The spofford Surname
spofford Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from Spofforth in North Yorkshire,
recorded in Domesday Book as Spoford and perhaps so named from
Old English splott ‘spot’, ‘plot’ of land + ford ‘ford’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Books on the Spofford Family |
 BernardG166
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| SPOFFORD, JOHN MARRIED ELIZABET H EARLY 1600''S |
JOYCE14
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| Spofford / Hollingsworth |
sheilajustice13
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| John Laiton/Hannah Spofford | Darlene Maxwell | 0 |
| Anne Spofford |
kburby1
| 2 |
| SPOFFORD George, m. Hannah Morrison 1859 | LaRain Hudson | 1 |
| Amos Spofford |
hodgestoo
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| Sophronia Spofford | Susan Hodges | 2 |
| looking for my half sister. Jacqueline jean Spofford | BETTY mclaughlin | 0 |
| Moses Spofford | Susan (Spofford) Hodges | 1 |
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