Jonathan SPARROW

Father: Richard SPARROW
Mother: Pandora //

Family 1: Sarah LEWIS

(1) U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 via Ancestry.com. 
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Notes

Updated December 2, 2022. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) Bowman, George Ernest, "Capt. Johnathan Sparrow's Wives and Their Children", The Mayflower Descendant; Vol. XIV, No.4, October, 1912. Pages 193-202.

"Captain Jonathan-2 SPARROW (Richard-1) of Eastham was married three times. His first wife was Rebecca-2 BANGS (Edward-1); his second wife was Hannah (PRENCE) MAYO, the widow of Nathaniel-2 MAYO (John-1) of Eastham; and his third wife was Sarah (LEWIS) COBB, the widow of James-2 COBB (Henry-1) of Barnstable. There were no children by the third wife; but there were eight children by the wives of Rebecca and Hannah; and the second wife, Hannah (PRENCE) (MAYO) SPARROW was a daughter of Gov. Thomas PRENCE by his first wife, Patience-2 BREWSTER (William-1)..."

"For convenient reference, Capt. Jonathan SPARROW's children and their mothers are here given:"

"Children of Capt. Jonathan and Rebecca"

"Rebecca SPARROW, born 30 Oct., 1655..."
"John SPARROW, born 2 Nov., 1656..."
"Priscilla SPARROW, born 13 Feb., 1658..."
"Lydia SPARROW, born after 19 Nov., 1660..."
"Elizabeth SPARROW, born after 19 Nov., 1660, but before 1670"
"Jonathan SPARROW, born 9 July, 1665..."

"Child of Capt. Jonathan"

"Richard SPARROW, born 17 Mch., 1669/70, died in infancy (Probably by Hannah,, but the evidence is not conclusive.)"

"Children of Capt. Jonathan and Hannah"

"Patience SPARROW, born before 25 Oct., 1675..."
"Richard SPARROW, born about 1675"

(2) Genealogical Notes of Barnstable [Mass.] Families Volume I, Amos Otis, 1888. Cobb chapter (pages 166-179).

(3) Bodge, George Madison, "Soldiers in King Philip's War"; Boston: 1891. Page 136.

"Plymouth Regiment... 2d Company -- Captain Jonathan SPARROW, of Eastham

(4) Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records via Ancestry.com; Barnstable

- "Capt. Jonathan SPARROW Esq. + Mrs. Sarah COB married 23 Nov. 1698"

(5) U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 via Ancestry.com

- Name: Jonathan SPARROW
- Gender: Male
- Birth Place: EN
- Birth Year: 1631
- Spouse Name: Sarah LEWIS
- Spouse Birth Place: MA
- Spouse Birth Year: 1644
- Marriage Year: 1697

(6) Find a Grave

- Name: Capt Jonathan SPARROW
- Birth: 26 Sep 1633
- Death: 21 Mar 1706
- Burial: Cove Burying Ground; Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
- Memorial ID: 6023847
- Marker: "Here lyes buried ye body of Capt Jonathan SPARROW aged 73 years. Died March ye 21st, 1706"
- Marker (modern): "Here lies the dust of RICHARD SPARROW and his wife PANDORA, who came from Kent County England about 1633 and settled in Plymouth. About 1650 they came to Eastham and settled near this place where he died January 8, 1660. Here aslo rests JONATHAN SPARROW, only child of Richard, together with his first two wives, REBECCA BANGS + HANNAH PRINCE, he settled in the part of Eastham now East Orleans, where, after filling many offices of honor and trust in both church and state, he died March 21, 1706, aged 73 years. In memory of these early settlers of our country, we their descendants, have erected this tablet in this centennial year of our American independence, A.D. 1876"