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SPAFFORD, John
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Name SPAFFORD, John Birth 1804 Beckingham, Lincolnshire, England
Gender Male Death 1876 Newark Registration District, Nottinghamshire
Person ID I3598 Edgoose Last Modified 6 Feb 2026
Family JOHNSON, Elizabeth, b. 1808, Beckingham, Lincolnshire, England
d. 1891, Newark Registration District, Nottinghamshire
(Age 83 years) Marriage 1832 Harmston, Lincolnshire, England
Children 1. SPAFFORD, Sarah, b. 1833, Langford, Nottinghamshire, England
d. 1900, Nottingham Registration District, Nottinghamshire
(Age 67 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. SPAFFORD, Elizabeth, b. 1835, Langford, Nottinghamshire, England
d. Aft 1861 (Age > 27 years)3. SPAFFORD, Eliza, b. 1836 d. Yes, date unknown 4. SPAFFORD, Robert, b. 1838, Langford, Nottinghamshire, England
d. Aft 1901 (Age > 64 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]5. SPAFFORD, William, b. 1839, Langford, Nottinghamshire, England
d. 1907, Newark Registration District, Nottinghamshire
(Age 68 years)6. SPAFFORD, John, b. 1841, Langford, Nottinghamshire, England
d. 1865, Langford, Nottinghamshire, England
(Age 24 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]7. SPAFFORD, George, b. 1843, Langford, Nottinghamshire, England
d. 1893, Chesterfield Registration District, Derbyshire
(Age 50 years)8. SPAFFORD, Harriet, b. 1844, Langford, Nottinghamshire, England
d. 1894, Nottingham Registration District, Nottinghamshire
(Age 50 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]9. SPAFFORD, Emily, b. 1846, Langford, Nottinghamshire, England
d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F1709 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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JOHN SPAFFORD 1804-1876
John, son of William and Elizabeth SPAFFORD, was baptisd at Beckingham, Lincolnshire, on 13 November 1804.
(PR)
From the 1851 census of Langford, Nottinghamshire:
*John SPAFFORD, head, aged 46, shoeing smith, born at Beckingham, Lincolnshire;
Elizabeth SPAFFORD, wife, aged 42, born at Beckingham, Lincolnshire;
Robert SPAFFORD, son, aged 12, harness boy, born at Langford, Nottinghamshire;
William SPAFFORD, son, aged 11, harness boy, born at Langford, Nottinghamshire;
John SPAFFORD, son, aged 9, scholar, born at Langford, Nottinghamshire;
George SPAFFORD, son, aged 7, scholar, born at Langford, Nottinghamshire;
Harriet SPAFFORD, daughter, aged 6, born at Langford, Nottinghamshire;
Emily SPAFFORD, daughter, aged 4, born at Langford, Nottinghamshire.
(HO107/2136/11/14)
From the 1861 census of Langford, Nottinghamshire:
*John SPAFFORD, head, aged 54, blacksmith, born at Beckingham, Nottinghamshire [sic];
Elizabeth SPAFFORD, wife, aged 51, born at Beckingham, Nottinghamshire [sic];
William SPAFFORD, son, aged 21, born at Langford, Nottinghamshire;
Elizebeth SPAFFORD, daughter, aged 26, born at Langford, Nottinghamshire;
Emiley SPAFFORD, daughter, aged 14, born at Langford, Nottinghamshire.
(RG9/2476/14/3)
From the 1871 census of Langford, Nottinghamshire:
*John SPAFFORD, head, aged 65, shoeing smith, born at Beckingham, Lincolnshire;
Elizabeth SPAFFORD, wife, aged 62, born at Beckingham, Lincolnshire;
Emily SPAFFORD, daughter, aged 24, born at Langford, Nottinghamshire.
(RG10/3539/63/33)
The death of a John SPAFFORD aged 72 was registered in 1876.
(GRO December 1876 Newark 7b 209)
He was buried at St. Bartholomew's Church, Langford, Nottinghamshire, on 8 November 1876 aged 72.
(NBI)
NOTES & QUERIES:
The LFHS Marriage Index 1700-1837 Volume 2 has the following earlier marriages of a John SPAFFORD:
John SPAFFORD and Esther SMITH were married at Beckenham, Lincolnshire, on 19 March 1787.
John SPAFFORD of Beckingham married Sarah SIBCY at Welbourn, Lincolnshire, on 14 March 1822. Witnesses were Mary SIBCY and Mary HARRISON.
(revised 31.10.2012)

