John Spencer, of Lynn & East Greenwich

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John Spencer was born about 1638 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts to Michael Spencer and Isabel (Unknown) Robbins. he is the brother of Thomas Robbins [half], Susannah (Spencer) Bacon, John Robbins [half], Michael Spencer, William Spencer, Mary Robbins [half] and Male Robbins [half]. He married Susannah (Griffin) Spencer — married 1665 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island. His children are: John Spencer, Michael Spencer, Benjamin Spencer, William Spencer, Robert Spencer, Abner Spencer, Thomas Spencer, Susannah (Spencer) Briggs and Peleg Spencer. John died on 31 Aug 1684 in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island.

Profile last modified 7 Dec 2019 | Created 6 Aug 2010

Biography

John was born about 1638. According to Robert Charles Anderson, John was born by 1640, the son of Michael Spencer and his wife Isabel. John married Susanna (Unknown) by 1666, a date based on the birth of their first child.[1]

John Spencer, the son of Michael Spencer of Lynn, Massachusetts, married Susannah Griffin and moved his family to Rhode Island.

Sources

↑ Great Migration 1634-1635, R-S. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VI, R-S, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009. Page 428, citing TAG 27:163 and 168 Find A Grave: Memorial #112179313 John Spencer

Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A.,comp., "The Four Spencer Brothers-Their Ancestors and Descendants," The Anerican Genealogist, 27 (April 1951),pp. 79-87. 64 pages Spencer Genealogy page 11 35 to 45, The records of the Rhode Island Branch are as yet so imperfect in the fourth generation, adding so little to what may be readily found in the published works of Austin and Arnold, that it is felt inadvisable to give space to them at the present time. Reference numbers have been reserved for the sons in the fourth generation, and it is hoped that this section may be published at some time in the future, if we are able to obtain the data from the unpublished sources.

Page 11 line 46. Alexander (3), (William (2)), Michael (1) note: John Spencer brother to William (2) son of Michael (1) is recorded in wiki.

Page 31 of 64 line 140. Alexander Spencer (4), Alexander (3), William (2), Michael (1), born say 1724, died ?; married at Sharon, Conn., 25 Feb 1750, Deborah Frisbie, born 8 Jun 1732, daughter of Deacon Ebenezer Frisbie and Silence (Brockett) Frisbie. In the 1790 census under Litchfield (which included Sharon and other towns is listed Alexander Spensor (4 males over 16 and two females), and immediately under him is Hezekiah Spencer ( 1 male over 16, 1 male under 16, and two females), and Hezekiah Frisbie is listed a couple of lines above. Hezekiah Frisbie was a brother of Deborah Frisbie, and later moved to Duanesburg, N.Y.

Alexander Spencer, of this family, was a "Minuteman"; Alexander Spencer died marching with Benedict Arnold in his March through the Maine Wilderness to invade Canada. (www.dar.org records)

See also:

http://www.spencersofeastgreenwichri.org/01-first-generation-in-eas...

John Spencer

• Birth: b. about 1640 Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts
• Death: Aug 31 1684 - East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island
• Parents: Michael Spencer, Isabel
• Wife: Susanna

Children of JOHN SPENCER and SUSANNA are:

• i. Susanna Spencer, born 1653 in Kingston, Rhode Island, U.S.A; married Joseph Reynolds 1673.
• ii. John Spencer, born April 20, 1666 in Newport, Rhode Island. U.S.A.; died Abt. 1743 in East Greenwich, Kent Rhode Island, U.S.A; married Audrey Greene Abt. 1692 in Rhode Island, U.S.A; born Abt. 1667; died Abt. 1723.
• iii. Michael Spencer, born May 28, 1668 in Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.A.; died Abt. 1748 in Rhode Island, U.S.A; married Elizabeth November 16, 1682 in East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, U.S.A; died October 13, 1748.
• iv. Benjamin Spencer, born June 22, 1670 in East Greenwish, Kent County, Rhode Island, U.S.A.; died in Rhode Island, U.S.A; married (1) Martha Abt. 1696; married (2) Patience Hawkins August 04, 1718 in Rhode Island, U.S.A.
• 768 v. WILLIAM SPENCER, born July 01, 1672 in Newport, Kent County, Rhode Island. U.S.A.; died in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, U.S.A; married ELIZABETH in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, U.S.A..
• 770 vi. ROBERT SPENCER, born November 06, 1674 in Rhode Island, U.S.A.; died Abt. 1748 in Rhode Island, U.S.A; married (1) THEODOSIA WHALLEY July 15, 1697 in Rhode Island, U.S.A.; married (2) Martha Whaley Aft. 1717.
• vii. Abner Spencer, born December 04, 1676 in East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, U.S.A.; died Abt. 1759; married Susann Wells December 09, 1708 in East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
• viii. Thomas Spencer, born July 22, 1679 in East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, U.S.A.; died April 24, 1752 in East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, U.S.A; married Elizabeth Pierce December 13, 1703 in East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, U.S.A; died September 30, 1742.
• ix. Susanna Spencer, born December 01, 1681 in East Greenwich, Kent Rhode Island, U.S.A; married Richard Briggs September 23, 1700 in East Greenwich, Kent Rhode Island, U.S.A.
• x. Peleg Spencer, born December 04, 1683 in East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, U.S.A.; died Abt. 1768; married Elizabeth Coggeshall July 1708 in Newport, Middletown County, Rhode Island, U.S.A.

