Isabel
Robbins
formerly [surname unknown] aka Spencer
Born about in England
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Michael Spencer
— married
before 1640 (to about 29 Sep 1653) [location unknown]
Wife of
Thomas Robbins
— married
before 30 Nov 1654 (to 9 Oct 1674) in Lynn, Massachusetts [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Mother of
John Spencer, Thomas Robbins, Susannah (Spencer) Bacon, John Robbins, Michael Spencer, William Spencer, Mary Robbins and Unknown Robbins
Died
at about age 59
in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Contents |
Biography
Family History, Spencer Group one DNA as compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus, the Four Spencer Brothers and their descendants, 64 pages Spencer Genealogy. Spencerville, Canada is listed on Historical Places on the Canadian National Register, Descendants of Michael and Isabel Spencer are proven residents. When starvation and hard times hit the area 1790s, the building of the Spencer Grist Mill and Saw Mill brought serious relief to these settlers, Patriot and EUL, embroiled in the Revolution. Read the dissertation of Phd. Timothy Compeau, Univ.of Western Ontario. First four generations of Michael Spencer 1611-1653 are available at familytreedna/spencer, colorized chart.
Birth
- Isabel's surname at birth is Unknown. [1] The date of her birth, and location, are also unknown. She may have been born about 1615, based on the age of her husband Michael Spencer.
Marriages
- Isabel married Michael Spencer "by about 1640".[1] Michael is known to have arrived in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1634.[2] The location of the marriage is unknown.[1] Michael Spencer died by 29 Nov 1653.[1]
- Isabel (Unknown) Spencer, widow, married second, a year and a day after the death of Michael Spencer, by 30 Nov 1654 Thomas Robbins, a carpenter from Salem, Massachusetts.[1][3]
- Note: Isabel was most likely married to Thomas Robbins of Salem in Lynn, Massachusetts, where she had lived before the death of her husband Michael Spencer. His brother Gerard Spencer lived at that time in Salem,[3] and since Isabel's house was sold for the support of her children, she and the children were most likely living with Michael's brother Gerard Spencer in Lynn for the year between Michael's death and her second marriage.
Salem Court
- On 31 Mar 1657, "Thomas Robins and Henry Skerry [were] bound for the appearance of Elizabeth Robins when the court shall call for her." At the same court, "Thomas Robins [was] bound to bring his wife, Isabel Robans, to next court at Salem to answer suspicion against her." On 1 Jul 1657, "Thomas Robins [was] bound for his wife's appearance to answer to a charge of concealing things stolen by her son. She was fined & ordered to pay Rob[er]t Lord.[4]
Death
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Great Migration 1634-1635, R-S, by Robert Charles Anderson, Vol 6, page 437 Link via $ubscription.
- ↑ The Great Migration Directory, by Robert Charles Anderson, (2015), page 315
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 The Four Spencer Brothers, by Donald Lines Jacobus,, TAG Vol 27 (1951), page 163
- ↑ Records and files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, published 1912. Reference pages 32, 48
- ↑ The Essex Institute, Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 Volume VI - Deaths M - Z (Salem, Mass. 1924) p. 188.
- 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. Profile for Michael Spencer: Page 437, By about 1640, Married Isabel (Unknown).
- The Four Spencer Brothers, by Donald Lines Jacobus, The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .), pp 163 #8.
- Anderson, Robert Charles, F.A.S.G., The Great Migration Directory, (Boston, Massachusetts, NEHGS, 2015), "Concise entries for all immigrant families for the entirety of the Great Migration, from 1620 to 1640." Page 315
- S1. FamilySearch Isabel Robbins, born 1615 of Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England. Died 9 Oct 1674. Married Michael Spencer in 1637, Of Adrian, Stotford, Bedfordshire, England. 4 children listed. Spencer was the name of her first husband. Thomas Robbins was the second husband of widow Isabel Spencer,
- S2. Geni Isabel Robbins. There is some useful information here.
- S3. Find A Grave.
- Lechner Family History, compiled by Michael Lechner, with my father Ted Harrold Lechner. Lechner Family History.
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I posted comments regarding the dispute to the profiles of both Thomas Robbins (1641-) and John Robbins (1643-), In both cases, I suggested the relationship should be severed.
Also posted comments to the profiles of Mary Robbins (1653-) and Unknown Robbins (1659-) seeking reliable source that they are Isabel's children.
edited by GeneJ X
Joan
It is possible that Isabel Croad-44 (this profile) is the same person as Isabel Unknown but there many issues that need to be cleared up before a merge.
1. She was not born in 1620 in Middlesex, Massachusetts. 1620 is when the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. There was no Middlesex. There was not even Massachusetts, just Plymouth Colony.
2. There is no evidence for her surname at birth to be Croad (or any other name, it is unknown).
3. Isabel married Michael Spencer, her first husband, before 1640, and he died by Nov 29, 1653. Isabel married Thomas Robbins of Salem, Massachusetts by 30 Nov 1654 - a year after being widowed. There is no chance she had children with a surname of Robbins before 1655 - eliminating four of the five children on this profile. Isabel was busy having children with her husband Michael Spencer from 1640 - 1648, named John, Susannah, Michael.
4. Isabel (Unknown) (Spencer) Robbins died 9 Oct 1674 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.
5. Thomas Robbins took another wife, 11 Mar 1674/5, named Mary (Gould), widow of Richard Bishop.
Please note: it is very difficult to document profiles with family trees, unless the trees themselves are well documented. I appreciate your contributions to WikiTree and hope these corrections are not deemed offensive, they are merely food for thought.
The Puritan Great Migration uses as its primary source the works of Robert Charles Anderson, which can be found on Ancestry.com and also on NEHGS, and in libraries.
Sincerely, April Dauenhauer
This is at odds with the info currently in the bio (which shows marriages reversed), so was unsure whether to change a PPP profile. Here is a $ link to the TAG article: https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image?pageName=163&volumeId=11884&rId=23575872