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Nicholas Spencer, Acting Gov. of Colonial VA; friend of John Washington, grandfather of George Washington 1633–1689 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 Sep 1633

Birth Location: Cople, Bedfordshire, , England

Death Date: 23 Sep 1689

Death Location: , Westmoreland, Virginia, USA

Father: Nicholas ll

Mother: Lady Armiger

Spouse(s): Frances Mottrom

Children(s): Elizabeth Spencer, Mottrom Spencer, Nicholas III, Mary Spencer, Alexander Spencer

The story of Nicholas Spencer, Acting Gov. of Colonial VA; friend of John Washington, grandfather of George Washington began in 1633 in Cople, Bedfordshire, , England. Nicholas Spencer, Acting Gov. of Colonial VA; friend of John Washington, grandfather of George Washington married Frances Mottrom, and had children including Alexander Spencer, Elizabeth Anne Spencer, Francis Spencer, John Spencer, Lettice Spencer, Mary Mottrom Spencer, Mottrom Spencer, Nicholas Spencer Iii, William Spencer Esquire. Nicholas Spencer, Acting Gov. of Colonial VA; friend of John Washington, grandfather of George Washington passed away in 1689 in , Westmoreland, Virginia, USA.

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  • The story of Nicholas Spencer, Acting Gov. of Colonial VA; friend of John Washington, grandfather of George Washington began in 1633 in Cople, Bedfordshire, , England.
  • Nicholas Spencer, Acting Gov. of Colonial VA; friend of John Washington, grandfather of George Washington married Frances Mottrom, and had children including Alexander Spencer, Elizabeth Anne Spencer, Francis Spencer, John Spencer, Lettice Spencer, Mary Mottrom Spencer, Mottrom Spencer, Nicholas Spencer Iii, William Spencer Esquire.
  • Nicholas Spencer, Acting Gov. of Colonial VA; friend of John Washington, grandfather of George Washington passed away in 1689 in , Westmoreland, Virginia, USA.

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Nicholas Washington's Ancestors

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Nicholas Washington
1633–1689
Birth Place: Cople, Bedfordshire, , England
Parents
Nicholas Spencer ll
1611–1644
Cople, Bedford Borough, Bedfordshire, England
Lady (Mary Gostwick, Lady of) Armiger
1612–1694
Willington, Bedfordshire, England
Grandparents
Nicholas (I Spencer of) Cople
1573–1643
Cople, Bedfordshire, England
Mary Ellmes
1585–1643
Lylford County, Northamptonshire, England
Edward ((Sir-knight & Baronet)) Gostwick
1586–1630
Willington, Bedfordshire, England
Lady (Anne Unton Wentworth Saville, Baroness of) Gosfield
1589–1633
Gosfield, Essex, England
Great-Grandparents
Robert III
1527–1620
Rose Cokayne
1556–1629
Thomas Elmes
1553–1632
Christian Hickling
1563–1635
William (Gostwycke)
1565–1615
Jane Owen
1570–1639
2nd-Great-Grandparents
SIR NorthHampshire
1514–1547
Anne Bulkeley
1515–1591
(Sir) Cockayne
1520–1574
(Lady) Leeke
1508–1556
John (Gostwyck)
1537–1577
Elizabeth Petre
1526–1638
Henry =
1540–1574

Nicholas Washington's Descendants

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Nicholas (Spencer, Acting Gov. of Colonial VA; friend of John Washington, grandfather of George) Washington (19 Sep 1633–23 Sep 1689) m. Frances Mottrom (1645–1720)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (Anne) Spencer 1688–1753
  2. 2. Mottrom Spencer –1703
  3. 3. Nicholas (Spencer) III –1746
  4. 4. Mary (Mottrom) Spencer 1688–1763
  5. 5. Alexander Spencer 1689–1706

Nicholas Washington's Timeline

2 Records

1633
19 Sep 1633
Birth of Nicholas Spencer, Acting Gov. of Colonial VA; friend of John Washington, grandfather of George Washington in Cople, Bedfordshire, , England
Cople, Bedfordshire, , England
1689
23 Sep 1689
Age 56
Death of Nicholas Spencer, Acting Gov. of Colonial VA; friend of John Washington, grandfather of George Washington in , Westmoreland, Virginia, USA
, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 Sep 1633
    Event Place: Cople, Bedfordshire, , England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Sep 1689
    Event Place: , Westmoreland, Virginia, USA

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