Family Group Record


Husband: Gerrard Spencer 1
Born: 20 MAY 1576 Place: Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England
Died: BEF. 8 JUN 1646 Place:
Married: 10 NOV 1600 Place: St. Mary Parish, Stotford, Bedfordshire, England
Buried: Place:
Father: Michael Spencer
Mother: Elizabeth Agnes\Ann Liner
Other Spouses:
Wife: Alice Whitebread 2
Born: 7 OCT 1571 Place: Mouldin, Bedfordshire, England
Died: Place: Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England
Buried: Place:
Father:
Mother:
Other Spouses:
Children

Child 1 (M): William Spencer 3
Born: 11 OCT 1601 Place: Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England
Died: BET. 1640 - 1641 Place: Hartford, Connecticut
Buried: Place:
Spouses: Agnes Tucker\Harris
Child 2 (F): Elizabeth Spencer 4
Born: 31 OCT 1602 Place: Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England
Died: Place: England
Buried: Place:
Spouses: Timothy Tomlins
Child 3 (M): John Spencer 5
Born: 22 JAN 1603/04 Place: Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England
Died: BEF. 1646 Place:
Buried: Place:
Spouses:
Child 4 (M): Michael Spencer 6
Born: ABT. 1605 Place:
Died: Place:
Buried: Place:
Spouses:
Child 5 (M): Henry Spencer 7
Born: 11 AUG 1605 Place: Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England
Died: 20 OCT 1607 Place: Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England
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Spouses:
Child 6 (M): Thomas Spencer 8
Born: 29 MAR 1607 Place: Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England
Died: 11 SEP 1687 Place: Hartford, Connecticut
Buried: Place:
Spouses: Ann Derifield, Sarah Bearding
Child 7 (M): Richard Spencer 9
Born: 11 DEC 1608 Place: Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England
Died: 6 MAY 1614 Place: Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England
Buried: Place:
Spouses:
Child 8 (M): Jared Spencer 10
Born: 25 APR 1614 Place: Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England
Died: JUN 1685 Place: East Haddon, Connecticut
Buried: Place:
Spouses: Hannah Hills
Child 9 (M): Michael Spencer 11
Born: 5 MAY 1611 Place: Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England
Died: 6 MAY 1653 Place: Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts
Buried: Place:
Spouses: Isabel
HUSBAND NOTES:
BIOGRAPHY: Gerrard Spencer was born in 1576 and was the son of Micheal Spencer. Micheal Spencer was the son of John Spencer who died in 1558. John Spencer descended from the Spencers of Southmylls who were descended from Robert De Le Spencer, steward to William the Conquerer (1066). Gerrard had a son named Gerrard b. 1614 and died 1685. This son came to America in 1638 from Stotfold, England, settled in Cambridge, then Hartford Connecticut. He was a member of General Court of Commonwealth in 1674, 1675, 1678, 1679, 1680, and 1683. He also served in King Philips War (Colonial Families of the United States of America, edited by George Norbury Mackenzie, Volume III, page 536).

PARENTS-CHILDREN-SPOUSE: This chart shows the elder Gerrard Spencer born in 1576 in Stratford England. He is shown as the son of Michael Spencer and Ann Liner. Michael Spencer is the son of John Spencer and Ann Gerrard. This chart shows William Spenser (1611-1641) as the son of Gerrard Spencer (b. 1576) - (Blanton Ancestor Chart No. 5, dated 24 Aug 1988, compiled by June Blanton Pagliaro).

PARENTS-SPOUSE-CHILDREN: Confirmed information known, with additional specific dates. His wife is shown as Alice Whitebread daughter of John Whitebread. Their children are (a) William Spencer b. 11 Oct 1601 died 1641 married Agnes Pratt and Agnes Harris (b) Elizabeth Spencer b. 31 Oct 1602 married Timothy Tomlins (c) Rachel Spencer b. 31 Oct 1602 (d) John Spencer b. 22 Jan 1604 (e) Henry Spencer b. 11 Aug 1605 died 20 Oct 1607 (f) Thomas Spencer b. 29 Mar 1607 died 11 Sep 1687 married Sarah Bearding (f) Richard Spencer b. 11 Dec 1608 died 24 Mar 1609 (g) Unknown (h) Michael Spencer b. 5 May 1611 died 6 May 1653 married ? Tomlins (i) Ensign Gerrard Spenser b. 25 Apr 1614 died Jun 1685 married Hannah Hills (j) Timothy Spencer b. abt 1616 died 1704 (k) Alice Spencer b. abt 1616. These children were born at Stotfold, Bedford, England. Many of them immigrated to Hartford Connecticut. and Lynn Massachusetts (GEDCOM file obtained from Genealogy Online, Santa Cruz, California. File "af18.ged" / http://emcee.com , obtained 1/28/96. Original author unknown)

BIOGRAPHY: Gerrard Spencer was baptized at Stratford, England in 1576. His name was changed to Jared when he came to America. He had 5 sons (a) John Spencer who went to America and returned to England (b) Thomas Spencer who was born in 1607 in England and settled in Hartford, Connecticut in 1637. He was a Sergeant and soldier in the Pequot Indian War. He married Sarah Bearding (c) William Spencer (d) Michael Spencer, settled in Haddam Connecticut (e) Gerrard Spencer, Jr. born 1610, died 1685, lived in Haddam Connecticut, married Hannah (THE ALDERMANS IN AMERICA).

!PARENTS-SPOUSE-CHILDREN: Colonial Families of the United States of America, edited by George Norbury Mackenzie, Volume III, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 1966. page 536 (Tifton Tift County Public Library, Tifton, Georgia.)

!PARENTS-SPOUSE-CHILDREN: Blanton Ancestor Chart No. 5, dated 24 Aug 1988, compiled by June Blanton Pagliaro.

!PARENTS-SPOUSE-CHILDREN: GEDCOM file obtained from Genealogy Online, Santa Cruz, California. File "af18.ged" / http://emcee.com , obtained 1/28/96. Original author unknown.

!PARENTS-SPOUSE-CHILDREN: William Alderman Parker, THE ALDERMANS IN AMERICA, Published by William A. Parker in 1957, reprinted by Edwards and Broughton Company, North Carolina, 1977. (Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library, Moultrie, Georgia)



WIFE NOTES:
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!SPOUSE-BIRTH-PARENTS-MARRIAGE: Broderbund World Family Tree CD ROM Collection, Volume 5, file #3389, 1347, Volume 6, file #2687, 3440, 1512.



SOURCES:
1GEDCOM File - America Online, Electronic, Spencer Family.
2GEDCOM File - America Online, Electronic, Spencer Family.
3GEDCOM File - America Online, Electronic, Spencer Family.
4GEDCOM File - America Online, Electronic, Spencer Family.
5GEDCOM File - America Online, Electronic, Spencer Family.
6GEDCOM File - America Online, Electronic, Spencer Family.
7GEDCOM File - America Online, Electronic, Spencer Family.
8GEDCOM File - America Online, Electronic, Spencer Family.
9GEDCOM File - America Online, Electronic, Spencer Family.
10GEDCOM File - America Online, Electronic, Spencer Family.
11GEDCOM File - America Online, Electronic, Spencer Family.


Posted By:
Tommy Bargeron
721 West 12th Street
Tifton, Georgia 31794

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