Christopher SPENCER & Abigail HALL

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Husband: Christopher SPENCER ¹

   Born: 1710                      in East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island
Married: 24 AUG 1737               in East Greenwich, Kent Co., Rhode Island ⁵
   Died: 14 MAR 1791               in North Kingstown, Rhode Island
 Father: William SPENCER
 Mother: Elizabeth JENKINS
Spouses: Mary GARDINER; Frances CARR; Patience HALL

   Wife: Abigail HALL

   Born:
   Died: 24 AUG 1737 ⁴
 Father: 
 Mother: 
Spouses:

Children

01  (M): John SPENCER
   Born: 14 AUG 1737               in North Kingstown, Rhode Island
   Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses: Hannah MANCHESTER

Additional Information

Christopher SPENCER:

Born: 1708, North Kingston, RI, USA ²

Notes:
LDS Microfilm 0930973 -- North Kingstown, Rhode Island town Council procedings. (p.157)

"At a Town Council held at the dweling of Mr. Christopher Spencer late of North Kingstown late deceased March 4th. The ... Taylor appointed (clerk?) " A vote was listed enumerating William Reynolds, Benjamin Farmer, Thomas Clark, Stephen Congdon, and James Reynolds. "This day
Christopher Spencer's will was read, approved of."

Earlier (p. 129) there was a will. The document was burned in a fire in 1790 so not all of it is readable. Relationships listed in the will include son John Spencer. wife's sister Ruth Hall, Grandson (N?) Spencer, son of John. Granddaughter Abigail Spencer, daughter of John. Grandson George Spencer, son of John. Granddaughter Frances - daughter of Slocum Hall. Two grandsons were also listed, Nicholas and Christopher but the name of the parent was burned out. Grandson George may be the "George of Petersburgh late of said Christopher Spencer of Kingsbury, County Washington".

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from the Rhode Island Genealogical Register, Vol. 15, p. 22. "North Kingstown Wills".

SPENCER, Christopher. Will dated 11 De[c] 1789, proved 14 [burn] 1791, recorded 15 Mar 1791, pgs 129-132. Mentions: Wife Patience -- unclear Spencer who received what she brought to me at the time of our marriage. Ruth Hall sister of my wife. Son John Spencer. Unnamed daughter wife of Slocum Hall. Grandsons Nicholas Spencer, George Spencer, & [burn] probably Christopher Spencer sons of Joh Spencer. Granddaughters Abigail Spencer & Elizabeth Spencer daughters of John Spencer. Granddaughter Frances Hall under [burn - 18 or 21] daughter of Slocum Hall. Witn: Benjamin Brown, Richard Phillips, Immanuel Carr.

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According to the Will of William Spencer, Christopher Spencer had 5 children.

This is probably the Christopher Spencer listed on the Rhode Island Census as living in North Kingstown in 1747. (Colonial Census Index ancestry.com)

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Notes from "Violet E Kettelle Collection, ‘William(2) Spencer (John(1))’, Box 5, Folder 16. Rhode Island Historical Society Collections. (notebook)":
- Christopher Spencer married 4 times.
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Abigail HALL:

Name: ABIGAIL ³

Footnotes

Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Births (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001).
Ibid.
Ancestry.com, Rhode Island Deaths, 1630-1930 (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000).
Ibid.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cummingsofscgen/Spencer3.html.

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