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Ensign Gerard Spencer 1614–1685 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 APR 1614

Birth Location: Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England

Death Date: 29 JUN 1685

Death Location: East Haddam, Connecticut, USA

Father: Gerard Spencer

Mother: Alice Whitbread

Spouse(s): Hannah Hill

Children(s): Hannah Spencer, Thomas Spencer, John Spencer, Sarah Spencer, Alice SPENCER, Timothy Spencer, Mehitable Spencer, Elizabeth Spencer, Ruth Spencer, Rebecca Spencer, Nathaniel Spencer

In 1614, Ensign Gerard Spencer entered the world in Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England, born to Gerard Spencer And Alice Whitbread. Ensign Gerard Spencer married Hannah Lobodell Calcott Hill, and had children including Alice Spencer, Elizabeth Spencer, Hannah Spencer, John Spencer, Mehitable Spencer, Nathaniel Spencer, Rebecca Spencer, Ruth Spencer, Sarah Spencer, Thomas Spencer, Timothy Spencer. Ensign Gerard Spencer passed away in 1685 in East Haddam, Connecticut, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1614, Ensign Gerard Spencer entered the world in Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England, born to Gerard Spencer And Alice Whitbread.
  • Ensign Gerard Spencer married Hannah Lobodell Calcott Hill, and had children including Alice Spencer, Elizabeth Spencer, Hannah Spencer, John Spencer, Mehitable Spencer, Nathaniel Spencer, Rebecca Spencer, Ruth Spencer, Sarah Spencer, Thomas Spencer, Timothy Spencer.
  • Ensign Gerard Spencer passed away in 1685 in East Haddam, Connecticut, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Gerard Spencer
1567–1645
Birth Location: Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England
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Alice Whitbread
1571–1628
Birth Location: Gravenhurst, Bedfordshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Hannah Hill
1618–1692
Birth Location: England
HH

Children(s)

Hannah Spencer
1641–1691
Birth Location: Lynn, Massachusetts
HS
Thomas Spencer
1631–1683
Birth Location: –
TS
John Spencer
1638–1682
Birth Location: Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
JS
Sarah Spencer
1644–1666
Birth Location: East Haddom, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
SS
Alice SPENCER
1651–1714
Birth Location: Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
AS
Timothy Spencer
1652–1704
Birth Location: Middlesex, Conneticut, USA
TS
Mehitable Spencer
1642–1706
Birth Location: prob. Haddam, Connecticut
MS
Elizabeth Spencer
1646–1688
Birth Location: Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
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Ruth Spencer
1654–1744
Birth Location: East Haddom, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
RS
Rebecca Spencer
1656–1706
Birth Location: East Hadam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
RS
Nathaniel Spencer
1658–1722
Birth Location: East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
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Ensign Spencer's Ancestors

Self
Ensign Spencer
1614–1685
Birth Place: Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England
Parents
Gerard Spencer
1567–1645
Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England
Alice Whitbread
1571–1628
Gravenhurst, Bedfordshire, England
Grandparents
Michael Spencer
1531–1599
Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England
Elizabeth Whitebread
1535–1567
Edworth, Bedfordshire, England
John Whitbread
1548–1598
Gravenhurst, Bedfordshire, England
Eleanor Radcliffe
1550–1628
Easton, Huntingdonshire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Spencer
1505–1558
Ann Merrill
1509–1560
John Whitebread
1505–1558
Eleanor Radcliffe
1518–1560
Thomas Whitbread
1522–1585
Elizabeth Whitebread
1535–1567
Edward Radcliffe
1535–1643
Elizabeth Petrie
1537–1638
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Spencer
1477–1532
Christian Baker
1474–1538
John Merrill
1475–1529
Anne Belchum
1487–1520
Christopher Whitebread
1486–1543
Agnes French
1475–
Humphrey Radcliffe
1505–1566
Isabell Harvey
1510–1594
Thomas Whitbread
1500–1552
Jane Beauchamp
1505–1598
John Whitebread
1505–1558
Eleanor Radcliffe
1518–1560
Humphrey Radcliffe
1505–1566
Isabell Harvey
1510–1594
William Petre
1500–1572
Gertrude Tirrell
1510–1541

