Person:Jashub Spooner (1)

Source:Spooner, Thomas. Records of William Spooner, of Plymouth, Mass., and His Descendants, p. 1:30, presents the will of Jashub's father Samuel. The phrasing of this will suggests Jashub was subject to some impairment. No further explanation was given, however:

"...I give them [i.e., legacies to my three sons, William, Samuel Seth] with a charge to be kind to their honored mother and brother Jashub, and provide for them as they shall stand in need, as by covenant they are obliged unto."

"I give unto my son Jashub, one shilling out of my estate, with a desire of his good careage under the provision I have made for his comfortable support by his brothers, William, Samuel and Seth Spooner."

1. ↑ Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1929-1930)
   1:260.

   Spooner, Jashop [Joseph], s. Samuell, Nov. 13, 1698.

2. ↑ Dartmouth VR speculates that the birth record "Jashop" means Joseph, but the father's will calls his son, "Jashub" (see elsewhere on this page).