Genealogy from [Moore]

Thomas SpriggsAge: 77 years17691846

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
MarriageRebecca BurtonView this family
1 October 1792 (Age 23 years)
Baptism of a sonJohn Spriggs
25 August 1793 (Age 24 years)
Baptism of a sonThomas Spriggs
13 December 1795 (Age 26 years)
Baptism of a sonJames Spriggs
10 December 1797 (Age 28 years)
Baptism of a sonWilliam Spriggs
28 December 1800 (Age 31 years)
Baptism of a daughterElizabeth Spriggs
6 May 1804 (Age 35 years)
Baptism of a sonJoseph Spriggs
21 February 1808 (Age 39 years)
Baptism of a sonRobert Spriggs
11 February 1810 (Age 41 years)
Burial of a sonWilliam Spriggs
15 June 1819 (Age 50 years)
Note: age 18
Marriage of a childJohn SpriggsElizabeth DavisonView this family
27 October 1824 (Age 55 years)
Marriage of a childJames SpriggsAnnis NealView this family
about 1827 (Age 58 years)
Burial of a wifeRebecca Burton
23 September 1827 (Age 58 years)
Note: age 54
Marriage of a childThomas WatsonElizabeth SpriggsView this family
1830 (Age 61 years)
Marriage of a childJoseph SpriggsElizabeth ParkinsonView 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 - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: 1 October 1792Walpole St. Peter, Norfolk
11 months
son
2 years
son
Thomas Spriggs
Baptism: 13 December 1795 26 22Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire
Death: before March 1871Holbeach district, Lincolnshire
2 years
son
James Spriggs
Baptism: 10 December 1797 28 24Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire
Death: before June 1860Wisbech district, Cambridgeshire
3 years
son
William Spriggs
Baptism: 28 December 1800 31 27Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire
Burial: 15 June 1819Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire
3 years
daughter
Elizabeth Spriggs
Baptism: 6 May 1804 35 31Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire
Burial: 4 April 1875Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire
4 years
son
2 years
son
Robert Spriggs
Baptism: 11 February 1810 41 37Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire
Death: before December 1887Holbeach 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.