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Husband: John SPENCER 1 2
   Born: 1638                      in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts
Married: 1664
   Died: 30 AUG 1684               in East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island
 Father: Michael SPENCER
 Mother: Isabel ROBBINS
Spouses: 
   Wife: Susannah GRIFFIN 3 4 5
   Born: 13 MAY 1644
   Died: 12 APR 1719               in East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island
 Father: Robert GRIFFIN
 Mother: HANNAH
Spouses:
Children
01  (M): William SPENCER 6
   Born: 01 JUL 1672               in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island
   Died: 25 OCT 1748               in North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island 7
Spouses: Elizabeth JENKINS; Elizabeth BURLINGAME
02  (M): John SPENCER 8
   Born: 20 APR 1666               in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island 9 10
   Died: 17 APR 1743               in East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island
Spouses: Audrey GREENE
03  (M): Michael SPENCER 11 12
   Born: 28 MAY 1668               in East Greenwich, Kent Co, Rhode Island 13
   Died: 10 OCT 1748               in East Greenwhich, Kent County, Rhode Island 14
Spouses: ELIZABETH
04  (M): Benjamin SPENCER
   Born: 22 JUN 1670               in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island
   Died: 1723                      in East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island
Spouses: Martha SAVAGE; Patience HAWKINS
05  (M): Robert SPENCER 15
   Born: 06 NOV 1674               in East Greenwich, Kent Co, Rhode Island
   Died: 1748                      in Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island
Spouses: Martha WHALEY; Theodosia WHALEY; Susannah BABCOCK
06  (F): Susannah SPENCER 16
   Born: 01 DEC 1681               in East Greenwich, Kent Co, Rhode Island
   Died: before 1726               in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island
Spouses: Richard BRIGGS
07  (M): Abner SPENCER 17 18 19 20
   Born: 04 DEC 1676               in East Greenwich, Kent Co, Rhode Island 21 22
   Died: 11 MAY 1759               in East Greenwich, Kent Co, Rhode Island
Spouses: Susannah WELLS
08  (M): Thomas SPENCER 23
   Born: 22 JUL 1679               in East Greenwich, Kent Co, Rhode Island
   Died: 25 APR 1752               in East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island
Spouses: Elizabeth LAWTON; Elizabeth PIERCE; Sarah WANTON
09  (M): Peleg SPENCER 24
   Born: 14 DEC 1683               in East Greenwich, Kent Co, Rhode Island
   Died: 13 SEP 1763               in East Greenwich, RI
Spouses: Elizabeth COGGESHALL

Additional Information

John SPENCER:

Notes:
I started this family group from notes taken by my Uncle from Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, Savage's Genealogical Dictionary (4-189) and East Greenwich and Newport vital records.
I had then looked at these materials at the library in East Greenwich.

The Savage Reference is now on-line -- see the Spencer section at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/bk4/spear-sprague.htm

The Austin reference is from John Osborne Austin (ISBM 1933828498) -- he compiled accounts of 460 families who settled in Rhode Island in the 17th century. He used original sources including probate records and wills.

East Greenwich vital records are available on ancestry.com. (Tim Fredrick 3/22/2009)

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See http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~george/b66.htm#P70

