Listing of Martha Spence Relatives From
Martha Spence Heywood Journal*
Spence, Martha: . b.“I believe I was their fourth child.” Inadequately nursed by Gregg who was pregnant at the time; “instead of gaining I was some less than when I was born. This was my start in life.”
Death: 5 February 1873, Washington, Washington, Utah.
* This listing of Matha Spence relatives was taken from a copy of the "Journal of Martha Spence Heywood" as recorded by Mary Heywood Lewis Riggs, a copy of which is in my possession. Mary states that "THESE 13 PAGES OF MARTHA'S JOURNAL HAVE BEEN COPIED FROM ELLA KVIST'S TYPEWRITTEN TRANSCRIPT. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN CHECKED WITH THE ORIGINAL. ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES IS A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL." At this time, I am not able to find the original or a copy of the original. The names may need further confirmation and clarification. Names are listed in alphabetical order. Insertions by the contributor are in brackets ([ ]). Exact quotes are in quotation marks. RNH 15 Jan 2015
Contribors' abbreviations:
b. = birth
c. = child
d. = death
f. = father
m. = mother
s. = spouse
Names of Family Members in alphabetical order.
[Extraction by Richard N. Heywood, Jan 2002]
Bradshaw, “Aunt” See Spence, Anna
Bradshaw, Elizabeth: b. Before 1822.
f. Mr. Bradshaw.
Buckton,
Arthur: f. Mr. Buckton. m.
Sophia Spence. Mother died at an
early age. Raised by Mrs. Gaskin, Mr.
Buckton’s sister. (Mr. Gaskin was a
goldsmith.) See notes for Sophia Spence
(Mrs. Buckton).
Buckton, Female: s. Mr.
Gaskin. Mr. Buckton’s sister. Raised Sophia and Arthur Buckton, children of
Sophia Spence and Mr. Buckton.
Buckton, Mr.: s. Sophia Spence. c.
Sophia and Arthur.
Goldsmith. Left Dublin for London leaving
children with his sister, Mrs. Gaskin. [See entries for Sophia Spence and for
Elizabeth Spence.]
Buckton, Sophia: f.
Mr. Buckton. m. Sophia Spence. Mother died when children were young. Raised by Mrs. Gaskin, Mr. Buckton’s sister.
Buckton, Sophia:
f. Mr.
Buckton. m. Sophia Spence. Mother died at an early age. Raised by Mrs. Gaskin, Mr. Buckton’s
sister. (Mr. Gaskin was a
goldsmith.) See notes for Sophia Spence
(Mrs. Buckton).
Cook, Mary Jane: s.
Robert Spence , “We considered her good looking, a good singer, played a
little on the piano, but decidedly unsociable as she visited. . . .”
Crookes, (Ellen?) (Hester) or “Hessy”: f.
Christopher Crookes. m. Ellen
Yeates.
Crookes, Christopher: f. Christopher Crookes. m.
Ellen Yeates. Same business as
his father.
Crookes, Christopher: s. Ellen Yeates. c. (Ellen?)
(Hester) or “Hessy”; Christopher, (same trade as father). A Printer and Bookseller in Dublin for > 40 y, 85 Capel St .
Farrell, Hannah: s.
Robert Spence, Cousin of Neal Spence.
“She was a relative and was in years when married, lived with brother of
the same name whose homestead was in Killina Co Wicklow. “
Farrell, Mr.: Brother of Hannah Farrell Spence, Wife of
Robert Spence, cousin of Neal Spence (Calc 1786).
Gaskin, Mr.:
s. Buckton. A goldsmith; A sister of Mr. Buckton who was the father of Sophia and
Arthur. Mrs. Gaskin reared Sophia and
Arthur Buckton.
Molony: Aunt of Neal Spence. Of Lusk.
Cared for Mary Spence just before she died in 1830.
Sargent: “There was another branch of the family of
the name of Sargent, [probably] on my grandmother’s side.” “. . .they mostly resided in Dublin.”
