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Margaret Rains SPENCER 1665 – 1716 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1665

Birth Location: New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1716

Death Location: New Kent, Virginia, USA

Father: William SPENCER

Mother: Sarah Ackley

Spouse(s): Pierre Via

Children(s): Margaret Via

In 1665, Margaret Rains SPENCER entered the world in New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, USA, born to William J SPENCER and Sarah Margaret Ackley. Margaret Rains SPENCER married Pierre Amer William Via, and had children including Margaret Via. Margaret Rains SPENCER passed away in 1716 in New Kent, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1665, Margaret Rains SPENCER entered the world in New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, USA, born to William J SPENCER and Sarah Margaret Ackley.
  • Margaret Rains SPENCER married Pierre Amer William Via, and had children including Margaret Via.
  • Margaret Rains SPENCER passed away in 1716 in New Kent, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Margaret SPENCER's Ancestors

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Margaret SPENCER
1665 – 1716
Birth Place: New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, USA
Parents
William J SPENCER
1643 – 1712
East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Sarah (Margaret) Ackley
1650 – 1708
East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, Colonial America
Grandparents
Ensign (Gerard Jared Spencer (Hill) II) *
1614 – 1685
Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Nicholas Ackley
1607 – 1695
England
Hannah Benton
1614 – 1650
Wales
Great-Grandparents
Gerard Spencer
1576 – 1646
* *
1578 – 1646
John Benton
1588 – 1640
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Whythed
1548 – 1598

Margaret SPENCER's Descendants

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Margaret (Rains) SPENCER (1665 – 1716) m. Pierre (Amer William) Via (14 Feb 1661 – 24 Nov 1725)
  1. 1. Margaret Via (3 Aug 1701 – April 1789) m. Daniel Maupin (1700 – 20 September 1788)

Margaret SPENCER's Timeline

2 Records

1665
1665
Birth of Margaret Rains SPENCER in New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, USA
New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, USA
1716
1716
Age 51
Death of Margaret Rains SPENCER in New Kent, Virginia, USA
New Kent, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1665
    Event Place: New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1716
    Event Place: New Kent, Virginia, USA

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