120. JOHN SPENCER (III)8,18 was born about 1638 in Lynn, Essex Co., MA. He died on 30 Aug 1684 in E. Greenwich, Kent Co., RI. Source: Of the original grantees was John Spencer. He evidently came here directly from Newport, where he had been made a freeman in 1668. His wife was Susannah Griffin. John may have been the son of Michael Spencer who was living in Cambridge, MA, in 1634, and later in Lynn. Among John's possessions was a Spencer coat-of-arms which indicated that he descended from Sir Robert Spencer of Northampton, England. Also in his inventory was a gentleman's small sword or "tucke", suggesting that he might have held rank in England. The inventory also listed five Indian servants, presumably captives after King Philip's War. There is not much doubt that John Spencer was a leader. He was the first to sign the original grant, was the first town clerk in East Greenwich (1677-1683), and was conservator of the peace in 1678. Early town meetings were held at his home. Much credit is due this man for the early town records which he kept, even though his handwriting is like hieroglyphics to the untrained reader. John Spencer's original ninety acre farm granted to him in 1677 was on Kenyon Avenue. He evidently bought up other grants in this vicinity because his land holdings in the are were very extensive. His home stood on the ninety acre section assigned to h im near Payne's Pond. The house, which stood on the site of the one owned by James McMahan today, was torn down in 1914. Tradition has it that Peleg(2), son of John(3) Spencer, built it about 1708, but is is most likely that John(3) Spencer had a home, perhaps a small one resembling the original Clement Weaver house, on that site. Peleg may have added lean-tos and ells to the house, bringing it to much larger proportions. Pictures of the house show it to have been a sturdy two-story home with a large center chimney, almost identical with the pilastered chimney on the Joshua Coggeshall house, built in 1705, on Pierce Road. The fact that Peleg Spencer married Elizabeth, daughter of Joshua Coggeshall in 1708, makes it feasible that the same workmen built both these homes. The last member of the Spencer family to live in the old house was Judith Spencer Payne (1809-1893). Her heirs sold the property to James P. Riley in 1911. He had the house razed in 1914, and so went another fine architectural gem. Family letters and land evidence bear out the fact that John and Susannah (Griffin) Spencer were buried just west of the house and that someone plowed up the area, not realizing that it was a burial place. So old John and his Susannah lie in unmarked graves on the bank of Payne's Pond. It was on the north bank of the pond that Jeremiah(3) Spencer, son of Peleg (2) had a grist mill. In records of the period he is called "Jerimiah Spencer, the miller of Paradise Mill". Many of us today remember when this area was known as Paradise. John and Susannah Spencer had nine children, eight boys and one girl. Every child married, giving the old folks seventy-six grandchildren, so it is no wonder that the name of Spencer is familiar h ere after almost three hundred years. There we many Spencer families still living in and around East Greenwich who can trace their ancestry back to the first John Spencer/

THE HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND The History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations: Biograşhical, by the American Historical Society, Inc., 1920. For an unknown reason there are two coşies of the book with the same title şage, but with different contents. Articles will be added from these books regularly. From şages 142 - 143.


JOHN SPENCER (III) and Susannah GRIFFIN were married about 1665. Susannah GRIFFIN (daughter of Robert (?) GRIFFIN and (?) (?)) was born on 13 May 1644 in Newport, Newport Co., RI. She died on 12 Apr 1719 in E. Greenwich, Kent Co., RI. JOHN SPENCER (III) and Susannah GRIFFIN had the following children:

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JOHN SPENCER (IV).
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Michael SPENCER.
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Benjamin SPENCER.
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iv.
William SPENCER.
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v.
Robert SPENCER Capt..
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vi.
Abner SPENCER.
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vii.
Dr. Thomas SPENCER.
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viii.
Susannah SPENCER.
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ix.
Peleg SPENCER.


Also see http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/1200/genealogy/text/spentag.txt -- "the Four Spencer Brothers - their Ancestors and Descendants", The American Genealogist, 27 (April 1951), pp. 79-87

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Also see ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ri/all_ri/spencer.txt -- "Descendants of John Spencer Mary Anna Spencer husband Joshua Magoon".

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In "Spencer Family Notes" A.M.M.L. 1937 posted in the Spencer folder of the North Kingstown Free Library (handwritten), the author starts by outlining John's mention in the will of his uncle John Spencer proved in Salem, MA. The author continues "His nephew John Spencer senior was made a freeman of Newport October 9, 1668 (Col. Rec. vol. ii p 238) was the first named of the grantees of East Greenwhich October 31, 1777. He died intestate. His will was made by Council of East Greenwhich 1684.

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"("Michael Spencer, B. 1" Violet E. Kettelle Genealogical Collection, Box 5, Folder 4)" refers to the East Greenwich Land Evidence Book 1 (p.38a) -- John Spencer's Will by town council. Susannah's appointment as administrator. Henry Matteson's disposition, and on page 40a, John's inventory. See note under Michael Spencer for further information regarding the homestead property.