Spence Children: f. Neal.
m. Tassie. Four sons died in
infancy buried “in the burial ground
called Drum Condra a few miles north of the city. Two were named Godfrey and two were named
Neal, the first named after my father’s father & the last after my
father.” Two were apparently born and
died between the births of Martha and Anna Maria [names are not specified.]. One infant was believed to have been born
between Hannah and Andrew. One was the
firstborn named Godfrey.
Spence, Andrew: b. 19 Jan 1819 . f.
Neal Spence. m. Maria Yeates. Possibly one of the infants was born before
Andrew. Apprenticed to his brother,
Robert, in the ivory turning business.
Named after his mother’s grandfather Yeates.
Spence, Anna Maria: b.
August 1815. f. Neal Spence (Calc 1786). m.
Maria Yeates. Named after Neal
Spence’s “Aunt Bradshaw”. “Also named
after my Mother.” [Two infants died between Anna Maria and
Martha.] 18 months older than Hannah. Apprenticed
to a millinery and dressmaking establishment of the name of ‘Major’.
Spence, Anna: s. Mr.
Bradshaw. c. Elizabeth . “Aunt Bradshaw (her maiden name being Spence,
being one of his [Neal’s (Abt 1786)] father’s [Godfrey’s (Abt 1760)] sisters
who had a comfortable situation at the Layingin Hospital of the city of
Dublin.” [Anna Maria Spence, f. Neal
Spence, m. Maria Yeates, was named after this great aunt and after her mother.].
Spence, Elizabeth: f.
Neal Spence (Calc 1786). m. Maria Yeates.
Named after Neal Spence’s Aunt Bradshaw’s (Anna Spence’s) daughter.
Spence, Elizabeth: b. f. Godfrey.
m. Susannah Tassie. s. Mr.
Buckton. See Sophia Spence. [“Elizabeth ”
may be the correct name for the daughter called Sophia on the family group
sheet for Godfrey Spence. Conflicting entries: “… he (Neal Spence) met my mother at his
sister’s house, Sophia, married to a man named Buckton” (p2) vs. “one of (Maria
Yeates’) intimate acquaintances was the above named Elizabeth or Mrs.
Buckton, where she met my father who was in the Army.” (p4). There is no “above named Elizabeth ”.
The name Elizabeth
on p4 appears above a name which was
scratched out and appears compatible with “Sophia”. The name Elizabeth will be added as a child of
Godfrey, and the Sophia will be left in place pending further investigation.]
Spence, Elizabeth: b 27 Sep 1822 .
f. Neal Spence. m. Maria Yeates. Youngest.
Named after a daughter of Aunt Bradshaw (Anna Spence).
Spence, Elizabeth: f.
Robert Spence. m. Mary Jane Cook. “. . . a very beautiful child favoring its
mother in this respect.”
Spence, Ellen Hester (or
Esther). b. July 1820. f.
Neal Spence. m. Maria
Yeates. An “infant in arms” when Martha
started school. Named after Aunt Crookes
(Ellen Spence) and a child of hers who was called “Hessy”.
Spence, Godfrey [1]: f.
Neal Spence. m. Maria Yeates;
Died in infancy. (Another child
named Godfrey also died in infancy.)
Buried at Drum Condra, a few miles north of Dublin .
Spence, Godfrey [2]: f. Neal Spence. m.
Maria Yeates; Died in
infancy. (Another child named Godfrey
also died in infancy.) Buried at Drum
Condra, a few miles north of Dublin .
Spence, Godfrey: s.
Tassie. c. Neal (Calc 1786); c Mary Anne; Sophia; Elizabeth [See entry for
Elizabeth Spence and Sophia Spence]; William; John; Resident of Bolton Street. Grocer.
2nd Marriage a widow [name is not given].
Spence, Hannah: b. January
1817 f. Neal Spence. f.
Maria Yeates. “The next sister
was named after grandmother Yeates, Hannah, born January 1871, . . .” Died from an injury sequel [apparently of
renal failure].
