1William Richard Cutter, Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, Vol. 1, p. 384 (1908).
"(II) John Spalding, son of Edward Spalding (I), was born about 1633 and died October 3, 1721 Married, May 18, 1658, Hannah Hale, of Concord. She died August 14, 1689. He came to Chelmsford with his father in 1654; was admitted a freeman March 11, 1689-90. He had many land grants in Chelmsford from time to time. John Spalding was a soldier under Captain Manning in King Philip's war. Children: 1. John, born February 15, 1659. 2. Eunice, born July 27, 1660. 3. edward, born September 16, 1663. 4. Hannah, born April 28, 1666. 5. Samuel, born March 6, 1668. 6. Deborah, born November 12, 1670. 7. Joseph, born October 22, 1673, mentioned below. 8. Timothy, born about 1676.".
1Samuel. J. Spaulding, Spaulding Memorial: A Genealogical History of Edward Spalding of MA Bay and His Descendants (1872), Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son.
URL = http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hardybc11&id=I3141 Eleazer's death is listed all over the internet as 14 Nov 1712, 3 days before his marriage on 17 Nov 1712. Yet his last child is shown to be David Spaulding, b. 23 Dec 1728 in Plainfield,Ct. Therefore his death date is wrong.
1Seymour Morris, Richard Seymour of Hartford and Norwalk, Conn., and Some of His Descendants, NEHGR Vol. 72, pp. 211-212 (Jul 1918).
"3. JOHN2 SEYMOUR (Richard1), of Hartford, Conn., born probably at Hartford, died there between 10 Dec. 1712 and 3 Aug. 1713. He married MARY2 WATSON, who was living 10 Dec. 1712, daughter of John1 and Margaret (Smith) of Hartford.
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Children, born at Hartford:
8. i. JOHN,3 b. 12 June 1666.
9. ii. THOMAS, b. 12 Mar. 1668/9.
iii. MARY, b. in Nov. (bapt. 20 Nov.) 1670; m. 25 Apr. 1700 JOHN NORTH.
iv. ZACHARY, bapt. 22 Dec. 1672; d. young.
v. MARGARET, b. 17 Jan. 1674/5; d. 9 Sept. 1751; m. (1) 20 Mar. 1706/7 TIMOTHY3 ROOT, b. abt. 1681, d. at Cape Breton in 1713, s. of Stephen2 (John1) and Sarah (Wadsworth); m. (2) 2 Jan. 1718/19 JOHN REW of Farmington, Conn. Children by first husband: 1. Jonathan, b. 20 Dec. 1707; m. (1) Ruth -------; m. (2) Esther Wadsworth; m. (3) 30 June 1784 Susanna Day. 2. Stephen, b. 18 Mar. 1711/12; m. 19 Jan. 1740/1 Sarah Hart. 3. Timothy, b. in 1713; m. 6 Dec. 1739 Mary Hart.
vi. RICHARD, b. 11 Feb. 1676/7; d. at Canaan, Conn., between 1747 and 1753; m. at Hartford, 30 Oct. 1707, MARY3 WILSON, bapt. 25 Mar. 1688, living a widow at Canaan in 1753, dau. of Dea. John2 (Robert1) and Lydia (Cole). He was one of the original proprietors of Canaan, whither he removed about 1740, and was made lieutenant of the military company of that town, 25 Sept. 1740. His widow may have been the widow Seymour who was buried in the Center Church Burying Ground at Hartford, 31 Jan. 1766, being interred at the expense of Thomas Seymour, Esq.* No record of any children has been found.
vii. JONATHAN, b. 10 Jan. 1678/9; d. young.
viii. NATHANIEL, b. 6 Nov. 1680; d. young.
10. ix. ZACHARIAH, b. 10 Jan. 1684/5.".