Thomas SPARROW, Jr.

- 1675

• Name	Thomas SPARROW  [1]
  Suffix	Jr.
  Gender	Male
  Note	20 Sep 1690	Baltimore Co., MD   [2]
  	Information on Thomas Sparrow the settler comes from AA Co. land records. It appears he died about 1660. the key is a deed of Mary Frances, sole executor of the LWT of THomas Frances. dated 20 Sept 1690. "In consideration that Thomas Sparrow had transported himself, Elizabeth his wife and his children and John Dennis, his servant into this province in 1649, Thomas Sparrow, son and heir of the 1st named Thomas Sparrow was given a patent dated 7 Sept 1659 for a parcel named "Sparrows Rest" surveyed for his father on the west side of Road RIver..containing 590 acres.... By patent dated 28 May 1675, Thomas Sparrow received a parcel called "Sparrow's Addition"...containing 100 acres.... Thos. Sparrow sold to Thomas Francis, AA Co. Gent. a parcel of the land called "Sparrows Rest" and part of "Sparrows Addition" containing 146 acres... Thomas Sparrow, so and heir of Thomas Sparrow died and left his son THomas hais heir.....The rent rolls in 1707 show 590 acres of "Sparrows Rest" surveyed 22 Sept 1652 for Tho. Sparrow on west side of Road RIver in possession of Tho. Sparrow. In 1707 rent rolls, "Sparrow's Addition" listed as surveyed 2 Feb 1673 for Thomas Sparrow on Road River, Possessor was Tho. Sparrow, the son. Thomas Sparrow owned the tract "New Conton" that is in what became Baltimore Co., consisting of 600 acres surveyed 20 Nov. 1652 for Thomas Sparrow on the north side of Patapsco River., in 1707 this land was possessed by John Rous for Sollomon Sparrow. There was an adjacent 45 acres surveyed 24 July 1672 for Solomon Sparrow on the north side of Patapsco River, on west side of a cove on the west south most line of Thomas Sparrow. He was married to Elizabeth.
  Will	1 Jan 1674	Anne Arundel Co., MD   [2]
  	Thomas Sparrow signed a will, naming his wife Elizabeth, son Thomas, sister Elizabeth Champe, daughter Elizabeth, brother Solomon. The will was witnessed by Nathaniel Heathcote and Richard Tydeings.
  Probate	5 Jun 1675	Anne Arundel Co., MD   [2]
  Death	1675	Anne Arundel Co., MD   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I7166	MM
  Last Modified	29 Dec 2009

  
  

  Father	Thomas SPARROW   d. Abt 1660
  Mother	Elizabeth MARCH
  Family ID	F2161	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth KINSEY,   b. Abt 1650   d. 1 Feb 1715/16 (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	Y  [1, 2]
  Children	1. Thomas SPARROW   d. 1719, Anne Arundel Co., MD   2. Solomon SPARROW   d. 1718   3. Elizabeth SPARROW
  Family ID	F2145	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Will - 1 Jan 1674 - Anne Arundel Co., MD Death - 1675 - Anne Arundel Co., MD Probate - 5 Jun 1675 - Anne Arundel Co., MD Note - 20 Sep 1690 - Baltimore Co., MD  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S86] Mackenzie, George Nordbury, Colonial Families of the US, (Grafton Press, New York, 1907), 86. [S158] Anne Arundel & Baltimore Co., 158. [S649] Thomas, Lawrence Buckley, The Thomas Book, (Henry T. Thomas Co., New York City, 1896), 649.