35 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Death: 18 April 1880 — Morrisons, Victoria, Australia |
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2 years son |
Robert Spriggs Baptism: 11 February 1810 41 37 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Death: before December 1887 — Holbeach district, Lincolnshire |
| Family Origin | In 1881 the surname SPRIGGS was most frequent in the Northampton / Leicester area, so a family origin in this area is possible. (The name meant 'a small, slender person') |
| Census | Listed as an agricultural labourer, living in the household of (his son) James Spriggs, aged 40-44 |
| Residence | The record of a Settlement examination made on this day at Wisbech survives. Although Thomas was 77, it was decided to remove him to Stanground, near Peterborough, where he had worked briefly when a young man. This probably never happened as he was buried at Parson Drove a few months later. |