Person:William Spencer (34)

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William Spencer
b.1576 Cople, Bedfordshire, England
d.1 Feb 1636/37 Surry, Virginia
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  1. Elizabeth SpencerAft 1620 - Bef 1659
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Name William Spencer
Gender Male
Birth? 1576 Cople, Bedfordshire, England
Immigration[1] 1611 James Island, VirginiaMuster lists ship of arrival as SARAH.
Marriage 1614 to Alice Lightfoot
Residence[1] 24 Jan 1624/25 James Island, James City, VirginiaWith wife, Alice, and daughter, Alice, age 4
Death? 1 Feb 1636/37 Surry, Virginia
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Virtual Jamestown - Jamestown 1624/5 Muster Records.

    Virtual Jamestown: Spencer

    Muster Record
    Name: William Spencer
    Muster: Spencer William
    Status: head
    Location: James Iland
    Corporation: James Citty
    Age:
    Ship: Sarah
    Date of Arrival: not given

    Building Records
    Boats: 1; Canoes: 0; House: 2; Storehouse: 0; Tobacco House: 0; Windmill: 0; Palisade: 0; Fort: 0.

    Arms Records
    Powder: 4 pound; Lead: 0; Shot: 8 pound; Lead & Bullets: 0; Lead & Shot: 0; Shot & Bullets: 0; Piece: 3; Piece Fixed: 0; Piece Serviceable: 0; Pistol: 0; Armor: 0; Armor Complete: 0; Coat of Mail: 0; Coat of Steel: 0; Buff Coat: 0; Quilted Coat: 0; Coat of Plate: 0; Coat: 0; Head Piece: 0; Sword: 0; Snaphance: 0; Petronel: 0; Murderer: 0; Fauconett: 0; Jacket: 0; Ordnance: 0; Matchcocke: 0; Jack: 0; Corslet: 0; Chamber: 0; Target: 0; Roll of Matches: 0.

    Food & Livestock Records
    Corn: 10 barrel; Corn & Peas: 0; Peas: 0; Beans: 0; Peas & Beans: 0; English Wheat: 0; Engligh Meal: 0; Meal: 0; Oatmeal: 0; Oatmeal & Peas: 0; Dry Fish: 200 number; Wet Fish: 0; Biscuits: 0; Bacon Flitches: .

    Cattle: 0; Neat Cattle: 0; Goat: 3; Kid: 2; Swine: 12; Pig: 0; Sow: 0; Poultry: 0.

  2.   Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents, in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Published by: Virginia Historical Society
    Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jul., 1893), pp. 82-93 JSTOR.

    (12) WILLIAM SPENCER, [1] of James City, Yeoman and Ancient Planter; 12 acres in James City, "a narrow ridge towards Goose Hill,"
    [2] 1624.

    NOTES [1] William Spencer was Burgess for Mulberry Island in 1623. In 1624-5 he had a wife, Alice, and a daughter, Alice, born 1620.

    [2] Goose Hill, at the lower end of Jamestown Island, and still bears the name.

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