Surname Saturday - Spalding

My husband's maternal Grandparents were both Spaldings.  Mark Thomas "Marky Tunk" Spalding and Cora Lou Spalding were second cousins (possibly half second cousins).   Both were a great grandchild of Richard Augustine Spalding, but they may have had different great grandmothers.
  
A short summary of Mark Spalding's direct line of ancestry as I have it is:

"Joe Tunk" Spalding

"Joe Tunk" Spalding  Born March 14, 1858, died January 6, 1945 at age 86.  He lived in Calvary, Marion County, Kentucky his entire life.  On November 7, 1879, he was married to Harriett Elizabeth "Bettie" Thomas.  Betty was the daughter of Mark Thomas and Eliza Abell.  She died giving birth to their ninth child on November 26, 1896, son Leroy also died.  Mark was 10 years old.  Joe Tunk and Betty Spalding are buried in the Holy Name of Mary Cemetery in Calvary.  Joe Tunk's father was...


William Thomas "Bill Tunk" Spalding  Born October 18, 1818 in Calvary, Kentucky, he died at age 62 on March 6, 1881.  He was first married to Amanda Jarboe in 1839, then by 1850 he married Louisa Abell.  Louisa was the mother of "Joe Tunk", her parents were Joseph Abell II and Martha Mills.  William was the son of Richard A. Spalding and Henrietta Thompson.


Cora Lou Spalding's direct line of ancestors:

John Hudson "Hutt" Spalding

John Hudson "Hutt" Spalding  Born April 24, 1852, in Calvary, he died February 24, 1915 at age 62.  He was married to Mary Susan Isabelle "Belle" Luckett, date unknown.  She was the daughter of Lewis Austin Luckett and Mary Jane Abell.   "Hutt" Spalding was the son of...


John Austin Spalding  Born May 27, 1826, died May 26, 1913, his lifetime of 86 years spent in Marion County, Kentucky.  He married Ann Melvina Simms on his birthday in 1851.  Ann was the daughter of John Simms II and Mary Elizabeth Wathen.  John Austin was the son of Richard A. Spalding and it is not clear who his mother was.



Richard Augustine Spalding  Born April 16, 1777 in St. Mary's County, Maryland, died September 7, 1850 and is buried in Old Holy Name of Mary Cemetery in Calvary.  Richard had three wives, Henrietta Hamilton, Henrietta Thompson and Mary Charlton Adams, and he fathered at least 16 children.  Henrietta Thompson was the mother of William Thomas "Tunk" Spalding and may also have been John Austin's mother.  Richard was the son of... 


Benedict Joseph Spalding II  Born December 1746 in what was known as Maryland, British America at that time.  He died August 1, 1815 in Kentucky at 68 years old.  In 1770, he was married to Alethaire Abell, daughter of Samuel Abell III and Eleanor O'Bryan. Benedict's father was...


Benedict Joseph Spalding  Born 1720, died in 1768 at only 48 years old.  He lived in Maryland his whole life.  In 1746 he was married to Elizabeth Mattingly, daughter of Thomas Mattingly and Ruth Cole who were also my husband's fourth great grandparents on his father's side.  Benedict Joseph Spalding was the son of...


William Spalding  Born about 1678 in Maryland, died January 9, 1741 at age 63, also in Maryland.  He was married about 1705 to Ann Jenkins.   Her parents were Thomas Jenkins and Ann Spalding.  William's father was...


Thomas Spalding  Born about 1640 in Wisset, Suffolk, England.  He died 1713 at age 73.  Thomas arrived in the Providence of Maryland at age 17 in 1657 as an indentured servant of John and Ann Shircliffe.   He later patented 3 tracts of land - Spalding's Addition, St Giles and William's Hermitage.  He was married to Catherine Hall about 1673.