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3 SOUR Automated Archives, Automated Family Pedigrees - #1 CD No.100 (Orem, Utah: Automated Archives, 1992).
3 SOUR Automated Archives, Automated Family Pedigrees - #1 CD No.100 (Orem, Utah: Automated Archives, 1992).
All details for this living person have been suppressed. | Nathaniel SPENCER
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All details for this living person have been suppressed. | Nickolas SPENCER
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All details for this living person have been suppressed.
3 SOUR Automated Archives, Automated Family Pedigrees - #1 CD No.100 (Orem, Utah: Automated Archives, 1992). | Rachel SPENCER
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All details for this living person have been suppressed.
3 SOUR Automated Archives, Automated Family Pedigrees - #1 CD No.100 (Orem, Utah: Automated Archives, 1992).
3 SOUR Automated Archives, Automated Family Pedigrees - #1 CD No.100 (Orem, Utah: Automated Archives, 1992). | Rebecca SPENCER
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All details for this living person have been suppressed.
His will (dated Mar. 17, 1645; codicil May 29, 1646; proved June 8, 1646)includes the names of four brothers and sisters, and 12 nephews andnieces.
3 SOUR Automated Archives, Automated Family Pedigrees - #1 CD No.100 (Orem, Utah: Automated Archives, 1992).
3 SOUR Automated Archives, Automated Family Pedigrees - #1 CD No.100 (Orem, Utah: Automated Archives, 1992). | Richard SPENCER
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All details for this living person have been suppressed. | Robert SPENCER
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| 26057 |
All details for this living person have been suppressed.
3 SOUR Automated Archives, Automated Family Pedigrees - #1 CD No.100 (Orem, Utah: Automated Archives, 1992).
3 SOUR Automated Archives, Automated Family Pedigrees - #1 CD No.100 (Orem, Utah: Automated Archives, 1992). | Ruth SPENCER
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REFN: 5127 | Samuel SPENCER
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Samuel was of Millington Society, East-Haddam, CT.
!BOOK:"Colonial Families of the United States.", Mid-Continent Library,
Independence, KS #929/M199, vol. II. | Samuel SPENCER
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REFN: 7732 | Sarah SPENCER
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Twin of Elizabeth. | Sarah SPENCER
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REFN: 13338 | Thankful SPENCER
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REFN: 439 | Thankful C SPENCER
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Name Suffix: Sgt.
Thomas was one of the first settlers of Hartford, CT. His birthyear isfrom
"Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors", Lawrence, KS Public Library.He is
named on the "Founders Monument". He was first at Cambridge, MA. Movedin
1639 to Hartford, CT. where he was an original proprietor; his home lotis now
the junction of Main and Windsor Sts.; he served in the Pequot War; was a
chimney viewer 1650; constable of north side 1658; surveyor of highways1672;
Sgt. in train band 1650, and received in 1671 a grant of 60 acres "forhis good
service to the country".
The Spencer family in America
For information on the immigrant family, refer to The Great MigrationBegins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vols. I-III, by RobertCharles Anderson (Boston, 1995).
To Cambridge, MA about 1631 with brothers William, Gerard, and Michael.Freeman May
14, 1634. To Hartford, CT by 1639 as orginal proprietor; chimney viewer 1650; north side constable 1658; surveyor of highways 1672; Sgt. of train band 1650, receiving grant in 1671 for his service in militia and PequotWar. His name appears on Hartford's Founders Monument. Will dated Sep. 9,1687. Married first Ann DORRYFALL (b. 1610; d. 1645), sister of Barnabas of Braintree, MA. Married second Sep. 11, 1645, Hartford, CT.
Spencer ancestry in England
The following lineage is generally accurate. However, some differences are reported in other sources. This line is from A Study of Spencers, compiled by Karen Spencer, 1981, omitting the first 17generations presented there. A series begun January 1983 in le Despencer, Newsletter of the Spencer Family Association, by Flora Spencer Clark,includes the final 3 English generations as proved. This series continues with the American Spencers. Identification of Henry SPENCER and Isabella LINCOLN as parents of Sir John SPENCER is from Ancestors of American Presidents, by Gary Boyd Roberts (Santa Clarita, CA, 1995).
Henry SPENCER (d. 1477/8) of Badby, Northants., married Isabella LINCOLN. Son William married Elizabeth EMPSON and became ancestor of Pres. F. D.ROOSEVELT, Sir Winston SPENCER-CHURCHILL, Lady Diana (SPENCER), Princessof Wales, and her sons Prince William and Prince Harry. Son Thomas married Margaret SMITH became ancestor of Pres. WASHINGTON and Pres. F.D. ROOSEVELT. Son John, as noted below, became ancestor of Pres. COOLIDGE and Pres. BUSH. Granddaughter Margaret SPENCER, son of William SPENCER,married Anthony, Lord Ashley Cooper as his third wife.
Sir John SPENCER married first Ann EMPSON, mother of Robert; and second Jane GRAUNT (d. 1498), mother of Thomas of Hodnell. Anne Empson was sister of Elizabeth EMPSON and of Sir Richard EMPSON, minister to Henry VII.
Daughter Jane married Sir William COPE and became ancestor of Pres.COOLIDGE and Pres. BUSH..
Robert SPENCER of South Mylls, Bedfordshire married Anne PECKE (and/orAnn SMYTH).
John SPENCER of South Mylls married Christian BAKER: Children: John;William married Isabelle OSBORNE, daughter of Edward of Kenolmarsh, Northamptonshire; Robert.
John SPENCER (b. about 1505, St. George's Parish; bur. there Jun. 9,1558) of Edworth, Bedfordshire married Ann (b. about 1509; bur. Jun. 16,1560), either a daughter of MERRILL or Michael GERRARD. Children:Michael; John was buried Apr. 21, 1560; Gerard married Ellen WHYSTON.
Michael SPENCER (b. about 1530; d. after 1599) of Edworth and Stotfold, Bedfordshire married first Jan. 20, 1555/6 at Edworth, Bedfordshire, Ann LYMER (bur. Feb. 23, 1561, Edworth, Bedfordshire); and second about 1563 Elizabeth (bur. Nov. 18, 1599). Elizabeth was the mother of all but the first three children.
1.John - bap. Apr. 20, 1557, Edworth, Bedfordshire. Married.
2.Michael - bap May 27, 1558, Edworth, Bedfordshire; bur. Apr.15, 1560.
3.Anne - bap. July 24, 1560, Edworth, Bedfordshire.
4.Joan - bap. Aug. 21, 1564, Edworth, Bedfordshire.
5.Alice - bap. Aug. 30, 1566, Edworth, Bedfordshire.
6.Catharine - Married Mr. BLAND, and had daughters Sarah andAnne.
7.Thomas - bap. Mar. 12, 1571, Edworth, Bedfordshire.
8.Gerard - bap. May 20, 1576, Stotfold, Bedfordshire; d. by 1646.
9.Richard - bap. July 9, 1580, Stotfold, Bedfordshire; d.May-June 1646, London. His will (dated Mar. 17, 1645; codicil May 29,1646; proved June 8, 1646) includes the names of four brothers and sisters, and 12 nephews and nieces.
