Samuel Spinney (1717 - 1784)

Born 3 Jul 1717 in Kittery, York, Maine

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Averille) Spinney — married 20 Jul 1761 in Kittery, York, Maine

Husband of Hannah (Smith) Spinney — married 26 Nov 1766 in Granville, Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died 11 Jun 1784 at age 66 in Granville Ferry, Annapolis, Nova Scotia

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Biography

• Samuel was born on July 14th, 1717 in Kittery, York County, Maine.
• Samuel's father was Samuel Spinney and his mother was Margaret Shephard.
• His paternal grandparents were Thomas Spinney and Margery Randall.
• He had five sisters named Lydia, Patience, Margaret, Sarah and Elizabeth.
• He was the fourth oldest of the six children.
• He had nine half-brothers and a half-sister, named Samuel, James, John, Thomas, James, Nathan, Jeremiah, David, Jonathan and Elizabeth.
• He died at the age of 66 on June 22nd, 1784 in Granville, Nova Scotia^{[1] [2]}

Samuel Spinney & Elizabeth Averille

Samuel and Elizabeth were married on July 20th, 1761 in Kittery, York County, Maine. They had two sons named Joseph and David.

1. Joseph Spinney born on April 24th, 1763 in Granville, Nova Scotia. He died at the age of 81 in November 1844 in Kings, Nova Scotia.
2. David Spinney born on March 1st, 1764 in Granville, Nova Scotia. He died at the age of 1 on June 20th, 1765 in Granville, Nova Scotia.

He married (2nd) Hannah Smith, born on June 21st, 1750 in Port Hood, Nova Scotia.

1. David Spinney born on November 3rd, 1767 in Granville, Nova Scotia.
2. Elizabeth Spinney born on November 24th, 1769 in Granville, Nova Scotia.
3. Mary Spinney about 1770 in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia.
4. Samuel McClure Spinney born on November 22nd, 1771 in Granville, Nova Scotia. He died at the age of 60 on May 6th, 1832 in Aylesford, Nova Scotia.
5. Beniah Spinney born in 1774 in Granville, Nova Scotia. He died in Greenwood, Nova Scotia.
6. Hanna Spinney born in Granville, Nova Scotia.
7. Joan Spinney born in Granville, Nova Scotia.
8. Jane Spinney
9. Eleanor Spinney born in Granville, Nova Scotia.

Sources

1. ↑ Phillips, Judy Spinney Family Genealogy:Genealogy of Thomas Spinney and Margery Randall (Willow Bend Books, Westminster, Maryland,2004)
2. ↑ An Ongoing Family History for the Dow and Spinney Families

• Spinney Family Genealogy: Genealogy of Thomas Spinney and Margery Randall
• Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton, M. A., D. C. L., The History of Kings County Nova Scotia (The Salem Press Company, Salem, Massachusetts, 1910 Title page also gives ..... Heart of the Acadian Land - Giving a Sketc), p. 822.