Rambles about Portsmouth. Sketches of persons, localities, and incidents of two centuries: principally from tradition and unpublished documents. By Charles W. Brewster.

THE SPARHAWK FAMILY. 185
RAMBLE CXVI.
The Sparhawk F'alrily.
IN Ramble 92 we gave the Will of the widow of George
Atkinson, in which most of the bequests were made to
members of the Sparhawk family. This leads to an investigation of the family pedigree, and gives an opportunity
for a few historical sketches.
In a bundle of manuscripts of Sir William Pepperell in
our possession, we find some incidents relating to Nathaniel Sparhawk, who married the only daughter of Sir William, and settled at Kittery Point, in the vicinity of the old
Meeting House.
It appears that the Rev. John Sparhawk, a minister of
Bristol, in Mass., who died in 1718 at the age of 45, had
two sons. One of them was the Rev. John Sparhawk of
Salem, who married Jane Porter, and died in 1755 at the
age of 43. The other son was Hon. Nathaniel Sparhawk of
Kittery, who married Elizabeth, the only daughter of Sir
William Pepperell.
The children of Rev. John S. of Salem were:
1. Priscilla, who married Judge Ropes of Salem, and
died in 1798, [leaving three sons, John, Nathaniel and
Samuel; and three daughters-Jane, who married S. C.
Ward; Priscilla, who married Jonathan Hodges; and Abigail, who married William Orne.]
2. Susannah, who married George Atkinson of Portsmouth, and died in 1796. [Her Will is given in Ramble
92.]
3. Jane, who married John Appleton.
4. Margaret, who married Isaac Winslow of Boston.
5. Katy, who married her cousin, Nathaniel Sparhawk,
Jr., of Kittery.
6. John, who married Miss King. [Their children were
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