John Spencer

1604 - Bef 1646  (~ 41 years)

• Name	John Spencer
  Christening	22/22 JAN/JAN 1603/1604	Saint Mary, Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 1646
  Person ID	I2176	Petersen-de Lanskoy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Gerard Spencer,   c. 20 May 1576, Saint Mary's, Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England d. Bef 1646, of Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England (Age ~ 69 years)
  Mother	Alice Whitbread,   b. Abt 1578, Upper Gravenhurst, Bedfordshire. England
  Marriage	10 Nov 1600	Upper Gravenhurst, Bedfordshire, England
  Family ID	F1206	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."