[Broderbund Family Archive #354, Ed. 1, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, Date of Import: Jul 1, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.354.1.95189.12]
Year: 1632 - immigration year
Source Name:
VIRKUS, FREDERICK A., editor. Immigrant Ancestors: A List of 2,500 Immigrants to America before 1750. Baltimore: Genealogical PublishingCo., 1964. 75p. Repr. 1986.
Source Annotation:
In the years from 1925 to 1942, Frederick A. Virkus edited seven volumes with the title, The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy, published in Chicago by the Institute of American Genealogy. Each volume has a section in the main body of the work, complete in itself, entitled "Immigrant Ancestors," containing much genealogical information: vol. 1,pp. 965-997; vol. 2, pp. 387-421; vol. 3, pp. 645-692; vol. 4, pp.727-777; vol. 5, pp. 741-793; vol. 6, pp. 749-819; vol. 7, pp. 825-895. The section in vol. 7 appears to be the most complete and it has been reprinted. Thus that 1964 reprint list is the only one appearing in no.2048, Filby, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index. The Virkus work supplies facts on birth, ancestry, time and place of arrival on this continent, marriage, and death of each immigrant that it includes. A more complete list of immigrants to America before 1750 whose surnames begin with the letter A or the letter B through "Battles" is contained in the material listed in item no
THOMAS, Cambridge 1632, br. of Jared and John, free m. 14 May 1634, rem.1638 at Hartford, was serj. of the milt. and had, in 1671, a gr. forserv. d. 11 Sept 1686. By his first w. he had Obadiah, Thomas, Samuel,and Jared, but he m. sec. w. 11 Sept. 1645, Sarah, only ch. of Nathaniel Barding or Bearding of H. and by her had Sarah; Elizabeth bapt. 26 Mar.1648; Hanah, b. 25 Apr. 1653; Mary, 29 May 1655; and Martha, 19 May 1657;of wh. Sarah m. Thomas Huxley; Elizabeth m. Samuel Andrews; and Martha m.a Benton.
Notes: THOMAS SPENCER
Notes: ORIGIN: Stotfold, Bedfordshire
MIGRATION: 1633
FIRST RESIDENCE: Cambridge
REMOVES: Hartford 1636
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admission to Cambridge church prior to 14 May 1634implied by freemanship.
FREEMAN: 14 May 1634 (sixth in a sequence of nine Cambridge men) [ MBCR1:369].
EDUCATION: He made his mark to his will.
OFFICES: Petit jury, 7 March 1649/50, 15 May 1650, June 1651, 7 September1652, 7 June 1655, 1 December 1659, 6 June 1661, 5 June 1662 [ RPCC 77,82, 101, 111, 143, 205, 234, 248]. Hartford constable, 4 March 1657[/8] [RPCC 185].
ESTATE: Granted one rood for a cow yard in Cambridge, 5 August 1633 [ CaTR5]. Granted a proportional share of one in the undivided meadow, 20 August 1635 [ CaTR 13]. In the 8 February 1635/6 list of house, credited with one in town [ CaTR 18].
In the Cambridge inventory of lands on 1 May 1635 "Thomas Spenser" held four parcels: "in the town one house with a garden plot and backsideabout one rood"; two acres in Smalllot Hill; one acre in the Neck; and one acre more in the Neck [ CaBOP 7]. The first two of these parcels were purchased by Edmund Angier [ CaBOP 50].
In the Hartford land inventory in February 1639/40 "Thom[as] Spenser,sergeant at arms," held thirteen parcels (some of which he acquired after the date of the inventory): "one parcel on which his dwelling house nowstandeth with yards & gardens therein being which was sequestered for Thom[as] Fisher & is now settled on Thom[as] Spenser part whereof he hath sold to Will[ia]m Spenser & now remaineth by estimation one acre"; one acre and two roods in the West Field; three roods in the Soldier's Field;four acres in the North Meadow; one acre and two roods on the east sideof the Great River; one acre and one rood on the east side of the GreatRiver "which is a parcel of that which was sequestered for Mr. Woolcott";four acres on the east side of the Great River "which he bought of Will[ia]m Spenser for a parcel of land which lay in the Middle Oxpasture& contained seven acres two roods & was parcel of the said Thom[as]Spenser's land"; three acres and two roods in the cowpasture; five acres and twenty perches in the cowpasture; five acres in the Little Oxpasture "which he bought of Nath[aniel] Yela for land belonging to the said Thomas Spencer"; four acres & two roods in the Little Oxpasture "which he received of Richard Goodman for land belonging to the said ThomasSpencer"; two acres in the Little Oxpasture "which he bought of Ric[hard]Goodman" on 24 February 1653; and four acres on the east side of the Great River "which he bought of Joseph Eston" on 24 February 1653 [ HaBOP152-54].
In his will, dated 9 September 1686 and proved 26 October 1687,"Thomas Spencer Senior of Hartford, ... finding the shadows of the evening are stretching over me," bequeathed to "my eldest son Obadiah ...my housing and land in Hartford, all my lands both meadow and upland onwest side and east side of the Connecticut River" in Hartford (he paying certain legacies), along with some personal goods; to "my son Thomas"Ð15, of which he hath Ð5; to "my son Samuel (he having received a good portion of his uncle) all my wearing apparell"; to "my son Jarrad my shop& tools & Ð12, all of which are in his hands"; residue to "my five daughters Sarah, Elizabeth, Hannah, Mary and Martha, to be equally divided to them by their brother my son Jarrad"; "my son Obadiah Spencer my executor"; "Capt. Allyn, Lieut. Caleb Standly and my cousin Samuel Spencer" overseers [ Hartford PD Case #5095; Manwaring 1:365].
The "inventory of the estate of Sergeant Thomas Spencer who deceased the 11th of September 1687" totalled Ð139 19s., including Ð132 in realestate: "six acres of land on the east side Coneticutt River," Ð60; "four acres of land in the long meadow," Ð20; "four acres of woodland," Ð2; and"his homelot and housing," Ð50; after listing the few items of personal estate, the appraisers noted that "the other moveable estate was distributed by himself and delivered to his daughters most of it in his lifetime and the remainder before the inventory was taken as his executors gave the account of said estate" [ Hartford PD Case #5095].
BIRTH: Baptized Stotfold, Bedfordshire, 29 March 1607, son of Gerard andAlice (Whitbread) Spencer [ TAG 27:162].
DEATH: Hartford 11 September 1687 (from inventory).
MARRIAGE: (1) After 2 November 1634 Anne Dorryfall, sister of BARNABYDORRYFALL [ NEHGR 105:197-99]. "Anne Dorifall, aged 24," sailed on theElizabeth of Ipswich in 1634 [ Hotten 281] and was admitted to Bostonchurch 2 November 1634 as "Ann Derifall, our brother Wm. Coddington'smaid servant" [ BChR 19]. She died by 1645.
(2) Hartford 11 September 1645 Sarah Bearding [ HaVR 606], daughter ofNathaniel Bearding of Hartford.
CHILDREN:
With first wife
Notes: i OBADIAH ("eldest son"), b. say 1635; m. by about 1666 MaryDisborough (estimated b. of first child), daughter of Nicholas Disborough[ TAG 27:166, 38:209].
Notes: ii THOMAS, b. say 1637; m. by about 1666 Esther Andrews(estimated b. of first child), daughter of William Andrews [ TAG27:166-67, 35:57].