comments

The citations have wife Susanna as (parents unknown).

From Re: Griffin of Rhode Island 2001

"The only early published genealogy that I am aware of that refers to Robert Griffin is Edith Austin Moore's "A Genealogy of the Descendants of Robert Austin", in which she states that Robert's wife name was Mary -- not Hannah. If one can believe online sources, the immigrant Robert Griffin had by whichever wife the following children:

4. Susannah baptized 13 May 1644, married John Spencer

"My line is through Susannah Griffin & John Spencer per Moore's book on the Austin family of RI.

Citations

1. Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island
2. Great Migration profile of Michael Spencer: Son John went Rhode Island. In 1666 he married Susanna ? and their eldest son was born April 29, 1666 East Greenwich. They had nine children: John II, Michael, Benjamin, William, Robert, Robert, Adner, Thomas, Susanna, Peleg. All born East Grennwich, R.I. John died in East Greenwich 1695.

Links

• Spencers of East Greenwich, Rhode Island

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GEDCOM Note

Source: Of the original grantees was John Spencer. He evidently came here directly from Newport, where he had been made a freeman in 1668. His wife was Susannah Griffin. John may have been the son of Michael Spencer who was living in Cambridge, MA, in 1634, and later in Lynn. Among John's possessions was a Spencer coat-of-arms which indicated that he descended from Sir Robert Spencer of Northampton, England. Also in his inventory was a gentleman's small sword or "tucke", suggesting that he might have held rank in England. The inventory also listed five Indian servants, presumably captives after King Philip's War. There is not much doubt that John Spencer was a leader. He was the first to sign the original grant, was the first town clerk in East Greenwich (1677-1683), and was conservator of the peace in 1678. Early town meetings were held at his home. Much credit is due this man for the early town records which he kept, even though his handwriting is like hieroglyphics to the untrained reader. John Spencer's original ninety acre farm granted to him in 1677 was on Kenyon Avenue. He evidently bought up other grants in this vicinity because his land holdings in the are were very extensive. His home stood on the ninety acre section assigned to h im near Payne's Pond. The house, which stood on the site of the one owned by James McMahan today, was torn down in 1914. Tradition has it that Peleg(2), son of John(3) Spencer, built it about 1708, but is is most likely that John(3) Spencer had a home, perhaps a small one resembling the original Clement Weaver house, on thatsite. Peleg may have added lean-tos and ells to the house, bringing it to much larger proportions. Pictures of the house show it to have been a sturdy two-story home with a large center chimney, almost identical with the pilastered chimney on the Joshua Coggeshall house, built in 1705, on Pierce Road. The fact that Peleg Spencer married Elizabeth, daughter of Joshua Coggeshall in 1708, makes it feasible that the same workmen built both these homes. The last member of the Spencer family to live in the old house was Judith Spencer Payne (1809-1893). Her heirs sold the property to James P. Riley in 1911. He had the house razed in 1914, and so went another fine architectural gem. Family letters and land evidence bear out the fact that John and Susannah (Griffin) Spencer were buried just west of the house and that someone plowed up the area, not realizing that it was a burial place. So old John and his Susannah lie in unmarked graves on the bank of Payne's Pond. It was onthe north bank of the pond that Jeremiah(3) Spencer, son of Peleg (2) had a grist mill. In records of the period he is called "Jerimiah Spencer, the miller of Paradise Mill". Many of us today remember when this area was known as Paradise. John and Susannah Spencer had nine children, eight boys and one girl. Every child married, giving the old folks seventy-six grandchildren, so it is no wonder that the name of Spencer is familiar h ere after almost three hundred years. There we many Spencer families still living in and around East Greenwich who can trace their ancestry back to the first John Spence

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