Alice (Blackwell) Spooner (1681 - bef. 1729)

Born 8 May 1681 in Sandwich, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of William Spooner — married about 1699 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died before 11 Jul 1729 before age 48 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Birth

Alice Blackwell, the daughter of John Blackwell and Sarah Warren, was born May 8, 1681 in Sandwich, (then) Plymouth Colony,^[1][2] and died before July 11, 1729, the date of her husband's will.^[3]

Marriage

She married, about 1699, William Spooner of Dartmouth. The will of her uncle, Nathaniel Warren, dated 28 Oct. 1707, gives "to Alice Blackwell alias Spooner, the wife of William Spooner of Dartmouth." A receipt, dated 18 Feb 1712/13 by "William Spooner of Dartmouth" shows "received of my Uncle Joshua Blackwell of Sandwich . . . 40s. in full of the legacie given to Alice my wife by her grandfather Michael Blackwell of Sandwich, deceased under his Last Will and Testament & order to be paid by Joshua Blackwell her Uncle."^[4][5][6]

Children: ^[7]

1. Jemima, b. 7 Dec. 1700.
2. Joan, b. 12 May 1703; m. James Witcomb.
3. Elizabeth, b. 22 May 1705.
4. Micah, b. 2 April 1707.
5. Nathaniel, b. 21 April 1709; m. Phebe Cushman.
6. Rebecca, b. 17 Nov. 1710.
7. Sarah, b. 18 Jan. 1712; m. James Pitman.
8. Mary, b. 8 Jan. 1714; m. 31 Dec. 1730 Mark Haskell.
9. Isaac, b. 9 Jan. 1716; m. Ruth Gardner.
10. Alice, b. 27 March 1718; m. 13 March 1736/7 Roger Haskell.
11. William, b. 29 Jan. 1720; m. Rachel Noble.
    
    
12. Ebenezer, b. 29 May 1724; m. Sarah Robinson.

Sources

1. ↑ Bowman, George Ernest, "Sandwich, Mass., Vital Records," Mayflower Descendant Vol. 14:109.
2. ↑ Roser, Susan E., Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Vol. 2, (Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD.,1992) pg. 453.
3. ↑ She was not mentioned in her husband's will.
4. ↑ Barnstable County Probate, Vol 3, Page 211
5. ↑ "Michael Blackwell of Sandwich, Mass." (c. 1620-1710), by Lydia B. (Phinney) Brownson, of Duxbury, Mass.and Maclean W. McLean, of Pittsburgh, Pa. From: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 117
6. ↑ Robert S. Wakefield and Janice A. Beebe et al, Richard Warren of the Mayflower and his Descendants for Four Generations, (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1995) pg. 141.
7. ↑ Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 18 Part 1 of 3, Richard Warren, Boston, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2004. "The Silver Book" Page 167

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