Spilman Family in America

SPILMAN FAMILY ABROAD

From Harlow, Essex and Lincolnshire England

The Spilman family documented in this web starts in the 1500's in Harlow, Essex, England with Thomas Spilman. Genealogist Tom (Spilman) Smith of Nottingham, England has traced the family from this time through Captain Thomas Spilman's move to Alkborough, Lincolnshire, England in 1660, and on to the immigration of Daniel Spilman to Iowa, USA and John Ellerker Spilman to Canada 1928. Also the family of Alexander Aitken (which connects with the Spilmans in 1846) had Thomas Forman Aitken emigrate to Australia in 1854. The family of Daniel Spilman and Ann Skevington immigrated to New Zealand after 1886. All of these families came from the same area in Lincolnshire, England (Whitton, Alkborough and Walcot).

MAP This Spilman family traces its roots to Harlow, Essex, England in the late 1500's (Just NW of London). In 1660 Capt Thomas Spilman came to Alkborough, Lincolnshire after the civil war. (East of Manchester along the Humber River.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

	Researchers
	Surname Spilman - Coat of Arms
	Spilman Family Tree
	Daniel Spilman 1848-1915 - Life in England -Birth Certificate, Sloop Walcot, Whitton Windmill, Map of North Lincolnshire to America 1870. -Letters from America back to England -Dan's marriage to Thea Anderson and his farm in Clear Lake, IA Marriage Certificate, 1912 plat map, Photo of Thea, Thea's death certificate -Dan and Thea Spilman's children photos 1893, 1898, 1961


Minnie 1879-1951	Harry 1880-1965	Thomas 1884-1967	Annie 1886-1970	Daniel , Jr. 1888-1974	Kate 1891-1981	Alexander 1893-1933	Lillie 1895-1985

	John Ellerker Spilman to Canada 1928
	New Zealand Connection Daniel 1845-? and Ann Spilman
	Australian Connection Thomas Forman Aitken 1854 to Australia External connection to Aitken letters Aitken Family Tree

RESEARCHERS:

An in depth account of the English Spilmans can be located on the web pages of Tom Smith http://www.diplomate.freeserve.co.uk/genealog.htm. Tom has a web page for the Spilmans as well as information about Whitton, England the village where Daniel Spilman was born. I visited with Tom in May 2002 and we decided it would be helpful to create an American Spilman web page for those descended from the immigrants. Tom took me to Whitton and the neighboring villages to provide me with a lot of history about our family and to help me understand what it would have been like for my Great Grandfather Daniel Spilman. Anne Spilman Wood also provided information and in 1979 she allowed me to copy a series of letters Dan had written. In 1981 she took me to a Vicar to look at old hand written records of births, marriages and deaths. I also obtained some birth/death/marriage records in London as well as the United States.

Eric Spilman of England is working on the 1500's history but parish records were stolen in 1814 from Harlow, England and never recovered. He has information indicating a William and Grace Spilman, in the 1500's, but at this time Thomas Spilman is the oldest ancestors we can directly connect with. Eric's web page can be seen at http://www.familytracer.co.uk/index.htm

In the United States Irene Nichols did a lot to document the descendents of Dan and Thea and Anne Durregger put together a number of photos.

This web page is intended to share this information and help the American Spilman family and other branches connect.

My visit to Whitton, England May 2002 with Tom Spilman Smith.

Editor: Lori (Spilman) Dollevoet
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Last Updated Jan. 25, 2008