Nielsen Hayden genealogy
John Spencer
Abt 1636 - 1682 (~ 46 years)1. John Spencer was born about 1636; died on 3 Aug 1682 in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: Abt 1638
- Alternate death: Aft 3 Aug 1682
John married Rebecca Hayward about 1665. Rebecca (daughter of Robert Howard and Lydia Kilbourne) was born on 17 Aug 1648 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut; died before 1682. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Grace Spencer
was born before 24 Sep 1676 in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; was christened on 24 Sep 1676 in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; died on 12 May 1714 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut.
Generation: 2
2. Grace Spencer (1.John1) was born before 24 Sep 1676 in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; was christened on 24 Sep 1676 in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; died on 12 May 1714 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut. Notes:
Grace Spencer b. 27 Jul 1674 in East Haddam, Connecticut, daughter of Samuel Spencer and Hannah Willey, is named by several sources as the wife of John Day, Jr., among them Genealogical Notes, First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts, by Nathaniel Goodwin, 1982; and The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy ed. Frederick A. Virkus (1968).
However, in his article "The Four Spencer Brothers -- Their Ancestors and Descendants", The American Genealogist 27, April 1951, Donald Lines Jacobus pointed out that the absence of this Grace Spencer from her father's will strongly suggests that she died young. Jacobus says that the Grace Spencer who married John Day was the one who was baptised 24 Sep 1676 in East Haddam, a daughter of John Spencer and Rebecca Hayward, and that she was a cousin to the other Grace Spencer. It is also this Grace Spencer that is given as John Day's wife in Jacobus and Waterman's Hale, House and Related Families.Grace married John Day on 21 Jan 1696 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. John (son of John Day and Mary Gaylord) was born about 1676; died on 4 Nov 1752 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. Lydia Day was born on 11 Apr 1698 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 2 Nov 1763 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut; was buried in North Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut.
- 3. Lydia Day
Generation: 3
3. Lydia Day (2.Grace2, 1.John1) was born on 11 Apr 1698 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 2 Nov 1763 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut; was buried in North Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut. Notes:
The inscription on her grave at North Kent reads:
In memory of
Mrs. Lydia wife
of Deacon Joseph Fuller died Nov
ye 2d 1763 in ye 66
year of her age.Lydia married Joseph Fuller on 22 Dec 1722 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut. Joseph (son of John Fuller and Mehitable Rowley) was born on 1 Mar 1700 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; died on 19 Jul 1775 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut; was buried in North Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 4. Mindwell Fuller was born about 1730 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut; died on 24 Oct 1780 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut.
- 4. Mindwell Fuller
Generation: 4
4. Mindwell Fuller (3.Lydia3, 2.Grace2, 1.John1) was born about 1730 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut; died on 24 Oct 1780 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: Abt 1730, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut
Mindwell married Asa Parish on 23 Nov 1749 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut. Asa (son of William Parish and Jerusha Smith) was born on 27 Jan 1723 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut; died before 19 Feb 1784. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 5. Joanna Parish was born on 4 Jun 1755 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut; died in Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut.