Asa
Spencer
Born in Litchfield County, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of Jeremiah Spencer
and Thankful (Hinckley) Spencer
Brother of
Sally O. Spencer [half]
Husband of
Eunice (Dunbar) Spencer
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Bethsheba (Phelps) Spencer
— married
1800 (to 1821) [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Hinckley Spencer and Phebe (Spencer) Ball
Died
at age 80
in Sempronius, Cayuga, New York, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Mar 2016
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Biography
Asa Spencer was born Februay 1, 1780 in Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA, the sixth child of Jeremiah and Thankful (Hinckley) Spencer. Asa married Bethsheba Phelps, daugher of Judge Phelps of Sennett, NY. They resided in Sempronius, Cayuga, New York where they had 10 children. Bethsheba passed away in 1821 and Asa married second Eunice Dunbar. Asa died in 1860.
In the 1850 Federal census Asa was living in Jasper, Steuben County, NY on property adjacent to his son Milo's residence. In the 1860 Federal census Asa was still in Jasper at age 80.
Sources
Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., comp., "The Four Spencer Brothers – Their Ancestors and Descendants," The American Genealogist, Volume 30, pp. 58-59
1850 United States Federal Census; Year: 1850; Census Place: Jasper, Steuben, New York; Roll: M432_599; Page: 290A; Image: 113; Record for Asa Spencer
New York, State Census, 1855; Ancestry.com, New York, State Census, 1855 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013), Ancestry.com, Record for Eunice Spencer.
1860 United States Federal Census; Year: 1860; Census Place: Jasper, Steuben, New York; Roll: M653_863; Page: 790; Image: 795; Family History Library Film: 803863; Record for Asa Spencer
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Asa 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:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Asa 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:
- Chet Spencer
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup E-BY56509, FTDNA kit #2186, MitoYDNA ID T10761 [compare] - Frank Spencer :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup E-BY56509, FTDNA kit #2376 +
Y-Chromosome Test, FTDNA kit #2376
- Richard Spencer :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test, FTDNA kit #47932
- Don Spencer :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 25 markers, haplogroup e-by56509, FTDNA kit #470880
- Keith Mann Spencer :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup E-M35, FTDNA kit #911426, MitoYDNA ID T18654 [compare]
- Darrell Spencer :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #4549
- Rob Spencer :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup E-SK1027, MitoYDNA ID T10745 [compare]
- Andrew Spencer :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup E-FT109972, FTDNA kit #838559
- Randall Spencer :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup E-BY56509, FTDNA kit #939566, MitoYDNA ID T15655 [compare]
- Daniel Griffin :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup E-FT110498, FTDNA kit #952107
- Liam Spencer :
Y-Chromosome Test, haplogroup E-V13
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~1.56%
John Virnich :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A793652 [compare]
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~0.78%
Jeremiah Turner :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jeremiahturner_1
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