See also
| Husband: | John SPEARPOINT (1644-1694) | |
| Wife: | Elizabeth BROWN ( - ) | |
| Children: | Mary SPEARPOINT (1674- ) | |
| John SPEARPOINT (1681- ) | ||
| Marriage | 4 Nov 1673 | Preston, Kent |
| Name: | John SPEARPOINT | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Ingram SPEARPOINT ( - ) | |
| Mother: | Ann (?) ( - ) | |
| Birth | 4 Dec 1644 | Womenswold, Kent |
| Death | 19 Nov 1694 (age 49) | Preston, Kent |
| Name: | Elizabeth BROWN | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Name: | Mary SPEARPOINT | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 11 Oct 1674 | |
| Name: | John SPEARPOINT | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 17 Apr 1681 | |
1. The date of his death as 1694 is taken from Jenny Johnson's RootWeb page (where the information on his marriage and children is also taken from).
2. There is a probate account made after his death which is dated 26th October 1691. It just has to be the same guy because his widow and executrix is named Elizabeth and he has two children Mary and John. My transcription of this account is as follows :
Probate account of John Spearpoint of Preston, Kent. 26th October 1691
The Accompt of Elizabeth Sparepointe Relict and Administratrix of the goods ch(att)ells and Credits of John Sparepointe late of the parish of Preston next Ibingham in the County of Kent and Archdeaconry of Canterbury decea(se)d intestate made and declared upon her Administration in the same goods chattells and credits as followeth viz:
The Charge
Inprimis this Accomptant chargeth herselfe withall and singular the goods chattells and credits of the said John Sparepointe deceased mentioned in an Inventory thereof made and exhibited into this court amounting to the sum of £37 6s 2d
Out of which sume the Accomptant hath paid the particular sumes following in discharge of the said decea(se)ds just debts and otherwise and prayeth an allowance of them viz :
The Discharge
Inprimis paid for the funeral of the said decea(se)d all manner of ways 20s
Item paid for ringing the knell and for digging the grave 4s
Item paid for a coffin to inter the said decea(se)d in 8s
Item paid severall finall (?) debts that was due and owing att the said
deceaseds death 3s 6d
Item paid for the ____ of Administration taken of the said dece(ase)ds
goods Reg(iste)ring (?) and Ingrossing (?) the Inventory and
all other charges incident thereupon 11s 10d
Item paid to Mr Spatt of Ibingham for Phisicke administered to the
said decea(se)d 5s 6d
Item this Accomptant prayeth to be allowed for her journey to take the
Administration and to paye the Accompt the sume of 6s 6d
Item for the drawing and passing (?) of this Accompt with the _____
___ under the seale of office Reg(iste)ring (?) and Ingrossing (?)
the Inventory and all other charges incident thereupon 26s 2d
Sume of the Discharge £4 5s 6d
Sume remaining in the hands of this Accomptant for distribution
the sume of £33 8d
From here on there are some remaining paragraphs in Latin, including the date of '26 dei Octobris 169i'. Finally the balance seems to be split three ways between Marie Sparepoint - filie £11 3d, Johanni Sparepoint - filio £11 3d, and a third person or item of £11 2d. This third item I can't make head or tale of except that it doesn't really seem to include a person's name, and the word 'residue' appears in the middle somewhere.
Notes:
i. Words I really can't understand simply have a blank _______
ii. Words which I am not very sure of have a question mark (?)
iii. Several words have a squiggle over the top indicating an abbreviation. My guess as to the missing bit is in brackets eg. ch(att)ells.
iv. Note that the word 'sume' always has a squiggle over it. Can't see why.