BORN: 21 February 1661 in Dorchester, Massachusetts
DIED: 16 January 1738 in Stoughton, Massachusetts
MARRIED: 24 October 1684 in Dorchester, Massachusetts
SPOUSE: Elizabeth Milestone, born 29 March 1666 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, died 27 July 1738 in Stoughton, Massachusetts
CHILDREN:
Robert III born 29 December 1689 in Stoughton, Massachusetts
Elizabeth, born 1 June 1696 in Stoughton, Massachusetts
NOTES:
Robert II was a distinguished citizen-soldier. He joined Captain’s Johnson’s Company at age 14 and by 20 he was a Major, commanding a Company in Second (Blue) Regiment that sailed from Boston 13 May 1707 and attacked the French Port Royale. The overall attack was unsuccessful and the senior officers of the regiment were censored, while Major Spurr was promoted to Lt Colonel by 1720 and Colonel in 1722 and 1724. He was a Selectman in Stoughton for 8 years, a Justice of the Peace for Suffolk County, and from 1720-24 was a deputy to the General Court of Massachusetts. His will provided his son Thomas with 3 ac of salt marsh in Dorchester, 40 ac of woodland, 2 ac of cedar swamp, and in Stoughton 11 ½ ac of meadow.