Elizabeth (White) Spencer (abt. 1650 - abt. 1674)

Born about 1650 in Colony of Virginia [uncertain]

Wife of Robert Spencer — married about 1673 in Surry County, Colony of Virginia

Died about 1674 at about age 24 in Colony of Virginia [uncertain]

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There is in Surry the nuncupative will of Capt. William Corker "made at the house of his dau. Judity Clay in ye Isle of Wight Co." Feb. 26, 1675-6. Divides his estate between his wife and his three daus: Susanna (who m. George Branch, Jr.), Judith Clay and Lucy Jordan; he confirms a gift to Elizabeth and Mary White, daus. of Capt. John White, of whom Elizabeth md. Capt. Robert Spencer, of Surry

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• Tyler, Lyon G., editor, "The William and Mary Quarterly, Volume 7 ", Google Books (Online: Google, Inc., 2002-2018), [Original published: Tyler, Lyon G., editor, "William and Mary Quarterly Historical Magazine, Volume VII", (Richmond, Va: Whittet & Shepperson, 1899), p. 232], <https://books.google.com/books?id=PyUjAQAAIAAJ>
• Wulfeck, Dorothy Ford, Marriages of Some Virginia Residents 1607–1800 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1986) Page: 69; Quote: Jordan, Thomas, b. 1600, England, son of Samuel, who came to Va., in 1609, m. Lucy Corker, dau. of Capt. William Corker of Surry Co., sis. of Susanna. They res. in Isle of Wight Co. Proven by will of William Corker, dated 1677, Surry Co.
  • The William and Mary Quarterly, v. 7, no. 1, p. 232; Quote: Footnote 5 continued from previous page: ... In the Surry records there is a deed (year 1688) of Lucy Jordan, wife of Mr. Thomas Jordan (the Isle of Wight man), conveying to Phillis Jordan that portion of land "which I hold in partnership with sister Susannah Branch and niece Eliz. Parsons, dau. and sole heir of sister Judith Clay, dece'd, which land descended unto said Susanna, Judith, and Lucy, as daus. and coheirs of Capt. William Corker, dece'd" (son of John Corker). Witness, James Jordan, Richard Washington. In 1685 Lt. Coll. Wm. Browne and Mr. James Jordan presented in Surry an inventory of goods of Mr. Thomas Jordan, dece'd. There is in Surry the nuncupative will of Capt. William Corker "made at the house of his dau. Judith Clay in y^e Isle of Wight Co." Feb. 26, 1675-6. Divides his estate between his wife and his three daus: Susanna (who m. George Branch, jr.), Judith Clay and Lucy Jordan; he confirms a gift to Elizabeth md. Capt. Robert Spencer, of Surry. ... The Jordans of Isle of Wight were leading Quakers.
  • A History of Halifax County Virginia, by Wirt Johnson Carrington, 1924, p. 215. Image Quote: Jordan (2) Thomas Jordan (son of Samuel), born 1600 in England, married Lucy Corker, daughter of Captain Corker of Surry County, Va. (He was burgess in 1629–1632, was a soldier with Yardley.)