SPENCER / SPENSER
Four Spencer brothers all came to settle in New England at
about the same time. Michael Spencer
(1611 – 1653), my 10th great grandfather, and his brothers, my 10th
great grand uncles (William Spencer, Thomas Spencer and Jared Spencer) probably
did not arrive together on the same ship.
Elizabeth, the wife of Timothy Tomlins, was probably their sister.
The eminent genealogist Donald Lines Jacobus wrote a series
of articles in the 1951 and 1952 issues of The
American Genealogist on the ancestors and descendants of these four
Spencers. I would encourage you to read
these articles if you are a Spencer descendant, as well as the long sketch about Michael Spencer in the Great Migration series.
Michael Spencer died young, leaving his widow Isabel with small
children. At least one of these children, Michael, was named in a guardianship record naming Isabel’s second husband, Thomas
Robbins. My 9th great
grandmother, Susannah Spencer, probably lived with her mother and stepfather in
Salem, too. She was married there in
1664 to Daniel Bacon.
Some SPENCER resources:
"The Four Spencer Brothers: Their Ancestors and
Descendants" by Donald Lines Jacobus,
The American Genealogist, Volume 27, pages 79- 87, and pages 161 - 185 (continued in Volume 28).
The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634 – 1635,
Robert Charles Andeson, Volume VI, pages 436-439.
My SPENCER genealogy:
Generation 1: Michael
Spencer, son of Gerard Spencer and Alice Whitbread, baptized on 5 May 1611 in
Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England, died before 29 November 1653 in Lynn,
Massachusetts; married about 1640 to Isabel Unknown. Three (possibly four)
children.
Generation 2:
Susannah Spencer, born about 1643 in Lynn, died 1719 in Salem,
Massachusetts; married on 1 August 1664 in Salem to Daniel Bacon, son of Daniel
Bacon and Mary Read. He was born about
1641 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and died 1720 in Salem. Seven children.
Generation 3: John
Bacon and Hannah King
Generation 4: Tabitha
Bacon and Jonathan Glover
Generation 5: Daniel
Glover and Hannah Jillings
Generation 6: Tabitha
Glover and Thomas Homan
Generation 7: Betsey
Jillings Homan and Jabez Treadwell
Generation 8: Eliza
Ann Treadwell and Abijah Hitchings
Generation 9: Abijah
Franklin Hitchings and Hannah Eliza Lewis
Generation 10: Arthur
Treadwell Hitchings and Florence Etta Hoogerzeil
Generation 11:
Gertrude Matilda Hitchings and Stanley Elmer Allen (my grandparents)
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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, “Surname Saturday ~ SPENCER of Lynn,
Massachusetts”, Nutfield Genealogy,
posted October 7, 2017, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/10/surname-saturday-spencer-of-lynn.html: accessed [access date]).
Hello, I am a descendent of William Spencer brother to Michael. Charlene Fowler - Ohio
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