Ensign Spencer's Descendants

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Ensign (Gerard) Spencer (16 APR 1614–29 JUN 1685) m. Hannah (Lobodell Calcott) Hill (1618–22 OCT 1692)
  1. 1. Hannah Spencer 1641–1691 m. Daniel Brainerd 1641–1715
    1. 1. William Brainerd 1673–1747 m. Margaret 1676–1742 m. Mary Bushnell 1675–1735 m. Sarah Bidwell 1674–1759
      1. 1. Josiah Brainerd 1711–1792 m. Sarah Smith 1697–1727 m. Hannah Spencer 1709–1787
        1. 1. Ezra Brainard 1744–1837 m. Jerusha Smith 1743–1811
        2. 2. Susannah Brainerd 1751–1838
        3. 3. Prudence Brainerd 1750–1789
        4. 4. Israel Brainerd 1749–1818
        5. 5. Eliphaz Brainerd 1746–1749
        6. 6. Josiah Brainerd 1739–1805
        7. 7. Chiliab Brainerd 1741–1835
        8. 8. Hannah Brainerd 1743–1787
      2. 2. Phineas Brainerd 1720–1809 m. Jerusha Towner 1720–1797
        1. 1. Elizabeth Brainerd 1744–1764
        2. 2. Jerusha Brainerd 1744–1811
        3. 3. Esther Brainerd 1749–1801
        4. 4. Henry Brainerd 1750–1828
        5. 5. Heman Brainard 1754–1803
        6. 6. Huldah Brainerd 1752–1807
        7. 7. Phineas Brainerd 1747–1822 m. Elizabeth Brooks 1746–1835
        8. 8. Jehu Brainerd 1757–1815
        9. 9. John Brainerd 1757–
      3. 3. Esther Brainerd 1717–1813
      4. 4. Jabez Brainerd 1715–1778
      5. 5. Rachel Brainerd 1712–1739
      6. 6. Thankful Brainerd 1709–1806
      7. 7. Elijah Brainerd 1706–1764
      8. 8. Joseph Brainerd 1704–1777
      9. 9. Mary (Pond) Brainard 1700–1770
      10. 10. Nathan Brainerd 1713–1776
      11. 11. Chiliab Brainerd 1708–1792
      12. 12. Samuel Brainerd 1706–1787
      13. 13. Hannah Brainerd 1704–1718
      14. 14. William Brainerd 1701–1734
      15. 15. Sarah Brainerd 1699–1713
    2. 2. Daniel ("Deacon") Brainerd 1664–1742 m. Susannah Ventres 1669–1754
      1. 1. Daniel Brainard 1690–1728
      2. 2. Stephen Brainard 1699–1794
      3. 3. Susannah Brainerd 1689–1746
      4. 4. Hannah Brainerd 1694–1744
      5. 5. Noadiah Brainard 1697–1746
      6. 6. Bezaleel Brainard 1701–1749 m. Elizabeth Warner 1721–1746 m. Mary Gates 1703–1742 m. Phebe Smith 1720–1760
        1. 1. Daniel Brainerd 1746–
        2. 2. Bezaleel Brainerd 1737–1822
        3. 3. Enoch Brainerd 1749–1796
        4. 4. Hannah Brainerd 1728–1736
        5. 5. Mary Brainerd 1731–1739
        6. 6. Esther Brainerd 1729–1737
        7. 7. Susannah Brainerd 1734–1737
        8. 8. Mary Brainerd 1740–1754
        9. 9. Fruin Brainerd 1733–
      7. 7. Mary Brainerd 1703–1725
      8. 8. Sarah Brainerd 1691–
    3. 3. Hannah Brainerd 1667–1750
    4. 4. Joshua Brainerd 1671–1755
    5. 5. Caleb Brainerd 1675–1742 m. Elizabeth Bidwell 1680–1758 m. Mary Bidwell 1680–1734
      1. 1. Obadiah Brainard 1708–1790 m. Mary Johnson 1715–1790 m. Zeporah Johnson 1706–1734
        1. 1. Jeptha Brainard 1746–1840 m. Anna Markham 1752–1842
        2. 2. Caleb Brainard 1734–1740
        3. 3. Obadiah Brainard 1736–1745
        4. 4. Zipporah Brainard 1737–
        5. 5. Timothy Brainard 1740–1823
