Nielsen Hayden genealogy
John Spencer
Bef 1640 - 1684 (> 44 years)-
Name John Spencer Birth Bef 1640 [1] Gender Male Death 1684 East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island [2, 3, 4] Person ID I3416 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TNH Last Modified 14 Feb 2016
Father Michael Spencer, b. Bef 5 May 1611 d. Bef 29 Nov 1653, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts (Age < 42 years) Mother Isabel d. 9 Oct 1674 Marriage Bef 1640 [1] Family ID F2235 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Susannah d. 1719 Marriage Bef 1666 [1, 5] Children + 1. Capt. Robert Spencer, b. 6 Nov 1674, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island d. 1748, Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island (Age 73 years) Family ID F3285 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 Feb 2016
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Notes - A founder of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, he was granted land for his service in King Philip's War.
"He evidently came here directly from Newport, where he had been made a freeman in 1668. His wife was Susannah Griffin."
[The History of East Greenwich, Rhode Island 1677-1960]
Torrey calls him "Dr. John Spencer."
- A founder of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, he was granted land for his service in King Philip's War.
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Sources - [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011.
- [S389] Donald Lines Jacobus, "The Four Spencer Brothers -- Their Ancestors and Descendants." The American Genealogist 27:79, April 1951.
- [S493] The History of East Greenwich, Rhode Island 1677-1960 With Related Genealogy by Martha R. McPartland. East Greenwich: East Greenwich Free Library Association, 1960.
- [S2203] New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence A. Torrey. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015., year only.
- [S2203] New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence A. Torrey. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015., "ca 1665".
- [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011.