Notes: iii SAMUEL, b. about 1639 (if he is the Samuel who d.Windham 8 January 1726/7 aged about 88 [ NEHGR 105:198], and if that ageat death is not exaggerated); m. by about 1684 Sarah _____ (estimated b.of first child [ TAG 27:167]).
Notes: With second wife
iv SARAH, b. say 1646; m. by 1667 Thomas Huxley (on 26 March 1667John Winthrop Jr. treated "Huxlye, Sarah, above 20 years, wife ofTho[mas] Huxly of Hartford & daughter of Sergeant Tho[mas] [S]penc[er] ofHartford" [ WMJ 710]).
Notes: v ELIZABETH, bp. 26 March 1648 [ HaVR 579]; m. by about 1668Samuel Andrews, son of William Andrews [ TAG 35:55-59].
Notes: vi JARED, b. say 1650; m. Hartford 22 December 1680 HannahPratt, daughter of John [ HaVR Barbour 301].
Notes: vii HANNAH, b. Hartford 15 April 1653 [ CTVR 31]; said to have married (1) George Sexton, (2) Daniel Brainerd and (3) JonathanChapman, but the secondary sources are vague and uncertain, and the evidence for these marriages has not been found.
Notes: viii MARY, b. Hartford 18 May 1655 [ CTVR 32]; m. Westfield7 October 1675 Thomas Root [ Pynchon VR 31].
Notes: ix MARTHA, b. Hartford 19 March 1657[/8] [ CTVR 31]; m. by1677 Andrew Benton (b. of first child), son of Andrew Benton [ TAG27:163; NEHGR 60:301-2 (evidence for this marriage not presented in either source)].
Notes: ASSOCIATIONS: Thomas Spencer was brother of WILLIAM SPENCER of Cambridge and Hartford, and of Michael Spencer and Gerard Spencer of Lynn[ TAG 27:79-87, 161-65]. In this article Jacobus makes the three sons by the first wife of Thomas Spencer slightly younger than we do here.
Notes: COMMENTS: On 7 September 1652 Thomas Spencer undertook to pay thefine of Sarah Spencer [ RPCC 112].
Notes: THOMAS SPENCER
Notes: Despite claims that he arrived as early as 1630, Thomas Spencer of Piscataqua does not appear in the papers preserved by Ambrose Gibbons at such an early date. Since he married a sister of Humphrey Chadbourne, and may have done so before 1634, it is more likely that he accompanied Chadbourne on the Pied Cow in 1634. | Thomas SPENCER
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Thomas was of Haddam, CT, afterwards of Westbrook Society, in Saybrook,CT.
3 SOUR Automated Archives, Automated Family Pedigrees - #1 CD No.100 (Orem, Utah: Automated Archives, 1992).
3 SOUR Automated Archives, Automated Family Pedigrees - #1 CD No.100 (Orem, Utah: Automated Archives, 1992).
All details for this living person have been suppressed. | Thomas SPENCER
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All details for this living person have been suppressed.
3 SOUR Automated Archives, Automated Family Pedigrees - #1 CD No.100 (Orem, Utah: Automated Archives, 1992).
3 SOUR Automated Archives, Automated Family Pedigrees - #1 CD No.100 (Orem, Utah: Automated Archives, 1992). | Timothy SPENCER
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All details for this living person have been suppressed. | Timothy SPENCER
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REFN: 5629 | Tryphena SPENCER
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| 26069 |
All details for this living person have been suppressed.
3 SOUR Automated Archives, Automated Family Pedigrees - #1 CD No.100 (Orem, Utah: Automated Archives, 1992).
3 SOUR Automated Archives, Automated Family Pedigrees - #1 CD No.100 (Orem, Utah: Automated Archives, 1992). | William SPENCER
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All details for this living person have been suppressed. | William SPENCER
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| 26071 |
All details for this living person have been suppressed. | William SPENCER
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Name Suffix: Esq. | William SPENCER
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William was in Hartford, CT 1639. He was a Freeman, Deputy in Newtown,May
1632-1638; Lt. in Newtown; one of founders of Ancient and HonorableArtillery
Co. and had other evidences of the public favor bestowed on him. Hemoved to
Hartford, CT 1639; where his home lot was about where the Union depot now
stands. He was appointed with Wyllys and Webster to revise the laws ofthe
colony. He appoints "my cousin Matthew Allyn, my brother, John Pratt" andJohn
Talcott to be overseers of this estate in his will dated March 4,presented may
4, 1640.
One of Founders of Hartford, CT.
Notes: WILLIAM SPENCER
Notes: ORIGIN: Stotfold, Bedfordshire
MIGRATION: 1631
FIRST RESIDENCE: Cambridge
REMOVES: Hartford 1639
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admission to a Massachusetts Bay church (probablyWatertown) prior to 4 March 1632/3 implied by freemanship.
FREEMAN: 4 March 1632/3 [ MBCR 1:367].
EDUCATION: Cambridge town clerk, 1632-1635 [ CaTR vi (with facsimile of apage of records in his hand facing CaTR 9)]. Wrote a well-reasoned andwell-spelled letter to Winthrop in 1638 [ WP 4:74-75].
OFFICES: Deputy from Cambridge to the General Court, 9 May 1632, 4 March1634/5, 3 March 1635/6, 8 September 1636, 18 April 1637 (as "Lieut.Spencer"), 17 May 1637, 26 September 1637, 12 March 1637/8 [ MBCR 1:95,135, 164, 178, 191, 194, 204, 220].
Observer to committee on bounds between Cambridge & Watertown, 4 March1634/5 [ MBCR 1:139]. Committee on bounds between Boston & Charlestown,28 March 1636 [ MBCR 1:162]. Committee to "set out bounds of the newplantation above Charles Ryver," 3 March 1635/6 [ MBCR 1:166]; report ofabove committee rendered on 13 April 1636 [ MBCR 1:173]. Committee oncolony debts, 8 September 1636 [ MBCR 1:179, 184]. Committee oncompensation of soldiers who made the expedition to Block Island, 9 March1636/7 [ MBCR 1:188]. Committee to "view Shaushin, & to consider whetherit be fit for a plantation," 1 August 1637 [ MBCR 1:200]. Committee on"plantation upon the river which runs to Concord," 20 November 1637 [MBCR 1:210]. Committee on codification of laws, 12 March 1637/8 [ MBCR1:222].
Cambridge town clerk, 1632-1635 [ CaTR vi]. Committee to "survey thetown lands and enter [mutilated] a book appointed for that purpose," 3February 1634/5 [ CaTR 12]. On 27 October 1636 "Newe Towne presented abook of their records under the hands of Will[iam] Andrews, constable,John Beniamin, & Will[iam] Spencer" [ MBCR 1:182]. A Cambridge generalmeeting ordered that "William Spencer and Georg[e] Steele should measureall the meadow ground undivided belonging to the Newtowne" and allot "toevery man his proportion," 20 August 1635 [ CaTR 12]. Cambridgeselectman, 23 November 1635 [ CaTR 13].
Lieutenant of the Cambridge train band, 9 March 1636/7 [ MBCR 1:190].Charter member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company [ HAHAC1:40; MBCR 1:250-51].
Deputy for Hartford to Connecticut General Court, 11 April 1639, 8August 1639, 10 September 1639, 16 January 1639/40, 9 April 1640 [ CCCR1:27, 29, 34, 41, 46].
Surveyor of "armor and other military provisions" for Hartford, 8August 1639 [ CCCR 1:30].
