Ann (Dorryfall) Spencer (abt. 1610 - bef. 1645)

Born about 1610 in Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England

Descendants

Died before 11 Sep 1645 before about age 35 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

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Ann (Dorryfall) Spencer migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 2, p. 360) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

[Note: Anne's birth is estimated to be about 1610 is most sources, however GM1to3 p. 573 suggests a birth date may have been closer to 1618]

[Note: Children's births not recorded, and birth years are estimates noted from the various sources]

Biography

Ann Dorryfall, was the sister of BARNABY DORRYFALL ^{[1] [2] [3]} It is thought that the family may have originated near Boston, Lincolnshire. ^[4]

Anne 'Dorifall', aged 24, enrolled as a passenger Elizabeth of Ipswich on April 30, 1634. ^{[5] [2]}

Her brother Barnabas of Braintree, Massachusetts left bequests to his kinsmen, Samuel, Obadiah and Thomas Spencer in his will written on January 28, 1680/1. The bulk of his estate went to Samuel Spencer, executor, in 'consideration for taking care of him', with small legacies to his brothers Obadiah and Thomas.^[4] In Thomas Spencer's will of September 9, 1686, he names his three sons Obadiah, Thomas and Samuel and notes that he bequests to son Samuel, his wearing apparel, son Samuel having already 'received a good portion from his Uncle'. ^{[1] [6]}

Anne was admitted to Boston church on November 2, 1634, as "Ann Derifall, our brother Wm. Coddington's maid servant. ^[2]" [ BChR 19].

Soon after her church admission, she married Thomas Spencer. ^[2] Her husband Thomas was baptized at Stotfole, Bedfordshire, England on March 29, 1607, son of Gerard and Alice (Whitebread) Spencer. Thomas was first of Cambridge, Massachusetts but removed to Hartford, Connecticut in 1636. ^[3]

She died by September,1645, when Thomas remarried at Hartford. ^[3]

Children

1. Obadiah born c 1635-9; married Mary Disborough, daughter of Nicholas about 1666 ^[3]; died at Hartford in May 1712. ^{[7] [6]}
2. Thomas born c 1637-41; married Esther Andrews, daughter of William about 1666 ^[3]; died July 23, 1698 at Suffield, Connecticut. ^{[7] [6]}
3. Samuel born c 1639-43; married Sarah (unk) by about 1684 ^[3]; died at Windham, Connecticut on October 24, 1727 ^[7] vs January 8, 1726/7. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Clark, Mrs. William C. Who Was the First Wife of Thomas Spencer of Hartford, Conn.? in: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1951, p.197-99 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Anderson, Robert C. Ann Dorryfall in: Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 2001 p. 360 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} Anderson, Robert C. Thomas Spencer in: Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N.E. 1620-1633, Vols. I-III, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1995 p. 1717-21 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Anderson, Robert C. Barnabas Dorryfall in: Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N.E. 1620-1633, Vols. I-III, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1995 p. 571-3 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)
5. ↑ Hotten: James C. The Original Lists of Persons of Quality; Emigrants; Religious Exiles; Political Rebels; Serving Men sold for a term of years; apprentices; children stolen; maidens pressed; and others who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700 : with their ages and the names of the ships in which they embarked, and other interesting particulars; from mss. preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England, London, England, 1874 p. 281
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} Jacobus, Donald L. The Four Spencer Brothers and Their Descendants in: The American Genealogist, Volume 27, New Haven, Connecticut, 1950, p. 162-3 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} The Family of Sgt. Thomas Spencer in: The Connecticut Nutmegger, Volume 29, Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Glastonbury, Connecticut, 1996 p. 15-16 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.)

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