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Families covered: Spearman of Bishop Middleham, Spearman of Durham, Spearman of Old Acres, Spearman of Preston, Spearman of Thornley

                               
Commoners reports that the following Robert was "a younger son of the Spearmans, of Dunnington, in Salop" which had been "seated there since the Conquest, and said to be descended from the old Lords of Aspramont"", which senior line was extinct. Commoners reports that Robert "came into the north with the troops that suppressed the great Northern Rebellion, called The Pilgrimage of Grace, and was at the battle of Solway Moss, in 1642."
Robert Spearman of Preston (b c1519, d c1600)
m1. (sp) Agnes Robinson (dau of Thomas Robinson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne)
m2. _ Whitfield (dau of _ Whitfield of Whitfield, m2. _ Bates)
1. Robert Spearman of Preston & Tynemouth (d 1615)
  m. Alice Browne (dau of John Browne, Lt. Governor of Tynemouth Castle)
  A. Michael Spearman of Preston (b c1597, bur 13.12.1679) 
  The following comes from 'A History of Northumberland' (vol 8, H.H.E. Craster, 1907, 'Spearman of Preston', p346+)
  m1. Margaret Fenwick (bur 19.06.1649, dau of John Fenwick of Morpeth, widow of _ Mills of Monkseaton)
  i. Edward Spearman of Preston (bpt 06.04.1629, bur 26.12.1690)
  m. (04.05.1663) Anne Perkins (bur 25.07.1695, dau of James Perkins)
  a. John Spearman of Preston (bpt 09.01.1682/3, bur 02.09.1702, 7th son)
  b. Philip Spearman of Preston then Birtkey, co. Durham (bpt 31.03.1685, bur 04.1718)
  m. (26.08.1703) Jane Burfield (d c1746, dau of James Burfield of Walls-end)
  (1) George Spearman of Preston (b 10.06.1710, bur 04.11.1753, 4th son)
  m1. Eleanor Anderson (dau of Edward Anderson of Newcastle)
  (A) Edward Spearman of Preston (d 02.1762)
  (B)+ other issue (a 1753, dsp) - John, Matthew, George
  m2. Elizabeth Bell of Eachwick (dau of Edward Bell of Eachwick, sister/heir of Edward of Eachwick)
  (E) Ralph Spearman of Eachwick (b 11.09.1749, d unm 13.07.1823)
  (F) Mary Spearman (b 05.1751, d 1827)
  (2) Anne Spearman (d 22.05.1778)
  m. James Walker of Newcastle
  (3)+ other issue - Edward (bpt 09.10.1704, bur 20.11.1705), James (dsp), John (dsp), James (dsp 1745, cleric)
  c. Margaret Spearman (bpt 26.02.1677/8)
  m. (28.11.1695) Thomas Fenwick
  d.+ other issue - Michael (bpt 22.12.1663), Robert (bpt 29.01.1666/7, bur 16.03.1674/5), Edward (bpt 08.07.1669, bur 19.03.1686/7), Delaval (bpt 11.03.1672/3, d 19.05.1692, RN), John (bpt 02.05.1676, bur 30.05.1677), Edward (bpt 03.02.1679/80), Thomas (bpt 07.09.1686, bur 1*.11.1687), George (bpt 24.01.1687/8, bur 02.07.1714), Anne (bpt 08.05.1665), Margaret/Mary (bpt 24.01.1670/1, bur 06.06.1673), Elizabeth (bpt 22.09.1674, bur 07.0.1675), Anne (bpt 03.05.1681), Dorothy (bpt 22.02.1683/4, bur 17.02.1694/5)
  ii. Elizabeth Spearman (bpt 21.08.1631)
  m. John (Hall?)