        6. 6. Nathaniel Brainard 1744–1833
        7. 7. Mary Brainard 1748–
        8. 8. Hannah Brainard 1754–1824
        9. 9. Elizabeth Brainard 1757–
        10. 10. Caleb Brainard 1741–1814
      2. 2. Jacob Brainerd 1703–1755
      3. 3. Caleb Brainard 1703–1726
      4. 4. Joshua Brainard 1707–1777
      5. 5. Nathaniel Brainerd 1713–1745
      6. 6. Elizabeth Brainard 1711–1756 m. Stephen Johnson 1714–1796
    6. 6. Elizabeth Brainerd 1678–1740
    7. 7. Hezekiah Brainerd 1681–1727 m. Dorothy Hobart 1679–1732
      1. 1. David Brainerd 1718–1747 m. Jerusha Edwards 1730–1747
      2. 2. Dorothy Brainerd 1710–1754 m. David Smith 1701–1756
        1. 1. Jerusha Smith 1743–1811 m. Ezra Brainard 1744–1837
        2. 2. Dorothy Smith 1730–1730
        3. 3. David Smith 1733–1776
        4. 4. Anne Smith 1734–
        5. 5. James Smith 1738–1831
        6. 6. Ester Smith 1740–1822
        7. 7. Mary Smith 1741–1743
        8. 8. Hezekiah Smith 1744–1755
        9. 9. Susannah Smith 1749–1816
      3. 3. Israel Brainerd 1725–1747
      4. 4. Elizabeth Brainerd 1722–1773
      5. 5. Martha Brainerd 1716–1754
      6. 6. Jerusha Brainerd 1714–1747
      7. 7. Nehemiah Brainerd 1711–1742
      8. 8. Hezekiah Brainerd 1708–1774
      9. 9. John Brainerd 1719–1781
    8. 8. Elijah Brainerd 1678–1740
    9. 9. James Brainerd 1669–1742 m. Deborah Dudley 1670–1709 m. Sarah Daniels 1679–1770
      1. 1. James Brainerd 1696–1776 m. Hannah Risley 1695–1772
        1. 1. James Brainerd 1725–1749 m. Rebecca Hurd 1718–1759
        2. 2. Benjamin Brainerd 1718–1782
        3. 3. Jedidiah Brainerd 1720–1790 m. Elizabeth Spencer 1717–
        4. 4. Rebecca Brainerd 1722–1765
        5. 5. Hannah Brainerd 1728–1779
        6. 6. Dudley Brainerd 1732–1811
        7. 7. Jonathan Brainerd 1737–1825
        8. 8. Ozias Brainerd 1740–1740
      2. 2. Gideon Brainerd 1700–1767
      3. 3. Mary Brainerd 1701–1750
      4. 4. Abijah Brainerd 1705–1782 m. Esther Smith 1706–1743 m. Thankful Fuller 1713–1806
        1. 1. Esther Brainard 1734–1770
        2. 2. Lydia Brainard 1736–
        3. 3. Deborah Brainard 1732–1819
        4. 4. Othniel Brainard 1729–1816
        5. 5. Leah Brainard 1740–1799
        6. 6. Simon Brainard 1730–1806
        7. 7. Rachel Brainard 1743–1829
        8. 8. Jephtha Brainard 1743–
        9. 9. Mary Brainard 1758–1783
        10. 10. Abijah Brainard 1738–1776
        11. 11. Dorcas Brainerd 1746–1829
        12. 12. Thankful Brainard 1754–1838
        13. 13. Cornelius Brainerd 1756–1842
        14. 14. Noah Brainard 1752–1829
        15. 15. Asaph Brainard 1750–1775
        16. 16. Shubael (Brainard) Brainerd 1752–1782
        17. 17. Zilpah Brainerd 1737–
        18. 18. Simon BRAINERD 1737–
        19. 19. Urijah Brainard 1748–1776
      5. 5. Daniel Brainerd 1707–1774
      6. 6. Hannah Brainerd 1709–1790
      7. 7. Sarah Brainerd 1713–1772
      8. 8. Zechariah Brainerd 1715–
      9. 9. Jeptha Brainerd 1718–
      10. 10. Othniel Brainerd 1720–1724
      11. 11. Elizabeth Brainerd 1723–1742
