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William Spooner (abt.1621-abt.1684)
William Spooner 2022 Research
Spooner Surname Research 2022
William Spooner 1684 Will
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Contents

Disputed Associations

Disputed Parentage. Although Thomas Spooner (1869) suggested William Spooner's parents were John Spooner and Anne Peck, both born England but last known of Leiden, Holland, this association lacks historical support and has been disputed by WikiTree collaborators. See William Spooner (PGM) -- Is there historical evidence for a link to parents? and Research Notes.

Biography

William Spooner's origins are unknown or unproven.[1] He was born, probably England, only perhaps Colchester, Essex,[2] about 1623 (estimated age at indenture). William died in Dartmouth, Plymouth Colony, between 8 March 1683[/4] (date of will) and 14 March 1683[/4] (inventory of William Spooner "of Dartmouth late Deceased").[3]

William Spooner married (1) presumably Plymouth Colony, by about 1646 (birth of child), Elizabeth _____ (sometimes called Elizabeth Partridge, see Research Notes). She was born probably England, about 1625 (presumed age at first marriage), and died at Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, 28 April 1648.[4]

William Spooner married (2) in Plymouth, 18 March 1651/2, Hannah Pratt.[5] She was born, probably Plymouth, say 1632, the daughter of Joshua Pratt and his wife, Bathsheba.[6] Hannah was not mentioned in William's 1684 will and is presumed to have predeceased him.

Immigration

Robert Charles Anderson (2015) placed William Spooner's arrival in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony at 1637.[7] This is based on the record of his apprenticeship/indenture. From Records of the Colony of New Plymouth ... (emphasis added),[8]

Whereas, William Spooner of Colchester in the County of Essex by his Indenture, beareinge date the twenty seaventh day of March Anno Dui 1637, in the thirteenth year of his Ma^ties Raigne $c hath put himself apprentice w^th John Holmes, of New Plymouth in America gent from the first day of May next after the date of the said Indenture vnto thend _ terme of six yeares thence ensuing w^th diuers other couenant_ both pts to be pformed eich to other by the Indent it doth more plainely appeare. Now the said John Holmes w^th the consent & likeinge of the said Willm Spooner hath the first day of July assigned and set ouer the said William Spooner vnto John Coombs of New Plymouth, aforesd gent for all the residue of his terme vnexpired to serue the sd John Coomes, and the sd John Comes in thend of his said terme shall giue the said Willm Spooner one comely suite of apparell for holy dayes and one suite for working days and twelue bushells of Indian Wheate, and a good seruiceable muskett, bandiliers and sword fitt for service.

At Plymouth Colony

The earliest notice of William Spooner at Plymouth is the record (above) of his indenture/apprenticeship with John Holmes being assumed by John Coombs, with William's consent. Given the terms of the indenture, it would have ended 27 March 1643. Immediately prior to that date, 6 March 1642/3, an interesting record orders William Spooner to pay "the debt of ... his master."[9]

It is ordered by the Court, that Wilim Spooner shall pay for the debt of Mr Combe, his master, vnto Mr Wm Hanbury, the sum of xs, wch was attached in Mr Prenc_ hand, wch Mr Prence did acquit to Mr Combe ; but the debt remayneing due to Mr Hanbury as aforesd, the said Spooner shall pay it to Mr Hanbury by a bushell of wheate, & a bushell & a half of barley.

William Spooner's name appears on the August 1643 Plymouth "List of Men Able to Bear Arms."[10]

John Coombs had died by 15 October 1646, and his widow had already left for England, leaving a child or children with William Spooner. At court,[11]

William Spooner came before the Gour and vndertooke to saue the towne harmeles from any charge that might befalle by reason of a child that Mrs Coombs left with him when she wente for England, and which he vndertooke to keepe & prouid for.

Two years later, on 1 August 1648, William Spooner, then a widower, again appeared at court regarding the Coombs family,[12]

Att this Court it was ordered, yt Thomas Cushman shall haue and enjoy, without disturbance, the one third part of all the English corn due vnto Mis Combe, for her part, from William Spooner, for this p'sent yeare, excepting the rye, wherof hee is to haue the one halfe, and one part of fine of the Indian com, and the one half of the finite, and the one half of the hempe. The said Court haue further ordered, concerning the children of the said Mis Combe, now being with William Spooner, yt the said Spooner keepe them for the p'sent, and not dispose of them for the future, without further order from the Court.

William Spooner stood for freemanship[13] on 7 June 1653,[14] and was sworn and admitted, 6 June 1654.[15]

On 8 June 1655, William was named one of the three "Surveyors of the Highwaies" for Plymouth.[16]

In 1657[17] and 1666,[18] William sat on Grand Enquests (grand juries).[19]

Possibly the last notice of him at Plymouth, his name appears on a list of names, "First, Plymouth," about 1658, thought to be a list of the town's freemen.[20]

The family removed to Dartmouth. On 9 June 1665, the court addressed John Rushell "of Acushena, allis Dartmouth" in a matter concerning Hannah (Pratt) Spooner.[21] Rushell was fined, and a condition of his release was that,

... if the said John Rushell shall and doe appeer att the Generall Court ... to be holden att Plymouth the first Tusday in October next to answare for any thinge that may bee further objected against him conserning attempting the chastitie of Hannah, the wife of William Spooner.

On 29 May 1670, William's name appeared on the list of Dartmouth freemen.[22]

On 5 March 1677/8, the court ordered that William Spooner should receive £2 10s, due to "the defect of a constable in the towne of Dartmouth ..."[23]

---WIP---
From Spooner--resided Plymouth until about 1660, when he removed to the new settlement at Acushnet in the Dartmouth purchase. Here he held lands in his own name and an interest in the purchase.
Question-- reference for "Held lands ...'" Where do we find the grants/deeds???
From Spooner--Family tradition that William and his sons built the first mill at Dartmouth.

Will

William Spooner's will was written 8 March 1683[/4]; his inventory was presented 14 March 1683[/4].[24][25] See William Spooner 1684 Will; he mentions family members,

  • John Spooner, my son
  • John Spooner, my grandson
  • Ebenezer Spooner, my son
  • Isaac Spooner, my son
  • John Sherman, my son in law
  • Sarah Sherman, my daughter
  • Martha Whing, my daughter
  • Hannah, my daughter
  • Josua, son of my daughter Hannah
  • Mercy, my daughter
  • Samuel Spooner, my son, also sole executor.
  • William [Spooner], my son

Family

William and Elizabeth (_____) Spooner were the parents of one child,

  1. John Spooner, born presumably Plymouth, about 1646 (if about age 21 at marriage), died after 7 February 1733/4 (provided for in son's will);[26][27] married (1), probably Dartmouth, about 1667 (birth of child, 2 July 1668),[28] _____ _____; married (2) by about 1679 (birth of child, 11 May 1680),[29] possibly Rebecca Peckham, daughter of John and Eleanor (Weaver) Peckham.[30][31]

