> Mehitable was the d/o Gerald/Jared & Hannah (HILLS) SPENCER; she had > sibblings; John, Hannah, William and someone on the list said there was a > brother Nathaniel..I am getting ready to post re: his message. There were actually 13 children (see below). There is an excellent article on Gerard Spencer in the Connecticut Nutmegger, Sept 1997, p188-214. ============================================================ Husband: Ensign Gerard Spencer (1, 2) ============================================================ Born: Bef 14 Apr 1614 at: Stotfold, Bedfordshire, Eng (1, 2) Died: 29 Jun 1685 at: East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT (2) Buried: at: Father: Gerald Spencer (Abt 1576-Bef 1646) Mother: Alice Whitebread (Between 1578-Abt 1646) (2) Married: 13 Dec 1636 Place: Lynn, Essex Co., MA (2) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Spouse: Rebecca Porter (1628- ) Date: ============================================================ Wife: Hannah Joannis Hills (2) ============================================================ Born: Between 1616-1618 at: Stotfold, Bedfordshire, Eng (2) Died: 22 Oct 1692 at: East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT (2) Buried: at: Father: Thomas Hills (Bef 1600- ) (2) Mother: ============================================================ Children ============================================================ 1 F Ruth Spencer (2) Born: Between 1654-1658 at: East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT (2) Died: 28 Nov 1744 at: Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT (2) Buried: at: Spouse: Joseph Clark (1652-1716) (3) Marr. Date: Abt 1674, Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT (4) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 M Timothy Spencer Born: Abt 1652 at: East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT Died: Bef 6 May 1705 at: East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT Buried: at: Spouse: Sarah Clark (Abt 1657-Abt 1704) (2) Marr. Date: Bef 1675, Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT (5) Note: there is some dispute as to whether Timothy Spencer's wife, Sarah, was actually Sarah Clark. See IDENTIFICATION OF THE DAUGHTERS OF WILLIAM(1) CLARK OF HADDAM, CONNECTICUT By Racola Ford Cooke, CSG# 4638 From THE CONNECTICUT NUTMEGGER, September 1997, p 188-190 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 F Hannah Spencer (1, 2) Born: Abt 1640 at: Stotfold, Bedfordshire, Eng (2) Died: 1 Apr 1715 at: Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT (1, 2) Buried: at: Spouse: Daniel Brainerd (1641-1715) (1) Marr. Date: Abt 1663 (1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 M John Spencer (2) Born: 17 Aug 1638 at: Stotfold, Bedfordshire, Eng (6) Died: 3 Aug 1682 at: Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT (2) Buried: at: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 F Mehitable Spencer (2) Born: Between 1638-1642 at: Lynn, Essex Co., MA (2) Died: Between 1691-1692 at: Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT (2) Buried: at: Spouse: Daniel Cone (1626-1726) (7) Marr. Date: 1661, East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT (7) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 F Marah Alice Spencer (2) Born: Abt 1642 at: Lynn, Essex Co., MA (2) Died: Bef 22 Dec 1714 at: Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT (2) Buried: at: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 F Sarah Spencer (2) Born: 27 Jul 1644 at: Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT (2) Died: After 1707 (2) at: Buried: at: Spouse: Stephen Backus (1641-1695) (6) Marr. Date: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 M Samuel Gerrard Spencer (2) Born: 27 Sep 1644 (2) at: Died: 7 Aug 1705 at: East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT (2) Buried: at: Spouse: Hannah Willey (1642-1681) (8) Marr. Date: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 F Elizabeth Spencer (2) Born: Abt 1646 at: East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT (2) Died: 20 Aug 1688 at: Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT (2) Buried: at: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 M Thomas Spencer (2) Born: Abt 1648 at: East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT (2) Died: 3 Feb 1699/00 at: Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT (2) Buried: at: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 M Nathaniel Spencer (2) Born: Abt 1654 at: East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT (2) Died: Abt 1722 (2) at: Buried: at: Spouse: Lydia Bailey (Abt 1659-Bef 1729) (6) Marr. Date: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 M William Spencer (2) Born: Abt 1656 at: East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT (2) Died: Bef 6 Feb 1730/31 at: East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT (2) Buried: at: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 F Rebecca Spencer Born: Between 1656-1660 at: East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT Died: Abt 1706 at: East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT Buried: at: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gerard was the son of Gerald Spencer (b. abt 1576, d. bef 1646) and Alice Whitebread (b. aft 1578, d. abt. 1646). Quadruple direct descent is through his daughter Hannah (who married David Brainerd of the Brainerd/Fuller line), and his daughter Ruth Spencer (who married Joseph Clark of the Clark/Dunham line) and sons Timothy and Samuel Gerrard whose children married into the Hungerford line and eventually into the Brainerd/Fuller line) . Occupation: Ferryman. Immigrated in 1632. "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.