William
Spencer
Born in Lincolnshire, England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Sarah (Sharp) Spencer
— married
1764 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Nathan Spencer, Ichabod Spencer, Sarah Spencer, William Spencer, Elizabeth Spencer and Morris Spencer
Died about
at about age 41
in Wantage, Sussex, New Jersey, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Jun 2014
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Biography
William Spencer was born about 1739 in Lincolnshire.
In 1764, William married Sarah (Sharp) the widow of Jobe Thorp, with issue:-
- Nathan (1764)
- Icabod (1766)
- Sarah (1767)
- William (1770)
- Elizabeth (1772)
- Morris (1775)[1]
William passed away about December 1830, in Wantage, Sussex, New Jersey. [2]
Previous Notes
- Event:
- Type: DEED NJ SUSSEX D:92
- Date: BET 1774 AND 1780
- Place: William Spencer owns 20 acres off Wolfpit Road, which his heirs sell at some point and is acquired by Francis King of Wantage. King sells it to William Elston of Wantage on 09 JUN 1791 in Deed D-92. Approx location of land on Google maps: /Wantage, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA[3]
- Event:
- Type: Deed
- Date: 01 MAR 1780
- Place: Buys 67 acres from Commissioner's of Forfeited Estates, land previously belonging to loyalist Oliver Delancey/Wantage, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA[4]
Sources
- ↑ Edward Thorp King. "Genealogy of Some Early Families in Grant and Pleasant Districts, Preston County, West Virginia, Also the Thorpe Family of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and the Cunningham Family of Somerset County, Pennsylvania". Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1977. Extracts from the Family Bible of Thankful Thorp Liston reportedly transcribed by her great grandson the author listed on p 143
- ↑ A source for this fact is still needed.
- ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Spencer
- ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Spencer
- Bible records of Family Bible published by McCarty and Davis No. 171 Market Street, Philadelphia, I. Ashmead and Company, printers, title page bears date 1831.
Acknowledgements
Thank you to Michael Spencer for starting this profile on 26th June 2014.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~0.78%
Thomas Oliver
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~0.78%
Daniel Tobbe :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #AM36186
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~0.39%
Christopher Becker :
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