William and Hannah (Pratt) Spooner were the parents of eight children,

  1. Sarah Spooner, born in Plymouth, 5 October 1653,[32][33] died, probably Dartmouth, after 19 June 1720 (date of husband's will);[34] married probably in Dartmouth, by about 1674,[35] John Sherman,[36] son of Philip Sherman and his wife, Sarah Odding.[37]
  2. Samuel Spooner, born in Plymouth, 14 January 1655[/6],[38][39] died before 19 February 1739 (will proved);[40][41] married perhaps in Sandwich, about 1688, Experience Wing, daughter of Daniel and Anna/Hannah (_____) (Ewer) Wing.[42]
  3. Hannah Spooner, born probably in Plymouth, say about 1658, died after 8 March 1683/4 (named in her father will); married, say by about 1679 (at about age 21), _____ _____; had issue Josua _____ (named in her father's will).[43]
  4. William Spooner, born probably in Dartmouth, say about 1660, died after 29 April 1719 (deed);[44] married, probably Dartmouth, about 1689 (birth of child, 1690),[45] Sarah _____.[46]
  5. Martha Spooner, born probably in Dartmouth, about 1662 (if 21 at marriage), died probably in Rochester, Plymouth Colony, after 25 March 1717 (husband's will);[47] married perhaps in Dartmouth, 1683 (birth of child, 1684),[48] John Wing, son of Daniel and Hannah (Swift) Wing.[49]
  6. Isaac Spooner, born probably in Dartmouth, say about 1664, died 27 December 1709;[50] married, by about 1699 (birth of child, 1699/1700),[51] Alice _____ (WikiTree calls her Alice Simpson).
  7. Ebenezer Spooner, born probably in Dartmouth, about 1666 (gravestone), died Plymouth, 5 February 1717/8; married, by 1694,[citation needed] Mercy Branch, daughter of John and Mary (Speed) Branch.[52]
  8. Mercy Spooner, born probably in Dartmouth, say 1668, named in her father's 3 March 1663/4 will; no further record.

Research Notes

WikiTree Pages of Interest.

Great Migration Directory. S. Willson, "[https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1491507/did-anderson-include-entry-the-directory-for-william-spooner Did Anderson include an entry in the Directory for William Spooner?], answer of 5 November 2022, citing Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620–1640: A Concise Compendium (Boston, Massachusetts : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015) for "William Spooner, unknown [origins], 1637; Plymouth," works consulted as "PCR 12:19; MD 15:27, 16:238; NEHGR 23:407-8; Thomas Spooner, Records of William Spooner of Plymouth, Mass, and his Descendants (1883) Cincinnati." See also William Spooner 2022 Research.

Birth. Research about English indentures has been used to estimate his date of birth. In 1637 William had 6 years of indenture left. Assuming that William fit the criteria for completing his apprenticeship by the age of 24, he would be no older than 24 by 1643, putting his birth year about 1619. Assuming he would complete his service by the age of 21 in 1643, his birth year would be about 1622. See William Spooner (PGM) -- Working to estimate his year of birth and also, courtesy of Scott Carles,

  • Stastistical measures in Patrick Wallis, Cliff Webb, and Chris Minns, “Leaving Home and Entering Service: The Age of Apprenticeship in Early Modern London,” Continuity and Change 25 (3), December 2010; PDF available at ResearchGate. From this material, the median age for London apprentices, from 1630 to 1639, was 16.86 years and the mean age was 17.46 years, with an age of 15.45 years in the 25th percentile and 18.73 years in the 75th percentile.
  • An overview of the "Statute of Artificers 1562" in John Ward and Timothy Cunningham, The law of a justice of peace and parish officer: containing all the acts of Parliament at large concerning them, and the cases determined on those acts in the Court of King's Bench, 1 (1769):58; available image of p. 58, sections 25-26 at InternetArchive.org.
  • John Ward and Timothy Cunningham, The law of a justice of peace and parish officer: containing all the acts of Parliament at large concerning them, and the cases determined on those acts in the Court of King's Bench, 1 (1769):61; available image of p. 61, section 36 at InternetArchive.org.

John Holmes. Can anything more be learned about William from the study of "John Holmes, of New Plymouth in America gent," to whom our William Spooner od Colchester was first apprenticed? This contract was later transferred to John Coombs I (1610-1646). See Denwood Nathan Stacy Holmes, "The Black Sheep of Some Good Family": The Essex Ancestry of John Holmes, Gentleman, Messenger of the Plymouth Court," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 171 (2017):84-92; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors, courtesy of Jillaine Smith and Scott Carles. Holmes (2017) references 1986 and 1989 work by Eugene A. Stratton, "Descendants of Mr. John Holmes, Messenger of the Plymouth Court," National Genealogical Quarterly, 74 [1986], 83-110, 203-223, and "Mr. John Holmes of Plymouth--Revisited," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, 77 (1989):143-144. Holmes further cites a third work, Eugene A. Stratton, Plymouth Colony: Its History and People, 1620-1691 (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Publishing, 1986), 306 (sketch of John Holmes). Finally, Robert Charles Anderson, The Pilgrim Migration (Boston: NEHGS, 2004), 265-267 (John Holmes).

Parentage/Sibling/Leiden? Great speculation is found in print[53] regarding the possible association of William Spooner as the son of John Spooner (Jan Spoenaert) and Ann Peck, married Leiden, Holland, 24 December 1616. She married (2) in Leiden, 28 June 1631, Peter Powell.

The earliest records about this by Thomas Spooner (b. 1817) seems "Ann Spooner," in "Notes and Queries," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 23 (1869):348 (Ann Spooner); digital images, Hathi Trust.

In 1883, Spooner was still writing about this,[54] "It is known that in 1616, John Spooner was living in Leyden and was the head of a family;—also, that Ann S., his widow, was there in 1630. In 1637 an Ann Spooner was in Salem, who it is supposed was the Ann S. of Leyden, and that John and Ann of Leyden were the parents of William of 'Plymouth and of Thomas, who was in Salem in 1637."

Those interested in pursuing this possible association may want to review Anderson's 1995 comments about Hannah (Pratt) Spooner's mother, Bathsheba.

New England Marriages. William Spooner (___-1684) entries, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, 3 vols. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015), 2:1424 (Spooner); database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors, see also William Spooner 2022 Research.

  • Spooner, William (____-1684) & 1/wf Elizabeth [Partridge] (____-1648); by 1648; Plymouth, works consulted as "Reg. 23:408, 57:32; MD 15:27; Hardwick 500; Spooner (1871) 24; Peckham 216; Noyes-Gilman 90; Crapo 201; Williams (,2) 57; Newton (,4) 275." See AmericanAncestors, see also Sources-Torrey.
  • Spooner, William (____-1684) & 2/wf Hannah Pratt; 18 Mar 1651, 1641/2; Plymouth/Dartmouth, works consulted as "Reg. 9:314, 23:408; MD 16:238; Spooner (1871) 25; Crapo 202, 249, 854; Shurtleff; Sinnott 216; Williams (,2) 57; LBDF&P 4:159." See AmericanAncestors, see also Sources-Torrey.

Elizabeth's Surname. See also G2Gs in 2015 and 2022. From Thomas Spooner, Records of William Spooner of Plymouth, Mass., and His Descendants (Cincinnati [Press of F. W. Freeman], 1883), 24; digital image, Hathi Trust, or InternetArchive. See also entry for James Spooner, No. 680, (1777-1838), Hathi Trust],

The fact that her sur-name was Pa[r]tridge, is learned from a record made by James Spooner, No. 680, “as related to him by Walter Spooner,” No. 179. Walter was born in 1720, his grandfather, Samuel S., lived until 1739, and his great uncle, John S. is known to have been living in 1734. Walter, at these periods of time, was of an age to have an interest in such matters, and from either John, the son of Elizabeth, or of his grandfather, he probably obtained the record communicated by him to his Plymouth relative.

Colchester, Essex ... Herein, reference is presumed to Colchester, Essex, England, now about 50 miles northeast of London. Spooner (1869, p. 407) casts doubt on this identification, suggesting it refers to the place Salisbury, then Old (County) Norfolk, and after 1643, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay. Given the plain reading of the indenture, it more likely refers to the place in England--were all the parties then residing New England, it seems unlikely the agreement would have referred to John Holmes as (emphasis added) "of New Plymouth in America gent."

