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- RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. The book "Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut," Lucius Barnes Barbour, 1982 ed.:
"Nicholas Disbrough born 1612 died 1683 mar/1 1640 Mary Bronson prob sister of John Bronson. Mar/2 Elizabeth Shepard dau. of Edward Shepard of Cambridge who mar/1 Thwaite Strickland of Hfd. Early member First Church [of Hartford]. Children:
Phebe, bp Dec 20, 1646 (HTR) m. John Kelsey.
Abigail, b. Feb 1, 1648/9 (HTR) m/1 Robert Flood m/2 Matthew Barnard.
Mary, m. Obadiah Spencer.
Sarah, d. 1683 age 71, m. Samuel Eggleston of Biddtn.
Disbro-Desbrough-Disbrow-Desbrow. Hfd. 1639-40; a proprietor 'by courtesie of the town' his home lot was on the east side of road to the Cow Pasture (North Main St.) not far from the present tunnel. He served in the Pequot War; received a grant of fifty acres for his services May 11, 1671. Chosen chimney viewer 1647-55-63-69; surveyor of highways 1665; freed from training March 6, 1672-3 when sixty years old. He m/2 after 1669 Elizabeth widow of Thwaite Strickland. Gregory Wilterton gave her land in Hartford by deed with reversion to her daughter by her first husband Thwaite Strickland and her sons John, Joseph, Jonathan and Ephraim Strickland. The dau. m. John Andrews (Gen. Reg. 29-192; 33-356. Cotton Mather (Magrulia 6-69) tells a marvellous story of molestations in Desborough's home by invisible hands in 1683. Inv. Aug 31, 1683 ₤81-15."
2. The book "Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut," Lucius Barnes Barbour, 1982 ed.:
"Obadiah Spencer, son of Thomas died May 1712, mar. Mary Disbrough, dau. of Nicholas Disbrough. Children:
Obadiah, b. 1666, m. Ruth Kelsey.
Thomas, b. 1668, m. Sarah Meakins.
Samuel, m. Deborah Beckley.
Ebenezer, m. Mary Booth.
John, m. Sarah Smith.
Desborough, m/1 Abigail Elmer, m/2 Sarah (Arnold) Case.
Mary, m. Thomas King as 3rd wife.
Freeman 1658."
3. The following partial excerpts about the wives and children of Thomas Spencer are from "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III (see notes of Thomas Spencer for full transcript):
"...Obadiah ("eldest son"), b. say 1635; m. by about 1666 Mary Disborough (estimated b. of first child), daughter of Nicholas Disborough [TAG 27:166, 38:209]..."
4. The book "The Thomas Spencer Family of Hartford, Connecticut in the Line of Samuel Spencer of Cromwell, Connecticut 1744-1818," comp. by Frank Farnsworth Starr for James J. Goodwin, Hartford, Conn., copy in Connecticut Historical Society Library, Hartford, CT, p. 20:
"Obadiah Spencer, son of Sergeant Thomas Spencer... He married (date unknown) Mary Desborough, daughter of Nicholas Desborough, of Hartford. (Immediately following the record of the inventory of Nicholas Desborough's estate is this entry: "his children are Obad: Spencer's wife. Sam: Eggleston's wife. John Kelsy's wife. Robt flood's wife. Hartford Probate Records, vol. 4, p. 155.) The dates of her birth and death are not recorded. Obadiah Spencer died between the 2d and 26th of May, 1712..."
5. "The American Genealogist," vol. 27 "The Four Spencer Brothers: Their Ancestors and Descendants," compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus, M. A., pp. 167-68:
"Obadiah2 Spencer (Thomas1), born about 1639, died at Hartford, Conn., May 1712 (will 22 June 1709, codicil 2 May 1712, inventory 26 May 1712); married Mary Disborough, who died before he made his will, daughter of Nicholas.
Children, born at Hartford:
i. Obadiah3, b. ca. 1666; d. 22 Aug. 1741.
ii. Thomas, b. ca. 1668; d. 14 June 1761.
iii. Samuel, b. ca. 1670; d. 1756.
iv. Ebenezer, b. ca. 1673; d. by 1748.
v. Mary, b. ca. 1675; d. at Hartford, 2 June 1711/12; m. after 1706, as his second wife, Thomas King, who d. at Hartford, 26 Dec. 1711; no children.
vi. John, b. ca. 1677; d. 8 July. 1750 (1751).
vii. Disborough, b. ca. 1679; d. 1763."
6. 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, pp. 167-68:
"The discipline and intolerance of the Church leaders can be illustrated by many examples, including some which must have been of real concern to Thomas1 Spencer and his near kin folk. For example, Thomas had served in the Pequot War alongside Nicholas Disbrowe (Desborough) and later both of them had a long association as fellow woodworkers. Also, there was an intermarriage between the oldest son of Thomas (Obadiah2) and Mary, a daughter of Nicholas Disbrowe. In 1640, the wife of Nicholas was accused of "wanton dalliance" with three men. One of the men, Nicholas Olmstead, served time in the pillory."
"... As an artisan in woodworking and in chair-making, the efforts of Thomas Spencer and Nicholas Disbrowe were probably unexcelled for many years in the Connecticut River Valley. Just how early this skill was demonstrated by Thomas Spencer seems difficult to pinpoint. Since Thomas was a "turner" (contrasted with a "joiner" such as Nicholas Disbrowe), it is obvious that his shop had to be equipped with a lathe. One historian (Henry Spencer) has theorized that he may have brought such equipment from England. If such was the case, there seems to be no historical evidence that he pursued a "turner's" skill in Cambridge before he emigrated to Hartford. Also, we do not know when this skill became apparent in Hartford.
In Trent's comprehensive summary (1984) of the Spencer shops in Hartford, he presents many illustrations of the chairs attributed to Thomas Spencer and his descendants. Most of these chairs fall in the period of the 1750s, hence are much later than the era of Thomas1 who died in 1687. Indeed, of the thirteen chairs illustrated by Trent, only one is directly attributed to the joint effort of Thomas Spencer and Nicholas Disbrowe. This is the so-called "Winthrop Great Chair" which was made for the ceremony to honor John2 Winthrop in 1662 when he returned from England with a royal charter granted to Connecticut."
ACTION:
1. Look up: Cotton Mather (Magrulia 6-69) tells a marvellous story of molestations in Desborough's home by invisible hands in 1683.
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Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
Abt 1644 - Bef 1709 (~ 65 years)