Person Sheet


Name Sgt. Thomas SPENCER
Birth 29 Mar 1607, Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England
Death 11 Sep 1687, Hartford, Connecticut
Occupation chimney viewer, constable, surveyor of highways
Education Made his mark instead of signing his will
Private Note Came 1633. Fought in Pequot War
Spouses
1 Sarah BEARDING
Birth abt 1623, England
Death 11 Sep 1685, Hartford, Connecticut
Father Nathaniel BEARDING (~1597-1674)
Marriage 11 Sep 1645, Hartford, Connecticut
Children Sarah (~1646-1712)
Notes for Sgt. Thomas SPENCER
The Spencer family in America

For information on the immigrant family, refer to The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vols. I-III, by Robert Charles Anderson (Boston, 1995).
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Thomas and Sarah (Bearding) Spencer

Thomas SPENCER - bap. Mar. 29, 1607, Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England; d. Sep. 11, 1687, Hartford, CT. Son of Gerard SPENCER and Alice WHITBREAD. To Cambridge, MA about 1631 with brothers William, Gerard, and Michael. Freeman May 14, 1634. To Hartford, CT by 1639 as orginal proprietor; chimney viewer 1650; north side constable 1658; surveyor of highways 1672; Sgt. of train band 1650, receiving grant in 1671 for his service in militia and Pequot War. His name appears on Hartford's Founders Monument. Will dated Sep. 9, 1687. Married first Ann DORRYFALL (b. 1610; d. 1645), sister of Barnabas of Braintree, MA. Married second Sep. 11, 1645, Hartford, CT.

Sarah BEARDING - b. about 1623; d. Sep. 11, 1685, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT. Daughter of Nathaniel BEARDING (d. Sep. 1674, Hartford, CT) and his first wife (name unknown). Nathaniel was in Hartford by 1636; townsman 1658; surveyor of highways 1666. His name appears on Hartford's Founders Monument. He was fined 10 s. in 1649 for sleeping when on watch. He married second Abigail (d. Mar. 20, 1682/33), widow of William ANDREWS, and wrote will Jan. 7, 1674. His estate was inventoried at £282 Sep. 14, 1674.

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Children of Thomas and Ann Spencer

1. Obadiah - b. about 1639, Hartford, CT; d. about 1712, Hartford, CT. Will dated Jun. 22, 1709; codicil May 2, 1712; inventory May 26, 1712. Married 1665 Mary DISBOROUGH (b. 1641, Hartford, CT; d. before 1709), daughter of Nicholas DISBROW and Mary BRONSON of Hartford. Children: Obadiah married Ruth KELSEY; Thomas married Sarah MEAKINS; Samuel married Deborah BECKLEY; Ebenezer married Mary BOOTH; Mary married Thomas KING; John married Sarah SMITH; and Disborough married first Abigail ELMER and second Sarah (ARNOLD) CASE.
2. Thomas - b. about 1641, Hartford, CT; d. Jul 23, 1689, Suffield, CT. Married Esther ANDREWS (d. Mar. 6, 1697/8, Suffield, CT), daughter of William and Elizabeth. Children: Esther married William PIERCE (and had a child by John BARNARD); Elizabeth married John TAYLOR; Thomas probably did not marry; Samuel married Elizabeth MASCRAFT (ancestors of inventor Philo T. FARNSWORTH); William married; and Anna died in infancy.
3. Samuel - b. about 1643, Hartford, CT; d. Jan. 8, 1726/7, Windham, CT. Heir of his Uncle Barnabas DERIFIELD. Married Sarah (b. about 1660; d. Apr. 15, 1733, Windham, CT. Children: John married; Sarah married John CRANE; and Hannah married Gershom PALMER.

Children of Thomas and Sarah Spencer

1. Sarah - b. about 1646, Hartford, CT; d. Oct. 24, 1712, probably at Suffield, CT. Married Thomas HUXLEY.
2. Elizabeth - bap. Mar. 26, 1648, Hartford, CT. Married Samuel ANDREWS (bap. Oct. 21, 1645, Hartford, CT; d. Jan. 1711/2, Hartford, CT), son of William and Elizabeth. Children: Samuel; Thomas married first Mary MASON, and second Susanna ELLIS; John married Lydia ENSIGN; Abigail married John STEDMAN; and Elizabeth married William DAY.
3. Jared - b. about 1650/1, Hartford, CT; d. Jan. 1, 1712, Hartford, CT.
4. Hannah - b. Apr. 15, 1653, Hartford, CT. Married first George SEXTON, Jr.; possibly second Nov. 29, 1698, Hartford, CT Daniel BRAINERD, Sr.; and possibly third Jonathan CHAPMAN.
5. Mary - b. May 18, 1655, Hartford, CT; d. Nov. 4, 1690, Westfield, MA. Married Oct. 7, 1675 Thomas ROOT (d. Aug. 16, 1709), son of John.
6. Martha - b. Mar. 19, 1658, Hartford, CT. Married Andrew BENTON (bap. Aug. 12, 1653, Milford, CT; d. Feb. 5, 1703/4, Hartford, CT), son of Andrew BENTON and Hannah STOCKING. Children: Hannah married Edward SCOVILLE; Martha; Andrew; Mercy; John; Dorothy married John GRIDLEY; Mary married Jonathan PRATT; Joseph married first Sarah WATERS, and second Sarah PYNCHON; Ebenezer married Elizabeth WHITE; and Elizabeth.
Notes for Sarah (Spouse 1)
Some sources show her birth in abt 1611
Last Modified 27 Aug 2002 Created 18 Sep 2002
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