ESTATE: Granted three roods for a cowyard in Cambridge, 5 August 1633 [CaTR 5]. Granted "the swamp on the other side the creek," 2 March 1633/4[ CaTR 7]. Granted "that corner of ground by Joseph Myat's between theswamps," 1 December 1634 [ CaTR 10]. Received a proportion of 2u in theundivided meadow, 20 August 1635 [ CaTR 13]. In the list of houses inCambridge, William Spencer was credited with two in the Westend, 8February 1635/6 [ CaTR 18].
In the Cambridge land inventory on 1 May 1635 William Spencer held atleast eleven parcels (entry partially mutilated): "one dwelling housewith other outhouses and a garden and backside, about one rood"; "more inold field about five acres and a half"; "more on small lot hill aboutthree acres"; "more in the neck about seven acres"; "more in Long Marshabout fifteen acres"; "more in Great Marsh about nine acres"; "more inthe Great Marsh about two acres"; "more in the Great Marsh about twoacres"; "[mutilated] west end one house with other [mutilated] housesgarden backside and other [mutilated] about three acres"; "more by thepine swamp about six acres"; and "more in Cowyard Row about one rood" [CaBOP 5-6].
On 1 April 1636 William Spencer of New Towne acknowledged that he hadsold to Nicholas Danforth his right in three and a half acres [ CaBOP38]. In an undated record, Symon Crosby purchased from William Spencerone house with three acres of ground [ CaBOP 58].
On 20 November 1637 "[t]hose that are to view the new plantation ofWatertowne are to view the place which Mr. Spencer desireth, & if it beconvenient, to certify the Court" [ MBCR 1:211]. On 2 May 1638 "Mr.Willi[am] Spencer is granted 300 acres of ground beyond Concord, by theAlewife Ryver" [ MBCR 1:228].
In the Hartford land inventory in 1640 William Spencer held sixparcels: two acres "on which his dwelling house now standeth with otherouthouses, yards & gardens ... which he bought of John Halles";sixty-three acres in the Middle Oxpasture "part whereof he bought ofEdward Stebing & another part he bought of William Kelse & another partthereof he bought of Thomas Spenser"; four acres in the Pine Field "whichhe bought of John Halles" (annotated "sold [to] Jno. Moris"); ten acresin the Pine Field "part whereof he bought of Edward Stebing & anotherpart of John Beddell"; eleven acres and two roods of meadow and swamp inthe North Meadow; and ten acres of meadow and swamp on the east side ofthe Great River (annotated "mead sold [to] Calsey" and "swamp sold [to]Barding & Pantry") [ HaBOP 352-53].
In his nuncupative will, dated 14 March and 4 May 1640 and 4 March1640/1, William Spencer bequeathed that
the estate that he hath in New England, and also that which may come tohis wife hereafter, that is, any part of his wife's portion if any docome, that all the estate be divided as followeth: ...to my wife onethird part of all my estate ... to my son Samuel one third part ... to mytwo daughters Sarah and Elizabeth one third part ... the children to bebrought up with the improvement of the whole estate that I leave both tomy wife and children. Also my mind is my Cousin Matthew Allyn, my brotherJohn Pratt and John Taylcoate, that these three parties or any two ofthem shall have the oversight of my estate, and in case that they shallsee in their judgement the estate to be wasted, that they shall havepower to take the children and their portions [blank] for their bringingup, and to pay the children their portions that remain at the severaltimes above written. Also my mind is that my wife shall have no power toalienate or make sale of my house or any part of my land I leave withoutthe consent of two of the parties that are to oversee my estate [ CCCR1:449-50; Manwaring 1:36-37].
The undated "inventory of the estate of the said Will[iam] Spenser"totalled Ð67 12s. 2d. in moveables; there were "several debts ... owingin the Bay, the which the most of them are denied, and those that areconfessed are very doubtful whether much of it will be paid, being in thehands of some of his kindred that are poor." The supplement to thisinventory also included "the house and houselot containing about 2 acres,with some outhouses; also several parcels of upland lots, to the value of[blank] 74 acres, as may appear by the records to that purpose, whereof,besides the right which he had in any other lands to be divided"; "also,eleven acres of meadow and swamp, lying in the North Meadow"; "also, oneparcel lying on the east side of the Great River, containing ten acres";"also, there is land yet remaining at Concord in the Bay, which while helived he esteemed at Ð120" [ CCCR 1:450-51].
It was agreed that if any of the children died before they came ofage, "the survivor & survivors shall receive it at the time when itshould have been paid to the deceased, if he or she had lived, and ifthey all die before the said time, then it shall be paid to Agnes Edwardsor her lawful attorney of the said Agnes, the mother of the saidchildren" [ Manwaring 1:37].
The estate of William Spencer, deceased, was brought to court 24 June1650 and, "with the information of the overseers in the presence ofThomas Spencer, brother to the said William, with the consent of the wifeof William Edwards, they do judge that Ð30 is as much as the estate herewill bear to be sequestered for the use of the children, which is to bepaid to them according to the will of the said William Spencer ...provided also that whatsoever shall be paid here or in England of anyestate due to the wife of the said William Spencer while she was the wifeof William Spencer, or that shall come from Concord, two thirds thereofshall be and remain to the proper use of the children aforesaid" [ RPCC85-86].
BIRTH: Baptized Stotfold, Bedfordshire, 11 October 1601, son of Gerrardand Alice (Whitbread) Spencer [ TAG 27:162].
DEATH: Hartford after 4 May 1640 [ Manwaring 1:36-37] and probably before22 May 1640 [ Aspinwall 141].
MARRIAGE: By about 1633 Agnes Harris, baptized Barnstaple, Devonshire, 6April 1604, daughter of Bartholomew and Elizabeth (Collamore) Harris. Shemarried (2) Hartford 11 December 1645 William Edwards [ TAG 63:33-45].
CHILDREN:
i ELIZABETH, b. say 1633; m. (1) by about 1650 William Wellman [TAG 37:7-9]; m. (2) by 1672 Jacob Joy (Jacobus gives the date of marriageas 23 May 1671 and McCracken as 23 May 1672, in Killingworth, but theKillingworth vital records do not contain an entry for this event [ TAG37:7-9; FOOF 1:348]).
Notes: ii SARAH, b. about 1635 (of full age [18] in the year 1653 [Manwaring 1:37]); m. by 1656 John Case [ TAG 34:66-69].
Notes: iii SAMUEL, b. about 1639 (of full age [21] in the year 1660[ Manwaring 1:37]); m. by about 1668 Sarah _____ (estimated b. of firstchild [ TAG 27:165-66]).
Notes: ASSOCIATIONS: William Spencer was brother of THOMAS SPENCER ofCambridge and Hartford, and of Michael Spencer and Gerard Spencer of Lynn[ TAG 27:79-87, 161-65].
Notes: COMMENTS: William Spencer appeared on a list of early inhabitantsof Cambridge, apparently dated 1632 [ CaTR 2].
On 29 November 1638 William Spencer wrote from Hartford to JohnWinthrop asking why Winthrop had made suggestions regarding arguments tosupport the union between the Bay and "the plantations here," and yetwhen men came to treat with him regarding it, many using the veryarguments suggested by Winthrop at Spencer's prompting, all were met with"a prejudice in the spirits of some men" and forced to go awayunsatisfied [ WP 4:74-75].
