John
Spencer
Born about in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Son of Gerard Spencer
and Hannah (Unknown) Spencer
Brother of
Mehitable (Spencer) Cone, Hannah (Spencer) Brainerd, Marah (Spencer) Shaylor, Sarah (Spencer) Backus, Elizabeth (Spencer) Stonard, Thomas Spencer, Samuel Spencer, Timothy Spencer, Ruth (Spencer) Clark, Rebecca (Spencer) Tanner, William Spencer and Nathaniel Spencer
Husband of
Rebecca (Hayward) Spencer
— married
about 1663 in Hartford, Connecticut [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Father of
Rebecca (Spencer) Ackley, Gerard Spencer, Benjamin Spencer, Lydia (Spencer) Ventres and Grace (Spencer) Day
Died
at about age 45
in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut
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Biography
He was a freeman in 1669. John Spencer, the eldest son of Gerrard, dwelt next south from Samuel Butler (1639-1692), his lot extending to the brink of the hill over hanging the brook. Each of these two home lots (Spencer and Butler) extended from the highway to the river, and contained eight acres. John Spencer died young, before his father and left what is known as a narrative or nuncupative will .
Birth
- Date: about 1636, Lynn, Essex Co Massachusetts [1]
Family
- Husband: John Spencer
- Wife: Rebecca Hayward [1]
- Marriage: about 1664
Children of John Spencer and Rebecca Hayward are: [2]
- - REBECCA15 SPENCER, b. March 16, 1665/66, Haddam, Middlesex, CT; d. 1736, East Haddam, Middlesex, CT.
- - JARRARD SPENCER, b. January 1668/69, Haddam, Middlesex, CT; d. November 24, 1744, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA.
- - BENJAMIN SPENCER, b. March 1670/71, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA.
- - Lydia SPENCER, b. 1673, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA; m. JOHN VENTRES, 1694.
- - GRACE SPENCER, b. July 27, 1674, East Haddam, Middlesex, CT; d. May 12, 1714, Colchester, New London, Connecticut, married at Hartford 21 Jan 1695/6 John Day, son of John
Death
Died 3 Aug 1682, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut [2]
Buried
After 3 Aug 1682, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut[3]
Will
Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records (Hartford District), Charles W. Manwaring, Hartford, 1902,Vol 1, p 364
John SPENCER, Haddam. Died 3 Aug 1682. Invt. £267-00-06. Taken 7 Aug 1682, by George GATES, Joseph ARNOLD. The children: Rebeckah 16 years of age, Jarrard, 14 years, Benjamin 11 years, Lydia 10 years, & Grace 6 years.
Will nuncupative. He declared it as his Will that his Eldest son Jerrard SPENCER & his Eldest daughter Rebeckah should be at the disposal of his Brother-in-law Daniel BRAYNARD and his own sister Hannah, the wife of Daniel BRAYNARD. That his son Benjamin should be with Nicholas NOYSE of Haddam till 21 years of age. That his father HOWARD should have his daughter Lydia. That his brother-in-law John KENNOE & his Sister Rebeckah KENNOE should have his youngest daughter Grace SPENCER. He declared his Will that Thomas BROOKS, whom his sister BROOKS had committed to his Care when at the age of 4 years and whom he had brought up to the age of 18 years, should show all respect to his Mother, now the wife of Thomas SHAYLOR; but the two years time which he was to have lived with his Uncle he now gave to himself; also gave him 20 shillings, and desired his Overseers to take Care of him because he was too young to be wholly set free. He gave £30 to each of his sons and £20 to each of his daughters, left money to buy books for them, and desired that they all should be well clothed with linen & Wollen. He gave to Good wife SMITH, for Kindness & attendance, 20 shilling; also to his sister SHAYLOR. He desired Nicholas NOYES, George GATES, Daniel BRAYNARD, Daniel CONE & Thomas SPENCER, might be overseers.
Witness: George GATES, Thomas SPENCER.
Court Record, Page 58 -- 7 Sep 1682: Adms., with Will annexed, to Daniel BRAYNARD, Thomas SPENCER.
Page 51 -- (Vol. V) 8 Feb 1693: Grace SPENCER, daughter of John SPENCER, late of Haddam decd., chose her Uncle Nathaniel SPENCER to be her guardian.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Great Migration 1634-1635, R-S
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Four Spencer Brothers, TAG vol 27, page 169
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #34130606
See also:
- Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records (Hartford District), Charles W. Manwaring, Hartford, 1902,Vol 1, p 364
- 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. John Spencer
- The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) The Four Spencer Brothers, by Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., vol 27, page 79 - 87 and 161 - 185
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Categories: Spencer Name Study
This profile is of John the son of Gared Spencer who was the son of Jarrard Spencer and Alice Whitbread.
I'm going to extract the data for John born about 1603, from the biography and place on John Spencer-5553, yet another duplicate of John the son of Jarrard Spencer and Alice Whitbread.
There are many John Spencer names in this family, and care must taken when dealing with any of them. For the complete family, see:
Conveniently the John of 1603 never married so we do not have to deal with descendants attached in error.