Spence, John: f. Godfrey Spence. m. Tassie.
Resided in the North of Ireland .
Spence, Martha: . b. 8 Mar 1812 , Dublin .
f. Neal Spence. m. Maria Yeates. “I believe I was their fourth child.” Inadequately nursed by Gregg who was pregnant
at the time; “instead of gaining I was some less than when I was born. This was my start in life.”
Spence, Mary Anne: b.
d. at age 30 or over. f. Godfrey Spence. m. Tassie.
Never married.
Spence, Mary: b. Second child. f. Neal Spence.
m. Maria Yeates. d. 1830 in the
town of Lusk ,
11 miles north of the city of Dublin . “Idiotic” due to an illness. She was “palsied“ and “subject to Epileptic fits
her mind became idiotic but of a mild harmless kind” due to an illness; the
doctor “bled my sister in the neck” “She
had numbered 23 years in idiocy and died as if going to sleep.” She had been under the care of an Aunt of
Neal Spence, whose husband’s name was Molony.
Spence, Neal [1] f. Neal Spence [Abt 1786]. m. Maria Yeates. d. Infancy.
(Another child also named Neal
died in infancy.) Buried at Drum Condra,
a few miles north of Dublin .
Spence, Neal [2]: f. Neal Spence [Abt 1786]. m. Maria Yeates. d. Infancy.
(Another child also named Neal
died in infancy.) Buried at Drum Condra,
a few miles north of Dublin .
Spence, Neal: b. Calc 1786; Dublin .
f. Godfrey Spence. m. Tassie.
s. Maria Yeates, age 27 [difficult to read the first digit]. m. Sep
1806. “They married Sep [=/-] 1806 and
the house on the corner of Nassau
[?] and Fredrich street
trinity college and its grounds forming one side of Nassau Street which gave a splendid view
of the park grounds from the upper room of the house.” Progenitors “were Scotch”. Oldest of 5.
Mother died in children’s “infancy”.
Apprenticed to stonecutter named McCarthy. Ran away at early age: “Sea Service.” He was later “pressed into . .
. service” ultimately serving in the army.
Mercantile business. Home on the
corner of Nassau
and Frederick street ;
took possession 1 Nov 1806 . Rented from John Lloyd of Lloyd and Carrol
Apothecary and Druggist, 29 Nassau
Street . His
father “married a widow who had children by her first husband and treated the
first wifes children so bad that their relatives had to look after them, more
particularly on the death of my grandfather.”
Spence, Robert: b. 25 Feb 1811 . f.
Neal Spence. m. Maria Yeates. s.
Mary Jane c. Elizabeth who was 6 weeks old when Robert
emigrated. Robert was nursed by a woman
name Gregg, “an uncultivated mind & vulgar habits.” Robert emigrated to America and
later his wife emigrated. Worked in
father’s store with his sister, Martha.
Later, ivory turning business.
His brother, Andrew Spence, his apprentice.
Spence, Robert: s.
Hannah Farrell who was “a relation.”
Cousin of Neal Spence [Calc 1786] and presumably the grandson of
Godfrey. Stone and marble cutting
business on Kingston Street
in the north part of the city.
Spence, Sophia: f.
Godfrey Spence. m. Tassie. s.
Buckton. c. Sophia and Arthur. d.
early age. Father left children. [“Elizabeth ”
may be the correct name for the daughter called Sophia on the family group
sheet for Godfrey Spence. Conflicting entries: “… he (Neal Spence) met my mother at his
sister’s house, Sophia, married to a man named Buckton” (p2) vs. “one of (Maria
Yeates’) intimate acquaintances was the above named Elizabeth or Mrs. Buckton,
where she met my father who was in the Army.” (p4). There is no “above named Elizabeth ”.
The name Elizabeth
on p4 appears above a name which was
scratched out and appears compatible with “Sophia”. The name name Elizabeth will be added as a child of
Godfrey, and Sophia will be left in place as part of the familyh pending
further information.]
