TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Preface .....
In Memoriam ........
Introduction: — Early History, 15; Thomas Spoftorth
Abbot of St. Mary's, York, and Bishop of Hereford
19 ; John Spofforth, Vicar of Silkeston, 24; Spofforth
Town and Castle, 26 ; John the Immigrant, 29 ; John
2d, 34; Samuel, 34; John, 3d, 34; Spelling of the
Name, 36 ; Localities, 36.
Family Register
Supplementary Records
English Pedigree
Sketch of Reginald Spofforth
Personal Recollections
Spofford Family Association
Index to Family Names
Index to Connected Families
ILLUSTRATIONS,
Dr. Jeremiah Spofpord
Coat-of-Arms .
SiLKESTON Church
Spofforth Church
Ruins of Spofforth Castle
Henry Harrison Spafford
Richard S. Spofford, M. D.
Sewall Spofford .
Paul Spofford
Dan Spafford
AiNSWORTH R. Spofford
Hon. Richard S. Spoffort
Artemas Austin Spofford
Amos Catlin Spafford
'Edwin Spafard
Charles A. Spofford .
Susan Dow Rundell
Nathan Henry Spafford
Henry VV. Spafford
"The skill of a master's hand is needed to portray upon a
canvas, which may be viewed with advantage by a distant
beholder, some object made familiar only by close contact.
With this in mind, the present writer essays, with somewhat
of embarrassment, the task of furnishing a memorial of her
father, fearing that fireside studies may have but inade-
quately prepared her for the broader delineation of character
which shall truthfully represent it to persons unacquainted
with the subject of the sketch, and withal serve as a not
unfitting tribute to his memory whom she thus seeks to
honor.
"It was during the war of the American Revolution that the
mother of Dr. Spotibrd was led as a bride from the house of
her father. Col. Daniel Spofford, in Georgetown, Mass., a spot
recently made familiar as the gathering-place of the widely
scattered representatives of the family bearing the name of
Spofford.
"It is easy to imagine the surroundings of this newly wedded
pair, — the meagre furnishings of the home; the sanded floors ;
the busy wheel and reel and shuttle, which primitive domestic
thrift must have soon set in motion ; the glowing hearth-stone,
around which young feet fast gathered, till seven children had
been received into the rapidly widening family circle, and
three of them been called to fairer worlds, before the wintry
day, Dec. 8, 1787, which first gave light to him who is the
subject of this sketch."