I have read posts which appear to suggest Hugh Sprott (1764-1842) was the son of another Hugh who was a brother of the John Sprott who married E Atkin.

I am a gggg grandson of James Sprott (c1754-1846), son of the above John. Our family is still in Ireland. I have a copy of a family tree drawn up about 50 years ago. I don't know what the sources were - probably just family tradition and maybe a couple of sketchy bible entries.

Some of the names are a bit off, for example Mary Bothwell who married Robert Sprott is recorded as "Mary Bowden." But other than that everything has so far proved pretty accurate. According to the tree, John Sprott who married E Atkin was the son and grandson of John Sprotts as follows:

John Sprott, son of John Sprott, had issue:
- John Sprott, m. Eileen Aiken [sic]
- female Sprott, m. McKeown
- Samuel Sprott
- female Sprott m. Hanna
- Hugh Sprott
- female Sprott m. Watt

As you can see, there is a Hugh Sprott, brother of John, and apparently, son of John. Is he yours?

There is a note on the tree to say that John Sprott and Eileen Aiken/Atkin were married in 1754, and she apparently lived to the age of 103.

I'm fresh to researching this branch of my family, so I don't know how new or otherwise this information will be.

Ganstry