Thomas Sperry (25 Nov 1694 Heather -10 Jan 1774 Heather)....married....Eleanor Burges in 1725 at Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Thomas...'Yeoman of Normanton' later of Ibstock
(Yeoman farmers owned or leased their farms and could do as they pleased on the land. Grow what they wanted to grow, sell what they wanted to sell.)
Children
Thomas (12 July 1726 Heather-1792 Heather) married Elizabeth Cresswell
Thomas was owner of substantial land from 1774 until his death in 1792
Elizabeth (1728-1728 Heather)
Jacob(24 June 1729 Heather -?)
Mary (1731 Heather-1747) Gravestone says:-
' Died at 17'
Epitaph: 'All you that have come my grave to see, ere long you all must follow me, Therefore repent no time delay, I in my flower was snatched away'
Elizabeth (1740-1809 in Normanton le Heath) married Robert Goode in 1762 Heather