Bristol County, Massachusetts. According to Wikipedia, Bristol County, Massachusetts was founded 2 June 1685, from parts of Plymouth County.

Plymouth. According to Wikipedia, Plymouth/Plimouth/Plimoth, was the capital of Plymouth Colony from its founding (1620) until the merger with Massachusetts Bay in 1691.

Deeds. Deed work has not been done.

Prior Version. Prior version of this profile reported hie was born (a) 1590, (b) in Colchester, Essex, England, 1 January 1621, without citing reliable sources. His death war reported in "Acushnet, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony," "about 1684"

Sources

  1. ↑ S. Willson, "Did Anderson include an entry in the Directory for William Spooner?, answer of 5 November 2022, citing Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620–1640: A Concise Compendium (Boston, Massachusetts : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015) for "William Spooner, unknown [origins], 1637; Plymouth ..."
  2. ↑ In 1637 (earliest notice), he was styled "William Spooner of Colchester in the County of Essex," see David Pulsifer, ed., Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England, 12 vols. (Boston : Press of W. White, 1855-61), 12:19 (for Spooner indenture); digital images, Hathi Trust. See also, Research Notes.
  3. ↑ William Spooner 1683[/4] will and inventory, Plymouth Colony records, wills ... 4:71; digital images, FamilySearch, FHL film 567794, Digital Collection (DGS) 7051111, image 573 of 616. Note -- Will dated 8 March 1683[/4], Inventory dated 14 March 1683[/4] (see year penned at upper left of will, "1684").
  4. ↑ For Elizabeth Spooner 1648 death, Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England, 12 vols. (Boston : Press of W. White, 1855-61), 8:5 (1648. Plym Register of Mariages & Burialls); digital images, Hathi Trust, "Elizabeth Spooner, the wife of William Spooner, died the twenty eight of April [1648]."
  5. ↑ For Spooner-Pratt 1651/2 marriage, George Ernest Bowman, "Plymouth Colony Vital Records," The Mayflower Descendant 16 (1914): 235-239 (part of a continuing series) at 238; digital images, Hathi Trust, "William Spooner Married to Hannah Pratt the 18th of March" 1651[/2].
  6. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., paginated consecutively (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 1510-1513 (Joshua Pratt) at 1512 (Hannah Pratt); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  7. ↑ S. Willson, "Did Anderson include an entry in the Directory for William Spooner?," answer of 5 November 2022, citing Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620–1640: A Concise Compendium (Boston, Massachusetts : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015) for "William Spooner, unknown [origins], 1637; Plymouth ..."
  8. ↑ David Pulsifer, ed., Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England, 12 vols. (Boston : Press of W. White, 1855-61), 12:19 (for Spooner indenture); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  9. ↑ Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed. (v 1-8), David Pulsifer, ed (v 9-12), Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England, 12 vols. (Boston : Press of W. White, 1855-61), 1:51; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  10. ↑ Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed. (v 1-8), David Pulsifer, ed (v 9-12), Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England, 12 vols. (Boston : Press of W. White, 1855-61) 8:187; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  11. ↑ Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed. (v 1-8), David Pulsifer, ed (v 9-12), Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England, 12 vols. (Boston : Press of W. White, 1855-61), 12:137; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  12. ↑ Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed. (v 1-8), David Pulsifer, ed (v. 9-12), Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England, 12 vols. (Boston : Press of W. White, 1855-61), 2:131; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  13. ↑ See "Freeman (Colonial); web content, Wikipedia, especially for, "in ... Plymouth Colony a man ... had to be elected to this privilege by the General Court ..."
  14. ↑ Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed. (v 1-8), David Pulsifer, ed (v. 9-12), Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England, 12 vols. (Boston : Press of W. White, 1855-61), 3:31 (7 June 1653); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  15. ↑ Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed. (v 1-8), David Pulsifer, ed (v. 9-12), Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England, 12 vols. (Boston : Press of W. White, 1855-61), 3:48 (6 June 1654); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  16. ↑ Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed. (v 1-8), David Pulsifer, ed (v. 9-12), Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England, 12 vols. (Boston : Press of W. White, 1855-61), 3:79 (8 June 1655); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  17. ↑ Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed. (v 1-8), David Pulsifer, ed (v. 9-12), Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England, 12 vols. (Boston : Press of W. White, 1855-61), 3:115 (3 June 1657); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  18. ↑ Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed. (v 1-8), David Pulsifer, ed (v. 9-12), Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England, 12 vols. (Boston : Press of W. White, 1855-61), 4:123 (3 June 1666); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  19. ↑ Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed. (v 1-8), David Pulsifer, ed (v. 9-12), Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England, 12 vols. (Boston : Press of W. White, 1855-61), 11:11 (Laws, for "Grand Jury how pannelled"); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  20. ↑ Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed. (v 1-8), David Pulsifer, ed (v. 9-12), Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England, 12 vols. (Boston : Press of W. White, 1855-61), 8:197 (List of Names as apparent freemen, "First, Plymouth," about the year 1658); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  21. ↑ Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed. (v 1-8), David Pulsifer, ed (v. 9-12), Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England, 12 vols. (Boston : Press of W. White, 1855-61), 4:101 (9 June 1665); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  22. ↑ Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed. (v 1-8), David Pulsifer, ed (v. 9-12), Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England, 12 vols. (Boston : Press of W. White, 1855-61), 5:279, (29 May 1670/ Freeman's Lists/William at Dartmouth); digital images, Hathi Trust
  23. ↑ Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed. (v 1-8), David Pulsifer, ed (v. 9-12), Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England, 12 vols. (Boston : Press of W. White, 1855-61), 5:254 (5 March 1677/8); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  24. ↑ William Spooner 1683[/4] will and inventory, Plymouth Colony records, wills ... 4:71; digital images, FamilySearch, FHL film 567794, Digital Collection (DGS) 7051111, image 573 of 71. Note -- Will dated 8 March 1683[/4], Inventory dated 14 March 1683[/4] (see year penned at upper left of will, "1684").
  25. ↑ Thomas Spooner, Records of William Spooner of Plymouth, Mass., and His Descendants (Cincinnati [Press of F. W. Freeman], 1883), 19-20; digital images, Hathi Trust, or InternetArchive.
  26. ↑ The will of son Barnabas^3 Spooner dated 7 February 1733/4 make provisions for his "for the comfortable Purpose of his aged and Honored father," see Thomas Spooner, "The Spooner Family," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 23 (1869):407-411 (to be continued) at 409; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  27. ↑ Barnabas Spooner of Dartmouth, 1734 probate papers, case 23800 (14 pp.), Bristol County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1880; database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors, will dated 7 February 1733[/4], proved 18 June 1734 at pp. 3-5.
  28. ↑ John Spooner 1668 birth record, Vital records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, 3 vols. (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society at the charge of the Eddy Town-Record Fund, 1929-30), 1:260 (Spooner); digital images, Hathi Trust, "John [Spooner[, s. John July 2, 1668."
  29. ↑ William Spooner 1680 birth record, Vital records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, 3 vols. (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society at the charge of the Eddy Town-Record Fund, 1929-30), 1:262; digital images, [Hathi Trust, "William [Spooner], s. John, May 11, 1680."
  30. ↑ No record of this wife's name has been found in the records at Plymouth Colony, but a 1711/2 Colony of Rhode Island record (power of attorney by the heirs of James Peckham) includes the names "John Spooner, and Rebecca Spooner," see Stephen Farnum Peckham, "John Peckham of Newport, R. I., and some of his Descendants," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 57 (1903):31-39 (to be continued), at 32; digital images, Hathi Trust, no further reference is given for the power of attorney.
  31. ↑ James Peckham of Little Compton, Rhode Island, 1711 estate, case 19345 (4 pp.), Bristol County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1880; database and digital images, AmericanAncestors, the otherwise referenced 1711/2 power of attorney does not appear, but other documents indicate this is the same James Peckham, said son of John and Eleanor (Weaver) Peckham.
