1. 2. Mercy SPICER   b. 4 Aug 1745, North Groton, New London County, Connecticut; d. 7 Dec 1745, North Groton, New London County, Connecticut; bur. Dec 1745, New London County, Connecticut.
2. 3. Mary SPICER   b. 1 Feb 1747, North Groton, New London County, Connecticut; d. 10 Jan 1749, North Groton, New London County, Connecticut.
3. 4. John SPICER   b. 20 Apr 1749, North Groton, New London County, Connecticut; d. 8 Oct 1826, Ledyard, New London County, Connecticut; bur. Oct 1826, Ledyard, New London County, Connecticut.
4. 5. Cyrus SPICER   b. 31 Mar 1751, New London County, Connecticut; d. 1 Feb 1826, New London County, Connecticut; bur. Feb 1826, New London County, Connecticut.
5. 6. Molly SPICER   b. 27 Jan 1753, North Groton, New London County, Connecticut; d. 27 Dec 1827, Warren, Herkimer County, New York; bur. Between 1827 and 1828, Herkimer County, New York.
6. 7. Keziah SPICER   b. 13 Mar 1755, North Groton, New London County, Connecticut; d. 15 Jul 1846, Rodman, New York; bur. Jul 1846, Rodman, New York.
7. 8. Solomon SPICER   b. 6 Oct 1757; d. 11 Oct 1757.
8. 9. Abel SPICER   b. 1 Jun 1760, Connecticut; d. 7 Jul 1847, Preston, New London County, Connecticut; bur. Jul 1847, Preston, New London County, Connecticut.
9. 10. Mercy SPICER   b. 6 Aug 1764, Groton, New London, Connecticut.

[Spicer Family File.FTW]

[Spicer Family File.FTW]

1. 11. Mary SPICER   b. 24 Nov 1775, Ledyard, New London County, Connecticut.
2. 12. Hannah SPICER   b. Dec 1777, Ledyard, New London County, Connecticut.
3. 13. James Park SPICER   b. 30 Nov 1779.
4. 14. Eunice SPICER   b. 26 Feb 1782, Ledyard, New London County, Connecticut.
5. 15. Clarissa SPICER   b. 30 Dec 1785, Ledyard, New London County, Connecticut; d. 12 Dec 1822, Belchertown, Mass.

The land Pete Spicer purchased next to George Geer was added to by four generations of Spicer’s and remained in the family, intact, until 1788 when Cyrus Spicer sold his portion of it, on which was built the first house, (to our 8th great grand-uncle) Ensign Isaac Avery. It is now owned by Albert J Clark of Norwich, New London County, Connecticut .
"The site of the old ancestral home is marked by a slight elevation partly overgrown with bushes and the well now filled with stones is close by…"

1. 16. Eleazer WIGHTMAN  

1. 17. Pardon WINSLOW   b. East Haddam, Connecticut.
2. 18. Jonathan WINSLOW   b. 31 May 1783, East Haddam, Connecticut.
3. 19. Allen WINSLOW   b. 15 Oct 1786, East Haddam, Connecticut.
4. 20. Mary WINSLOW   b. 1 Feb 1788, East Haddam, Connecticut.
5. 21. Mathilda WINSLOW   b. 24 Jul 1796, East Haddam, Connecticut.

[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).


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1. 22. Sarah (Sally) SPICER   b. 18 Oct 1789, Preston, New London County, Connecticut; d. 25 Aug 1861, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa.
2. 23. Peter SPICER   b. 7 Dec 1791, Preston, New London County, Connecticut; d. Westminister, Connecticut; bur. Connecticut.
3. 24. Isaac SPICER   b. 7 Jan 1794, New London County, Connecticut.
4. 25. Park SPICER   b. 23 Feb 1795.
5. 26. Abel Chapman SPICER   b. 29 Jul 1796.
6. 27. Daniel SPICER   b. 23 Sep 1801.
7. 28. Hannah SPICER   b. 12 Oct 1804.
8. 29. Eunice SPICER   b. 20 Sep 1808.
9. 30. Mary SPICER   b. 6 May 1813.

1. 31. Elizabeth SPICER   b. 6 Aug 1820.
2. 32. Rachel SPICER   b. 11 Sep 1822.

1. 33. Cynthia RANDALL   b. 1787.
2. 34. Betsy RANDALL   b. 11 May 1790.
3. 35. Elizabeth RANDALL   b. 25 Jan 1792.
4. 36. Joseph RANDALL   b. 21 Jan 1794.
5. 37. Albert RANDALL   b. 3 May 1796.
6. 38. John Spicer RANDALL   b. 17 May 1799.

1. 39. Herbert Pride SPICER  

1. 40. Clarissa A. STANTON  
2. 41. Randall Spicer STANTON   b. 21 Jul 1808.
3. 42. Mary Eliza STANTON   b. 8 Jun 1810.
4. 43. James Parks STANTON   b. 12 Apr 1812; d. 6 Nov 1839, Monson, Mass.

1. 44. Dwight NEWTON  
2. 45. Abel Spicer NEWTON  
3. 46. Sophia NEWTON  
4. 47. Lucy Anne NEWTON  
5. 48. John NEWTON  
6. 49. Andrew NEWTON  

1. 50. Mary Park SPICER   b. 29 Sep 1816, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut.
2. 51. Sarah Maria SPICER   b. 18 May 1819.
3. 52. Abigail Pricilla SPICER   b. 29 May 1822; d. 17 Sep 1877; bur. 1877.
4. 53. Harriet Persis SPICER   b. 1 Aug 1824.
5. 54. Floria Marcella SPICER   b. 23 Sep 1828; d. 17 Sep 1877, West Minister, Connecticut; bur. 1877, Connnecticut.
6. 55. Marcellus SPICER   b. 16 May 1832; d. 17 Sep 1877, West Minister, Connecticut; bur. 1877, Connnecticut.
7. 56. Lucy SPICER   b. 18 Aug 1836; d. 17 Sep 1877, Canterbury, Connecticut; bur. 1877, Connnecticut.
8. 57. Elmira SPICER   b. 9 Oct 1837; d. 17 Sep 1877, West Minister, Connecticut; bur. 1877, Connnecticut.
9. 58. Albert SPICER   b. 2 Feb 1840.

1. 59. Park SPICER  

1. 60. William Henry PALMER   b. 1 Oct 1843, Montville, Connecticut.
2. 61. John G. PALMER   b. 14 Oct 1845, Montville, Connecticut.

1. 62. Albert Robert STANTON   b. 20 Jun 1844, Ny; d. of Sauquoit, Oneida Co., Ny.

1. 63. George BROWN   b. 26 Oct 1836, Connecticut.
2. 64. George BROWN   b. 15 Apr 1841, Connecticut.
3. 65. Mary Maria BROWN   b. 25 Feb 1844, Connecticut.
4. 66. John F. BROWN   b. 22 May 1846, Connecticut.

1. 67. Phebe RANSOM   b. 13 Aug 1858.

1. 68. Francis Henry FRANKLIN   b. 1846.
2. 69. Mary Jane FRANKLIN   b. 21 Jun 1849.
3. 70. James Edward FRANKLIN   b. 10 Dec 1857.

1. 71. Elliot BINGHAM   b. 2 Mar 1860.
2. 72. Agnes BINGHAM   b. 20 Apr 1866.