> Wow! Sorry, I didn't realize it was so long. I descend from the Gerard > Spencer line down through my Ketchum line. Yes, I would be interested in his > will. I've started placing some of the Spencer line on my Addleman web site > but have only placed two families on it so far. You can link to it from my > home page at http://members.aol.com/bobadleman/index.html/home.html > http://members.aol.com/bobadleman/ Hi, Bob.. I'm sending this via the list so others can find your homepage. Here's the will: "Spencer, Jarrad, Ensign, Haddam.  Invt Pounds: 124-12-00 of Estate not disposed of by Will  Taken 29 June, 1685, by Joseph Arnot & Alexander Rollo  Will dated 17, September, 1683.  The last will of Ensign Jarrad Spencer of Haddam:  I give unto my son William the Land which I bought of Steven Luxford's Estate. How I come by it the Court Record will show.  I give unto my son William 1/3 part of 48 acres lying by that wch was commonly called Welles his Brook.  I give to my son Nathaniel my now Dwelling house with the Lott that was the Houselott, with an Addition lying by the side of it, granted by the Committee.  I give unto my daughter Rebekah that Houselott I bought of Thomas Smith.  Likewise I give unto my daughter Rebeckah 1/3 part of the Lott by Welles his Brook.  I give unto my son Thomas 40 acres on Matchamodus Side.  I give unto my son Thomas his son, Jarrad Spencer by name, my Rapier.  I give unto my son Timothy Spencer the remainder of that 6 score acre lott whereof his 2 brothers had their shares.  The other 6 score thereof I dispose of as followeth: to Grace Spencer, the daughter of my son John Spencer, 40 acres; to Alice Brooks, the daughter of my daughter Brooks, 40 acres; to Grace Spencer, the daughter of my son Samuel Spencer, I give the other 40 acres.  I give unto Jarred Cone, the son of my daughter Cone, my Carbine.  A pewter Flagon and Urim Bason I give to the church at Haddam, if there be one within five years.  It is my will that my son John Spencer his Children and my son-in- law Daniel Cone his Children have an equal proportion of my Estate with my other Children. It is my Will however my Estate falls out for portions to my Children, that my daughter Ruth Clarke's portion shall be 15 pounds, which was my Covenant with her father at her marriage, which 15 pounds she hath received some part thereof, as my Books will testify; and to son Joseph Clarke I give him 40 acres of land at Matchemodus. It is the humble request of Jarrad Spencer that the honoured Major John Talcott and Capt. John Allyn would be pleased to oversee this his Will. I appoint my two sons Daniel Brainard and William Spencer Adms to the Estate.  Jarrard Spencer  Witness: John James, Joseph Arnot  Court Record, Page 111-3, Sept, 1685: Adms to Daniel Braynard and William Spencer, with the Will annexed.  Will of Jarrad Spencer, Ensign: A Digest of Early Connecticut Probate Records, Compiled by Charles William Manwaring, Vol 1, 1685-1700, p. 363-4.