Abraham Spencer (abt. 1700 - 1762)

Born about 1700 in New Kent, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Susannah (Sharpe) Spencer — married before 1734 in Virginia

Descendants

Died 1762 at about age 62 in Hanover, Virginia

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Biography

Abraham Spencer was a Virginia colonist.

Marriage

Husband: Abraham Spencer

Wife: Susannah Sharpe

Marriage:

Date: BEF JUL 1735

Place: Virginia

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Child: Sharpe Spencer

Child: Thomas Spencer

Child: Abraham Spencer

Child: John Spencer

Abraham Spencer

Birthdate: 1700 Birthplace: New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, United States Death: 1762 (62) Hanover, Virginia, United States Immediate Family:

Son of Capt. Thomas Spencer, of King & Queen and Anne Spencer Husband of Susannah Spencer Father of Thomas Spencer; John Spencer and Sharp Spencer Brother of Anne Norvell Half brother of Elizabeth Babeau (Spencer); Susanna Spencer and Thomas Spencer, Jr.^[1]

Children

1. Thomas Spencer 1728-1776
2. Isaac Spencer 1730-1782
3. Abraham Spencer 1732-1761
4. Frances Spencer 1733-1800
5. Sharpe Spencer 1738-1814
6. John Thomas Spencer 1743-1789

Research Notes

DNA GROUP 3B: Abraham c1684-aft 1737 ?? Meridith Spencer b.c1795 Augusta Co. VA ?? William Spencer, d.1806 Richmond Co. GA, m. Mildred SCOTT of VA ?? Marvel Spencer b.c1793-c1845 Patrick Co. VA, m. 1816 Sarah ADAMS [s/o William b.c1765, d.1835] ?? William Spencer, Sr., b.c1765, d. 1835 Patrick Co. VA ?? William Spencer b.1781-90, m. Sarah HICKS > William b.1823 Albemarle Co. VA, d.1892 Bedford Co. VA ?? Abraham Spencer m. Susannah SHARPE > Thomas b.c1776 > William Raleigh Spencer 1759-1839 > William R. Spencer b.c1803 NC, d.1860 TN > Thomas S. Spencer Sr., b.1843 IN, d.1910 TN, m. Ella BRANCH ?? William Spencer b.1797 Burke Co. NC, d. aft 1870 Pontotoc Co., m. Margaret Dixon MONTGOMERY 5 Mar 1823 Pontotoc Co. MS ?? John Spencer b.c1742, d. bef June 1789 Albemarle Co. VA; m. Rosannah GRAVES ?? John Spencer b.bef 1760 VA d.1817 Halifax Co.VA ?? Abraham Spencer m. Susannah SHARPE > Thomas b.c1776 > William Raleigh Spencer 1759-1839 > John LeGrand Spencer b.1817 TN, d. 1887 AR ?? Thomas Sharp Spencer b.c1803, d.after 1880 Hardin Co. TN, both parents b.NC per 1880 census; m. Margaret ORR ?? Samuel Spencer b.1774 NC > Charles b.1791 d.1833 Monroe Co. MS > Francis Marion Spencer b.1828 d.aft 1880 [last known residence was Itawamba Co.MS] m. Permelia ___ ?? Cornelius Spencer b.1815KY m. Dorothy BESS > George W 1838 KY-1877 KY m. Sarah Emily EARLY > James Cornelius b.1866 KY m. Mary Ann WINFREE ?? Sharp Spencer b.1765 VA d.1834 IN m. Martha CRENSHAW > Isaac b.1797 KY d.1878 IN m. Lettice DEVERS > Jarred b.1822 KY d.1882 IN m. Susannah ALVEY ?? John b.1855 IL d.1893 Missouri, m. Mary E. BRICKER > John W. b.1894 Macon Co.MO m. Pearl PITTMAN

(Group 3 depicts two separate Spencer lines. Originally thought to be one family line when only 12 markers were tested, extended tests prove conclusively that these are two distinct Spencer lines. While the individuals in each sub-group match each other, Group 3A and 3B are not related to each other. )

