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SOURE - SPARKS QUARTERLY - Beginning p. 5174 - whole chapter -includes: Biography sketch, Military, Will,Deeds & Land Grants,Archived Family genealogy, By Russell E. Bidlack: Excerpts - Para. 4:"Benjamin Sparks served the American cause during the Revolution in atleast two capacities. Between 1778 and 1783, he served as a "Rangeron the Frontier" from Westmoreland County. (See the PennsylvaniaArchives, 3rd Series, Vol. 23, p. 224) He was a member of a militiaunit whcich had as its main purpose to defend the western settlementsagainst the Indians. In a "return of the class drafted and ordered torandivous" from Westmoreland County on September 6, 1782, BenjaminSparks was listed as a member of Capt. Thomas Moore's Company.(Pennsylvania Archives, 6th Series, Vol. 2, p. 346) His name alsoappears on a list of men who signed the following statement: "wewhose names are underwritten acknowledge to have rec'd the severalsums annexed to our names respectively in state certificates forservies rendered in the militia of Westmoreland County 1782 andbefore." the amount entered following Benjamin Sparks's name was 3pounds and 10 shillings. (Pennsylvania Archives, 6th Series, Vol. 2,p. 347)"

Benjamin married Rachael Pearce in 1776 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Rachael (daughter of Andrew Pearce and Massa) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1). Source: Referenced: The Sparks Quarterly Magazine; Dec. 1971,No. 76
A copy is in the Sparks Family Records.
Joyce Lorraine Clore Elkins kept excellent records, and the compiler(daughter) is initially only working off of a hand written outline tojust data base the lineage of the family to start with, and later moreinformation on the family will be added.
A copy of the family lineage is in the Sparks Family records.
2). Source: A packet of information on the Joshua Elkins Sr.'sbranch of the family in relationship to the Sparks Family and ourWilliam H. Elkins family line from Everett C. Elkins of Tennessee, 03FEB 1995, to Joyce Lorraine Clore Elkins of Indiana per postal mail.
If you wish more information on this family line please contact thecompiler at: sljuhl1234@yahoo.com or sljuhl1234@msn.com [22 Jul2006, SLJuhl, compiler and Joyce's daughter]

SOURCE - SPARKS QUARTERLY: Titled - LIFE AND FAMILY OF DANIEL SPARKS(1763-ca.1820), continued: #163, Sep. 1993, p. 4152 - Excerpts:Para. 2, "In fact, when a Samuel Ketchum died in 1778 in southwesternPennsylvania, an area then claimed by Virginia and organized asYohogania County in 1776, Daniel Spark's father, Richard Sparks, Sr.,had been one of four men ordered to take an inventory of Ketchum'sestate. The Yohogania County Court's minute book for 1776 to 1780survives, and at a meeting of this court on August 24, 1778, it was"Ordered that Andrew Pearce, Rich'd Johnston, James Wall, and Rich'dSparks, or any three of them being first Sworn, do appraise the Estateof Samuel Ketchum, dec'd. and make return to next Court." Theadministration of Samuel Ketchum's estate was granted to his widow,Elizabeth Ketchum, and to his brother, William Ketchum. See pp.248-49 of Records of the District of West Augusta, Ohio County, andYohogania County, Virginia, published by Ohio State University, 1970.William Ketchum was still living near Richard Sparks in AlleghanyCounty, Pennsylvania, when the 1790 census was taken."

*Richard married Johannah Applegate between 1745 and 1750 in Middlesex County, New Jersey. Johannah (daughter of Benjamin Applegate, Sr. and Elizabeth Parent) was born between 1730 and 1750 in Middlesex County, New Jersey; died in Alleghey County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: Richard Sparks
Gender: male
Birth Place: NJ
Birth Year: 1725
Marriage State: of NJ
Number Pages: 1
Source Citation: Source number: 2862.005; Source type: Family groupsheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code:Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.,2004; www.Ancestry.com

Andrew + Massa. and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
Name: Benjamin Applegate
Birth Date: 1700
Birthplace: New Jersey
Volume: 04
Page Number: 356
Reference: Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( Thegreatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area andfor the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): Apr 9,1913, 2773 Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. AmericanGenealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT,USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999; www.Ancestry.com

Benjamin married Elizabeth Parent on 18 Jul 1729 in Middlesex County, New Jersey. Elizabeth was born in 1700 in New Jersey; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
Name: Elizabeth Parent
Birth Date: 1700
Birthplace: New Jersey
Volume: 130
Page Number: 228
Reference: Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( Thegreatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area andfor the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 9 Apr1913, 2773 Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. AmericanGenealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT,USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999; www.Ancestry.com.