Person:Samuel Spencer (4)
Samuel Spencer
b.Est 1650 Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (probably)
d.7 Aug 1705 East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1638
  1. John SpencerEst 1638 - 1682
  2. Mehitabel SpencerEst 1640 - 1691
  3. Marah SpencerEst 1642 - Bef 1714
  4. Hannah SpencerEst 1644 - Bef 1691
  5. Sarah SpencerEst 1646 - Aft 1707
  6. Thomas SpencerEst 1648 - 1699/00
  7. Samuel SpencerEst 1650 - 1705
  8. Ruth Spencer1650 - 1744
  9. Timothy SpencerEst 1652 - Bef 1704
  10. William Spencer1656 - 1731
  11. Nathaniel SpencerEst 1658 - Bef 1722
  12. Rebecca SpencerEst 1660 - Aft 1710
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Samuel SpencerEst 1650 - 1705
  • W.  Hannah Willey1641/42 - Est 1681
m. Bef 1674
  1. Grace Spencer1674 - 1714
  2. John Spencer1676 - Bef 1749
  3. Deacon Isaac Spencer1678/79 - 1751
  4. Hannah Spencer1680 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Samuel SpencerEst 1650 - 1705
  • W.  Miriam Moore1647 - Aft 1705/06
m. Bef 1690
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3] Samuel Spencer
Gender Male
Birth[1] Est 1650 Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (probably)
Marriage Bef 1674 Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States (probably)Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child.
to Hannah Willey
Marriage Bef 1690 to Miriam Moore
Death[2][4] 7 Aug 1705 East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Estate Inventory[2][4] 7 Feb 1705/06 £50-10-10. Taken by Capt. John Chapman and William Spencer, Jr.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jared Spencer, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
    6:424.

    "Samuel Spencer, b. say 1650; …"

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Jacobus, Donald Lines. The Four Spencer Brothers: Their Ancestors and Descendants. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (Apr, Jul 1951; Jan, Apr, Oct 1952; Jan, Apr, Jul 1953; Jan, Oct 1954)
    27:170.

    "20. Samuel2 Spencer (Gerard1), born about 1650, died at East Haddam, Conn., 7 Aug. 1705; Inventory, 7 Feb. 1705/6; married first, about 1673, Hannah (Willey) (Hungerford) Blatchford, who died about 1681, daughter of Isaac Willey, widow of Thomas Hungerford (died 1663) and of Peter Blatchford (died 1671); married second, in 1689, Miriam (Moore) Willey, born [say 1655], living 1700, daughter of Miles Moore, widow of John Willey. John Spencer of Haddam East Side, Administrator of his father Samuel's estate, conveyed 8 Feb. 1709/10 to his brother Isaac and sister Hannah Spencer. On 14 Feb. 1717/18, John and Isaac Spencer conveyed to John Picke and Hannah his wife; and the same date, said Picke and wife of Haddam conveyed to John and Isaac Spencer, right to estate which belonged to Peter Blachford or Peter Blachford Jr. his son, also right 'our father' Samuel Spencer had in that estate [East Haddam Deeds, 1:50, 234, 235]."

  3. ↑ Samuel Spencer, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    4:149.

    "Samuel (Spencer), East Haddam, s. of Jared of the same, m. a. 1663, the wid. of Thomas Hungerford, and next m. Hannah, d. of Isaac Willey, wid. of Peter Blatchford."

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Spencer, Samuel, Haddam, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    2:116-17.

    "Probate Records. Vol. VII, 1700 to 1710.Page 145-6.

    Spencer, Samuel, Haddam. Invt. £50-10-10. Taken 7th February, 1705-6, by Capt. John Chapman and William Spencer, Jr.

    An agreement, appended to the Inventory on file:

    To all whom these presents concern, greeting: Know ye that we, John Spencer and Isaac Spencer, do by these presents jointly and severally promise and engage to our honoured mother-in-law, Miriam Spencer, to pay her twelve pounds in current country pay, to be paid at £3 per year, annually, at or before the first of September yearly. This engagement is for and in consideration of our mother's thirds in our honored father Samuel Spencer his estate deceased, and in case we and our honored mother do all of us survive the fifth year, we do, out of respect to her, further promise to pay her £3 the fifth year as above, in consideration of the above premises.

    I, Miriam Spencer, do accept of the conditions as above specified, and do by these presents resign up all my right and title of dower or third part of the estate of my honored husband Samuel Spencer, deceased, unto his two sons, John and Isaac Spencer, as their own proper estate to their proper use and behoof.

    As witness our hands this 5th of March, 1705-6.

    John Spencer,
    Isaac Spencer,
    Miriam Spencer.

    Witness: John Chapman, William Layns.

    Court Record, Page 78 - 8 March, 1705-6: John Spencer of Hartford exhibited an inventory of his late father, Samuel Spencer of Haddam. Ordered recorded and put on file. And this Court grant letters of Adms. unto John Spencer. The sd. John Spencer also exhibited in this Court an agreement made between the widow and children of the sd. John Spencer."

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