John
Spencer
Born in Barnby upon Don, Yorkshire, England
Ancestors 
Brother of
Mary Herrot [half], Sarah (Herrot) Bigsby [half], Thomas Spencer, Robert Spencer III Esq and Mary Spencer
Husband of
Elizabeth (Stovin) Spencer
— married
20 May 1765 in Chapel of Austerfield, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England
Father of
Elizabeth Spencer, Mary Spencer, Charlotte Spencer, Robert Spencer, John Spencer and James Spencer
Died [date unknown]
in America
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Contents |
Biography
With his family they went to live in America.
Background
He was baptised on 29 May 1737 at Banby upon Don, Yorkshire.[1]
On the death of his father in 1765, John and his elder brother each inherited £22,000.
Marriage and family
On 20 May 1765 he married Elizabeth Stovin, the daughter of Jonathan Stovin and Dorothy Hartshorne, and they had three daughters and three sons. She was the younger sister of Dorothy Stovin who married his brother Robert.
"20 May 1765. John Spencer and Elizabeth Stovin, both of the Parish of Blyth, by Robert Pritchard, Vicar, by Licence. Witnesses: Jone [Joanna] Stovin [the bride's sister], Ann Rowley."
America
In about 1770 with their elder (at least three) children, the family went to live in America.
Sources
'Recollections of Rev Richard Taylor' and genealogical notebooks, compiled by Cranleigh Harper Barton 1890-1975, which form part of the Cranleigh Barton Bequest (1975), Whanganui Regional Museum, New Zealand.
1737 Baptism 1737, Family Search [2]
The Registers of the Chapel of Austerfield [3]
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