SPARROW, Richard

Abt 1605 - 1661  (~ 56 years)

• Name	SPARROW, Richard
  Birth	Abt 1605
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1640	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
  	42 Summer Street Notes from the Sparrow House Website The Richard Sparrow Family Richard Sparrow, his wife Pandora, and son Jonathan, left their home in England, and arrived in New Plimoth by 1633. As a freeman, Richard was granted a house tract of six acres in 1636, which required him to construct a house within four years. The original two-story house contained one room on each level and utilized cross summer beam construction. With its large rooms, leaded glass windows and paneled walls, it was a grand home on the banks of what is now known as Town Brook. By Seventeenth Century standards, Richard's family was small, which dictated the demanding work of colonial life be completed by only three family members. In 1639, Mary Moorecock was apprenticed to Richard and Pandora for nine years in exchange for food, lodging, clothes and a ewe lamb. The lamb was to be kept by Mary's stepfather, who was to "keep one third of the increase for labor". Richard Sparrow was a surveyor by trade. He was actively involved in the Colony and appointed to "View of the Meadows" in 1640. During the same year and the following one, he served as Constable for the Colony. Between 1640 and 1653 he was named Surveyor of Highways seven times, and sat on over twenty-eight juries. By 1642 Sparrow's land base grew, adding seven or more tracts to his original six acre house lot. In 1644 Richard and Pandora adopted Elizabeth Hopkins, increasing the family size to five members. The Sparrow family remained in this house until 1653 when it was sold to George Bonum. The family soon after moved to Eastham. While in Eastham, Richard remained active in the colonial government, serving as Eastham's representative to Plymouth, as well as deputy to the General Court. In 1657, Sparrow sold his remaining land holdings in Plymouth to Gyles Rickard. Upon Richard Sparrow's death on January 8, 1660, he was buried in Eastham and his estate was divided among his wife, son and three surviving grandchildren. http://www.sparrowhouse.com/SparrowHistory.htm
  		SPARROW, Richard House Oldest House in Plymouth, MA in 1640
  		SPARROW, Richard House Built 1640
  Death	8 Jan 1660/61	Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States   [1]
  Burial	Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
  	Transcript of Monument erected in 1876 for the Centennial of the USA. HERE RESTS 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 ALSO 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 DESCENDENTS HAVE ERECTED THIS TABLET IN THIS CENTENNIAL YEAR OF OUR AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE A D 1876 http://www.capecodgravestones.com/easthampixweb/spar60cove.html
  		SPARROW, Richard - Gravestone Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA 1875 Headstone for 100 Year of USA
  Person ID	I8363	Schuler
  Last Modified	8 May 2018

  
  

  Family	SPARROW, Pandora ()   bur. Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
  Children	1. SPARROW, Capt. Jonathon,   b. Abt 1633   d. 21 Mar 1706/07, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States (Age ~ 74 years)
  Family ID	F3099	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2009

  
  

• Event Map		Residence - 42 Summer Street Notes from the Sparrow House Website The Richard Sparrow Family Richard Sparrow, his wife Pandora, and son Jonathan, left their home in England, and arrived in New Plimoth by 1633. As a freeman, Richard was granted a house tract of six acres in 1636, which required him to construct a house within four years. The original two-story house contained one room on each level and utilized cross summer beam construction. With its large rooms, leaded glass windows and paneled walls, it was a grand home on the banks of what is now known as Town Brook. By Seventeenth Century standards, Richard's family was small, which dictated the demanding work of colonial life be completed by only three family members. In 1639, Mary Moorecock was apprenticed to Richard and Pandora for nine years in exchange for food, lodging, clothes and a ewe lamb. The lamb was to be kept by Mary's stepfather, who was to "keep one third of the increase for labor". Richard Sparrow was a surveyor by trade. He was actively involved in the Colony and appointed to "View of the Meadows" in 1640. During the same year and the following one, he served as Constable for the Colony. Between 1640 and 1653 he was named Surveyor of Highways seven times, and sat on over twenty-eight juries. By 1642 Sparrow's land base grew, adding seven or more tracts to his original six acre house lot. In 1644 Richard and Pandora adopted Elizabeth Hopkins, increasing the family size to five members. The Sparrow family remained in this house until 1653 when it was sold to George Bonum. The family soon after moved to Eastham. While in Eastham, Richard remained active in the colonial government, serving as Eastham's representative to Plymouth, as well as deputy to the General Court. In 1657, Sparrow sold his remaining land holdings in Plymouth to Gyles Rickard. Upon Richard Sparrow's death on January 8, 1660, he was buried in Eastham and his estate was divided among his wife, son and three surviving grandchildren. http://www.sparrowhouse.com/SparrowHistory.htm - 1640 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Death - 8 Jan 1660/61 - Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States Burial - - Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S00119] Anderson, Robert Charles, Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1630-1633, Vol I-III, The, (New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2011), Richard Sparrow.