On 4 July 1648 Aspinwall certified "copies of five letters unto EdmundAngier - 3 letters from John Talcot & John Pratt, one dated 22 May 1640,another August 10th 1640, & another 15th June 1641, a fourth from AnneSpenser dated 2 May 1642 and the fifth from W[illia]m Edw[ards] no date.Also unto a copy of a writing under W[illia]m Spencer's name dated 3 July1639. Also to a letter [of] attorney from Ed[mund] Angier to Joseph Mayetdated 5 July 1648" [ Aspinwall 141]. From the chronology and the personsinvolved, it would seem that these letters pertained to the estate ofWilliam Spencer in England.
BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: In 1988 Douglas Richardson ably demonstrated theidentity of Agnes Harris, wife of William Spencer [ TAG 63:33-45]. | William SPENCER
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The family names and dates are as accurate as I can possibly make them. Wherever possible I looked for confirmation from two or more sources. When relying onother family Gedcoms and research I invariably triple-checked the sources against related Gedcoms | Janet SPERRY
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Adelbert "Bert" Spice was the oldest surviving son of Robert andEmily Collins. His middle name was probably Robert. He served in Co. M, 2nd Wisconsin Infantry in the Spanish American War.
1900 federal census, Delbert and Kittie are living in Douglas Co, Nebagamin
1910 FIND HIM!!
1920 federal census, Delbert, Kitty and children are living in the City of Manitowoc, River Drive.
The death notice for Delbert Spice was found in the Oconto County Reporter, Thursday, December 8, 1921.
DELBERT SPICE DIES MONDAY AT MANITOWOC
Funeral Services for Delbert Spice, who died Monday in Manitowoc and whose body was brought to this city Tuesday, were held at the Presbyterian church at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, Rev. Wright of Appleton officiating. Burial was made inEvergreen cemetary. Mr. Spice's death is believed to have been caused by complications resulting from injuries sustained when he fell from a church steeple upon which he was working over a year ago. He died at the age of 50 years and issurvived by his widow, Mrs. Katherine Spice, and three daughters, Helen, Marjorie, and Lucille, also seven sisters, Mrs. George Trepanier and Mrs. Joseph Feifarek both of Marinette, Mrs. William Taylor of Waukegan, Mrs George Kinziger of Appleton, Mrs. Henry Schaetz and Mrs. George Hassenfelt of Oconto.
Mr. Spicewas born in Oconto. For the last four years he has been at Manitowoc. The remains when brought here were removed to the home of his sister, Mrs. George Schaetz.
The DEATH RECORD for Delbert Robert Spice, at the Manitowoc Co Courthouse in Manitowoc is in Volume 19, Page 37. It reveals some very interesting information.
Delbert Robert Spice
Residence: none listed
Name of Wife: None listed
Date of Birth: October 19, 1870
Age at death: 51 years, 1 month and 16days
Occupation: Labor.
Father: Robert Spice,
Birthplace of father: Wis (wrong)
Mother: Emily Collins
Birthplace of mother: Wis
Death certificate informant: Mrs. Robert Spice, (his mother)
Date of Death: December 5, 1921
I Hereby Certify, that I attended deceased from May 1, 1921 to December 3, 1921; thatI last saw him alive on December 3, 1921, and that death occured on the date stated above at 7pm.
The CAUSE OF DEATH was as follows:
Gastritis
Contributory: SYPHILIS
Duration: 6 years
No operation or autopsy was performed.
Place of Burial: Oconto, Wisconsin
Had his wife already left Manitowoc before Delbert died? Is the fall from a church steeple an event that really happened, or was it a manufactured story to hide the facts?
Kittie Leigh Spice remarried toEd Apel. They lived in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. | Adelbert R. SPICE
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Lived in Bismark, North Dakota in 1929, and when parents died in1941 and 1942.
No other information has been found. | Agnes Elnor SPICE
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Died as a young child, 18 months old. His birth date was listedin the Pension records of Robert Spice. He was probably identified as William on the 1870 census. He is buried in Evergreen cemetary. | Edwin R. SPICE
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Epileptic, and hospitalized. She was injured on a register during one of the hospital stays. | Emma SPICE
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She was 11 years old when she died. | Ethel Maude SPICE
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Lived in Green Bay according to articles on 50th Wedding anniversary in 1929 and the death notice of both parents in 1941 and 1942.
Have notfound more information on her children. Records are probably in Green Bay. | Eva A. SPICE
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George was living in Metamorris, Penn when his parents celebrated their 50th Wedding anniversary in 1929. He was living in Port Jervis, N.Y in1941-42 when his mother and father died.
Name of his wife and any family has not been found. | George Silas SPICE
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[Brøderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 3, Social Security Records: U.S.,SS Death Benefit Records, Surnames Beginning with S, Date of Import: Mar 24, 1996, Internal Ref. #1.112.3.59721.144]
Individual: Schaetz, Laura
Birth date: Mar 8, 1888
Death date: Oct 1966
Social Security #: 394-16-3612
Last residence: WI 53072
State of issue: WI
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Laura and George Schaetz lived in the Spice Homestead after Emily and Robert moved to Oconto.
MARRIAGEANNOUNCEMENT - 1906
Miss Laura Spice and Mr. George Schaetz, both of LittleRiver, were married Tuesday morning, November 20, at 10 o'clock, by Rev. Fr. Selbach, at St. Joseph's parsonage, Oconto. The bride was attended by her sister,Miss Nellie, and the groom's sister, while Mr. George Kinzinger and the groom's brother acted as best men. After the ceremony the bridal party drove to Little River where a wedding dinner was served at 2 o'clock at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Spice. After congratulations had been extended,Mr. Kinzinger arose and announced to the guests that he and the bride's sister, Miss Nellie, had been quietly married, at Menomonie the day before and produced his marriage certificate as evidence. It was a surprise all around and a double wedding reception was tendered the young couples. Mrs. Schetz and Mrs. Kinzinger are sisters of Mrs. George Trepanier of this place. They will reside in Little River.[Spice.FTW]
Laura and George Schaetz lived in the Spice Homestead after Emily and Robert moved to Oconto.
MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT - 1906
Miss Laura Spice and Mr. George Schaetz, both of Little River, were married Tuesday morning, November 20, at 10 o'clock, by Rev. Fr. Selbach, at St. Joseph's parsonage, Oconto. The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Nellie, and the groom's sister, while Mr. George Kinzinger and the groom's brother acted as bestmen. After the ceremony the bridal party drove to Little River where a weddingdinner was served at 2 o'clock at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs.Robert Spice. After congratulations had been extended, Mr. Kinzinger arose andannounced to the guests that he and the bride's sister, Miss Nellie, had beenquietly married, at Menomonie the day before and produced his marriage certificate as evidence. It was a surprise all around and a double wedding reception was tendered the young couples. Mrs. Schetz and Mrs. Kinzinger are sisters of Mrs. George Trepanier of this place. They will reside in Little River. | Laura Elsie SPICE
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Delayed birth record is in Volume 35, page 350. It was witnessedby her sister Clara Trepanier. | Mary SPICE
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Lived in Sheldon, Wisconsin according to 50th Wedding anniversary article in 1929. Family was still located in Sheldon on parents death noticesin 1941 and 1942.
