Richard
Spann Family
England
Richard
Spann/Spanne
b. 18 Aug 1624 perhaps in Bromborough, Cheshire Co., England
christened: 23 Aug 1624 Bromborough,
Cheshire
Co., England
d. March 1688 St. Barnabas,
Bromborough, Cheshire Co., England
m. Dorcas
Broster 1647 Bromborough, Cheshire,
England*
b. about 1625/1626 Buerton, Audlem, Cheshire, England
d. 1686 Bromborough, Cheshire, England [Paul Spann 2020]
father:
?
mother:
his father - Edwardus "Edward" Spann(1580-1654)
his mother- Margaret Harvie/Harvey( 1603-1686)
| Children |
Katherine Spanne*
|
b. 19 Sep 1648
christened: 27 Sep 1648 Bromborough, Cheshire Co., England |
1686 Dublin, Dublin,
Ireland
|
|
| Edward Spanne* |
christened: 2 Oct 1650
Bromborough, Cheshire, England |
d. Nov 1653 Bromborough,
Cheshire, England
|
|
Josephus Spanne*
|
b. 27 Mar 1652
christened: 4 Apr 1652 Bromborough, Cheshire, England |
d. Oct 1706 Bromborough, Cheshire, England
|
m. Elizabeth Barlow (b. 1660 d. 11 Feb 1724 Bromborough,
Cheshire, Eng.
|
| Mary Spanne* |
b. 9 Mar 1654
christened: 26 Mar 1654 Bromborough, Cheshire, England |
|
|
| Elizabeth Spanne* |
b. 4 Jan 1655
christened: 19 Jan 1655 Bromborough, Cheshire, England |
d. 1686 Dublin, Dublin,
Ireland
|
|
| Benjamin Spanne* |
b. 20
Jan 1658
christened: 24 Jan 1658 Bromborough, Cheshire Co., England |
d. Nov 1718 Templemichael
County, Longford, Ireland
|
m. Catherine Smyth before
1689 |
Easter Spanne*
|
b. 31 Mar 1660
christened: 8 Apr 1660 Bromborough, Cheshire Co., England |
d. 1686 Dublin, Dublin,
Ireland
|
|
| Jonathan Spanne* |
b. 12 Mar 1662
Chester, Cheshire Co., England
christened: 4 Apr 1662 Bromborough, Cheshire Co.,
England |
d. 30 Aub 1712 On Rupert
Potsmouth Harbor, England
|
|
Richard
Spanne* |
b. 1664 Bromborough,
Cheshire, England
christened: 1666 |
|
|
*birth
and
christening
records extracted from parish records. [LDS records]
Richard Spann appears to have been a man of
means. He was able to have a private education for his sons
before sending them off to college. We know that
Benjamin was sent to Trinity College in Dublin by 1674. I
suspect that Jonathan would have had a similar education making it
possible for him to become a ships captain. It took
money and position to give the sons and any other children a good
start in life. There are undoubtedly numerous
documents that will be discovered to verify this privileged
life-style. I am still in the process of trying to sort out
the relationship that seems to be indicated by the proximity of
these records. Any assistance would be appreciated.
1666, 27 May - I'm unsure about who Thomas Spanne in the following
will be but there seems to be at least a marriage relationship
between John Cowles and Thomas Spanne, gent. This could be the
father of Richard or a brother of Benjamin. It takes
place in Chester county which could make them part of the
family.
A will of John
Cowles of Chester, innholder --- ref p20/26/4/ coy 19 Jul.
1682,
Devises lands in Holt to his sisters Alice,
wife of Thomas Pasnich, and Kathrine, wife of Joseph Powell, to
pay 53s. 4d. yearly for use of poor of Holt; prem. in
Chester to wife Margret for life and after her death to Richard
Minshull and William Wilson, with legacies to Thomas Cowles of
London, gent., kinsman Matthew Cowles of Chester, blacksmith,
and his wife, goddau. Sarah Cowles, dau of Matthew, Ann Cowles,
mother of Matthew; prem. in Stanney, Upton, Boughton to
Richard Minshull and William Wilson, with legacies to John
Browne alias Cowles, testator's reputed son, and churchwardens
of St. Werburgh, St. John, St. Peter, Holy Trinity, St.
