Nathan Spicer Sr. (1735 - 1811)

Born 10 Sep 1735 in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Mayhew) Spicer — married 10 Jan 1765 in Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 27 Jul 1811 at age 75 in Fort Ann, Washington, New York, United States

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Biography

Nathan was born 10 September 1735 in Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut. ^[1]

Residence Early Years

It is not known exactly when Nathan moved from Pomfret to New York.

In Feb 1760, for the first time, Nathan is included in the tax list for Crum Elbow precinct located in Amenia, Dutchess County New York. He was still on the Crum Elbow list in Feb 1762, but subequently moved to Amenia. From June 1762 through 1778, he was on the Amenia tax lists. ^[2]

Nathan, a blacksmith purchased part of Lot 32 in Amenia. In March 1773, Nathan held a mortgage for 132 acres in Lot 32. "Nathan Spicer of Amenia, blacksmith to Richard Cantillow in lot 132. The property begins S line of lot 32 and North line of Samuel Denton at stake and stones in iron works pond, and bounded Samuel Smith and Stephen Hopkins." On 12 December 1774, Nathan sold part of Lot 32. ^[3]

Marriages

Nathan's first wife was Leah, whose last name is unknown. She died 11 July 1764 in Amenia, in her twenty-fifth year. ^[4]

On 10 Jan 1765 in Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut, Nathan married Abigail Mayhew. [Mayhew 787] Sharon was across the Connecticut border not far from Amenia, NY. ^[5] Susan Spicer Meach and and Jean Grube, in their volumes on the Spicer family, say they were married in Sharon, though since they were married by a Dutchess County Justice of the Peace, they may have been married in New York.

Nathan had 13 children and 77 grandchildren of which 65 are known to have married

Military Service

Nathan served in the Revolutionary War. He was one of those in Amenia Precinct who signed the Articles of Association during June and July of 1775. His name was transcribed as "Nathan Spuer" in the History of Dutchess County. ^[6] At some point during the Revolution, he was in the Fourth Regiment of Albany County Militia.^[7] "His name appears on an assignment of land bounty rights made of members of a class of Col. Kilian Van Rensselaer's Albany county Regiment." ^[8] At some point, Nathan was a private in Willet's regiment, Newell's Company. ^[9]

Residence Later Years

Sometime after 1778, Nathan and his family moved to Kinderhook, New York. His son, Tobias, in his autobiography, says that he was born in Kinderhook, 7 November 1788, so the family had moved there by then. About 1794, Nathan and his famiily moved to Nassau, Albany County, New York. His son Tobias reported that he was six when they moved. ^[10]

Sometime between 1803 & 1811 Nathan & Abigail moved to Fort Ann, Washington County, New York. By the time Nathan & Abigail moved to Fort Ann they were relatively poor and received $7.00 a month from their son Tobias.

Death

Nathan died 27 July 1811 in Fort Ann, Washington County, New York at age 75.

Burial

Hadlock & Buttermilk Falls Cemetery, Fort Ann, Washington, New York. Find a Grave calls the cemetery the Spicer Family Cemetery without giving any GPS coordinates or location beyond locating it in Fort Ann. (Find A Grave)

Sources

1. ↑ Barbour Collection of Vital Records, Pomfret, CT, R-S, Windham County Connecticut CT Genweb Project. [1]
2. ↑ Clifford M. Buck, Crum Elbow Tax Lists, Local History Department, Onondaga County Public Libarty, familysearch international, pp. 36, 56 [2]
3. ↑ Jean B. Grube, compiler, Descendants of Nathan Spicer (1735-1811). Baltimore: Gateway Press. 1979, p. 2.
4. ↑ Lawrence Van Alstyne, Burying Ground of Sharon, Connecticut, Amenia and North East, New York. Amenia, N.Y.: Walsh, Griffen & Hoysradt, Printers. 1903, p. 118 [3]
5. ↑ "Record of Marriages by Roswell Hopkins, one of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Dutchess, State of New York.", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, April 1908, p. 126.
6. ↑ Frank Hasbrouck, The History of Dutchess County New York. Poughkeepsie, N.Y.: S. A. Matthieu. 1909, p. 98. [4]
7. ↑ New York in the Revolution as Colony and State, Vol. I., A Compilation of Documents and Records from the Office of the State Comptroller. Albany, N.Y.: J. B. Lyon Company, printers. 1904, p. 226 [5]
8. ↑ Mrs. Susan Spicer Meech and Miss Susan Billings Meech, compilers, History of the Descendants of Peter Spicer A Landholder in New London, Connecticut, as early as 1666, and others of the name. 1911, p.61. [6]
9. ↑ Berthold Fernow, editor, Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New York, Volume 15. Albany. N.Y.: 1887,"Alphabetical Roster of the State Troops", p.479. [7]
10. ↑ Autobiogaphy of Rev. Tobias Spicer, New York: Lane & Scott. 1852, p. 9 [8]

• Meech, Susan Spicer. History of The Descendants of Peter Spicer (F.H. Gilson Co., Boston, 1911) Page 36 & Page 61

• Find A Grave: Memorial #75389198

• U.S. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 (National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, Kentucky) Microfilm, 508 rolls. Page: Volume: 187; SAR Membership Number: 37294: Record for Natman Spicer

• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1994-2002) Vol. 1-55. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=CTvitalsBarbour&h=209686&indiv=try

• Hatcher, Patricia Law. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots (Pioneer Heritage Press, Dallas, TX, 1987) Volume: 4: Record for Nathan Sr Spicer http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=graves&h=47702&indiv=try