Samuel Spruill

Samuel Spruill

Male Abt 1685 - 1760  (75 years)

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  • Name Samuel Spruill  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Birth Abt 1685  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • The family arrived from Scotland to Virginia abt. 1684. They did not move to NC until abt. 1705
    Gender Male 
    Birth 1685 
    Residence 1717  Early Tax List, Chowan County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Death 1760 
    Name Samuel William Spruill 
    Probate 1760  Tyrrell, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Death 1760  Tyrell Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5
    Person ID I994  Septs
    Last Modified 22 Jun 2024 

    Father Dr. Godfrey Spruill, GoSp01,   b. Abt 1650, Stirlingshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 15 Aug 1718, Chowan, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 68 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Johanna Chesson,   b. 1654, Born prior to immigrating to America with husband and 3 chil Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jul 1719, Tyrrell County, NC - also listed as 1718 & Chowan District Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1675 
    • Probably married in Scotland. Need to look for a record.
    Family ID F484  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Paggett,   b. Abt 1690 
    Children 
     1. Zilpha Spruill   d. DECEASED  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. James Spruill,   b. Abt 1720   d. DECEASED  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F485  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Jun 2024 

    Family 2 Elizabeth Swain,   b. Abt 1690   d. DECEASED 
    Marriage Bef 1713  Tyrell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Jeremiah Spruill   d. DECEASED  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Zilpha Spruill   d. Bef 1760  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Jemima Spruill   d. DECEASED  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Nehemiah Spruill   d. DECEASED  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Joanna Spruill   d. DECEASED  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Joseph Spruill   d. DECEASED  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +7. John Spruill,   b. Abt 1705, Tyrell Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1759, Tyrell Co., North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +8. Samuel William Spruill,   b. Abt 1710, Tyrell Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1765, Tyrell Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     9. Godfrey Spruill,   b. Bef 1718, Tyrell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1760 (Age < 42 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     10. Elizabeth Spruill,   b. Abt 1720   d. Bef 1760 (Age < 39 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     11. Mary Spruill,   b. Abt 1720   d. Bef 1760, Tyrell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 39 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F734  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Jun 2024 

  • Notes 
    • From the manuscript "Eight Centuries" Samuel Spruill was born in 1680 and married to Elizabeth Swaine in his first marriage. This Samuel Spruill has the same death date as the Samuel William Spruill in this tree. The manuscript does mention a second wife named Mary.

  • Sources 
    1. [S91] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc;).

    2. [S87] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Will Abstracts, 1760-1800, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc;).

    3. [S92] Gray, Timothy, comp., Chowan County, North Carolina Cross Index to Deeds - Grantees 1696-1878 Vol B, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc;).

    4. [S85] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;), Record of Wills, 1750-1961; Author: North Carolina. County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions (Tyrrell County); Probate Place: Tyrrell, North Carolina.

    5. [S85] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;), Wills and Estate Papers (Tyrrell County), 1663-1978; Author: North Carolina. Division of Archives and History; Probate Place: Tyrrell, North Carolina.

    6. [S66] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Tree.