FTM CD #229 marriage index shows the 3rd marriage you had as SPALDING, Richard m. ADAMS, Mary (Mrs) 15 Feb 1827, Washington Co., KY. also 2nd wife has 45 years between marriages?? Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "C Greenwell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 9:53 AM Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY] Richard Spalding - Father of Archbishop Spalding Hi List, This should be a great discussion. I have Richard Spalding's 1st wife as Henrietta Hamilton, married 28 Jul 1801 in Washington County, KY. Bond for marriage to Henrietta (1st wife) signed 7-25-1801 with John Gordon Smith as surety. Wedding by Father Michael J. C. Fournier. On this bond, she is named as a Hamilton. I have Richard Spalding's 2nd wife as Henrietta Abell, dau of Samuel Abell, Sr. and Susanna, who married Thomas Thompson in 1772 then Richard on 20 Jan 1817. Their marriage bond was signed 1-12-1817 with Francis Simms as surety. Her Abell index Ref. # 5-15-32. His 3rd wife was Mary Charlton, married 15 Feb 1827 in Washington County, KY. Both he and Mary show up in the 1850 census of Marion County, KY. Sources: 1. The Abell Index Author: William Russell Abell, John Wathen Abell and Victor A. Abell Publication: West Lafayette, Indiana, 1994 Note: The Genealogical Index of the Abell Families of Maryland and Kentucky and Their Descendants. 2. Book Title: Thomas Mattingly II.FTW 3. Roy Abell's web site http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=t1049&id=I00346 Randy On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 10:06 AM, David Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm doing a bio of Archbishop Spalding for the Spring 2010 "Generator." > The Archbishop was son of wife #1 - that's no problem - Henrietta Hamilton > from Charles County. > I found one Abell site that lists Richard's 2nd wife was Henrietta Abell > { 1st step-mother of the future Archbishop} > Find-A-Grave, however, says she was a Thompson - has picture of her grave > at Holy Name of Mary cemetery. > The lady who posted those graves gave a citation to the marriage of > Richard Spalding & Henny Thompson. > I asked Linda Reno. > She also had her as a Thompson. > Before I go to print - was wife #2 a Miss Henrietta Abell ? a Miss > Henrietta Thompson ? or a widowed Mrs. Thompson, who had been an Abell ? > I want to get this correct. > Thanks ! > > The Archbishop is the first in a new series of famous people w/ Southern > Maryland roots - I'm gonna do ballplayer Don Mattingly. Linda has mention > Roy Rogers in the past. > Now, HOLD YOU HAT !! > PARIS HILTON !!!!! > Via Conrad's wife #1 {Paris's ancestor} - roots to Kentucky & from > Kentucky to guess where ? Charles & St. Mary's. > But that's in the future. > > Right now, I gotta find out who Richard Spalding's 2nd wife was. > > David > > David Roberts > Editor "Generator" SMCGS > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message