  32. ↑ Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed. (v. 1-8), David Pulsifer, ed (v. 9-12), Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England, 12 vols. (Boston : Press of W. White, 1855-61), 8:15 (Plymouth births); digital images, Hathi Trust, Sarah Spooner, born 5 October 1653.
  33. ↑ Lee D, van Antwerp, Ruth Wilder Sherman, ed., Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, 660 (Sarah Spooner in Appendix, Plymouth Register); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors, reports Sarah Spooner's birth 5 October [1653].
  34. ↑ John Sherman of Dartmouth, 1734 probate, case 22934 (15 pp.), Bristol County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1880; database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors, will dated [19] June 1720, proved 21 May 1734 is pp. 14-15, also 13.
  35. ↑ For Sherman-Spooner "by about 1674" marriage, citing "PCPR 4:2:71," Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., paginated consecutively (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 1670-1673 (Philip Sherman) at 1672; digital images by subscription, AmerianAncestors, reports John Sherman born 1644, son of Philip Sherman and his wife, Sarah Odding.
  36. ↑ William Spooner 1683[/4] will and inventory, Plymouth Colony records, wills ... 4:71; digital images, FamilySearch, FHL film 567794, Digital Collection (DGS) 7051111, image 573 of 71. Note -- Will dated 8 March 1683[/4], Inventory dated 14 March 1683[/4] (see year penned at upper left of will, "1684").
  37. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., paginated consecutively (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 1670-1673 (Philip Sherman) at 1672 (John Sherman); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  38. ↑ Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed. (v. 1-8), David Pulsifer, ed (v. 9-12), Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England, 12 vols. (Boston : Press of W. White, 1855-61), 8:16 Hathi Trust, Samuel Spooner, birth 14 January 1655[/6].
  39. ↑ Lee D, van Antwerp, Ruth Wilder Sherman, ed., Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, 661 (Samuel Spooner in Appendix, Plymouth Register); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors, reports Samuel Spooner's birth 14 January 1655[/6], providing a double date reference.
  40. ↑ For transcription of Samuel Spooner will, Thomas Spooner, Records of William Spooner of Plymouth, Mass., and His Descendants (Cincinnati [Press of F. W. Freeman], 1883), 30-31 (Samuel Spooner will); digital images, InternetArchive.
  41. ↑ Samuel Spooner 1739 probate, case 24262 (4 pp.), Bristol County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1880; database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors, will dated 21 September 1731 is p. 3.
  42. ↑ Citing "The Owl, v. 15-17(1913-1916):1455 (child born February 1689)," Alice Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist, "Experience Wing" daughter of "Daniel Wing" in Early New England Families Study Project, multiple vols. (ongoing), volume 1, 11 pp., at 8 (Experience Wing); web content by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  43. ↑ William Spooner 1683[/4] will and inventory, Plymouth Colony records, wills ... 4:71; digital images, FamilySearch, FHL film 567794, Digital Collection (DGS) 7051111, image 573 of 71. Note -- Will dated 8 March 1683[/4], Inventory dated 14 March 1683[/4] (see year penned at upper left of will, "1684").
  44. ↑ Citing "Bristol Co. Deeds 12:198," Maclean W. McLean, "Two William Spooners of Dartmouth, Mass.," The American Genealogist, 45 (1969):121-123 at 121; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  45. ↑ Benjamin Spooner 1690 birth, Vital records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, 3 vols. (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society at the charge of the Eddy Town-Record Fund, 1929-30), 1:259; digital images, Hathi Trust, Benjamin [Spooner], s. William, Mar. 31, 1690.
  46. ↑ Citing "Bristol Co. Deeds 12:198," Maclean W. McLean, "Two William Spooners of Dartmouth, Mass.," The American Genealogist, 45 (1969):121-123 at 121; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  47. ↑ Citing "NEHGR, 18:267, The Owl, v6-8(1904-1907); 597-98 (husband's will," Alice Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist, "John Wing" son of "Daniel Wing" in Early New England Families Study Project, multiple vols. (ongoing), volume 1, 11 pp., at 7 (John Wing); web content by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  48. ↑ For Stephen Wing 1684 birth, David Hamblen, "First Settlers of Rochester, Mass., and their Families," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 5 (1851):85-88, at 88 (John Wing and wife ... children); digital images, Hathi Trust, Stephen Wing, born 5 September 1684, without further reference.
  49. ↑ Alice Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist, "John Wing" son of "Daniel Wing" in Early New England Families Study Project, multiple vols. (ongoing), volume 1, 11 pp., at 7 (John Wing); web content by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  50. ↑ Isaac Spooner 1709 probate. case 23822 (4 pp.), Bristol County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1880; database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors, for "A true Inventory of the Esstage of Isaac Spooner of Dartmouth who deceased Desember the 27th 1709," at p. 3.
  51. ↑ Simpson Spooner 1699/1700 birth record, citing "P.R. 42," Vital records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, 3 vols. (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society at the charge of the Eddy Town-Record Fund, 1929-30), 1:262; digital images, Hathi Trust, Simpson [Spooner], s. Isaac, Jan. 12, 1699.
  52. ↑ Mary Lovering Holman, Scott genealogy ... (Boston, Mass. : H.G. Scott, 1919), 272 (John Branch); digital images, InternetArchive.
  53. ↑ See, for example, Thomas Spooner, "The Spooner Family," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 23 (1869):407-411 (to be continued); digital images, Hathi Trust, also Thomas Spooner (b. 1817), "Ann Spooner," in "Notes and Queries," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 23 (1869):348 (Ann Spooner); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  54. ↑ Thomas Spooner, Records of William Spooner, of Plymouth, Mass., and his descendants (Cincinnati: [Press of F. W. Freeman] 1883), 15n; digital images, Hathi Trust.
See also--
  • Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., paginated consecutively (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 1510-1513 (Joshua Pratt) at 1512 (Hannah Pratt); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  • Denwood Nathan Stacy Holmes, "The Black Sheep of Some Good Family": The Essex Ancestry of John Holmes, Gentleman, Messenger of the Plymouth Court," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 171 (2017):84-92; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors, courtesy of Jillaine Smith and Scott Carles.
  • Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., paginated consecutively (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 476-479 (John Coombs); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  • Thomas Spooner, "The Spooner Family," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 23 (1869):407-411 (to be continued); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  • Thomas Spooner, Memorial of William Spooner, 1637 ... (Publisher Cincinnati : R. Clarke & Co., 1871), 24; digital images, InternetArchive, note prior to digitized published pages indicates that, "The manuscript of the second volume of the Spooner Memorial is in possession of the author's widow ... (1898)."
  • Thomas Spooner, Records of William Spooner of Plymouth, Mass., and His Descendants (Cincinnati: [Press of F. W. Freeman], 1883), 24; digital image, Hathi Trust, or InternetArchive; catalog entry at Hathi Trust has, "This work is intended to supplement and complete the author's "Memorial of William Spooner, 1637," issued in 1871." At 24--25n, is footnote regarding Elizabeth's surname Partridge.
  • Maclean W. McLean, "Two William Spooners of Dartmouth, Mass.," The American Genealogist, 45 (1969):121-123 at 121; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors, "The progenitor, William1 Spooner died testate at Plymouth in 1683, leaving a will dated 8 May, proved 14 May 1683 [sic]...." (Disputes some information from Thomas Spooner's work.)
  • Charles Henry Pope, The Pioneers of Massachusetts: A Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns, and Churches, and Other Contemporaneous Documents, published 1900. Reference page 428
  • Colonial and Revolutionary families of Pennsylvania: genealogical and personal memoirs. Ancestry.com: Online publication - Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005; Weaver Colonial
other--
  • Russell Spooner, "Re: Joshua Spooner B. 1814," post of 24 January 2006, Spooner surname forum posting; web content, Genealogy.com.
  • Russell Spooner, "Leiden, Holland - John Spooner's Roots," posting of 18 September 1999, Spooner surname forum; family tree background online content, Genealogy.com. Also found as "Thomas Spooner" profile, online family file; web content, Geni.com, in section, "About Thomas Spooner" (accessed for comparison, 2022).
  • "William Spooner" profile, online family file; web content, Geni.com, in section, "Family" (accessed for comparison, 2022).