  iii. Grace Spearman (bpt 26.04.1634)
  m. Ralph (Billington>) of Birtley
  iv.+ other issue - Robert (bpt 13.11.1636), Ralph (bpt 12.08.1638), Michael (bpt 03.11.1642), John (bpt 16.05.1644, d infant?), John of Newcastle (bpt 28.01.1646/7, dsp 1686)
  m2. (14.12.1649) Alice Horner (bur 18.03.1665/6, dau of Thomas Horner of Glasshouses, widow of _ Morton (Moreton))
  B. Thomas Spearman (b c1598, d 05.12.1631)
  m. (16.11.1620) Margaret Atkinson (dau/coheir of John Atkinson of Cleadon)
  i. Robert Spearman of Preston (bpt 07.10.1621, d 27.01.1657-8)
  m. (1644) Dorothy Pattison (a 10.1663, dau/coheir of John Pattison of Boldon & Hedworth, m2. Captain James Cordie)
  a. John Spearman of Durham, later of Thornley (bpt 16.01.1645, d 21.09.1709)
  m. (03.11.1663) Elizabeth Whitfield (dau/coheir of Richard Whitfield, alderman of Durham)
  (1) John Spearman (bpt 28.03.1672, d 03.1724-5, 4th son)
  m. (10.07.1394) Anne Bromley (dau/coheir of Robert Bromley of Nesbett)
  (A)+ issue (dsp) - John of Hetton-le-Hole (d 1746), 4 daughters
  (2) Gilbert Spearman of Durham & Thornley, later of Bishop Middleham (bpt 17.08.1675, bur 14.05.1738, 6th son)
  m1. (1697) Mary Bromley (b c1674, d 23.01.1700, dau/coheir of Robert Bromley of Nesbett)
  (A) Robert Spearman of Thornley (d 1747, 4th son)
  m. (c1721) Anne Stone of York
  (i) Charles Spearman of Thornley (b c1728, d 21.10.1763)
  m1. Jane Irvine (dau of Robert Irvine of Woodhall)
  (a) Robert Irvine Spearman of Thornley (d unm 08.10.1775)
(b) Charles Spearman of Thornley
  m. (21.06.1790) Sarah Brooke (d 12.08.1808, dau/coheir of Samuel Brooke of Birchington)
  ((1)) Henry John Spearman of Thornley, Sheriff of co. Durham (b 07.12.1794, d unm 01.10.1863, recorder of Durham)
  ((2)) Lawrence Alexander Spearman (b 10.10.1804, d 13.09.1837) had issue
  m. (1834) Caroline d'Hauteville (dd 26.03.1856, au of Col. Louis d'Hauteville)
  ((3)) Sarah Spearman
  m. John Armstrong of London (d 1829, physician)
  ((4)) Mary Anne Spearman
  m. (10.02.1826) Walter Scrutton of Durham
  ((5)) Caroline Spearman (d 22.03.1836)
  m. (1831) Sir James Horne Brunett, 10th Bart of Leys
  ((6))+ other issue - Charles (b 14.11.1791, dsp Waterloo 1815), Brooke (b 02.08.1797, dsp 1819)
  (c) Jane Spearman (dsp)
  m2. Margaret Young (sister of William Young, Governor of Grenada & Tobago)
  (d) Alexander Young Spearman (d 1809, major)
  m. Agnes Morton (dau of James Morton of Glasgow by Agnes, dau of John Alston of Lanarkshire)
  The following comes from BP1934 (Spearman).
