Sgt.
Thomas
Spencer
Born in Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England
Ancestors 
and Brother of
William Spencer, Elizabeth (Spencer) Tomlyns, Rachel Spencer, John Spencer, Henry Spencer, Richard Spencer, Unknown Spencer, Michael Spencer and Gerard Spencer
Husband of
Ann (Dorryfall) Spencer
— married
1635 [location unknown]
Husband of
Sarah (Bearding) Spencer
— married
11 Sep 1645 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Obadiah Spencer, Thomas Spencer, Samuel Spencer, Jarred Spencer, Sarah (Spencer) Huxley, Elizabeth (Spencer) Andrews, Hannah (Spencer) Brainerd, Mary (Spencer) Root and Martha (Spencer) Benton
Died
at age 80
in Hartford, Connecticut
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Biography
This profile is part of the Spencer Name Study.
Thomas was born before 1607. He is the son of Jarrard Spencer and Alice Whitbread. He passed away in 1687.
He married Sarah Bearding on 11 September 1645 in Hartford, Connecticut Colony.[1][2]
Sergeant Thomas Spencer, Cambridge; freeman, May 14, 1634; removed in 1637 to Hartford, where he was one of the original proprietors ; his home-lot in 1639 was on the east side of Main St., near what is now the junction of Main and Windsor Sts.; he served in the Pequot War; chimney-viewer, 1650; constable, north side, 1658; surveyor of highways, 1672; he was sergeant of the trainband in 1650, and received in 1671 a grant of 60 acres, "for his good service in the country." He m. (1) -; (2) Sept. 11, 1645, Sarah, only child of Nathaniel Bearding, of Hartford. He d. Sept. 11, 1687.-Ch. of 1st wife : i. Obadiah, Hartford; freeman, 1658; m. Mary, dau. of Nicholas Disborough; d. 1712. ii. Thomas; freeman, 1658; m. Esther, den. of William Andrews, of Hartford; removed to Suffield iii. Samuel. Ch. of 2d wife: iv. Gerard, Hartford; m. Dec. 22, 1680, Hannah, dau. of John Pratt, Jr., of Hartford; d. 1712. v. Sarah, m. Thomas Huxley, of Suflield; d. Oct. 24, 1712. vi. Elizabeth, bapt. March 26, 1648; m. Samuel Andrews, of Hartford. vii. Hannah, b. April 15, 1653. viii. Mary, b. May 18, 1655. ix. Martha, b. March 19, 1657-8; m. - Benton.
The Founders of Hartford
Note
A short biography of this man and the documentary evidence relating to him is given in The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633,by Robert Charles Anderson (1995), pages 1718-1721 AmericanAncestors.org (with subscription).
DNA
- Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing. Frank Spencer and Chet Spencer match on 64 out of 67 markers (see YSearch IDs BVDU9 and 23V7R) thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their MRCA Gerard Spencer.
Sources
- ↑ Connecticut Historical Society, "Early Hartford Vital Records," Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society (Hartford, Conn. : Published for the Society, 1860), Vol. 14(1912):606. Archive.org
- ↑ Hartford. First Church of Christ, Historical catalogue of the First Church in Hartford. 1633-1885 ([Hartford] Pub. by the Church, 1885) p. 235, "List of Marriages taken from the Town Records". Archive.org, GoogleBooks
- Blaydes, Frederic. Genealogia Bedfordiensis (Chiswick Press, London, 1890)
- "The Four Spencer Brothers" by Jacobus, Donald Lines in "The American Genealogist" 27 April 1951, pp. 79-87.
- Adams, Charles. Middletown Upper Houses, A History of the North Society of Middletown, Connecticut, from 1650 to 1800 (Grafton Press, New York, 1908) Page 548
- Porter, William. Historical Notices of Connecticut (Connecticut Historical Society, 1842) No. 2, "Hartford and West Hartford", Page 13
- Find A Grave: Memorial #40275474
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Chet Spencer
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup E-BY56509, FTDNA kit #2186, MitoYDNA ID T10761 [compare] - Frank Spencer :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup E-BY56509, FTDNA kit #2376 +
Y-Chromosome Test, FTDNA kit #2376
- Richard Spencer :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test, FTDNA kit #47932
- Don Spencer :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 25 markers, haplogroup e-by56509, FTDNA kit #470880
- Keith Mann Spencer :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup E-M35, FTDNA kit #911426, MitoYDNA ID T18654 [compare]
- Darrell Spencer :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #4549
- Rob Spencer :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup E-SK1027, MitoYDNA ID T10745 [compare]
- Andrew Spencer :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup E-FT109972, FTDNA kit #838559
- Randall Spencer :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup E-BY56509, FTDNA kit #939566, MitoYDNA ID T15655 [compare]
- Daniel Griffin :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup E-FT110498, FTDNA kit #952107
- Liam Spencer :
Y-Chromosome Test, haplogroup E-V13
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https://books.google.com/books?id=3NDwY_UmYAsC&pg=PA235
https://archive.org/details/collectionsofcon14conn/page/606/mode/1up
First name(s) Thomas Last name Spencer Year 1619 Year (as transcribed) 1619 Role Apprentice Freeman's first name Thomas Freeman's last name Spencer Parent's first name(s) Jarrard Parent's last name Spencer Parent's address Stafford, Bedford Parent's occupation Yoman Master's first name Roberte Master's last name Dodd Master's address London London Metropolitan Archives reference CLC/L/HA/C/011/MS15860/004 Folio / Page number 135 Catalogue description Worshipful Company of Haberdashers - Register of apprentice bindings 1610-1630 Record set City Of London, Haberdashers, Apprentices And Freemen 1526-1933 Category Education & work Subcategory Apprentices Collections from England, Great Britain
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBOR%2FHABS%2F30061
Ann
First name(s) Gerard Last name Spencer Apprentice year 1624 Livery company Turner Details Spencer Thomas, son of Gerard, Stotfold, Bedfordshire, yeoman, to John French, 1 May 1624, Turners' Company Birth county Bedfordshire Birth country England Record set London Apprenticeship Abstracts, 1442-1850 Category Education & work Subcategory Apprentices Collections from Great Britain, England
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=ORIGINS%2FLONDONAPPRENTICE%2F121127%2F268692
Ann
Thank you!
Thomas married Ann Derifield, daughter of Barabas Derifield and Ann (unknown), about 1638 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT. Ann was born about 1610 in Stotsfold, Bedfordshire, England and died about 1644 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT. Thomas next married Sarah Bearding, daughter of Nathaniel Bearding and Unknown, on 11 Sep 1645 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT. Sarah was born about 1623 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT and died on 11 Sep 1685 in Hartford, Hartford Co.,