Mary, St. Martin, St. Michael, St. Bridget, St. Olave, for use
of poor widows, and Farndon for use of poor; bequests to John
Plimley of Woodchurch and his wife, Peter Royle of London,
gent., brother Samuel Royle, children
of Thomas Spanne, gent., alderman Minshull and his
wife, Jane Hall and her grandchild William Dod, godson John
Johnson.
Exors: Margret Cowles, Richard Minshull, Thomas Spanne, Wiliam
Wilson.
Wit: Thomas Heath, Richard Johnson, Henery
Burrowes.
[Church of England, Chester St Mary Parish, Cheshire, Cheshire
and Chester Archives, UK archives network]
Although I'm still trying to confirm the statement of Joe Spann
about his brother, it probably is based in fact. Benjamin
Spann's brother was Jonathan Spann commander of the British Navy
in the Caribbean. [Joe Spann, "Ancestor of Capt John Spann",
GenForum.com - January 06, 2003]
1673 - A will is filed for Thomas
Spann in Chester county, a gentleman.
[Cheshire County archives,
http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/recordoffice/wills]
1674, May 16 - Benjamin Span(Spanne) is
listed as an alumni of Trinity College in Dublin who entered
the school at age 17. The following statment gives
his birth place as Bromborough, Cheshire and his father being
Richard Span, "a private gentleman" and
comes from the "Alumni Dublinenses" by Burtchaell and Sadleir,
Dublin 1935 in the collection of the Trinity College
Library. It is a register of graduates of Trinity
College from 1593-1862. It was provided to me by Caoimhe
Ní Ghormáin, Assistant
Librarian, Manuscripts Department, Trinity College Library, Dublin.
"Span (Spanne), Benjamin,
a Pensioner (fee-paying student), entered the college on
16 May 1674, aged 17. Prior to that he was educated by a
Mr Golburne in Cheshire, England. He was born in
Bromborough, Cheshire. He became a scholar in 1675. A
scholar was a student awarded special privileges for
high achievement in examinations. He graduated a
Bachelor of Arts in the spring of 1678 and was awarded a
Masters degree in the summer of 1681. Benjamin was the son of Richard, a private
gentleman."
[Burtchaell
and
Sadleir,
Alumni Dublinenses]
1678 - Richard Spanne
is listed as a church warden, He is (named in the Preface to PR)
[Cheshire
Parish Register Project, http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~cprdb/]
Benjamin had "the cure of a parish" in County Longford,
Ireland. [Joe Spann, "Captain John Spann (1689-1769)",
Rootsweb.com. 15 Jun 2005]
1682, March 12 - There is a memo of a gift of 10s from Richard Spanne for use of the
poor. It is in the file of the Church of England,
Bromborough Parish, Cheshire. file C.M. B. P59/1/1 c
1580-1782. parchment bound volume, entries very
irregular. [National Archives of the United Kingdom]
1688- Will is filed for Richard
Spann of Bromborough, Cheshire co., a yeoman or
land owner.
[Cheshire County archives,
http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/recordoffice/wills]
1712 - It is possible that Jonathan Spann, son of Richard, is
the person who died and left a will.
It is
listed as "Will of Jonathan Spann, Captain of Her Majesty's Ship
Rupert" in the Records of the Perogative Court of Canterbury, Quire
number 137-178, [National Archive of UK].
1717- John Spanne
is listed as a church warden;
[Cheshire
Parish Register Project, http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~cprdb/]
1728- Will is filed for Elizabeth
Spann, widow, of Bromborough, Cheshire Co., UK.
[Cheshire County archives,
http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/recordoffice/wills]
1729, Dec 20 - PROBATE COPY of the Will of John Spann of Brumbrough,
gent.
Jemima
Spann his wife sole
executrix. Will proved 20 Dec. 1729.
[National Archive of the UK.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/].
Sources:
Burtchaell and Sadleir, Alumni Dublinenses,
Dublin 1935
Caoimhe Ní Ghormáin
, Assistant Librarian, Manuscripts Department, Trinity College
Library, Dublin.
Cheshire and Chester Archives, UK archives
network - http://www.a2a.org.uk
LDS records, birth and christening records for Cheshire Co.,
England,
National Archive of the UK.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline
Spann, Joe - records as given in
emails on Genforum, various dates. 1999-2005 -
jspann@pclc.lib.fl.us
http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.spann/560/mb.ashx
Spann, Paul records "Spann Family Tree". ancestry.com 2020, and
correspondence 2020
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