Luther Spring (1767 - aft. 1811)

Born 18 Jun 1767 in Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Beard) Spring — married 14 Nov 1793 in Grafton, Windham, Vermont, United States

Descendants

Died after Sep 1811 after age 44 in Grafton, Windham, Vermont, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Sandra Dighton [send private message]

Biography

Luther Spring was born on 12 June 1768 in Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, the son of Ruth Spring and Samuel Spring.^[1][2]

In 1792, the Town of Thomlinson (Grafton) appointed a committee to raise funds for the Town Meeting House by selling pews therein to residents. Luther, on 13 February 1792, purchased a pew for his family's use for 9 pounds.^[3]

He married Sally Beard on 14 November 1793 in Grafton, Vermont.^[4] In the following 19 years, they had nine children, all of whose profiles are connected to this one.^[5]

Luther, Sally and their first four children were living in Grafton in 1800.^[6] Later on 19 Jan 1808, Luther purchased 68.25 acres for $350 in South West Grafton (Lott 11, 6th Range).^[7]

Since Luther's youngest recorded child was born on 17 May 1812, Luther must have been alive nine months earlier in September 1811.^[8] He is recorded as having been buried in the Grafton Village Cemetery.^[9][10]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JV-JD9 : 5 November 2017), Luther Spring, 12 Jun 1768; citing Birth, Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009671.
2. ↑ "Luther Spring." Find A Grave. Retrieved 11 May 2019 by Clare Spring from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106062317/luther-spring.
3. ↑ Land records and deeds, 1781-1902; index to deeds, 1781-1952 Deeds, v. 3-5 1794-1820
4. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V899-NTN : 5 November 2017), Luther Spring and Sally Beard, 14 Nov 1793, Marriage; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27,695.
5. ↑ "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L999-VCG3?cc=1987653&wc=Q8ZY-CLS%3A324710801%2C324963601%2C324974001 : 22 May 2014), Windham > Grafton > Births, marriages, deaths, town records 1781-1865 > image 46 of 522; citing various town clerks and records divisions, Vermont.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR7-3TB : accessed 20 September 2019), Luther Spring, Grafton, Windham, Vermont, United States; citing p. 617, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 52; FHL microfilm 218,689.
7. ↑ Land records and deeds, 1781-1902; index to deeds, 1781-1952, V 4, pg 360.
8. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF7T-TQM : 19 February 2021), Sabin L. Spring, 1892.
9. ↑ records of the Grafton Historical Society
10. ↑ Find a Grave, Memorial No. 106062317