Caution: 8 November 2022--This profile is undergoing an update to move lengthy extractions to one or more free space pages, re-develop the narrative and provide inline citations referencing reliable sources.

Disputed Parents & Origin

Although it was claimed in William's indenture dated 27 March 1637, that he was of Colchester, Essex, England[55] (reference is presumed to be Colchester, Essex, England, about 50 miles northeast of London), in an 1869 piece published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Thomas Spooner[56] casts doubt on this identification, suggesting it refers to the place Salisbury, then Old (County) Norfolk, and after 1643, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay. However, he prefaced his assertion by saying, "[w]ithout entering into a statement of the reasons that influence the opinion..." (which reasons he definitely did not give) and in the footnotes he admitted that Essex as a county in Massachusetts didn't appear until 1642. He provided no evidence, nor reasons for doubting the indenture referred to Colchester, Essex, England as William's origin in the first place, nor are his arguments for a replacement location convincing.

Parentage/Leiden? Great speculation is found in print[57] regarding the possible association of William Spooner as the son of John Spooner (Jan Spoenaert) and Ann Peck, married Leiden, Holland, 24 December 1616. She married (2) in Leiden, 28 June 1631, Peter Powell. Those interested in pursuing this possible association may want to review Anderson's 1995 comments about Hannah (Pratt) Spooner's mother, Bathsheba.

Thomas Spooner proposed a theory, writing,[58] "It is known that in 1616, John Spooner was living in Leyden and was the head of a family;—also, that Ann S., his widow, was there in 1630. In 1637 an Ann Spooner was in Salem, who it is supposed was the Ann S. of Leyden, and that John and Ann of Leyden were the parents of William of Plymouth, and of Thomas, who was in Salem in 1637."

Biography

Birth and Origins

William was probably born before 1622 (most likely between 1619 and 1622), in, or near, Colchester, Essex, England.

Concerning his birth year, William's indenture, dated 27 March 1637, may provide a good estimate.[59] In 1652, under the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, the "Statute of Artificers 1562" was enacted by Parliament which stipulated that under some conditions (typically the poor or orphaned) apprentices should not serve after the age of 24,[60] yet section 36 of that act stated that no person should be bound to enter an apprenticeship under the age of 21.[61] The law was not overturned until 1766 at the earliest,[62] well after William's indenture. Assuming that William fit the criteria for completing his apprenticeship by the age of 24, he would be no older than 24 by 1643, putting his birth year about 1619. Assuming he would complete his service by the age of 21 in 1643, that puts his birth year at about 1622. See Research Notes, Birth Year for more information concerning his birth year.

As to his birth location, the apprenticeship/indenture in which William himself entered, stated that "[w]hereas William Spooner of Colchester in the County of Essex...hath put himself apprentice with John Holmes of New Plymouth in America..."[63] There is no reason to doubt the accuracy of the statement that he was of Colchester, England. The fact that William apprenticed himself to John Holmes, who was himself from Colchester, England, lends credence to William's whereabouts in England before migrating. Although William was "of Colchester" before departing England, that does not mean he was born there, although he probably was born either there, or nearby. There are many records of the time period for the surname Spooner within the area surrounding Colchester.

Immigration

It is unclear exactly how or when William arrived in New England, but based on the record of his apprenticeship/indenture,[64] it was most likely by 1637. It should be noted that John Holmes, the man to whom William was indentured, had been in Plymouth as early as 1633,[65] and John Coombs, the man to whom William's indenture was transferred, was in Plymouth as early as 1633.[66]

Marriages

William Spooner married twice:

First Marriage

William Spooner married (1) presumably in Plymouth Colony, Elizabeth _____[67] (sometimes called Elizabeth Partridge, see Research Notes, Marriages) by 1648, as Elizabeth died in Plymouth Colony, 28 April 1648: "Elizabeth Spooner, the wife of William Spooner, died the twenty eight of Aprell [1648]."[68]

Second Marriage

William Spooner married (2) in Plymouth, 18 March 1651/2, Hannah Pratt.[69] She was born, probably Plymouth, say 1632, the daughter of Joshua Pratt and his wife, Bathsheba.[70]

Children

Based on William's will,[71] he had the at least the following nine children, all of whom are believed to have been born to Hannah, with the possible exception of John (Thomas Spooner states that he was Elizabeth's son[72]) [the dates listed below need to be verified]:

  1. John Spooner was born about 1644 and died 7 Feb 1733/1734.
  2. Isaac Spooner was born about 1652 and died 27 Dec 1709.
  3. Sarah Spooner was born 5 Oct 1653[73] and died after 1720.
  4. William Spooner, Jr was born about 1654 and died after 27 Oct 1735.
  5. Samuel Spooner was born 14 Jan 1655[74] and died 1739.
  6. Hannah Spooner was born 1662 and died between 1651 AND 1755.
  7. Martha Spooner was born about 1663 and died after 25 Mar 1717.
  8. Mercy Spooner was born about 1663. She died after 1684.
  9. Ebenezer Spooner was born 1665 and died 5 Feb 1717/1718.

At Plymouth Colony

On 6 March 1642/3, at a general court of assistance, William was ordered to pay a debt that his master, John Coombs, owed.[75] This event begs the question as to why William was ordered to pay the debt? Was John no longer able, either through death, incapacitation or departure? If John had died, it's unlikely the court would have referred to him as William's "master." {working on this part}

By at least 15 October 1646, William's second master, John Coombs, had apparently died, and his wife, Sarah (Priest) Coombs, had returned to England. On that date William appeared before the governor to let him know that William would not hold the town responsible for providing for "a child that Mrs. Coombs left with [William] when she wente for England, and which he undertook to keepe and provide for."[76]

William was listed as among those males, 16-60, able to bear arms, 29 August 1643,[77] and listed as a freeman in Plymouth, about 1658.[78]



Cite--Thomas Spooner, "The Spooner Family," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 23 (1869):407-411 (to be continued); digital images, HathiTrust.

Find and cite--Primary sources to support the events

Death, Will and Estate

William died in Dartmouth, Plymouth Colony, between 8 March 1683[/4] (date of will) and 14 March 1683[/4] (inventory of William Spooner "of Dartmouth late Deceased").[79][80] See also William Spooner 1684 Will for a transcription. The following family members were mentioned in the will, in this order:

  • John Spooner, my son
  • John Spooner, my grandson
  • Ebenezer Spooner, my son
  • Isaac Spooner, my son
  • John Sherman, my son in law
  • Sarah Sherman, my daughter
  • Martha Whing, my daughter
  • Hannah, my daughter
  • Josua, son of my daughter Hannah
  • Mercy, my daughter
  • Samuel Spooner, my son, also sole executor.
  • William [Spooner], my son

Research Notes

Birth Year

William's indenture was moved from John Holmes to John Coombs (both of New Plymouth), in which Coombs was to give William "a good serviceable muskett, bandiliers and sword fitt for service."[81] At a court held in Plymouth in January 1632/3, in Act 3 it was ordered that "every freeman or other inhabitant of this colony provide for himself, & each under him able to beare armes, a suficient musket, & other serviceable peece for war, wth bandeleroes, & other apurteneces..."[82] One can assume that William was old enough to bear arms, typically 16 or older.