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I'm not sure about the date of death for John Spencer. The book: History of East Greenwich 1677-1877, by D. H. Greene, MD, J.A. & R.A. Reid, Printers and Publishers, Providence, RI., 1877., describes the history of physicians in East Greenwhich and quotes a town council decision appointing twelve women to treat minor maladies. ‘At a town Council called and held at the house of Susannah Spencer, widow, February 24, 1684, after hearing compliant, and taking the testimony, the Council see cause to empanel a jury of twelve women of the neighborhood. Thereupon eleven of them appeared. The names of the women who appeared are as follows: Hannah Bennett, widow, Hannah Long, Sarah Knight, widow, Elizabeth Heath, Elizabeth Pearce, Elsa Wood, Catherine Weaver, Nancy Nichols, Mandy Snell, and Anna Knight. Being engaged according to law, and receiving their charge, the women did immediately withdraw, and within an hour’s time return accordingly, having fully agreed upon a verdict.’. I have the date of death for John Spencer as 30-Aug-1684, and yet the meeting, describing Susannah Spencer as widow was held on February 24th, 1684.

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The Google Books link to the Quaker Meeting House is http://tinyurl.com/432loz

Susannah GRIFFIN:

Notes:
("In Laws", Box 5, Folder 12, Violet E Kettelle Genelaogical Collection CS69.K48 2002, April 2002): Violet Kettelle writes "What documentary proof she (was) a Nichols? None found yet. So presumably there has been speculation that Susannah was from the Nichols family at one time.

In "Ancestors of Missy and Nate Potter" (On Ancestry at http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=abiesalba1&id=I14813 ), the parents of Susannah Griffin are listed as Robert Griffin and Ann Almy (b. 26-Feb-1627 in South Kilworth, Leicestershire, England).

Footnotes

  1. Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000).
  2. Ibid.
  3. Ibid.
  4. Ibid.
  5. Ibid.
  6. Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Births (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001).
  7. See http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~george/b70.htm#P2397.
    198. William SPENCER8 was born on 1 Jul 1672 in Newport, Newport Co., RI. He died before 25 Oct 1748 in North Kingstown, Washington Co., RI. Freeman 1696. In 1703 contributed 3 shillings towards the construction of a meeting house for Quakers at Mashapaug. May 27, 1709, he and 12 others bought 1824 acres of vacant land in Naragansett nears Devil's Foot. Deputy in 1714, 24, 26, 27, 29, 1734-5. Justice of Inferiro Court of Common Pleas for Kings Co.. Estate partially appraised by Thos. Elizabeth Jenkins was the daughter of Zachariah.

    Date his will was presented Mar.

    William SPENCER and Elizabeth JENKINS were married. William SPENCER and Elizabeth JENKINS had the following children:
  8. Heritage Consulting, Millennium File (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003).
  9. Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000).
  10. Heritage Consulting, Millennium File (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003).
  11. Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000).
  12. Ancestry.com, Rhode Island Deaths, 1630-1930 (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000).
  13. Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000).
  14. Ancestry.com, Rhode Island Deaths, 1630-1930 (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000).
  15. Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004).
    Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, queries, letters, Bible records, wills, biographies, and manuscript genealogies.

    For specific original source information contact Yates Publishing, providing them with the Source Number, Source Type, Number of Pages, and Submitter Code information listed for each individual.
  16. Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000).
    Edmund West, comp.

    Family Data Collection - Individual Records.
    [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000.
  17. Heritage Consulting, Millennium File (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003).
  18. Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000).
  19. Family Data Collection - Marriages.
  20. Ancestry.com, Rhode Island Births, 1636-1930 (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000).
  21. Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000).
  22. Ancestry.com, Rhode Island Births, 1636-1930 (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000).
  23. Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004).
    Online publication - Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.
  24. OneWorldTree.
    Ancestry.com. One World Tree (sm) [database online]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc.

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