No furthur information has been found. | Mary Jane SPICE
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They lived in Lena, Wisconsin. | Nellie SPICE
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Died before his first birthday. His birth date is listed in thePension records of Robert Spice. | Nelson R. SPICE
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Died in Childbirth. | Olive Mrytle SPICE
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Also found a date of 3/25/1892 for his birth. He was 9 years oldwhen he died. | Ray Samuel SPICE
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Stillborn twin brother of Emma. | Robert SPICE
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COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD of the WEST SHORE OF GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN, INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF BROWN, OCONTO, MARINETTE AND FLORENCE, PUBLISHED BY J.H. BEERS & CO, CHICAGO, 1896, pages 636-637
ROBERT SPICE. If ahistory were written of the brave "boys in blue" of Wisconsin, who valiantly went to their country's defense in her hour of peril, the name of this gentlemanwould find an honorable place in the record. All throughout the long strugglefor the preservation of the Union, he followed the starry banner and continuedat the front even after the surrender of Lee, waiting until the country had adjusted itself to the new surroundings and the rebellious South had once more taken the attitude of good citizenship. The same loyalty that prompted this faithful service has characterized his entire life, and makes him today one of the valued citizens of Oconto county.
Mr. Spice was born in Canada in 1843 and is ason of Thomas and Nancy (Logan) Spice, the former a native of England, the latter of Ireland. In early life they came with their respective families to the New World. The father was connected with the milling business, and was employed in the mill of Col. Balcolm for a number of years. In 1856 he came to Stiles, Wis, in the employ of that gentleman, and continued his work here until after thebreaking out of the Civil War, when he enlisted at Chicago, Ill, in the Sixteenth Regiment, United States Regulars for five years, and was there mustered into the government service. He participated in the battles of Shiloh and Antietam, and continued at the front until, on account of wounds, he was honorably discharged. He then returned to Green Bay, Wis, where his death occurred in 1871; his wife passed away in Stiles , Wis in 1860. By their marriage there were bornseven children, namely: Mrs. Sarah McCurdy, who died in Stiles in 1862, Robert;Mrs. Elizabeth Temple, of Nebraska; Mary, wife of Dr. Cone, of Indiana; Louisa, who is living in Oconto, Samuel, also a resident of Oconto, William, who makes his home in Portage County, Wisconsin.
Our subject spent his early boyhood in Canada and New York, and acquired his education in the public schools. At theage of thirteen, he accompanied his parents to Stiles, and therefore may wellbe numbered among the pioneers of Oconto county. In 1861 he joined the army asa member of Company H, Fourth Wis. V. I. which was known as the "Oconto CountyRiver Drivers." He enlisted for three years, was mustered into the service at Racine and then went to the front, where he participated in the battles of FortJackson, New Orleans, and Baton Rouge, and in the Red River campaign. In 1864 he reenlist at Baton Rouge in the same company and regiment, and served with theDepartment of the Gulf. For five years he wore the uniform of his adopted land, and was then honorably discharged at Brownsville, Texas, in June 1866, returning home with a military record of which he may be justly proud.
When he againreached Oconto county, Mr. Spice secured employment with the Holt & Balcolm Lumber Company, afterward operating a shingle mill at Humbolt, Wis, for two years. In 1872, he purchased a partially - improved farm of eighty acres in Section35, Little River township, and now has sixty-five acres of land under a high state of cultivation. He follows progressive methods in farming, and has therefore won success in his undertakings. He was one of the original promoters of theLittle River Creamery Company, which has a fine plant, and is doing a good business; in June 1892, he erected Spice's Hall. He is recognized as one of the thoroughly reliable business men of Oconto county, as well as one of the honored pioneers.
Mr. Spice was married in Green Bay, Wis, in October, 1866, to Emily Collins, a native of Oshkosh, this State, and a daughter of Silas and Sarah Collins, pioneer settlers of Oshkosh, the former of whom was killed in a mill at that place; the mother is now living at Bear Creek, | Robert Alexander SPICE
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On the 1870 Census, Samuel Spice age 16 is working as a farm laborer for James Jackson in the Town of Raymond, Racine County. The farm had a high value of $6000.00! The Personal Value of James Jackson was $1000.00.
He was24 years old and Clara was 22 when they married.
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On the 1885 State census, Samuel has 1 son, and 2 daughters.
On the 1900 Federal census, they are living in Oconto on Second St. S. with their large family of 8 children.
In 1910, they are in the City of Oconto, 3rd Ward -->> get a better copy of the census for an accurate address.
In 1920, theyare on Adams Street, no number -->> check the previous page, they are rentinga home or apartment.
On November 19, 1929, Samuel and Clara celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary. The story is in the Oconto Reporter on November 21,1929.
GOLDEN WEDDING DATE CELEBRATED BY LOCAL COUPLE
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Spice celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary Tuesday evening at their home,211 Locus Ave.
Seven tables of five hundred were played and prizes were awarded Mrs. Ernest Hassenfelt, Anson Shefdore and Mrs. Spice.
The home was pretilly decorated in gold and white crepe paper and crysanthemums. A purse of gold was presented to the celebrants. All the guests when departing, wished Mr. and Mrs. Spice many more wedding anniversaries.
Mr. and Mrs. Spice were married by Rev. Dafter at the Episcopal Church in this city fifty years ago and they have always made their home in this city and the surrounding communitiy. Mr. Spice has worked in the saw mills in this city for many years but for the last few years he has been working for the city of Oconto.
Seven children were born to Mr.and Mrs. Spice: Wesley Spice of Waukegan, Ill; George of Matamorris, Penn; Earlof LaMesa, Calif; Mrs. S. Tyrrell of Sheldon, Wis; Mrs. Fred Harmon, Green Bay; Mrs. Oscar Becker, Jamestown, North Dakota; and Mrs. George McCartney of Oconto.
Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Becker of Jamestown, North Dakota; Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Maes Jr, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Harmon, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Darrow, and and Mr. and Mrs. Anson Shefdore, all of Green Bay; Mr. and Mrs. George Trepanier, George Trepanier Jr, Francis Trepanier, Mr. and Mrs. George La Chapelle, Mrs. Thomas Maloney, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Neddo, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hassenfelt, Mrs. E.A. Whitacker, Mrs. J. Harris, Eugene Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Doyle, Alice McCartney, Fay McCartney, Claude and William McCartney, all of Oconto.
---->>> Find the 60th Wedding Anniversary article!!
The death certificate for Samuel Spice indicates that he was a saw filer, 87 years old, living in Oconto. His father's name, listed as Silas is not correct. His mother Ann Logan is correct. He died of heart disease and old age.
The death notice in theOconto County Reporter on April 23, 1942.
SAMUEL SPICE, 88, DIES; SERVICESTO BE HELD FRIDAY
Samuel Spice, 87, a resident of this city for more than 50years, died Tuesday, April 21, at 4:00pm, at 224 Michigan av. He had been outfor a walk and returned home, lying down to rest, and passed away quietly.
Thedeceased was born in New York state on October 12, 1854. He came to this county when he was twelve years of age and lived at Spice's corner in the town of Little River prior to the time he lived here. He was employed as a filer at the Holt lumber company for many years.
Funeral services will be held Friday from the MacQueen Chapel at 2:00 pm. Rev. Henry Schadeberg will officiate and interment will be in the Evergreen cemetary.
