Person:Spencer Driggs (1)

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Spencer Driggs
b.27 Apr 1777 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
d.8 Jun 1849 Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Jan 1768
  1. Seth Driggs1768 - 1802
  2. George Driggs1770 -
  3. Eliot Driggs1772 -
  4. Griswold Driggs1775 -
  5. Spencer Driggs1777 - 1849
  6. Deolotus Driggs1779 -
  7. Elizabeth Driggs1781 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 1801
  1. William Spencer Driggs1802 - 1802
  2. Sophia Driggs1803 - 1884
  3. Lavina Driggs1805 - 1867
  4. Minerva Driggs1807 - 1877
  5. Sarah Cleveland Driggs1810 - 1835
  6. Elizabeth Spencer Driggs1812 -
  7. William Spencer Driggs1815 - 1873
  8. Seth Turner Driggs1818 - 1839
  9. Spencer Bartholomew Driggs1821 - 1883
  10. Almira H. Driggs1824 - 1877
  11. Hiram Cleveland Driggs1828 - 1910
  12. George Oscar Driggs1830 - 1867
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Facts and Events
Name Spencer Driggs
Gender Male
Birth[1][3] 27 Apr 1777 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Marriage 1801 Hudson, Columbia Co., NYto Sarah Turner
Death[1] 8 Jun 1849 Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States
Census[2][4] 23 Jul 1850 Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States
Burial? Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United StatesElmwood Cemetery
Alt Burial? Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne Co., MI
Other[1][5] 1971 Driggs Family in America Biography
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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Driggs Family in America.
  2. ↑ United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432).
  3. ↑ Farmington Vital Records, in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    LR22:464.

    DRIGGS, Spencer, 5th s. Bartholomew, b. Apr. 27, 1777

  4. ↑ Spencer Driggs; age 73; male; farmer; b.Conn.
    Sally, age 65; female; b.Conn.
    Almira H.; age 24; female; b.NY
    Hiram C.; age 22; male; student; b.NY
    Geo. C.; age 17; male; farmer; b.NY
  5. ↑ Spencer Driggs was the son of Bartholomew Driggs and Elizabeth Jane Spencer. He was born April 27, 1777, at Farmington, Connecticut, and died June 8, 1849, at Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan. His burial was at Elmwood Cemetery in Detroit. He was the owner of a trading vessel on the Hudson river from 1798 to 1801 which he operated with his brother Griswold. He farmed in Green County, New York, and Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan, to March 18, 1849.
    Spencer Driggs married Sarah Turner, daughter of Dr. Seth Turner and Sarah Hall of Hartford, Connecticut, in the Spring of 1801 at Hudson, Columbia County, New York. Sarah Hall was born July 9, 1785, at Hartford, Connecticut, and died December 20, 1860, at Ypsilanti, Michigan, where she lies buried in Elmwood Cemetery.
    Dr. Seth Turner was a private in the Connecticut troops in the Revolutionary War. He was captured by the British at the Battle of Long Island, as a member of Capt. Hubbard's Company, Col. Huntington's Regiment, which reported him "missing" after the battle. His name appears on the list of pensioners of 1818.

    Spencer Driggs probably moved to Greene County, New York, with his father about 1792-3. His father gave a boat, or schooner, to Spencer and his younger brother Griswold, and the two brothers operated it together between New York City and Albany from 1798 to the spring of 1801. About this time both Spencer and Griswold married and the boat was sold, and with the proceeds they purchased a farm of 80 acres on the line between Ulster and Greene Counties, a few miles from the Hudson River. Dr. Hiram C. Driggs says he remembers hearing his mother tell of a wolf caught in a trap on this farm by Spencer. The bounty on the wolf's head brought only $1.00 in Greene County while if the trap had been set 100 feet south, it would have been in Ulster County, and the bounty would have been $7.00.
    Sarah Turner at that time lived in Ulster County, probably opposite the village of Hudson. Hiram C. Driggs says they rowed across the Hudson in a skiff and were married in the church at Hudson. After the ceremony they rowed back to the west side and went to live on their newly purchased farm, together with Griswold and his bride, who were married about the same time. The mortgage this farm was foreclosed, and after a long fight in the courts, they were compelled to surrender the farm in 1807. Spencer then took his family to Washtenaw County, Michigan, where he bought a farm near Ypsilanti. Here most of his children were born. He lived there until his death on June 8, 1849. At this time two of his sons were living in Detroit. William Spencer and Spencer Bartholomew were in the real estate business, and their mother moved to Detroit and lived there with some of her children until her death Dec 20, 1860. The directory of 1859 gives her address as 239 Woodward, which was also the residence of Dr. Hiram C. Driggs.
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