Son of Capt Robert Spurr and Jemima Foster.
Married Miriam, daughter of Elkanah and Meredith (Wyatt) Lyon on September 13, 1753. Miriam was born in Stoughton, MA on April 4, 1731 and died in Otisfield, ME on November 6, 1811.
They moved with their children to Maine in 1776 and settled in Otisfield on September 3, 1779. They lived on Lot 16, a little south of Spurr's Corner. Joseph Spurr is buried in the yard with a stone inscribed as Spyrr.
Children born in Dorchester:
Mary, Jan 17, 1754-Feb 11, 1829, married David Thurston
Robert, May 23, 1755-Feb 23 1774, died when a loaded sled ran over him
Jemima, Jan 25, 1757-July 1, 1803, married David Mayberry
Joseph, Jan 6, 1759-Dec 5, 1825
Enoch, Jan 28, 1761-May 2, 1843
Sarah, Nov 25, 1763-June 10, 1849, unmarried
William, Mar 8, 1765-July 10, 1837
Samuel, Jan 26, 1767-Oct 26, 1845, unmarried
Lydia, Mar 25, 1770-Sept 4, 1855, married Thadeus Turner
Robert, July 15, 1774-May 18, 1805, killed when a landing of logs rolled over him at Crooked River in Otisfield
Joseph was a gunners assistant in the Revolutionary War.
Information from A history of Otisfield, Cumberland County, Maine from the original grant to the close of the year 1944
Married Miriam, daughter of Elkanah and Meredith (Wyatt) Lyon on September 13, 1753. Miriam was born in Stoughton, MA on April 4, 1731 and died in Otisfield, ME on November 6, 1811.
They moved with their children to Maine in 1776 and settled in Otisfield on September 3, 1779. They lived on Lot 16, a little south of Spurr's Corner. Joseph Spurr is buried in the yard with a stone inscribed as Spyrr.
Children born in Dorchester:
Mary, Jan 17, 1754-Feb 11, 1829, married David Thurston
Robert, May 23, 1755-Feb 23 1774, died when a loaded sled ran over him
Jemima, Jan 25, 1757-July 1, 1803, married David Mayberry
Joseph, Jan 6, 1759-Dec 5, 1825
Enoch, Jan 28, 1761-May 2, 1843
Sarah, Nov 25, 1763-June 10, 1849, unmarried
William, Mar 8, 1765-July 10, 1837
Samuel, Jan 26, 1767-Oct 26, 1845, unmarried
Lydia, Mar 25, 1770-Sept 4, 1855, married Thadeus Turner
Robert, July 15, 1774-May 18, 1805, killed when a landing of logs rolled over him at Crooked River in Otisfield
Joseph was a gunners assistant in the Revolutionary War.
Information from A history of Otisfield, Cumberland County, Maine from the original grant to the close of the year 1944
Son of Capt Robert Spurr and Jemima Foster.
Married Miriam, daughter of Elkanah and Meredith (Wyatt) Lyon on September 13, 1753. Miriam was born in Stoughton, MA on April 4, 1731 and died in Otisfield, ME on November 6, 1811.
They moved with their children to Maine in 1776 and settled in Otisfield on September 3, 1779. They lived on Lot 16, a little south of Spurr's Corner. Joseph Spurr is buried in the yard with a stone inscribed as Spyrr.
Children born in Dorchester:
Mary, Jan 17, 1754-Feb 11, 1829, married David Thurston
Robert, May 23, 1755-Feb 23 1774, died when a loaded sled ran over him
Jemima, Jan 25, 1757-July 1, 1803, married David Mayberry
Joseph, Jan 6, 1759-Dec 5, 1825
Enoch, Jan 28, 1761-May 2, 1843
Sarah, Nov 25, 1763-June 10, 1849, unmarried
William, Mar 8, 1765-July 10, 1837
Samuel, Jan 26, 1767-Oct 26, 1845, unmarried
Lydia, Mar 25, 1770-Sept 4, 1855, married Thadeus Turner
Robert, July 15, 1774-May 18, 1805, killed when a landing of logs rolled over him at Crooked River in Otisfield
Joseph was a gunners assistant in the Revolutionary War.
Information from A history of Otisfield, Cumberland County, Maine from the original grant to the close of the year 1944
Married Miriam, daughter of Elkanah and Meredith (Wyatt) Lyon on September 13, 1753. Miriam was born in Stoughton, MA on April 4, 1731 and died in Otisfield, ME on November 6, 1811.
They moved with their children to Maine in 1776 and settled in Otisfield on September 3, 1779. They lived on Lot 16, a little south of Spurr's Corner. Joseph Spurr is buried in the yard with a stone inscribed as Spyrr.
Children born in Dorchester:
Mary, Jan 17, 1754-Feb 11, 1829, married David Thurston
Robert, May 23, 1755-Feb 23 1774, died when a loaded sled ran over him
Jemima, Jan 25, 1757-July 1, 1803, married David Mayberry
Joseph, Jan 6, 1759-Dec 5, 1825
Enoch, Jan 28, 1761-May 2, 1843
Sarah, Nov 25, 1763-June 10, 1849, unmarried
William, Mar 8, 1765-July 10, 1837
Samuel, Jan 26, 1767-Oct 26, 1845, unmarried
Lydia, Mar 25, 1770-Sept 4, 1855, married Thadeus Turner
Robert, July 15, 1774-May 18, 1805, killed when a landing of logs rolled over him at Crooked River in Otisfield
Joseph was a gunners assistant in the Revolutionary War.
Information from A history of Otisfield, Cumberland County, Maine from the original grant to the close of the year 1944
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