Edward Spicer (abt. 1623)

Born about 1623 in Jamestown, James, Virginia

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Colony of Virginia [uncertain]

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Biography

Edward Spicer was a Virginia colonist.

Son of Gregory & Mary (Unknown) Spicer

He married Mary Unknown - parents of Henry, William & Peter

Note

Note: Spicer

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=ea567af3-0da4-4547-9fcd-dc03f602399b&tid=18704240&pid=312

Research Notes

A search of ancestry.com, familysearch.org, and other genealogy websites as well as an internet search using both Bing and Google search engines turned up no definitive sources for Edward Spicer's birth, death or marriage. The information that he is the son of Gregory Spicer is taken from what appears to be one narrative that is repeated endlessly on the internet and is included in part on Gregory's profile. The ancestry link given above under Note leads to another posting of this same information.

Edward is said to be the father of three sons -- Henry, William and Peter Spicer. There are records for a Peter Spicer who settled in New London, Connecticut in 1666.^[1] He is said to be a son of this Edward but there are no sources linking the two together. No sources have been found for the other two brothers, Henry and William. They are only mentioned in the above referenced narrative found everywhere on the internet.

There are two references to an Edward Spicer in Hotten:

• Edward Spicer, age 21 -- 10 August 1635, "to be transported to Virginea, imbarqued in the Safety, by John Graunt Mr.
• Edward Spicer, age 18 -- September 1635, "to be transported to Virginea imbarqued in the David Jo: Hogg Mr...."^[2]

There are two more documented references to an Edward Spicer in Cavaliers & Pioneers.

• William Batt, 250 acs. on W. side the North River in Mockjack Bay, Sept. 1, 1643, Page 901. Trans. of 5 pers: Christopher Hooton, Edward Spicer, ...
• Mr. Barthalomew Hoskins, 800 acs. upon the Northward side of the Ewd. branch of Eliz. River, Jan. 1, 1645, Page 157. ... Trans. of 16 pers: [incl] Edward Spicer.^[3]

These appear to reference four different Edward Spicers. If it were not insisted upon that this Edward was son of Gregory Spicer, born in Virginia in 1623, I would be inclined to say he might have been one of the above immigrants.

At this time I have found no sources validating his birth to Gregory and wife or his death date. (Shirley Dalton 17:07, 23 November 2020 (UTC))

Sources

1. ↑ Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania. Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, Volume 3, page 1532
2. ↑ Hotten, John Camden, Editor. The Original Lists of Persons of Quality; Emigrants' Religious Exiles; … and others who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700. John Camden Hotten: London, 1874. Reprinted Empire State Book Co., New York. Pages 122, 129
3. ↑ Nugent, Nell Marion, Abstracted and Indexed by. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1800. In Five Volumes. Richmond, VA.: Press of the Dietz Printing Co., 1935, Pages 146, 178, 179

• Source: S-2041173149 Repository: #R-2138563101 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=18704240&pid=312
• Repository: R-2138563101 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Note:
• Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, Vol. 3. pg. 1532-1535)

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Spicer-187 created through the import of Keller-Freeland-Ferris Family .ged on Feb 27, 2012 by Elizabeth Tapia.