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Joanna Spinney (Roberts)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Kittery, York County, Maine, British Colonial America
Death: February 28, 1824 (79-80)
Argyle, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Daniel Benjamin Roberts, I and Deborah Azuba Roberts
Wife of John Spinney and John Spinney, III
Mother of Joanna Rider; Annie Whitman; Isaac Spinney; Jacob Spinney; Aaron Spinney and 7 others
Sister of Daniel Roberts, I; Abigail "Nabbie" Crocker; Mary Roberts; Anna Ricker and Benjamin Roberts, II
Half sister of Samuel Roberts

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About Joanna Spinney

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Roberts-9810

Joanna Spinney formerly Roberts

Born 1744 in Kittery, York, Maine

Daughter of Daniel Benjamin Roberts and Deborah Azuba (Weymouth) Roberts

Sister of Abigail (Roberts) Crocker, Benjamin Roberts and Daniel Roberts

Wife of John Spinney — married before 1763 [location unknown]

Mother of Isaac Spinney, Anna (Spinney) Whitman, George Spinney, Jacob Spinney, Aaron Spinney, Benjamin Spinney, Mary Molly Spinney, William Spinney, David Spinney, Daniel Spinney, Jeremiah Spinney and Molly Mariner Spinney

Died 28 Feb 1824 in Argyle, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Profile last modified 16 Jul 2017 | Created 13 Jun 2014

Note: Further research is required to locate primary documents to satisfy Wikitree source standards for this info from MyHeritage. Some research documents are shown below.

Biography

Joanna Spinney (Roberts) 1744 - 1824

Joanna Roberts was daughter of (?) Daniel Benjamin -1- Roberts (but could be Daniel OR Benjamin), b. ? (ca 1715-1720 ?). Joanna perhaps b. ? 1739-40 and md. Nov 19, 1759 (almost certainly in Kittery) as second wife to John Spinney.

Her mother was Deborah Azuba Weymouth (but another source says perhaps Wentworth). If info is correct , it means Deborah Azuba Weymouth/Wentworth was b. ca 1715-20, had children from somewhere around 1739/40 through ca. 1759, and that the eldest Joanna Roberts was about 20 years older than her youngest sibling Daniel -2- Roberts.

Birth: 1744 Kittery, York, Maine, USA

Arrival: Between 1768 and 1867 Nova Scotia, Canada

Death: Feb 16 1824 Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Parents: Benjamin Roberts 1719-1763 Deborah Azuba Weymouth 1724-1771

Husband: John Spinney 1733 - 1793

Siblings:

Mary Roberts 1751 - 1785 Anna Roberts 1753 - ? Daniel Roberts 1757 - 1850 Benjamin Roberts 1758 - 1824 Samuel Roberts 1763 - ? Children:

Issac Spinney 1761 - 1840 Anna Spinney 1763 - 1784 Jacob Spinney 1765 - 1845 Aaron Spinney 1768 - 1836 Andrew Spinney 1770 - 1837 Willaim Spinney 1773 - 1853 Benjamin Spinney 1774 - 1847 Daniel Spinney 1780 - 1840 Joannah Ryder (born Spinney) 1784 - 1826 Ezra Spinney 1792 - ? Soloman Ryder [1] The Roberts came along with Rev. John Frost and his fellow Baptists from Kittery in 1761 and settled around Argyle and later Robert's Island, NS. This is well documented in the historical records in Yarmouth and Tusket.

Siblings:

Joanna b. 1739/40 md. *Nov 19, 1759 *2nd wife to John -4- Spinney Abigail b. ca 1742 md. *1762 D. Crocker *2nd wife; son Joseph b. 1781 ? Benjamin b. ca 1750/55 *md. Dec 27, 1775 *to Diademia Nickerson Hobbs Mary b. ca 1755/58 *md. May 6, 1779 *to Ezra Churchill Daniel -2- b. 1758 *md. Sept 15, 1779 *to Annie Goodwin Anna b. ca 1762 *md. Apr 8, 1782 *1st wife of Nathaniel Ricker; 7 ch. she died April 1, 1800 Argyle, NS

Sources

↑ MyHeritage https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-1-217100921-3-904/joanna... http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Family:John_Spinney_and_Joanna_Roberts_(1) http://genforum.genealogy.com/spinney/messages/23.html

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Joanna Spinney's Timeline

1744
1744
Kittery, York County, Maine, British Colonial America
1759
1759
Rosette, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada
1761
May 31, 1761
Argyle, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
1765
November 30, 1765
Argyle, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
1768
January 8, 1768
1770
March 29, 1770
Argyle, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
1772
July 15, 1772
Argyle, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
1774
December 22, 1774
Argyle, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
1777
May 5, 1777
Argyle, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada