James Sparrow (1830-1912) immigrated, with his parents, from Ireland to Ohio in 1834, and married in 1858. They moved to Missouri, and he served in the Civil War. In 1880 he went to Colorado looking for gold, and finally settled in New Mexico. Includes ancestry living in Ireland, England and elsewhere.

Ancestors include: Thomas Roe/Rowe (d. 1751) of Ratona, County Fermanagh, Ireland -- James Winthrop Morrison (1832-1894) of New York and Chicago, Illinois -- Richard Lyman (1580-1640) of Ongar, County Essex, England; Roxbury, Massachusetts; and Hartford, Connecticut -- John Taylor (1639-1713) of England and Hadley, Massachusetts -- Robert Fletcher (1592-1677) of England and Concord, Massachusetts -- John Batchelder (ca. 1603-1647) of Canterbury, Kent, England; and Wenham, Massachusetts.