The Savage Family Genealogy Pages
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Belt, Margaret Sprigg
1727 - 1804 (77 years)-
Name Belt, Margaret Sprigg Birth 20 Mar 1727 Gender Female Death Oct 1804 Person ID I1354 My Genealogy Last Modified 22 Mar 2021
Father Sprigg, Osborne Sr., b. 1707 d. 7 Jan 1750 (Age 43 years) Mother Sprigg, Elizabeth Morris d. 1727 Family ID F425 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Father Sprigg, Col. Edward, b. 1697, Northampton, Prince George County, MD 
d. 30 Nov 1751, Queen Anne Parish, Prince George County, MD (Age 54 years) Mother Sprigg, Elizabeth Pile, b. 1700, Queen Anne Parish, Prince George Country, MD d. 1731, Prince George Country, MD (Age 31 years) Family ID F424 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Belt, James, b. 23 Jul 1727 Family ID F464 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 22 Mar 2021
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Notes - There are conflicting sources that have Margaret being the first (and only) child of Osborn Spring, Sr. and Elizabeth Morris, and other being the daughter of Edward Spring and Elizabeth Pile.
My theory is that both are true in some way. Margaret was born on March 20, 1726/7. Elizabeth Morris died in 1727. I believe Elizabeth died from complications of childbirth. Margaret was likely given to Osborn's brother Edward to take care of the newborn, especially since Elizabeth Pile was likely nursing a new child of their own.
Shortly after thereafter Osborn remarried Rachel Belt and started a new family almost immediately. It is not unreasonable to speculate that Elizabeth Pile bonded with the motherless baby and the new Osborn/Rachel family preferred to start with a clean slate.
Ironically, Margaret would go on to marry her step-mother Rachel's younger brother (by 16 years).
- There are conflicting sources that have Margaret being the first (and only) child of Osborn Spring, Sr. and Elizabeth Morris, and other being the daughter of Edward Spring and Elizabeth Pile.