Second Generation

2. THOMAS SPRAKE, baptized 6 JAN 1828 in Netherbury, Dorset, occupation Hurdle Maker.  He married ELIZA.
    Children:
    4. i JOHN SPRAKE.
      ii MARY SPRAKE, baptized 10 FEB 1855 in Netherbury, Dorset.
      iii GEORGE SPRAKE, baptized 4 JUL 1858 in Whitecross, Netherbury, Dorset.
      iv MARTHA SPRAKE, baptized 13 MAY 1860 in Whitecross, Netherbury, Dorset.
      v HARRIET SPRAKE, baptized 12 OCT 1862 in Whitecross, Netherbury, Dorset.
    5. vi SAMUEL GEORGE SPRAKE.

3. GEORGE SPRAKE, baptized 25 OCT 1829 in Netherbury, Dorset, occupation Tailor.  He married MARY ANN JEAN unknown, b. 1830 in Worcerster, Worcester, occupation Tailoress.
    Children:
      i ELIZABETH L. SPRAKE, b. 1857 in Burton Bradstock, Dorset.
      ii JOHN SAMUEL SPRAKE, b. 1860 in Burton Bradstock, Dorset.
      iii ELLEN BRAGG SPRAKE, b. 1861 in Burton Bradstock, Dorset.
      iv JOSEPH G. B. SPRAKE, b. 1864 in Burton Bradock, Dorset.
      v HUMPHREY JEANS SPRAKE, b. 1865 in Burton Bradstock, Dorset.  He married 1885 in Wangford, Suffolk, HARRIET REEVE.
      vi SARAH ANN BRAGG SPRAKE, b. 1868 in Dorset.

Third Generation

4. JOHN SPRAKE, baptized 12 FEB 1854 in Netherbury, Dorset, occupation Shepherd.  He married 1881 in Beaminster district, Dorset, SARAH JANE BROWN.
    Children:
      i FLORENCE MARY L. SPRAKE, b. 1894 in Burton Bradstock, Dorset.
      ii ALMA JANE SPRAKE, b. 1883 in Pricket St. Thomas, Somerset.  She married 1908 in Bridport district, Dorset, unknown.

5. SAMUEL GEORGE SPRAKE, baptized 3 MAY 1866 in Whitecross, Netherbury, Dorset.  He married LOTTIE LOUISA, b. 1867 in Maiden Newton, Dorset.
    Children:
      i MAUDE ELIZA SPRAKE, b. 1889 in Beaminster, Dorset.
      ii ALICE LOUISA SPRAKE, b. 1891 in Beaminster, Dorset.

Compiled from the IGI, Parish Register indexes and the Dorset censuses for 1871-1901.

 Child of Thomas SPRAKE and Mary is:
 2   i. Rossetta Sarah SPRAKE was born <31 MAR 1848 in Netherbury, Dorset, England.

Second Generation

2. Rossetta Sarah SPRAKE was born <31 MAR 1848 in Netherbury, Dorset, England. She married Samuel John GUPPY <30 JUN 1867 in Beaminster, Dorset, England, son of William GUPPY and Julia. He was born c.1842 in Netherbury, Dorset, England, and died <31 MAR 1874 in Alderbury, Wiltshire, England. She married Henry John MORRIS <31 MAR 1877 in Dorchester, Dorset, England. He was born c.1855 in Netherbury, Dorset, England.

 Children of Rossetta Sarah SPRAKE and Samuel John GUPPY are:
  3   i. Marion Elizabeth GUPPY was born ABT 1868 in Netherbury, Dorset, England. She married Herbert SAMWAYS B<31 DEC 1890 in Bridport, Dorset, England. He was born ABT 1860 in Loders, Dorset, England.
  4   ii. Arthur Sprake GUPPY was born BEF 27 FEB 1870 in Southampton, Hampshire, England.
  5   iii. Christina Jane GUPPY was born BEF 30 SEP 1872 in Netherbury, Dorset, England.
  6   iv. Samuel John GUPPY was born BEF 30 SEP 1874 in Netherbury, Dorset, England.

Child of Rossetta Sarah SPRAKE and Henry John MORRIS is:  
  7   i. Alice "Maud" MORRIS was born ABT 1877 in Netherbury, Dorset, England.

Taken from the Don Ross & Jeanne (Guppy) Ross Family Tree

MARRIAGES 1837 - 1857 Transcribed from parish registers by Zoe Martin - [x] indicates they made their mark

Date; Name; Name; Age; Condition; Occupation; Residence; Father Name Occupation;

1838; 16th January; Charles; HELLIER; Full Age; Batchelor; Dairyman; Stoke Water; Father: Henry HELLIER Dairyman; & Amelia; SPRAKE; Full Age; Spinster; Clay Lane; Father: Stephen SPRAKE Farmer; Banns; Winesses Henry HELLIER Ann SPRAKE.

1843, January 10th, David, KEECH, Full age, Batchelor, Marble Mason, St Mary Well Street, Father: Joseph KEECH Labourer, &, Ann, SPRAKE, Full age, Spinster, Half Acre, Father: Stephen SPRAKE Farmer, Witnesses, Edwin, ALLEN, Elizabeth, SPRAKE, by Banns.

1843, May 30th, Emanuel, LEGG [x], Full age, Batchelor, Labourer, St Mary Well Street, Father: James LEGG Carter, &, Maria, SPRAKE [x], Full age, Spinster, St Mary Well Street, Father: Thomas SPRAKE Labourer, Witnesses, William, WOOL?VI?, Elizabeth, SPRAKE, by Banns

1845, March 10th, Edwin, ALLEN, Full age, Batchelor, Hairdresser, North Street, Father: Abner ALLEN Servant &, Elizabeth, SPRAKE, Full age, Spinster, Clay Lane, Father: Stephen SPRAKE Farmer, Witnesses, David, KEECH, Joanne/a, KEECH, by Banns

1852, September 30th, George, SPRAKE [x], Full age, Batchelor, Tailor, Beaminster, Samuel SPRAKE Labourer & Louisa, BRAGG, Full age, Spinster, , Beaminster, John BRAGG Carpenter, Banns, Witnesses Thomas RUSSELL Mary Ann Jane BRAGG

1854; December 6th; Peter; HANCE; 35; Batchelor; Book Seller; Beaminster; Father: Robert HANCE Builder; & Jane; SPRAKE; 32; Spinster; ;    Beaminster; Father: Henry SPRAKE Farmer; by licence; Witnesses: John SPRAKE Jane Sarah KIDDLE