Also, based on a study in 2009, the median age for London apprentices, from 1630 to 1639, was 16.86 years and the mean age was 17.46 years, with an age of 15.45 years in the 25th percentile and 18.73 years in the 75th percentile.[83] Based on that, an age of about 17 years can be assumed for William at the time of his indenture, putting his birth year at about 1619. However, William entered into the indenture himself, thereby leading one to believe he may have been at the upper end of the range. In 1652, under the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, the "Statute of Artificers 1562" was enacted by Parliament which stipulated that under some conditions (typically the poor or orphaned) apprentices should not serve after the age of 24, [84] yet section 36 of that act stated that no person should be bound to enter an apprenticeship under the age of 21.[85] The law was eventually overturned in 1766 and with finality in 1814. In 1637 William had 6 years of indenture left. Assuming that William fit the criteria for completing his apprenticeship by the age of 24, he would be no older than 24 by 1643, putting his birth year about 1619. Assuming he would complete his service by the age of 21 in 1643, that puts his birth year at about 1622.

William was most likely born sometime between 1619 and 1622.

See also the G2G Discussion William Spooner (PGM) -- Working to estimate his year of birth.

Marriages

Elizabeth's Surname. From Thomas Spooner, Records of William Spooner of Plymouth, Mass., and His Descendants (Cincinnati [Press of F. W. Freeman], 1883), 24; digital image, HathiTrust, or InternetArchive. See also entry for James Spooner, No. 680, (1777-1838), HathiTrust],

The fact that her surname was Pa[r]tridge, is learned from a record made by James Spooner, No. 680, “as related to him by Walter Spooner,” No. 179. Walter was born in 1720, his grandfather, Samuel S., lived until 1739, and his great uncle, John S. is known to have been living in 1734. Walter, at these periods of time, was of an age to have an interest in such matters, and from either John, the son of Elizabeth, or of his grandfather, he probably obtained the record communicated by him to his Plymouth relative.

Brother Thomas Spooner?

Did William Spooner have a brother Thomas Spooner (abt.1620-abt.1664), see "Ann Spooner," in "Notes and Queries," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 23 (1869):348 (Ann Spooner); digital images, HathiTrust.

Additional Sources

As found in Torrey's New England Marriages

  • Reg. 57:32, Stephen Farnum Peckham, "John Peckham of Newport, R. I., and some of his Descendants," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 57 (1903):31-39 (to be continued), at 32; digital images, HathiTrust.
  • Harwick 500. Lucious P. Paige, History of Hardwick, Mass. with a Genealogical Register (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1883), 500 (Spooner); digital images, InternetArchive.
  • Peckham 216. Stephen Farnum Peckham, Peckham Genealogy: The English Ancestors and American Descendants of John Peckham of Newport, R.I., 1630 (New York: Nat. Hist., [1922])
  • Noyes-Gilman 90. Charles Phelps Noyes, Being a series of sketches, with a chart of the ancestors of Charles Phelps Noyes and Emily H. (Gilman) Noyes, his wife (New York: Gilliss Press, 1907), see Noyes-Gilman Ancestry
  • Crapo 201-02, 249, 854. Henry Howland Crapo, Certain Comeoverers, 2 vols. (New Bedford, Mass.: E. Anthony & Sons, 1912), 1:197-204 (Ch. IX, William Spooner), at 201; digital images, HathiTrust.
  • Williams (,2) 57. Gleason Leonard Archer, Ancestors and Descendants of Joshua Williams (Boston: Wright and Potter, 1927).
  • Newton (,4) 275. Ermina F. (Newton) Leonard, Newton Genealogy: Genealogical, Biographical, Historical; Being a Record of the Descendants of Richard Newton of Marl-borough, Mass., 1638, with Genealogies of Families Descended from the Immigrants (DePere, Wis.: B. A. Leonard, 1915)
  • Shurtleff;
  • Sinnott 216;
  • LBDF&P 4:159.

