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Source: John and Martha (Sparks) Abbe, info in "Some Descendants of John Sparks (died April 8, 1710) of Windsor, Connecticut" - Sparks Quarterly (1990)

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Title	John and Martha (Sparks) Abbe, info in "Some Descendants of John Sparks (died April 8, 1710) of Windsor, Connecticut" - Sparks Quarterly (1990)

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John Abbe Sr.

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HTML version of Sparks Quarterly published by The Sparks Family Association, Accessed 5 Aug. 2020.

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[CDB COMMENT: This webpage is an apparent transcript of an article appearing in The Sparks Quarterly, Vol. 38, Whole No. 150a (Jun 1990), pp. 3584-3598] Pertinent webpage text (extracts only): "SOME DESCENDANTS OF JOHN SPARKS, (DIED APRIL 8, 1710) OF WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT" "By Margaret B. Bock" ... "John Sparks was married to Dorothy _____, before November 1694, time and place unknown. She was married secondly on May 27, 1712, to John Parsons (see Hartford Vital Records, D:28). The date of her birth is unknown, but she was deceased by June 7, 1714, when John Parsons exhibited a list of expenses in court from the estate of John Sparks, for which she had been administratrix. (See Charles W. Manwaring, A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records [1904] Vol. 2, p. 300, hereafter cited as Manwaring.) She owned the covenant at Hartford First Church on November 4, 1694. (See Lucius Barnes Barbour, Early Families of Hartford Connecticut, 1645-1825, [Baltimore, 1982] p. 554, hereafter cited as Barbour.) "John Sparks was born by 1669-70, estimated from the baptismal dates of his children, and he died in Windsor, Connecticut, on April 8, 1710. (See Henry R. Stiles, The Histories and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut, Including East Windsor, SouthWindsor, Bloomfield, Windsor Locks, and Ellington, 1635-1891 [1892] Vol. II, p. 694; source given as East Windsor Church Records.) ... "C. Martha Sparks, daughter of John and Dorothy Sparks, was born about 1697. Her age was given as 16 years on May 4, 1713, when she chose her step father, John Parsons, as her guardian. She was baptized on May 1, 1698. She was married at East Hartford, Connecticut, in January 1725/26 as the second wife of John Abbe, son of Samuel and Mary (Knowlton) Abbe, who was born at Salem, Massachusetts, on June 4, 1692, and died at East Hartford, Connecticut, on October 30, 1790. He had been married first to Naomi Kilbourn, daughter of Thomas and Hannah (Hills) Kilbourn, who had been baptized on June 4, 1693, and died prior to 1725. The Abbe children named John, Sarah, and Naomi were probably by John Abbe's first wife. (Hale, House, p. 660)" ALSO, an "Editor's Note" pertaining to the article: "We are very grateful to Margaret B. Bock of 49 Seaside Ave., Westbrook, Connecticut, 06498, for providing this record of an early Sparks [sic] famfly in New England. It will be noted that Ms. Bock has given her sources for the records she used in her research within the text of her article, including material provided to her by other researchers. A full list of these sources appears at the close of her article."

[CDB COMMENT: This webpage is an apparent transcript of an article appearing in The Sparks Quarterly, Vol. 38, Whole No. 150a (Jun 1990), pp. 3584-3598]

Pertinent webpage text (extracts only):
"SOME DESCENDANTS OF JOHN SPARKS, (DIED APRIL 8, 1710) OF WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT"
"By Margaret B. Bock"
...
"John Sparks was married to Dorothy _____, before November 1694, time and place unknown. She was married secondly on May 27, 1712, to John Parsons (see Hartford Vital Records, D:28). The date of her birth is unknown, but she was deceased by June 7, 1714, when John Parsons exhibited a list of expenses in court from the estate of John Sparks, for which she had been administratrix. (See Charles W. Manwaring, A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records [1904] Vol. 2, p. 300, hereafter cited as Manwaring.) She owned the covenant at Hartford First Church on November 4, 1694. (See Lucius Barnes Barbour, Early Families of Hartford Connecticut, 1645-1825, [Baltimore, 1982] p. 554, hereafter cited as Barbour.)
"John Sparks was born by 1669-70, estimated from the baptismal dates of his children, and he died in Windsor, Connecticut, on April 8, 1710. (See Henry R. Stiles, The Histories and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut, Including East Windsor, SouthWindsor, Bloomfield, Windsor Locks, and Ellington, 1635-1891 [1892] Vol. II, p. 694; source given as East Windsor Church Records.)
...
"C. Martha Sparks, daughter of John and Dorothy Sparks, was born about 1697. Her age was given as 16 years on May 4, 1713, when she chose her step father, John Parsons, as her guardian. She was baptized on May 1, 1698. She was married at East Hartford, Connecticut, in January 1725/26 as the second wife of John Abbe, son of Samuel and Mary (Knowlton) Abbe, who was born at Salem, Massachusetts, on June 4, 1692, and died at East Hartford, Connecticut, on October 30, 1790. He had been married first to Naomi Kilbourn, daughter of Thomas and Hannah (Hills) Kilbourn, who had been baptized on June 4, 1693, and died prior to 1725. The Abbe children named John, Sarah, and Naomi were probably by John Abbe's first wife. (Hale, House, p. 660)"
ALSO, an "Editor's Note" pertaining to the article:
"We are very grateful to Margaret B. Bock of 49 Seaside Ave., Westbrook, Connecticut, 06498, for providing this record of an early Sparks [sic] famfly in New England. It will be noted that Ms. Bock has given her sources for the records she used in her research within the text of her article, including material provided to her by other researchers. A full list of these sources appears at the close of her article."

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