Obadiah Spencer (1666 - 1741)

Born 29 Jul 1666 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, Colony

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 22 Aug 1741 at age 75 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, Colony

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Biography

Obadiah SPENCER ^[1]was born in 1666. Obadiah Spencer ... He passed away in 1741.

Name

Name: Obadiah /Spencer/^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]}

Birth

Birth:

Date: 29 JUL 1666

Place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA^{[16][17][18][19][20][21][22]}

Death

Death:

Date: 22 AUG 1741

Place: Age at Death: 74/Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut.^{[23][24][25][26][27][28]}

Burial

Burial:

Place: Hartford, Connecticut, USA^[29][30]

Marriage

Husband: Obadiah Spencer

Wife: Ruth Kelsey

Child: Obadiah Spencer UNKNOWN

Child: Jonathan Spencer

Child: Daniel Spencer

Child: Caleb Spencer

Marriage:

Date: 1694

Place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA^[31][32][33]

Obidiah was born about 1666 and died 22 Aug 1741. ^[34][35]

A previous version of this profile claimed he was son of a Thomas (but born 100 years prior...)

He married Ruth Kelsey in 1695 in Hartford.^[36]

Sources

1. ↑ Compiled and edited by Jacqyelyn Ladd Ricker, The Ricker Compilation of Vital Records of Early Connecticut (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2006), p. 11928.
2. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Ancestry Family Tree
3. ↑ Source: #S74 Data: Text: Record for Obediah Spencer II
4. ↑ Source: #S71 Data: Text: Record for Obadiah Spencer Object: @M194@
5. ↑ Source: #S191 Data: Text: Record for Obadiah Spencer
6. ↑ Source: #S190 Data: Text: Record for Obadiah Spencer Object: @M431@
7. ↑ Source: #S24 Page: Source number: 529.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: PLJ Data: Text: Record for Ruth Kelsey
8. ↑ Source: #S20 Page: Birth year: 1666; Birth city: Hartford; Birth state: CT Data: Text: Record for Obadiah Spencer
9. ↑ Source: #S28 Data: Text: Record for Obadiah Spencer
10. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Obadiah Spencer
11. ↑ Source: #S27 Data: Text: Record for Stephen Spencer Object: @M456@
12. ↑ Source: #S27 Data: Text: Record for Jonathan Spencer Object: @M356@
13. ↑ Source: #S27 Data: Text: Record for Daniel Spencer Object: @M441@
14. ↑ Source: #S27 Data: Text: Record for Caleb Spencer Object: @M441@
15. ↑ Source: #S226
16. ↑ Source: #S71 Data: Text: Record for Obadiah Spencer Object: @M194@
17. ↑ Source: #S191 Data: Text: Record for Obadiah Spencer
18. ↑ Source: #S190 Data: Text: Record for Obadiah Spencer Object: @M431@
19. ↑ Source: #S24 Page: Source number: 529.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: PLJ Data: Text: Record for Ruth Kelsey
20. ↑ Source: #S20 Page: Birth year: 1666; Birth city: Hartford; Birth state: CT Data: Text: Record for Obadiah Spencer
21. ↑ Source: #S28 Data: Text: Record for Obadiah Spencer
22. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Obadiah Spencer
23. ↑ Source: #S74 Data: Text: Record for Obediah Spencer II
24. ↑ Source: #S71 Data: Text: Record for Obadiah Spencer Object: @M194@
25. ↑ Source: #S191 Data: Text: Record for Obadiah Spencer
26. ↑ Source: #S190 Data: Text: Record for Obadiah Spencer Object: @M431@
27. ↑ Source: #S20 Page: Birth year: 1666; Birth city: Hartford; Birth state: CT Data: Text: Record for Obadiah Spencer
28. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Obadiah Spencer
29. ↑ Source: #S74 Data: Text: Record for Obediah Spencer II
30. ↑ Source: #S190 Data: Text: Record for Obadiah Spencer Object: @M431@
31. ↑ Source: #S71 Data: Text: Record for Obadiah Spencer Object: @M194@
32. ↑ Source: #S24 Page: Source number: 529.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: PLJ Data: Text: Record for Ruth Kelsey
33. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Obadiah Spencer
34. ↑ "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F72Q-V6L : 3 December 2014), Obadiah Spencer, 22 Aug 1741; citing Hartford, Hartford, Ct, reference 16; FHL microfilm 3,337.
35. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #16163339
36. ↑ New England Marriages to 1700: Volume 2, p 1421: "SPENCER, Obadiah (ca 1666-1741) & Ruth [KELSEY] (ca 1676-1733+); by 1695; Hartford {Reg. 13:243; Palmer (,8) 360; Kelsey 6-7; Goodwin: Gen. Notes 206; TAG 21:172}"

See also:

• Source: S1 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R1
• Repository: R1 Name: Ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S190 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions, 1675-1934 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Repository: #R1 NOTEThe Charles R. Hale Collection. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions. Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut State Library.
• Source: S191 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011; Repository: #R1 NOTE"Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772–1934." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.
• Source: S20 Author: Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000; Repository: #R1
• Source: S226 Title: Jacobus, Donald Lines , "The Four Spencer Brothers" NOTEJacobus, Donald Lines . "The Four Spencer Brothers: Their". The American Genealogist. 27 (April 1951): pp. 79-87.
• Source: S24 Author: Yates Publishing Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004; Repository: #R1
• Source: S27 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R1
• Source: S28 Author: Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Title: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999; Repository: #R1
• Source: S71 Author: Ancestry.com Title: U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Repository: #R1
• Source: S74 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Web: Connecticut, Find A Grave Index, 1636-2013 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Repository: #R1

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Michael Spencer for creating WikiTree profile Spencer-5989 through the import of Obadiah-One_2013-10-25.ged on Oct 25, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Michael and others.