↑ Spencer-7476 was created by Michael Spencer through the import of Peleg Spencer 2014-0714.ged on Jul 12, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
↑ Source: #S309 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Peleg Spencer
↑ Source: #S309 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Peleg Spencer
↑ Source: #S309 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Peleg Spencer
"Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD52-TJB : 26 March 2020), George Spencer, 09 Oct 1874; citing Edwardsburgh, Leeds & Grenville, Ontario, yr 1874 cn 5269, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,846,471.
Source: S309 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R1
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George 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:
Name: George W. Spencer
Given Name: George W.
Surname: Spencer
Sex: M
Birth: 3 Sep 1804 in Edwardsburgh, Grenville, Ontario, Canada
Death: 9 Oct 1874 in Edwardsburgh, Grenville, Ontario, Canada
Burial: 12 Oct 1874 Spencerville, Grenville, Ontario, Canada
Change Date: 6 Jun 2015 at 09:09
AND FURTHER, there is info on his parents, wife & kids (Most of the WRIGHTS Fled to CANADA after the American Revolutionary War, as they were Loyalists. For example George W. Spencer being the brother of my g-g-g-g grandpa Charles Spencer (who m. Zerviah Wright), George was. like Charles, a son of Peleg Spencer and Sarah Wright, and Charles' wife Zerviah's dad was Ebenezer Wright, another Loyalist. He also fled over the Canadian border. So it makes sense to find this record which shows George W. as having done the same.
Here's his parents, wife, kids, from same website as above:
Father: Peleg Spencer b: 28 Jan 1756 in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
Mother: Sarah Wright b: 3 Sep 1768 in Connecticut, United States
Marriage 1 Clarissa Wright b: Jan 1808 in Matilda Township, Dundas, Ontario, Canada
Married: 4 Aug 1835 in Edwardsburgh, Grenville, Ontario, Canada
Event: Married By
Event: Witness
Change Date: 18 May 2012
Children
Has No Children Louisa Spencer b: 1836 in Edwardsburgh, Upper Canada
Has Children Almon Spencer b: Feb 1838 in Ontario, Canada
Has Children Rhoda Spencer b: 17 Nov 1839 in Spencerville, Grenville, Ontario, Canada
Has No Children Harvey Spencer b: 24 May 1842 in Johnstown, Upper Canada
Has No Children Minor Spencer b: Abt 1843
Has No Children Anna Spencer b: Abt 1846
Has Children Rachael A. Spencer b: Abt 1848
Has Children Sarah Spencer b: Abt 1854 in Edwardsburgh, Upper Canada
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=genesearcher&id=I18081
Name: George W. Spencer Given Name: George W. Surname: Spencer Sex: M Birth: 3 Sep 1804 in Edwardsburgh, Grenville, Ontario, Canada Death: 9 Oct 1874 in Edwardsburgh, Grenville, Ontario, Canada Burial: 12 Oct 1874 Spencerville, Grenville, Ontario, Canada Change Date: 6 Jun 2015 at 09:09
AND FURTHER, there is info on his parents, wife & kids (Most of the WRIGHTS Fled to CANADA after the American Revolutionary War, as they were Loyalists. For example George W. Spencer being the brother of my g-g-g-g grandpa Charles Spencer (who m. Zerviah Wright), George was. like Charles, a son of Peleg Spencer and Sarah Wright, and Charles' wife Zerviah's dad was Ebenezer Wright, another Loyalist. He also fled over the Canadian border. So it makes sense to find this record which shows George W. as having done the same.
Here's his parents, wife, kids, from same website as above:
Father: Peleg Spencer b: 28 Jan 1756 in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, United States Mother: Sarah Wright b: 3 Sep 1768 in Connecticut, United States
Marriage 1 Clarissa Wright b: Jan 1808 in Matilda Township, Dundas, Ontario, Canada
Married: 4 Aug 1835 in Edwardsburgh, Grenville, Ontario, Canada Event: Married By Event: Witness Change Date: 18 May 2012
Children
Has No Children Louisa Spencer b: 1836 in Edwardsburgh, Upper Canada Has Children Almon Spencer b: Feb 1838 in Ontario, Canada Has Children Rhoda Spencer b: 17 Nov 1839 in Spencerville, Grenville, Ontario, Canada Has No Children Harvey Spencer b: 24 May 1842 in Johnstown, Upper Canada Has No Children Minor Spencer b: Abt 1843 Has No Children Anna Spencer b: Abt 1846 Has Children Rachael A. Spencer b: Abt 1848 Has Children Sarah Spencer b: Abt 1854 in Edwardsburgh, Upper Canada