Spence, Sophia: f. Godfrey.
m. Susannah. s. Mr. Buckton.
c. Sophia and Arthur.
Spence, William: f. Godrey Spence. m. Tassie.
Resided in England ,
“the place I don’t exactly remember.”
Tassie, :
Martha Spence’s paternal grandmother’s maiden name. “Large circle of relatives.” The main branch of the family lived “on their
estate in the County
Wicklow
Tassie, Hugh: Martha Spence relative; relationship not
specified. Silk merchant, resided for
years in Glasgow , Scotland
Tassie, John [1]: Martha Spence’ relative; relationship not
specified. Resided in Dublin .
Department of public works, same department as William Tassie.
Tassie, John [2]: “My father’s cousin.” [Presumably the same as Tassie, John: Martha Spence’ relative. Entered in PAF separately.]
Tassie, Susannah: [Given name is not given in this journal.]
Tassie, William: Martha Spence relative; relationship not
specified. Resided in Dublin .
Department of public works, same department as John [1]
Yeates, Andrew: s. Hannah is given as the maternal
grandmother of Martha Spence which would make her the husband of Andrew, but
this conflicts with information on family group sheet from the Ancestral File
and also it differs from a handwritten family group sheet in my possession
which give his wife’s name as Mary Holmes. c. “My mother was one of six
children . . . Samuel, the oldest. . . There were four sons, Samuel, William,
Kendrick and Joshua. Two daughters,
Ellen, and Maria.” [The Ancestral File names the following children: John, Samuel, Elinor, William, Richard, Anne,
Kendrick, Thomas, Joshua, and Maria.]
Freehold property, “Whitetown about 20 miles north of Dublin .”
. He died suddenly of apoplexy
when Maria Yeates was 12 years old.
Yeates, Ellen: f. AndrewYeates. m
Christopher Crookes. Resided in Dublin .
Yeates, George: f. Samuel Yeates,“a“celebrated optician and
Mathematical Instrument Maker, resided for many years, 81 Dame Street, opposite
Lower Castle Yard; later at corner of Nassau and Grafton Street” who was
succeeded by his son, George.
Yeates, Goerge: f. Andrew Yeates. m.
Tassie.
Yeates, Hannah: Martha’s maternal grandmother “The next sister was named after grandmother
Yeates, Hannah, born January 1817 . . .”
Yeates, Joshua: f.
Andrew Yeates. m. Tassie. Youngest son.
Yeates, Kendrick: f. Andrew Yeates. m. Tassie.
Third of four sons. Manufacture
of ornamental brass. Brass foundry. Stafford
Street .
Also an optician and instrument manufacturer. Married.
Yeates, Maria: b. Calc 1779.
f. Andrew Yeates. m. Tassie. s.
Neal Spence (Calc 1786). Maria
married at 27yo [difficult to read the first digit]. Father, Andrew. Lived on “homestead for years with her mother.” School and business in Dublin .
Lived with Kendrick. Conflict:
“He met my mother at his sister’s house, Sophia, married to a man named
Buckton, . . .” [p.2] vs. My mother . .
. lived five years . . . and one of her intimate acquaintances was the above
named Elizabeth or Mrs. Buckton, where she met my father.” [Perhaps Sophia and Elizabeth were
sisters-in-law and living together.]
Four infant sons of “my parents were buried in the burial ground called
Drum Condra, a few miles north of the city.”
Eight “children lived for many years together.”
Yeates, Mary: b. August (?),1809. f. Neal Spence. m.
Maria Yeates.
Yeates, Samuel: f.
Andrew. m. [Hannah? Vs Mary
Holmes]. c. George. “A celebrated optician and Mathematical
Instrument Maker, resided for many years, 81 Dame Street , opposite Lower Castle
Yard; later at corner of Nassau
and Grafton Street . Succeeded by son George. “. . . would have inherited the freehold
estate. . . but he nobly waved his right. . .”
Yeates, William: f. Andrew. “Got
possession of the old homestead by allowing some rights to the youngest son,
Joshua.”
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