Misc Essex Record Office. Some below, there were a few others,

WikiTree Pages of Interest

Sources

  1. ↑ S. Willson, "Did Anderson include an entry in the Directory for William Spooner?, answer of 5 November 2022, citing Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620–1640: A Concise Compendium (Boston, Massachusetts : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015) for "William Spooner, unknown [origins], 1637; Plymouth ..."
  2. ↑ In 1637 (earliest notice), he was styled "William Spooner of Colchester in the County of Essex," see David Pulsifer, ed., Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England, 12 vols. (Boston : Press of W. White, 1855-61), 12:19 (for Spooner indenture); digital images, Hathi Trust. See also, Research Notes.
  3. ↑ William Spooner 1683[/4] will and inventory, Plymouth Colony records, wills ... 4:71; digital images, FamilySearch, FHL film 567794, Digital Collection (DGS) 7051111, image 573 of 616. Note -- Will dated 8 March 1683[/4], Inventory dated 14 March 1683[/4] (see year penned at upper left of will, "1684").
  4. ↑ For Elizabeth Spooner 1648 death, Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England, 12 vols. (Boston : Press of W. White, 1855-61), 8:5 (1648. Plym Register of Mariages & Burialls); digital images, Hathi Trust, "Elizabeth Spooner, the wife of William Spooner, died the twenty eight of April [1648]."
  5. ↑ For Spooner-Pratt 1651/2 marriage, George Ernest Bowman, "Plymouth Colony Vital Records," The Mayflower Descendant 16 (1914): 235-239 (part of a continuing series) at 238; digital images, Hathi Trust, "William Spooner Married to Hannah Pratt the 18th of March" 1651[/2].
  6. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., paginated consecutively (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 1510-1513 (Joshua Pratt) at 1512 (Hannah Pratt); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
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  8. ↑ David Pulsifer, ed., Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England, 12 vols. (Boston : Press of W. White, 1855-61), 12:19 (for Spooner indenture); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  9. ↑ Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed. (v 1-8), David Pulsifer, ed (v 9-12), Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England, 12 vols. (Boston : Press of W. White, 1855-61), 1:51; digital images, Hathi Trust.
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  13. ↑ See "Freeman (Colonial); web content, Wikipedia, especially for, "in ... Plymouth Colony a man ... had to be elected to this privilege by the General Court ..."
  14. ↑ Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed. (v 1-8), David Pulsifer, ed (v. 9-12), Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England, 12 vols. (Boston : Press of W. White, 1855-61), 3:31 (7 June 1653); digital images, Hathi Trust.
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  24. ↑ William Spooner 1683[/4] will and inventory, Plymouth Colony records, wills ... 4:71; digital images, FamilySearch, FHL film 567794, Digital Collection (DGS) 7051111, image 573 of 71. Note -- Will dated 8 March 1683[/4], Inventory dated 14 March 1683[/4] (see year penned at upper left of will, "1684").
  25. ↑ Thomas Spooner, Records of William Spooner of Plymouth, Mass., and His Descendants (Cincinnati [Press of F. W. Freeman], 1883), 19-20; digital images, Hathi Trust, or InternetArchive.
  26. ↑ The will of son Barnabas^3 Spooner dated 7 February 1733/4 make provisions for his "for the comfortable Purpose of his aged and Honored father," see Thomas Spooner, "The Spooner Family," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 23 (1869):407-411 (to be continued) at 409; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  27. ↑ Barnabas Spooner of Dartmouth, 1734 probate papers, case 23800 (14 pp.), Bristol County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1880; database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors, will dated 7 February 1733[/4], proved 18 June 1734 at pp. 3-5.
  28. ↑ John Spooner 1668 birth record, Vital records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, 3 vols. (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society at the charge of the Eddy Town-Record Fund, 1929-30), 1:260 (Spooner); digital images, Hathi Trust, "John [Spooner[, s. John July 2, 1668."
  29. ↑ William Spooner 1680 birth record, Vital records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, 3 vols. (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society at the charge of the Eddy Town-Record Fund, 1929-30), 1:262; digital images, [Hathi Trust, "William [Spooner], s. John, May 11, 1680."
  30. ↑ No record of this wife's name has been found in the records at Plymouth Colony, but a 1711/2 Colony of Rhode Island record (power of attorney by the heirs of James Peckham) includes the names "John Spooner, and Rebecca Spooner," see Stephen Farnum Peckham, "John Peckham of Newport, R. I., and some of his Descendants," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 57 (1903):31-39 (to be continued), at 32; digital images, Hathi Trust, no further reference is given for the power of attorney.
  31. ↑ James Peckham of Little Compton, Rhode Island, 1711 estate, case 19345 (4 pp.), Bristol County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1880; database and digital images, AmericanAncestors, the otherwise referenced 1711/2 power of attorney does not appear, but other documents indicate this is the same James Peckham, said son of John and Eleanor (Weaver) Peckham.
  32. ↑ Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed. (v. 1-8), David Pulsifer, ed (v. 9-12), Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England, 12 vols. (Boston : Press of W. White, 1855-61), 8:15 (Plymouth births); digital images, Hathi Trust, Sarah Spooner, born 5 October 1653.
  33. ↑ Lee D, van Antwerp, Ruth Wilder Sherman, ed., Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, 660 (Sarah Spooner in Appendix, Plymouth Register); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors, reports Sarah Spooner's birth 5 October [1653].
  34. ↑ John Sherman of Dartmouth, 1734 probate, case 22934 (15 pp.), Bristol County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1880; database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors, will dated [19] June 1720, proved 21 May 1734 is pp. 14-15, also 13.
  35. ↑ For Sherman-Spooner "by about 1674" marriage, citing "PCPR 4:2:71," Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., paginated consecutively (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 1670-1673 (Philip Sherman) at 1672; digital images by subscription, AmerianAncestors, reports John Sherman born 1644, son of Philip Sherman and his wife, Sarah Odding.
  36. ↑ William Spooner 1683[/4] will and inventory, Plymouth Colony records, wills ... 4:71; digital images, FamilySearch, FHL film 567794, Digital Collection (DGS) 7051111, image 573 of 71. Note -- Will dated 8 March 1683[/4], Inventory dated 14 March 1683[/4] (see year penned at upper left of will, "1684").
  37. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., paginated consecutively (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 1670-1673 (Philip Sherman) at 1672 (John Sherman); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  38. ↑ Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed. (v. 1-8), David Pulsifer, ed (v. 9-12), Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England, 12 vols. (Boston : Press of W. White, 1855-61), 8:16 Hathi Trust, Samuel Spooner, birth 14 January 1655[/6].
  39. ↑ Lee D, van Antwerp, Ruth Wilder Sherman, ed., Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, 661 (Samuel Spooner in Appendix, Plymouth Register); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors, reports Samuel Spooner's birth 14 January 1655[/6], providing a double date reference.
  40. ↑ For transcription of Samuel Spooner will, Thomas Spooner, Records of William Spooner of Plymouth, Mass., and His Descendants (Cincinnati [Press of F. W. Freeman], 1883), 30-31 (Samuel Spooner will); digital images, InternetArchive.
  41. ↑ Samuel Spooner 1739 probate, case 24262 (4 pp.), Bristol County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1880; database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors, will dated 21 September 1731 is p. 3.
  42. ↑ Citing "The Owl, v. 15-17(1913-1916):1455 (child born February 1689)," Alice Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist, "Experience Wing" daughter of "Daniel Wing" in Early New England Families Study Project, multiple vols. (ongoing), volume 1, 11 pp., at 8 (Experience Wing); web content by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  43. ↑ William Spooner 1683[/4] will and inventory, Plymouth Colony records, wills ... 4:71; digital images, FamilySearch, FHL film 567794, Digital Collection (DGS) 7051111, image 573 of 71. Note -- Will dated 8 March 1683[/4], Inventory dated 14 March 1683[/4] (see year penned at upper left of will, "1684").
  44. ↑ Citing "Bristol Co. Deeds 12:198," Maclean W. McLean, "Two William Spooners of Dartmouth, Mass.," The American Genealogist, 45 (1969):121-123 at 121; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  45. ↑ Benjamin Spooner 1690 birth, Vital records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, 3 vols. (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society at the charge of the Eddy Town-Record Fund, 1929-30), 1:259; digital images, Hathi Trust, Benjamin [Spooner], s. William, Mar. 31, 1690.
  46. ↑ Citing "Bristol Co. Deeds 12:198," Maclean W. McLean, "Two William Spooners of Dartmouth, Mass.," The American Genealogist, 45 (1969):121-123 at 121; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  47. ↑ Citing "NEHGR, 18:267, The Owl, v6-8(1904-1907); 597-98 (husband's will," Alice Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist, "John Wing" son of "Daniel Wing" in Early New England Families Study Project, multiple vols. (ongoing), volume 1, 11 pp., at 7 (John Wing); web content by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  48. ↑ For Stephen Wing 1684 birth, David Hamblen, "First Settlers of Rochester, Mass., and their Families," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 5 (1851):85-88, at 88 (John Wing and wife ... children); digital images, Hathi Trust, Stephen Wing, born 5 September 1684, without further reference.
