Re: Col. John Spofford s/o Jacob & Rebecca (Smalley)
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Col. John Spofford s/o Jacob & Rebecca (Smalley)
Jean Noseworthy 12/08/01
Jean,
I am a descendent of Mercy Spofford who was apparently the older sister of your Colonel John Spofford. Most of my information has been passed on to me by a cousin who was a pretty good genealogist, but never bothered to find any other siblings for Mercy. Other than Mercy or John, did Jacob Spofford (often spelled "Spafford") and Rebecca (my cousin spelled it "Rebekah") Smalley have any other children?
Mercy's first husband was Nathanel Barber of Torrington, Connecticut, but may have married a second time on 16 JUNE 1786 in Castelton, Vermont. That makes the connection to Ethan Allen very interesting indeed.
There is much information in the unreliable public forum at the Mormon familysearch website about the pedigree beyond Jacob Spofford and Rebecca Smalley, although many sources confuse our Rebecca with an earlier Rebecca Smalley. Do you have any more reliable information about their parents? If the Mormon records have any truth to them, Jacob Spofford may have come from Rawley, Massachusetts.
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