Ambrose Spencer (1765 - 1848)

Born 13 Dec 1765 in Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Laura (Canfield) Spencer — married [date unknown] in Albany, New York

Husband of Mary (Clinton) Spencer — married 12 Dec 1807 in New York, United States

Husband of Katherine (Clinton) Spencer — married Sep 1809 in New York, United States

Descendants

Died 13 Mar 1848 at age 82 in Lyons, Wayne, New York, United States

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Biography

US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 10th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1829 to 1831. Also served as a Member of the New York State Senate for the Eastern District and Middle District from 1795 to 1802, New York State Attorney General from 1802 to 1804, State Court Judge in 1804, Delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention in 1821, and Mayor of Albany, New York, in 1824. (Find A Grave)

m1. Laura Canfield, dau. of John Canfield.

m2. Mary Clinton (1773–1808, sister of Governor DeWitt Clinton).

m3. Katherine Clinton (1778–1837) Mary's sister.

Burial: Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, Albany, New York, USA

Sources

• Goodwin, Nathaniel. Genealogical Notes, or Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts (F.A. Brown, Hartford, Conn., 1856) Page 318.
• Kilbourne, Payne Kenyon. A Biographical History of the County of Litchfield, Connecticut (Clark, Austin & Co., New York, 1851) Page 203-9
• Find A Grave memorial #7640396
• Wikipedia:Ambrose_Spencer
• http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000721
• http://www.nyhistory.org/exhibit/ambrose-spencer-1765-1848

• "Spencer was born in Salisbury, Conn., the son of Philip and Abigail (Moore) Spencer. He graduated from Harvard in 1783 and was admitted to the bar in 1788. Settling in Hudson, N.Y., he entered politics and served in the state legislature from 1793 to 1802. In 1802 he became attorney general for the state and two years later began a nineteen year tenure on the state Supreme Court; he was named chief justice in 1819. He later served as mayor of Albany (1824-25) and was elected to Congress (1829)."

• His brother Alexander's will: "New York Probate Records, 1629-1971," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-28664-41958-92?cc=1920234 : accessed 22 February 2016), Dutchess > Wills 1796-1806 vol B > image 205 of 418; county courthouses, New York.