      12. 12. Heber Brainerd 1725–1803
  2. 2. Thomas Spencer 1631–1683
  3. 3. John Spencer 1638–1682 m. Rebecca Howard 1648–1682
    1. 1. Jared Spencer 1669–1744
    2. 2. Rebecca Spencer 1666–1727
    3. 3. Benjamin Spencer 1671–
    4. 4. Lydia Spencer 1673–
    5. 5. Grace Spencer 1677–
  4. 4. Sarah Spencer 1644–1666
  5. 5. Alice SPENCER 1651–1714
  6. 6. Timothy Spencer 1652–1704 m. Sarah Clark 1653–1704
    1. 1. Sarah Spencer 1679–1732 m. Joseph Chapman 1673–1732
      1. 1. Levi Chapman 1707–1771 m. Lydia Chalker 1713–1752
        1. 1. Levi Chapman 1740–1805 m. Elizabeth Hull 1747–1820
        2. 2. Joseph Chapman 1735–1735
        3. 3. Mehetable Chapman 1738–1792
        4. 4. Lydia Chapman 1743–1790
        5. 5. Ezra Chapman 1745–1752
        6. 6. Isaac Chapman 1747–1776
        7. 7. Sybil Chapman 1749–1775
      2. 2. Ruth Chapman 1709–1709
      3. 3. Jonathan Chapman 1703–1820
      4. 4. Joseph Chapman 1701–1725
      5. 5. Simeon Chapman 1706–1741
      6. 6. Ezekiel Chapman 1715–1737
    2. 2. Hannah Spencer 1681–1715
    3. 3. Deborah Spencer 1695–1750
    4. 4. Jonathan Spencer 1692–1714
    5. 5. Timothy Spencer 1677–1732
    6. 6. Ruth Spencer 1689–1717
  7. 7. Mehitable Spencer 1642–1706
  8. 8. Elizabeth Spencer 1646–1688
  9. 9. Ruth Spencer 1654–1744
  10. 10. Rebecca Spencer 1656–1706
  11. 11. Nathaniel Spencer 1658–1722 m. Lydia Bailey 1660–1729
    1. 1. Nathaniel Spencer 1684–1762 m. Elizabeth Lee 1723–1762 m. Hannah 1688–1741
      1. 1. Seth Spencer 1761–1794
      2. 2. Lois Spencer 1758–1759
      3. 3. Jabez Spencer 1756–1835
      4. 4. Eliphez Spencer 1750–1834
      5. 5. Eleazer Spencer 1748–1815
      6. 6. Amos Spencer 1747–1760
      7. 7. Jonathan Spencer 1745–1821
      8. 8. Hannah Spencer 1709–1787 m. Josiah Brainerd 1711–1792
      9. 9. Phineas SPENCER 1730–
      10. 10. Thomas Spencer 1728–1812
      11. 11. Elisha Spencer 1725–1812
      12. 12. Nathaniel Spencer 1723–1809
      13. 13. Lydia Spencer 1720–1747
      14. 14. Elizabeth Spencer 1717– m. Jedidiah Brainerd 1720–1790
      15. 15. Amos SPENCER 1716–1717
      16. 16. Susannah Spencer 1714–1740
      17. 17. Nathaniel Spencer 1712–1714
    2. 2. Joel Spencer 1703–
    3. 3. Phineas Spencer 1701–1760
    4. 4. Dorothy Spencer 1699–
    5. 5. Susanna Spencer 1696–
    6. 6. Daniel Spencer 1694–1770
    7. 7. Mary Spencer 1692–1751
    8. 8. John Spencer 1689–1773
    9. 9. Elizabeth Spencer 1686–1772
    10. 10. Lydia Spencer 1682–1684

Ensign Spencer's Timeline

2 Records

1614
16 APR 1614
Birth of Ensign Gerard Spencer in Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England
Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England
1685
29 JUN 1685
Age 71
Death of Ensign Gerard Spencer in East Haddam, Connecticut, USA
East Haddam, Connecticut, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 APR 1614
    Event Place: Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 JUN 1685
    Event Place: East Haddam, Connecticut, USA
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