  49. ↑ Alice Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist, "John Wing" son of "Daniel Wing" in Early New England Families Study Project, multiple vols. (ongoing), volume 1, 11 pp., at 7 (John Wing); web content by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  50. ↑ Isaac Spooner 1709 probate. case 23822 (4 pp.), Bristol County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1880; database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors, for "A true Inventory of the Esstage of Isaac Spooner of Dartmouth who deceased Desember the 27th 1709," at p. 3.
  51. ↑ Simpson Spooner 1699/1700 birth record, citing "P.R. 42," Vital records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, 3 vols. (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society at the charge of the Eddy Town-Record Fund, 1929-30), 1:262; digital images, Hathi Trust, Simpson [Spooner], s. Isaac, Jan. 12, 1699.
  52. ↑ Mary Lovering Holman, Scott genealogy ... (Boston, Mass. : H.G. Scott, 1919), 272 (John Branch); digital images, InternetArchive.
  53. ↑ See, for example, Thomas Spooner, "The Spooner Family," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 23 (1869):407-411 (to be continued); digital images, Hathi Trust, also Thomas Spooner (b. 1817), "Ann Spooner," in "Notes and Queries," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 23 (1869):348 (Ann Spooner); digital images, Hathi Trust.
  54. ↑ Thomas Spooner, Records of William Spooner, of Plymouth, Mass., and his descendants (Cincinnati: [Press of F. W. Freeman] 1883), 15n; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  55. ↑ David Pulsifer, ed., Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, in New England, 12 vols. 12:19 (Boston : Press of W. White, 1855-61); digital images, HathiTrust. Cited in Anderson as PCR 12:19
  56. ↑ Thomas Spooner, "The Spooner Family," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 23 (1869):407-08 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1869); images 431-32 of 554, pp. 407-08 available HathiTrust.
  57. ↑ See, for example, Thomas Spooner, "The Spooner Family," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 23 (1869):407-411 (to be continued); digital images, HathiTrust, also "Ann Spooner," in "Notes and Queries," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 23 (1869):348 (Ann Spooner); digital images, HathiTrust.
  58. ↑ Thomas Spooner, Records of William Spooner, of Plymouth, Mass., and His Descendants 1:15 (Cincinnati: Press of F. W. Freeman, 1883); digital image of p. 15, fn available at InternetArchive.org.
  59. ↑ David Pulsifer, ed., Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, in New England, 12 vols. 12:19 (Boston : Press of W. White, 1855-61); digital images, HathiTrust. Cited in Anderson as PCR 12:19
  60. ↑ John Ward and Timothy Cunningham, The law of a justice of peace and parish officer: containing all the acts of Parliament at large concerning them, and the cases determined on those acts in the Court of King's Bench, 1 (1769):58; available image of p. 58, sections 25-26 at InternetArchive.org.
  61. ↑ John Ward and Timothy Cunningham, The law of a justice of peace and parish officer: containing all the acts of Parliament at large concerning them, and the cases determined on those acts in the Court of King's Bench, 1 (1769):61; available image of p. 61, section 36 at InternetArchive.org.
  62. ↑ John Ward and Timothy Cunningham, The law of a justice of peace and parish officer: containing all the acts of Parliament at large concerning them, and the cases determined on those acts in the Court of King's Bench, 1 (1769):58; available image of p. 115, Section 14 at InternetArchive.org.
  63. ↑ David Pulsifer, ed., Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, in New England, 12 vols. 12:19 (Boston : Press of W. White, 1855-61); digital images, HathiTrust. Cited in Anderson as PCR 12:19
  64. ↑ David Pulsifer, ed., Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, in New England, 12 vols. 12:19 (Boston : Press of W. White, 1855-61); digital images, HathiTrust. Cited in Anderson as PCR 12:19
  65. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III 2:977 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), image of p. 977, entry for "John Holmes" by subscription AmericanAncestors.org.
  66. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III 1:476 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995); image of p. 476, entry for "John Coombs" by subscription AmericanAncestors.org.
  67. ↑ Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, 2:1424 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011), William Spooner (___-1684) entries; image of vol. 2, p. 1424 by subscription AmericanAncestors.org.
  68. ↑ Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, in New England, 12 vols. (Boston: Press of W. White, 1855-61), 8:5 (1648. "Plym. Register of Mariages & Burialls"); digital image 21 of 306, p. 5 at HathiTrust.
  69. ↑ Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, in New England, 12 vols. (Boston: Press of W. White, 1855-61), 8:13 (1648. "Plym. Register of Mariages & Burialls"); digital image 27 of 306, p. 13 at HathiTrust.
  70. ↑ Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, 2:1424 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011), William Spooner (___-1684) entries; image of vol. 2, p. 1424 by subscription AmericanAncestors.org.
  71. ↑ William Spooner 1683/4 will and inventory, Plymouth Colony records, wills ... 4:71; digital images, image 573 of 616, p. 71 penned top left corner, FHL film 567794, Digital Collection (DGS) 7051111, FamilySearch. Note -- Will dated 8 March 1683[/4], Inventory dated 14 March 1683[/4] (see year penned at upper left of will, "1684").
  72. ↑ Thomas Spooner, Records of William Spooner, of Plymouth, Mass., and His Descendants 1:15 (Cincinnati: Press of F. W. Freeman, 1883); digital image of p. 18 available at InternetArchive.org.
  73. ↑ Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, in New England, 12 vols. (Boston: Press of W. White, 1855-61), 8:15 (1648. "Plym. Register of Mariages & Burialls"); digital image 31 of 306, p. 15 at HathiTrust.
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  82. ↑ Nathaniel Bradstreet Shurtleff and David Pulsifer, Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England: Court Orders, Vols. 1 & 2, 1 (1633-1640):6, ed. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, Plymouth Colony Records (Boston: William White, 1855); image 28of 434, p. 6 available HathiTrust.org.
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  84. ↑ John Ward and Timothy Cunningham, The law of a justice of peace and parish officer: containing all the acts of Parliament at large concerning them, and the cases determined on those acts in the Court of King's Bench, 1 (1769):58; available image of p. 58, sections 25-26 at InternetArchive.org.
  85. ↑ John Ward and Timothy Cunningham, The law of a justice of peace and parish officer: containing all the acts of Parliament at large concerning them, and the cases determined on those acts in the Court of King's Bench, 1 (1769):61; available image of p. 61, section 36 at InternetArchive.org.
See also--
  • Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., paginated consecutively (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 1510-1513 (Joshua Pratt) at 1512 (Hannah Pratt); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  • Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Directory; Immigrants to New England, 1620–1640, A Concise Compendium, Ebook (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015), entry for "William Spooner".
  • Thomas Spooner, "The Spooner Family," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 23 (1869):407-411 (to be continued); digital images, HathiTrust.
  • Thomas Spooner, Memorial of William Spooner, 1637 ... (Publisher Cincinnati : R. Clarke & Co., 1871), 24; digital images, InternetArchive, note prior to digitized published pages indicates that, "The manuscript of the second volume of the Spooner Memorial is in possession of the author's widow ... (1898)."
  • Thomas Spooner, Records of William Spooner of Plymouth, Mass., and His Descendants (Cincinnati: [Press of F. W. Freeman], 1883), 24; digital image, HathiTrust, or InternetArchive; catalog entry at HathiTrust has, "This work is intended to supplement and complete the author's "Memorial of William Spooner, 1637," issued in 1871." At 24-25n, is footnote regarding Elizabeth's surname Partridge.
  • Maclean W. McLean, "Two William Spooners of Dartmouth, Mass.," The American Genealogist, 45 (1969):121-123 at 121; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors, "The progenitor, William1 Spooner died testate at Plymouth in 1683, leaving a will dated 8 May, proved 14 May 1683 [sic]...." (Disputes some information from Thomas Spooner's work.)
  • Charles Henry Pope, The Pioneers of Massachusetts: A Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns, and Churches, and Other Contemporaneous Documents, published 1900. Reference page 428
  • Colonial and Revolutionary families of Pennsylvania: genealogical and personal memoirs. Ancestry.com: Online publication - Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005; Weaver Colonial
other--
  • Russell Spooner, "Re: Joshua Spooner B. 1814," post of 24 January 2006, Spooner surname forum posting; web content, Genealogy.com.
  • Russell Spooner, "Leiden, Holland - John Spooner's Roots," posting of 18 September 1999, Spooner surname forum; family tree background online content, Genealogy.com. Also found as "Thomas Spooner" profile, online family file; web content, Geni.com, in section, "About Thomas Spooner" (accessed for comparison, 2022).
  • "William Spooner" profile, online family file; web content, Geni.com, in section, "Family" (accessed for comparison, 2022).
  • George Ernest Bowman, "Plymouth Colony Vital Records," The Mayflower Descendant 15 (1913): 25-29 (part of a continuing series) at 27; digital images, HathiTrust. Cited in Anderson as MD 15:27.
  • George Ernest Bowman, "Plymouth Colony Vital Records," The Mayflower Descendant 16 (1914): 235-239 (part of a continuing series) at 238; digital images, HathiTrust. Cited in Anderson as MD 16:238.




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