SPAFFORD, William Swain

1859 - 1929  (69 years)   Has 6 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

SPAFFORD, William

1822 - 1899  (77 years)

Birth	1822	Beckingham, Lincolnshire, England
Died	23 May 1899	Lincoln Registration District, Lincolnshire
Buried	26 May 1899	Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
Father	SPAFFORD, Thomas,   b. 1801, Beckingham, Lincolnshire, England
Mother	ANDERTON, Mary,   b. 1799, Beckingham, Lincolnshire, England
Married	13 Sep 1821	Beckingham, Lincolnshire, England
Family 1	SWAIN, Ann,   b. 1821, Marston, Lincolnshire, England
Married	1847	Newark Registration District, Nottinghamshire
Children	1. SPAFFORD, Arthur,   b. 1848, Marston, Lincolnshire, England   2. SPAFFORD, Alfred,   b. 1850, Marston, Lincolnshire, England   3. SPAFFORD, Selina,   b. 1853, Marston, Lincolnshire, England   4. SPAFFORD, Emily,   b. 1855, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England   5. SPAFFORD, Horace,   b. 1857, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England   6. SPAFFORD, William Swain,   b. 1 Mar 1859, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
Family 2	WHYLEY, Ann,   b. 1838, Marston, Lincolnshire, England
Married	1860	Lincoln Registration District, Lincolnshire
Children	1. SPAFFORD, Frederick Walter,   b. 1862, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England   2. SPAFFORD, Mary A. (Polly),   b. Between 1865 and 1866, Bracebridge, Lincolnshire   3. SPAFFORD, Bernard,   b. 1875, Bracebridge, Lincolnshire

SWAIN, Ann

1821 - 1859  (38 years)

Birth	1821	Marston, Lincolnshire, England
Died	1 Mar 1859	Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
Buried	6 Mar 1859	Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
Father	SWAIN, William
Mother	[SWAIN], Frances
Family	SPAFFORD, William,   b. 1822, Beckingham, Lincolnshire, England
Married	1847	Newark Registration District, Nottinghamshire
Children	1. SPAFFORD, Arthur,   b. 1848, Marston, Lincolnshire, England   2. SPAFFORD, Alfred,   b. 1850, Marston, Lincolnshire, England   3. SPAFFORD, Selina,   b. 1853, Marston, Lincolnshire, England   4. SPAFFORD, Emily,   b. 1855, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England   5. SPAFFORD, Horace,   b. 1857, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England   6. SPAFFORD, William Swain,   b. 1 Mar 1859, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England

PRESTON, Mary Otis

1857 - 1933  (75 years)

Birth	20 Jul 1857	Granby, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Died	29 Apr 1933	South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Family	SPAFFORD, William Swain,   b. 1 Mar 1859, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
Married	1890	USA

• Name	SPAFFORD, William Swain
  Birth	1 Mar 1859	Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Feb 1929	USA
  Person ID	I3524	Edgoose
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	SPAFFORD, William,   b. 1822, Beckingham, Lincolnshire, England d. 23 May 1899, Lincoln Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	SWAIN, Ann,   b. 1821, Marston, Lincolnshire, England d. 1 Mar 1859, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England (Age 38 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1847	Newark Registration District, Nottinghamshire
  Family ID	F603	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	PRESTON, Mary Otis,   b. 20 Jul 1857, Granby, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA d. 29 Apr 1933, South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	1890	USA
  Family ID	F1691	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

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• Notes

  WILLIAM SWAIN SPAFFORD 1859-1929 The birth of William Swain SPAFFORD was registered in 1859. (GRO March Q 1859 Lincoln 7a 460) "Mary Otis Preston was born in Granby, Massachusetts, on July 20, 1857. Her parents were Calvin Preston, a farmer, and Sarah Montague Moody Preston. After attending local and district schools, she entered Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in 1876 annd graduated in 1879. She then worked as "boy's attendant" at the Clarke Institute for Deaf Mutes in Northampton, Massachusetts for two years. In the summer of 1882 Spafford went to Wellington, South Africa to work at Huguenot Seminary, the first institution for the higher education of women in that country. She taught Latin, physics, and a number of other subjects, managed the school's financial accounts, and served as acting principal for a short time. She returned to the United States in 1889 and in 1890 married William Swain Spafford, whom she had met when he was stationed in South Africa with the South Irish Artillery. They had four children. She died in South Hadley, Massachusetts on April 29, 1933 at the age of seventy-five." (http://www.mtholyoke.edu/lits/library/arch/col/msrg/mancol/ms0717r.ht m) (e-mail from Mary Bloemker - mdbloemker@gmail.com)