  ((1)) Sir Alexander Young Spearman, 1st Bart (b 13.09.1793, d 20.11.1874) had issue
  m. (29.12.1826) Jane Campbell (d 19.06.1877, dau of Duncan Campbell of Inveraw)
  ((2)) James Morton Spearman (b 04.03.1797, Captain, 3rd son)
  m. (27.10.1829) Harriet Frampton (dau of Algernon Frampton)
  ((3))+ other issue - John Robert (b 08.06.1795, d 13.03.1811), Charles Ralph (b 03.03.1799, d 30.1.1800), Robert Charles (b 09.01.1801, d 06.01.1807), Ralph William (b 09.04.1803, d 24.04.1845), George Wasey (b 18.02.1808, d 23.02.1824), Agnes Alston (d 1863), Margaret Young (d 08.08.1863)
  (ii) Mary Spearman
m. James Rowe of Hartford (Cheshire), Mayor of York
  (iii) Margaret Spearman
  m. Charles Herries of Oporto
  (iv)+ other issue - Gilbert (bpt 10.11.1722, bur 03.01.1723), John (bpt/bur 23.02.1724), Isabella
  (B)+ other issue (dvp) - John (bur 06.09.1699), Gilbert (bur 25.04.1701), John (bur 13.10.1702)
  m2. (01.09.1701) Margaret Pearson (dau/heir of Robert Pearson of Bishop Middleham by Mary, sister (sb daughter?) of Charles Cullen, 1st Viscount)
  (E) George Spearman of Bishop Middleham, co. Durham (bpt 23.04.1714, d 04.1760, youngest son)
  m. Anne Sneyd (dau of Ralph Sneyd of Bishton)
  (i) Elizabeth Honoria Spearman
  m. William John Spearman Wasey (Lt. Colonel, cousin)
  i(i) Anna Susannah Spearman (dsps)
  m. Richard (not Wilkin) Vyse (General)
  (F) Margaret Spearman (bpt 10.02.1705)
  m. William Wasey of Soho
  (G)+ other issue - Charles (b 1705-6, d 20.06.1725), Theophilus (bur 23.03.1708-9), Francis (bpt 22.09.1702, bur 13.10.1702), Mary
  (3) Elizabeth Spearman (bpt 30.04.1667)
  m. (04.07.1687) Michael Mickleton of Crook Hall
  (4) Dorothy Spearman (bpt 29.06.1670)
  m. John Cuthbert (serjeant, recorder of Newcastle-upon-Tyne)
  (5)+ other issue - George (bpt 01.02.1664-5, bur 04.02.1664-5), Michael (bur 14.12.1686), Francis (bpt 26.01.1669, bur 22.09.1678), Robert (b 07.07.1673, d infant)
  b. Robert Spearman of Durham, later of Old Acres (bpt 23.04.1657, d 18.10.1728, 4th son)
m. (11.12.1701) Hannah Webster (dau of William Webster of Stockton-on-Tees)
  (1) Robert Spearman of Old Acres (bpt 04.03.1702-3, d 10.1761)
  m1. Mary Lewen
  m2. Anne Sharpe (b 1704-5, d 18.03.1748, dau of Robert Sharpe of Hawthorne)
  (A) Dorothy Spearman
  m. John Ralph Fenwick of Durham
  (B) Mary Ann Spearman (d unm 09.05.1777)
(C) Hannah Elizabeth Spearman (d 27.04.1831)
  m. (1782) Thomas Wilkinson of Cloxhoe (d 11.1825)
  (D) Charlotte Spearman
  m. (1781) Thomas Swinburne of Pontop
  (E) Margaret Spearman
  m. Calverley Bewicke of Close House (MP)
  (2) John Spearman 'of Segfield' (dsp)
  m. Mary Vane (dau of Lionel Vane of Long Newton)
  (3) William Spearman (bpt 18.04.1707, d 17.12.1775)
  m. Hannah Milburne of Durham (b 1714-5, d 07.08.1761)
  (A) Robert Wemyss Spearman (b 1748-9, d 05.03.1793)
  m. (1774) Mary Featherstonhaugh (dau of William Featherstonhaugh of Newcastle-upon-Tyne)
  (i) Mary Spearman
  m. Caesar Monreau
  (ii)+ other issue - William (b 1775, Colonel), Dorothy (d unm)
  (B)+ other issue (d unm) - Hannah, Mary, Dorothy
  (4) Esther Spearman (bpt 19.04.1653)
  m. John Milburne of Chirton
  (5) Alice Spearman
  a.+ other issue - Thomas (bpt/bur 1647), Robert (bpt 18.03.1650, bur 30.07.1654)
  ii.+ other issue - Thomas (b c1623, d 1631), Elizabeth (bpt 30.10.1630)
  C. Agnes Spearman
  m. Thomas Ottway of Preston
  D. Jane Spearman (bpt 12.12.1600)
  m. _ Middleton of North Shields (physician)
  E. Isabel Spearman (bpt 02.12.1607)
  m. John Butler of Chirton

Main source(s): Commoners (vol 2, 'Spearman of Thornley', p452+), BLG1886 ('Spearman of Thornley and Eachwick') with input as reported above
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