Brewer and Related Families of Eastern Kentucky notes
Posted 16 Apr 2009 by DarrellVest
A genecology by Shirley Ann Brewer: Apparently Frank/Jay told Temperance about his name change before the birth of their first child, because she gave him the name of Franklin Marsh Spencer. The original name of Jay could have been either Morris or Marsh, it just depended on who was speaking the name and who was spelling the name. People usually spelled names the way they sounded to them, it depended on the accent of the person speaking the name as to how it sounded.
Some people say she had an affair with a Mister Hall, and that he's the father of Franklin Marsh Spencer and Francis Marion Spencer, they also add a 3rd child, Benton Spencer born 1832. As he wasn't listed in grandpa's bible, I'm not going to list him. I also believe that what was handed down from Temperance to Franklin, from Franklin to his children, from Granville Henderson Spencer to Margaret Ellen, and from Margaret to her children is the true version of the father of Franklin Marsh Spencer and Francis Marion Spencer.
Notes for FRANK SPENCER/AKA JAY MORRIS/MARSH:
Brewer and Related Families of Eastern Kentucky
Frank Spencer aka Jay Morris/Marsh was from Pennsylvania, to hide from the law he changed his identity. When he came to Virginia, he learned that Spencer was a very common name so he picked the name of Frank Spencer. When he met Temperance and married her it was an illegal ceremony (I assume) since he got married using an alias. It is not known what happened to him after the birth of their second child. Either he ran off, or the law got him, or he died. At any rate he told Temperance the truth before their first son was born. He disappeared from history and the story was handed down to her son Franklin, who told his son Granville who told his daughter who told her children . I heard this story when I was a small child and was fascinated by it, and though I heard it many many tines, I never tired of it (my grandfather was a wonderful narrator of stories, he always kept me hanging on to his every word, telling stories about his ancestors). After Frank left the scene Temperance, along with her father, brothers and their spouses and children moved from Virginia to Kentucky. Temperance later married again to John Sparks and had several more children.[Spencer Ancestors.FTW]
Frank Spencer aka Jay Morris/Marsh of Pennsylvania, changed name to Frank Spencer to hide from authorities who were looking for him. I have no idea what legal trouble he was running from.[Brewer Geneology.FTW]