William Spink had royalty at his christening in Dundee in 1746. His father Andrew Spink was a
Shipmaster in Dundee. Two items pertaining to Andrew Spink's death have been found by a
fellow Spink researcher. It looks like Andrew Spink met an untimely end.
In a letter dated 7 April 1748, from Lt.Gen Bland to Secretary Newcastle – he mentioned the
soldier who had killed a "notorious smuggler" (Andrew Spink); capture of Capt Hay, who
had returned to the Highlands; reporting that all remains quiet in the Highlands, with the
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6820025 Reference: SP 54/39/6A
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
In a document dated 2 April 1748, Lord Justice Clerk Fletcher, concerning the newly appointed
deputy sheriffs, also reporting the killing of Andrew Spink, a ship master in Dundee, by a
soldier during an attempt to smuggle tobacco of near Arbroath
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6820022 Reference: SP 54/39/3 Held by:
The National Archives, Kew
Andrew Spink's burial is recorded in OPR 310/00 0050 0295 Monifieth, 1 st April 1748, so it looks
like he was caught smuggling tobacco.
Courtesy Cherilyn Tillman, Melbourne, Australia