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Henry Spencer

Male 1605 - 1607  (~ 2 years)


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  • Name Henry Spencer 
    Christened 11 Aug 1605  Saint Mary, Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Buried 20 Oct 1607  Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2175  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Gerard Spencer,   c. 20 May 1576, Saint Mary's, Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1646, of Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Mother Alice Whitbread,   b. Abt 1578, Upper Gravenhurst, Bedfordshire. England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 10 Nov 1600  Upper Gravenhurst, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1178  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. The book "Spencer Family Record of the Springfield, VT. and Evansville, Wis. Spencers. (Descendants of Garrard Spencer of Haddam, Conn. Emigrant of 1630," by William Henry Spencer, New York, Tobias A. Wright, 1907, children of Gerat Spencer:
      "William Spencer, bapt. Oct. 11, 1601, at St. Mary's Parish, Stotfold, emigrated with his three brothers to New England, 1630. Settled in "New Town," now Cambridge, Mass., till 1638, when he moved to Hartford, Conn. Was Selectman, Deputy to Court, a Commissioner to revise the laws, etc. He d. 1640, leaving wife Agnes and three children.
      Elizabeth Spencer, bap. Oct. 21, 1602; m. Tomlyers as appears in Richard's will.
      John Spencer, bap. June 22, 1604, at Stotford.
      Henry Spencer, bap. Aug. 11, 1605, at Stotfold; buried Oct. 20, 1607.
      Thomas Spencer, bap. March 29, 1607 at Stotfold; emigrated to New England, 1630, with three brothers. Settled in Cambridge (New Town) till 1637; then moved to Hartford, Conn. Freeman 1634; in Pequoit War 1637; Sergt. Train Band, 1650; he m. (1) ___, who d. 1644; left three sons; m. (2) 1645, Sarah Reading; had six children; he d. 1687.
      Richard Spencer, bap. Dec. 11, 1608, at Stotfold; d. May 6, 1614.
      Michael Spencer, bap. May 5, 1611, at Stotfold; emigrated ot New England, 1630, with his three brothers. Lived at Cambridge and Lynn, Mass.; d. 1653; had two children. His first wife unknown; m. (2) widow Robbins. It is not known that any descendants of this emigrant brother are living.
      Garrard Spencer, bapt. April 25, 1614, at St. Mary's Parish, Stotfold; emigrated to New England, 1630, with his three brothers, Thomas, William, and Michael. Settled in Cambridge till 1637; moved to Lynn, thence to Hartford in 1660, and to Haddam, Conn., in 1662. He was made Freeman in 1637; Ensign of Lynn Train Band, 1636; Deputy from Haddam to General Court from 1674 to 1680. His will of Sept. 17, 1683, probated in 1685, at Hartford."

      2. "The American Genealogist," 27:161: "The Four Spencer Brothers: Their Ancestors and Descendants," by Donald Lines Jacobus:
      "Gerard Spencer, baptized at Stotfold, co. Bedford, 20 May 1576, died before 1646; married at Upper Gravenhurst, Co. Bedford, 10 Nov. 1600, Alice Whitbread or Whitbred (see 32:129), who belonged to a family of some prominence. An account of her family is reserved for a later chapter. It seems quite possible that Gerard and his family moved from Stotfold some years before the emigration of his sons to New England; perhaps to London, where his brother Richard had become a prosperous haberdasher.
      Children, recorded at Stotfold
      i. William, bapt. 11 Oct. 1601.
      ii. Elizabeth, bapt. 31 Oct. 1602; m. ___ Tomlins.
      iii. John, bapt. 22 Jan. 1603/4 almost certainly d. young or without issue before 1646, since neither he nor his heirs are named in the will of his uncle Richard which gave a large legacy to each of his three surviving brothers and the same amount to the children of his deceased brother William.
      iv. Henry, bapt. 11 Aug. 1605; bur. 20 Oct. 1607.
      v. Thomas, bapt. 29 Mar. 1607.
      vi. Richard, bapt. 11 Dec. 1608; bur. 6 May 1614.
      vii. A son, bur. 24 Mar. 1609/10.
      viii. Michael, bapt. 5 May 1611.
      ix. Gerard, bapt. 25 Apr. 1614."

      3. FHL book 929.273 Sp33 "The Spencers of the Great Migration," by Jack Taif Spencer and Edith Woolley Spencer (Gateway Press, Baltimore; 1997) vol. 1, partial excerpt of full transcript in the notes of the earliest Spencer, pp. 62-63:
      "The Family of GerardA Spencer (b. 1576-d.before 1646) and Alice Whitbread (1580-1646) of Upper Gravenhurst, Beds.
      -William1 Spencer (GerardA, MichaelB, JohnC...). (The oldest of the Four Brothers who came to New England about 1630); bapt. 11 Oct 1601 at Stotfold, Beds.; m. Agnes HARRIS, 1633, Stotfold, Beds. Witn.: Agnes Pratt. (IGI A034); d. 1640 at Hartford, CT.
      -Elizabeth1 Spencer (Also an emigrant to New England, perhaps a year prior to her four sibling brothers); bapt. 31 Oct 1602 at Stotfold, Beds.; m. Timothy TOMLIN (Timothy and Elizabeth were first at Salem, then first settlers at Lynn, MA).
      -Henry Spencer; bapt. 11 Aug 1605 at Stotfold, Beds.; bur. 20 Oct 1607.
      -Thomas1 Spencer (Second oldest of the Four Brothers); bapt. 29 Mar 1607 at Stotfold, Beds.; m. (1) Ann Derifeild (Derifall), Ann b. ca 1610; m. (2) Sarah Bearding (BARDING) at Hartford, CT, 11 Sept 1645. Sarah d. before 1674; d. 11 Sept 1687 at Hartford, CT.
      -Richard Spencer; bapt. 11 Dec 1608; bur. 6 May 1614.
      -Michael1 Spencer (Third oldest of the Four Brothers); bapt. 5 May 1611 at Stotfold, Beds.; m. ISABEL ___; d. 1653 at Lynn, MA.
      -Gerard1 Spencer (Youngest of The Four Brothers); bapt. 25 April 1614 at Stotfold, Beds.; m. (1) Hannah HillS (Hannah d. before Gerard made his Will in 1683 and perhaps much earlier); m. (2) Rebecca (Porter) Clark after 1677. She was the dau. of John and Anne (White) Porter of Windsor; d. 1685 at Haddam, CT."