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Ensign Gerard (Jared) SPENCER

Ensign Gerard (Jared) SPENCER[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Male 1614 - 1685  (71 years)

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  • Name Gerard (Jared) SPENCER 
    Prefix Ensign 
    Born 14 Apr 1614  Stotford, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 25 Apr 1614  St. Marys Parish, Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    _UID 4A4A2D4D38204AAB83EC25E84C91CB921139 
    Died 29 Jun 1685  East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I17903  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 5 Jan 2006 

    Father Gerard SPENCER,   b. 20 May 1576, Edworth, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef May 1646, Stotford, 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,   d. Abt 1646, Stotford, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Married 10 Nov 1600  Upper Gravenhurst, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID F8760  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Rebecca PORTER,   b. 16 Sep 1630, Felstead, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jan 1683, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F8812  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Hannah Joannis HILLS,   b. 1618, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Oct 1692, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 13 Dec 1636  Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • CONFLICT: Marriage Date 17 dec 1636, Register record.
    Children 
     1. John SPENCER,   b. 17 Aug 1636, Stotford, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Aug 1682, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years)
     2. Mehitable SPENCER,   b. Abt 1638, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1691, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 53 years)
     3. Hannah SPENCER,   b. Abt 1640, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1691, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 50 years)
     4. Marah Alice SPENCER,   b. Abt 1642, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 22 Dec 1714  (Age ~ 72 years)
     5. Sarah SPENCER,   b. 27 Jul 1644, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1707  (Age 63 years)
     6. Elizabeth SPENCER,   b. Abt 1646, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Thomas SPENCER,   b. Abt 1648, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Feb 1699, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 51 years)
     8. Samuel Gerrard SPENCER,   b. Abt 1650, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Aug 1705, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 55 years)
     9. Timothy SPENCER,   b. Abt 1652, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 6 May 1704, East Haddam Or Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 52 years)
     10. William SPENCER,   b. Abt 1653-1656, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1731, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 75 years)
     11. Ruth SPENCER,   b. Abt 1654, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Nov 1744, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 90 years)
     12. Nathaniel SPENCER,   b. Abt 1654-1658, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1718-1722, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 64 years)
     13. Rebecca SPENCER,   b. Abt 1656-1660, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1706  (Age ~ 45 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F8811  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • BIOGRAPHY: Sealed to Spouse: 3 Dec 1968, Logan
      Emigrated from England to Cambridge, MA about 1631 with brothers William and Thomas. Settled in Lynn, MA
      Resided in Hartford, CT and Haddam, CT
      Freeman at Cambridge 1634
      Juryman in 1638
      Ensign of Train Band in 1656
      Grand Juror in 1659 at Lynn, MA
      Ensign in 1672, serving in the militia in King Philp's War.
      Representative in 1674-75
      Deputy to General Court in 1678-80 and 1683 in Haddam, CT

  • Sources 
    1. [S942] Spencer - Huxley (online), Compiled by Stephen M. Lawson,, (13 Apr 1998, http://sml.simplenet.com/smlawson/spencer.htm).

    2. [S939] Associated Families of Gregory D. Maxwell, Compiled by Gregory D. Maxfield, (http://www.pacifier.com/!gregdm/ Lincoln, Henry Spencer).

    3. [S943] Ancestrial File/Family Search, (Familysearch.org/) (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.).

    4. [S991] Will.

    5. [S261] Register Report, Sam Behling, (http://www.genweb.net/~samcasey/).