The pallbearers are Spencer Crane, Wm. Phillips, James Housner, Louis Olson, Lyle Shufelt and Torval Westergard
Surviving Mr. Spice are four daughters, Mrs. Sol Tyrell of Sheldon, Wis; Mrs. Emma McCartney, Oconto; Mrs. Fred Harmon, Green Bay; and Mrs. Oscar Becker, Bismark, North Dakota; and three sons, George, Port Jervis, New York, Wesley, Waukegan, Ill; Earl, New York city; 27 grandchildren and 25 | Samuel Beasley SPICE
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Went by Sarah, Emily or Emma.
Lived in Oconto entire lives. | Sarah Emily SPICE
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Sarah L. Spice islisted on the pension papers of Robert Spice. She is also listed on the 1880 census - Persons who died during the year. Shedied of scarlet fever at the age of 6. Her place of burial is not known. It ispossible that her middle name was Logan. She was probably names after Sarah Joslin, the mother of Emily Collins Spice. | Sarah L. SPICE
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Possibly an unnamed, stillborn child. | Unknown SPICE
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At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Wesley Robert SPICE
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[Spicer Family File.FTW]
Per certificate from the Military Department, The Adjustant General's Office, The State of Connecticut: A Revolutionary War Veteran--Captain Abel Spicer (residence, Groton, CT.), commissioned May 1 1775, discharged 12/18/1775--the 10th Company in the Sixth Regiment, Colonel Samuel Holden Parsons, which was ordered June 17, 1775 to the Boston Camps, and served until expiration of term of service, December 10, 1775 (pg. 78 "Conn. Men in the Revolution"). Captain Abel Spicer of Groton, the Fifth Company in the Fourth Battalion, Wadsworth's Brigade, Colonel Samuel Selden, 1776, which was
raised to reinforce Washington in New York. Served in New York and on Long Island. Caught in the retreat and panic of September 15 when the city was abandoned and suffered some loss. Present with the Army until December 25, 1776 when term of regiment expired. (Pg. 403 "Comm. Men in the Revolution")
From the web page of Tom Boswell
The Connecticut Society of The Sons of the American Revolution
"Abel Spicer was born on June 1, 1760, and was the 8th child and 4th son of John and Mercy (Chapman) Spicer. Abel was trained to be a blacksmith, but took up teaching and farming instead. He was married three times, first to Sarah Park, who died in 1815, then to Elizabeth Morse, who died in 1817. Finally, he married Sarah Rose, who was a distant cousin, and 15 years younger.
Abel was a member of the local militia in the town of Lebanon, and was recruited a total of three times for active service during the Revolutionary War. The first time, in 1776, his employer, Ebenezer Tisdale, objected to Abel's leaving, so he paid the recruiter $10,
which at the time was used to hire another recruit in Abel's place.
In 1778, he was recruited again, and joined the 17th Regiment of the Continental Troops. He was sent to Providence, Rhode Island to assist in what was known as "Sullivan's Expedition". He was itching to get into action, but the regiment arrived too late to be of any assistance. He was discharged a short time later after helping set up fortifications around Providence.
He enlisted again during 1780 into the 9th Connecticut Regiment, which assisted with the fortifications and defenses of West Point, New York. Shortly after he arrived, Benedict Arnold hatched his plan to give the plans of West Point to the British. The 9th Connecticut was the regiment which apprehended Arnold's accomplice, Major John Andre of the British Army, and exposed Arnold, although Abel was not directly involved. Abel also took part in removing the chain that was placed across the river to prevent the British from sailing up the Hudson River and cutting New England off from the rest of the colonies. He also set up log cabins, for the men he called "The Old Soldiers" to use as
barracks. He was discharged from this tour on December 14, 1780.
In March of 1781, he signed up for a third tour of duty, this time with what he called "an armed bow galley", which patrolled Long Island Sound, capturing two British ships, and narrowly avoided capture by several others. It was apparently a privateer, one of several
dozen employed by both the Continental Congress and the State of Connecticut to patrol Long Island Sound.
Abel was never paid a dime for his service in the Revolution. In fact, when Congress passed a pension act for veterans of the Revolution, Abel was denied a pension because the government claimed that his total service time did not add up to six months. His compiled service record indicates that his total service time was 5 months and 12 days, only 19 days short of six months. In reality, Abel did meet the six month requirement, but the government could not verify his time on the galley in New York Sound, and his application was denied.
Abel himself provides very few details of the time spend aboard the galley. By the time of his pension application, he had forgotten the name of the vessel, and all of the crew. While he provided ample witnesses for his services in the Continental Army, he could find nobody to serve as a witness for his service aboard the galley. Therefore, he couldn't provide enough evidence for the Government to verify his service.
Abel returned to Connecticut after the Revolution, and bought a farm in Preston. He also took up teaching, and was named to the District School Committee in Preston, where he served for 19 years. He had 9 children with Sarah Park. Elizabeth and their only child died as a result of childbirth in 1817. Abel and Sarah Rose had another two children. By 1840, he was living in Preston with Sarah, and their daughters, Elizabeth and Rachel, as well as possibly his daughters Eunice and Mary , along with a young boy, possibly a grandson, who was under ten years old at the time.
Abel's health began to fail him in the 1840's. He drew up a will in 1841 in which he states that he is "not very well in body". He expected to die shortly, but lived long enough to add a codicil and witnesses signatures to the will in 1843. He died in 1847. Sarah and Eunice kept up a determined effort to get some recognition from the government for Abel's service in the war, but they never succeeded.
Susan Spicer Meech and Susan Billings Meech, in "History of the Descendants of Peter Spicer", indicate that Abel served aboard the Continental Frigate "Confederacy" as well, but I believe that this may be in error. I am not sure that Abel actually served aboard the
Confederacy. His Revolutionary War Pension application, filed in 1832, indicates that he served aboard an "armed bow galley" for a period of about three weeks. He lists March 1781 as a date for the start of the cruise, and never refers to the name of the vessel. According to his letter, the ship never left Long Island Sound. The Confederacy was a frigate, a considerably larger ship that a galley, and it left New London in 1779, bound for Delaware. It never returned to New London, and was captured by the British in February, 1781, one month BEFORE Abel signed on to his ship. In addition, Abel's compiled service record makes no mention whatsoever of serving in the Continental
Navy.
The rolls of the Confederacy do list an Abel Spicer and a Nathan Spicer. Both were sons of Peter Spicer III. It is my suspicion that Peter's sons, Nathan and Abel Spicer (this Abels' 2nd cousins) actually served aboard the Confederacy.
Connecticut Vital Records Barbour Collection REF F 93 C7, Repository: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 101 Newbury St Boston, MA
Revolutionary War Pension File of Abel Spicer US Archives Microfilm of Original documents ,Microfilm Roll R9995, Repository: US Archives Trapello Road, Waltham, Massachusetts
History of the Descendants of Peter Spicer, A Landholder in New London Connecticut, as Early as 1666, and Others of the Name , Susan Spicer Meech and Susan Billings Meech, History of the Descendants of Peter Spicer, A Landholder in New London Connecticut, as Early as 1666, and Others of the Name, (Copyright 1911 , CS/71/S75/1911, Repository: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 101
Newbury St Boston, MA).
The Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Inc.
