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Margaret Eliza JAMES 1764 – 1840 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1764?

Birth Location: Maryland, USA?

Death Date: 1840?

Death Location: Maryland, USA?

Father: Daniel JAMES

Mother: Lucy WOOD

Spouse(s): Leonard SPARKS

Children(s): Zerah SPARKS

The story of Margaret Eliza JAMES began in 1764 in Maryland, USA?. Margaret Eliza JAMES married Leonard SPARKS, and had children including Zerah Thomas "Didd" SPARKS. Margaret Eliza JAMES passed away in 1840 in Maryland, USA?.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaret Eliza JAMES began in 1764 in Maryland, USA?.
  • Margaret Eliza JAMES married Leonard SPARKS, and had children including Zerah Thomas "Didd" SPARKS.
  • Margaret Eliza JAMES passed away in 1840 in Maryland, USA?.

Immediate Family

Parents

Daniel JAMES
1734 – 1792
Birth Location: Maryland, USA?
DJ
Lucy WOOD
1733 – 1827
Birth Location: Maryland, USA?
LW

Spouses(s)

Leonard SPARKS
1760 – 1840
Birth Location: Maryland, USA?
LS

Children(s)

Zerah SPARKS
1784 – 1867
Birth Location: Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA
ZS

Margaret JAMES's Ancestors

Self
Margaret JAMES
1764 – 1840
Birth Place: Maryland, USA?
Parents
Daniel JAMES
1734 – 1792
Maryland, USA?
Lucy WOOD
1733 – 1827
Maryland, USA?
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret JAMES's Descendants

1.
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Margaret (Eliza) JAMES (1764? – 1840?) m. Leonard SPARKS (1760? – 1840?)
  1. 1. Zerah (Thomas "Didd") SPARKS (1784 – 1867) m. Mary (Jane) THOMAS (1790? – 1834?)
    1. 1. John (Thomas) SPARKS (1825/6? – 1871?) m. Mary (Ann) GOODWYN (1826? – 1892?)
      1. 1. Francis (Marion "Frank") SPARKS (Nov 1841/7/8? – 1914) m. Prudence (Rebecca) JOHNSON (19 May 1868 – 24 Mar 1944)
        1. 1. Bessie (Bell) SPARKS (9 Jul 1897 – 15 Nov 1968) m. Reuben (Theodore\Theodore Reuben "Ted") HEPNER (16 Jul 1882 – 20 Mar 1951)

Margaret JAMES's Timeline

2 Records

1764
1764?
Birth of Margaret Eliza JAMES in Maryland, USA?
Maryland, USA?
1840
1840?
Age 76
Death of Margaret Eliza JAMES in Maryland, USA?
Maryland, USA?

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1764?
    Event Place: Maryland, USA?

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1840?
    Event Place: Maryland, USA?
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