Mixture of two people [14 September 2017]
According to Source:Spooner, Thomas. Records of William Spooner, of Plymouth, Mass., and His Descendants, this information pertains to 2 different Samuel Spooners.
Samuel Spooner, s/o Benjamin Spooner and Zerviah --- m. Abby Wilkinson.
Samuel Spooner, s/o Joshua Spooner and Freelove Wescott, was a mariner of Providence, RI, m. Elizabeth Parker. He died and "his widow and children" lived in Douglas with her parents.
Samuel S. Spooner was the son of Samuel Spooner and Elizabeth Parker.
This needs to be fixed by somebody who has done an exhaustive study of this person. Presenting information without sources is useless. --Jrich 01:02, 8 November 2010 (EST)
- Further note: Note the notice in NEHGR, Vol. 26, p. 104, which alleges Benjamin and 1st wife Joanna (Tobey) -> Joshua and Freelove (Westcott) -> Samuel and Elizabeth (Parker) -> Samuel and Zerviah (Hale) -> Samuel (the subject of the death notice). Unfortunately the dates, as is also true of the Spooner Genealogy, do not appear to be based on reality. Besides omitting many details that should be known if these were thorough studies (e.g., like mentioning second wives), both these sources don't appear to be aware that Joshua m. Freelove in 1749. Since Zerviah Hale was born 1766, and while the birthdate of her husband is not known, it is likely the same or earlier. Thus this implies the grandson was born when Joshua's son was not even 17. There appears to be an extra generation inserted in this lineage, which appears to work only because of the almost total lack of dates given or real specifics. Instead it would appear based on the description information given in the Spooner genealogy (Benjamin and Joshua and Samuel) that the Samuel Spooner who m. Elizabeth Parker is the son of Benjamin by his later marriage and Joshua is not involved at all. It is also unlikely that there was a middle initial and use of the name Samuel S. Spooner as husband of Elizabeth Parker (not found in the Spooner Genealogy or the NEHGR article) would appear to show this was simply copied from an AFN of dubious reliability (for the reasons outlined). --Jrich 14:06, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
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