PO Box 411, East Haddam, CT 06423
www.ctssar.org | info@ctssar.org
Copyright © 1996 2001 CTSSAR All Rights Reserved. | Abel SPICER
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The names of Archie's children were cut off in the printing of the document I have been given - I have only the last 2 or 3 letters of their first names but have their entire middle names. I have recorded the partial letters and hope I eventually will be able to fill in the rest of their names. | Archibald Jesse SPICER
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Marquis De Lafayette Smith b September 7, 1824 (son of Jesse and Mary Casselman Smith) traveled with Asa Holmes Spicer and family to Cortland, Kent Co., Mich. where they started a business in Shingle making. Lafayette stayed in Michigan. Asa left and went to Minnesota. The shingle making business didn’t work out.
1860 Courtland Kent County, Michigan Census p604 Courtland #504/448.
Marquis L Smith 35 M Shingle Maker N.Y
Catherine 33 F N.Y
Mary A. 13 F N.Y.
William H. 5 M OHIO
Jessee E 3 M MICH
Maella L 10/12 F MICH
Asa H Spicer 28 M Shingle Maker N.Y
Nancy 27 F N.Y
Clarissa J 9 F Michigan
William 7 M N.Y.
Sarah A 5 F N.Y
Jessee 3 M Michigan
Asa 7/12 M Michigan
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Asa's son William Harrison Spicer believed that his step mother Hulda Page Robbins poisoned Asa. It is apparent Hulda did not get along well with her step-children as they were sent to live on their own shortly after she and Asa married. What is interesting is despite the seemingly bad blood between Hulda and Asa's children their descendants got along just fine as seen by the many marriages between Spicer and Robbins descendants. Hulda's grandson Elton Sylvester Robbins had a daughter Gladys, and 3 sons John, Henry [Hank] & Leo. Hulda's grandson John Robbins married Wilma Spicer [whom I believe was the daughter of Joel Isaac Spicer & Zella Enid Spicer. Zella Spicer was the daughter of William Harrison Spicer [the one who accused Hulda of poisoning Asa.] Henry [Hank] Robbins married Edna Spicer and Leo Robbins married Aileen Spicer. Edna and Aileen were the daughters of John Jesse (Jack ) Spicer & Cecilia Demarre. John Jesse Spicer was the son of Asa Holmes Spicer III & Lillian Sheldon. Asa Holmes Spicer III was the son of Asa Holmes II Spicer and Nancy Chapman and he was the step son of Hulda Page Robbins Spicer.
Asa and Hulda were married 31 years. I don't know if the story of Hulda poisoning Asa is true or why, after so many years of marriage, William believed his father met his death at the hands of his wife Hulda. Perhaps William so resented his step-mother for putting he and his siblings out that he blamed her for Asa's death.
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"hi, how have you been? its been a while since I wrote to you. I put the family tree away for a while but I'm back at it now. I found a story in the Mazeppa Tribune telling about a story in the Pine Island Record newspaper, about a Mrs. Spicer trying to poison her husband mar 6 1897 its actually an apology to Mrs. Spicer placed in the tribune by the authors of the story. it says we have learned that the statement regarding Mrs. Spicer was untrue and we were grossly misinformed by what we thought was a reliable source...."
Excerpt from an e-mail sent to me by John Sander on December 27, 2003
Information on the various Spicer Robbins marriages was supplied by John Sander, 3rd great grandson of both Asa Spicer and Hulda Robbins.
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I am also a relative of Royal Jesse Chapman. His daughter Abigail Jane was a sister to Nancy, who married Asa Spicer.
As far as I know, there has never been any connection between R.J. Chapman with any other known Chapman's in New York.
As I was doing some census research, 1850, in West Sparta, Livingston Co., NY I discovered that the Jacob Chapman family is enumerated next to the Asa Spicer (Sr.) family. Has anyone tried to tie these two Chapman's together?
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Asa and Nancy married in 1849 during New York’s Graft War and migrated to Minnesota shortly after the Civil War Draft Riots. The years from 1840 through 1866 was a bloody and violent period in New York brought on by "the Panic of 1837." The panic started on May 10, 1837 in New York City with the failure of banks and record unemployment levels.
By 1840, with the influx of immigrants organized crime steadily grew in New York. It infiltrated and dominated all aspects of New York’s life, from the criminal justice system, to those involved in politics, and the social elite down to the working class. Most businesses and political forums had an undercurrent of criminality and corruption. Politicians often used money from gambling operations to get elected, and organized crime figures worked closely with labor racketeers. The Irish played the dominant role in organized crime in New York, Chicago and other cities. Those involved in organized crime controlled the city. Graft by city leaders was prevalent throughout New York. They defrauded the city through padded and fictitious charges and also profited extravagantly from tax favors. The negative effects of organized crime on New York continued for many decades.
In March 1863 the National Conscription Act was passed. The act made all single men aged twenty to forty-five and married men up to thirty-five subject to a draft lottery. One of the major reasons for the draft riot was the act allowed drafted men to avoid conscription (I.e. the draft) by supplying someone to take their place or by paying the government a $300.00 exemption fee. Needless to say, only the wealthy could afford to buy their way out of the draft. On Saturday, July 11, 1863 The National Conscription Act, which was to initially be enforced in New York City, exacerbated long-simmering class tensions in the city. On the evening of Sunday, July 12th, working men and women met in the city's streets and saloons and read the names drawn during the previous day's draft lottery. Not surprising the names the appeared on the draft list consisted almost entirely of the working class and poor.
On Monday morning, workers from the city's railroads, machine shops, shipyards, and iron foundries gathered together to protest the unfairness of the draft. The large crowd then began moving uptown, gathering workers from workshops and factories along the way. Their goal was to march to the
Provost Marshall's Office at Third Avenue and Forty Sixth Street, where more names of those who were to be drafted would be drawn that day. Carrying "No Draft" signs, they cut telegraph wires and gathered weapons along the way.
Over the course of the next three days bloody street battles raged across New York City's rich and poor neighborhoods. One aspect of this riot that is often not told is that the rioters, most Irish and German immigrants, focused some of their rage on the city's black citizens who’s own struggles for work came up against the influx of immigrants The African Americans were not the only victims, the rioters also attacked any person or any business that represented wealth, prosperity, or propensity to be a Republican (whom the rioters held responsible for the segregations of the working class and the wealthy.)
Before peace was finally restored with the arrival of federal troops (many directly from the battlefield at Gettysburg) on Thursday, July 16, New York City's draft riot would become the nation's single most violent civil disorder, with more lives lost than in any other instance of urban domestic violence in American history. | Asa Holmes SPICER
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Asher served in the Rev. War. Enlisted Mar 4, 1777 in Hyde's Company, 4th regiment of the Ct Line, and was discharged May 24, 1780. May 17, 1777, his father, for 50 pounds, sold to him the 16 acres and dwelling house he bought of Thomas Wood, "the same Mark Williams died possessed of." March 21, 1785, is mentioned in "Long Society Records" as having tax rates abated. In 1786 he had money to loan. In census taken 1790, Asher Spicer is given as head of a family with 2 males under 16 and 2 females in Guilford, Ct. In 1791 he leased land in Woodbury, Ct, and sold land there in 1801. Jan 28, 1800, he removed from Woodbury to Kent, Ct. | Asher SPICER
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Mary Rogness's - Spouse of sixth cousin 3 times removed
THE BROWN GENEALOGY, by Cyrus Henry Brown, Vol. 2, page 510. | Bessie Williams SPICER
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