Sir Thomas Spring, 3rd Baronet (c. 1672 – 2 April 1704) of Pakenham Hall in Pakenham, Suffolk, was an English baronet and landownerArthur Collins, 'Spring, of Pakenham', The English Baronetage (Volume 2, Tho. Wotton, 1741), p.243. who served as High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1696.Arthur Collins, 'Spring, of Pakenham', The English Baronetage (Volume 2, Tho. Wotton, 1741), p.243.
Career Spring was the eldest son of Sir William Spring, 2nd Baronet and Sarah Cordell, daughter of Sir Robert Cordell, 1st Baronet of Melford Hall, Suffolk.William John Courthope, Synopsis of the Extinct Baronetage of England (Rivington, 1835), p.187.ThePeerage.com (entry #455799) http://www.thepeerage.com/p45580.htm (Accessed 11 February 2015) He was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge and inherited his father's title and estate upon his death in 1684.Arthur Collins, 'Spring, of Pakenham', The English Baronetage (Volume 2, Tho. Wotton, 1741), p.243.
Marriage and issue On 23 May 1691, he married Hon. Merolina Jermyn, a daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Jermyn, 2nd Baron Jermyn and Mary Merry, and co-heiress of Henry Jermyn, 1st Baron Dover.William Harvey, The Visitation of Suffolke (Volume 2, S. Tymms, 1868), p.185. They had three sons and six daughters:Arthur Collins, 'Spring, of Pakenham', The English Baronetage (Volume 2, Tho. Wotton, 1741), p.243. Thomas Spring (died 1694) Merolina Spring (died 1694) Merolina Spring (1695–1761), married Thomas Discipline of Bury St Edmunds.The English Baronetage:: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of ... By Thomas Wotton, Vol II, London, 1741, p.243 She inherited the manor of Packenham, in the church of which survives the funeral hatchment of Thomas Discipline, showing his arms with inescutcheon of Spring. Sir William Spring, 4th Baronet (1697–1736), died unmarried. He bequeathed his estates to his two surviving sisters, Merolina and Mary, but was succeeded in the baronetcy by his uncle Sir John Spring, 5th Baronet (1674–1740).The English Baronetage:: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of ... By Thomas Wotton, Vol II, London, 1741, p.243 Mary Spring (1698–1765), married Revd. John Symonds and was the mother of John Symonds and Thomas Symonds and grandmother of Admiral Sir William Symonds Penelope Spring (1700–1707) Jermyn Spring (died aged 17) Henrietta Maria Spring (died January 1733), died unmarried Delariviera Spring (died 1 February 1733), died unmarried
Death and succession Sir Thomas Spring was buried on 6 April 1704 in Pakenham parish church.Joseph Jackson Howard, ‘Spring’, The Visitation of Suffolk (Whittaker and Co, 1866), pp.165-206. He was succeeded in his title by his only surviving son, Sir William Spring, 4th Baronet (1697–1736),William John Courthope, Synopsis of the Extinct Baronetage of England (Rivington, 1835), p.187. who died unmarried, when the baronetcy, but not his estates, passed to his uncle Sir John Spring, 5th Baronet (1674–1740).
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