Thomas and Anne (Woodward) Spencer. 3 Abraham Spencer of King William and Hanover Counties. 3 The reader will have noticed that, in Thomas Spencer 's lease of King William land to David Merivether, dated in 1722, the description of the land mentioned the Pamunkey River, and land belonging to Abraham Spencer; and that in the release Thomas's land was described as being part of a greater tract 3 of land. The implication's plain that the land given to Thomas by.his parents Thomas and Anne (Woodward) Spencer adjoined the Abraham Spencer land. Others who have read the fragmentary deed, perhaps a more legible version than that available to the writer, have reached that conclusion. From there, it is not much of a leap to conclude that Abraham was another son of Thomas and Anne, who had perhaps been given part of the "greater tract" which included Thomas 's 300 acres. Subsequent records quite clearly concerning this Abraham Spencer tend to confirm that inference, including the fact that he married a Susannah Sharp (probably the daughter or granddaughter of a Thomas and Susannah Sharp of St. Peter's ard St. Paul's Parish),and that he named a son Thomas. He is therefore designated herein as Abraham. The records: (1) On 3 February 1727/~8?_/ the Governor's Council at the Capitol heard a petition by Abraham Spencer asking that a fine imposed on him by the King William County Court in "July last" be remitted. The Council ordered the Justices of King "William to certify the manner of prosecution and the proofs. (32 ' 'a. Mag. Of H. & B. 370). (2) The will of Col. William Aylett of King William County (who had served as King William County Clerk), dated 18 41

Note: November 1730, was probated on 17 March It mentioned "the several parcels of land I hold deeds from John Yarborough and Abraham Spencer". (II Harris, Old New Kent County 832). (3) By 5-6 June 1734, Abraham Spencer was in Hanover County. On that date Abraham Spencer, along with Robert Harris and A. J. Smith, witnessed a lease and release from Shirley Whatley of St. Martin's_Parish, Hanover County, to Richmond Terrell "in Blishland" /_Blisland_/ Parish, New Kent County, conveying 127 acres in St. Martins Parish John Coopers Corner in Bullocks line sd Terrells in Bullocks line Thomas Fords corner. (Davis, Hanover County, Virginia, Court Records , pp ). The geography here is important. In 1726 the western part of St. Paul's Parish (west of the junction of the North and South Anna Rivers to form the Pamunkey.. and west of Stone Horse Creek south of the South Anna) became t. Martins Parish. Until 1 December 1742 St. Martins Parish was entirely within Hanover County. On the latter date, the western part of Hanover County became Louisa County, and St. Martins Parish covered an area in both Hanover and Louisa Counties. Richmond Terrell lived in Blisland Parish, just^ east of the line dividing it from St. Peter's Parish. (See above):and the Terrells later found their way to Hanover in an area that later became Louisa County. (See Harris, Old New Kent County). (4) On 6 March 1734 /Z35?_7 Abraham Spencer, together with William Bond and Benjamin Sanders, appraised a Hanover County estate. (Davis, supra, p. 54). (5) On 3-4 July 1735, by lease and release, Abraham Spencer and Susanna his wife, of Hanover County, for 4500 pounds of tobacco, conveyed to Joseph Terrell of Hanover County, 150 acres in Hanover County on the lover side of Hollowing Creek and the small branches of the Little River. Abraham and Susanna signed in their own hands. The witnesses were Benjamin Brown, Henry Talley and John Smith. Abraham and Susanna acknowledged the conveyance in court on 7 August (Hanover County Court Records, Wills, Deeds, Etc , Reel 2, pp , Richmond Archives.). The Little River ran more or less west to east between the North and South Anna Rivers, finally joining the South Anna. (See p. 52). The reference to its "small branches" suggests that Abraham's land may have been in what is now Louisa County. (6) We now come to a significant find by Mrs. Fletcher. At some time in or before 1759 a Susannah Spencer, "daughter of Abraham Spencer", married Bartlett Smith in Hanover County. Susannah had been born on 6 April 1741, and died on 26 May Bartlett had been born on 25 November In addition, Bartlett's brother Lence Smith married a Spencer lady, date of marriage and bride's name not known, but there is a strong presumption that she, too, was a daughter of Abraham Spencer. The Smith bridegrooms were sons of a John Smith (surely the one who witnessed Abraham Spencer's 1735 deed mentioned above), and his wife Frances (Dandridge) Smith. Bartlett and Susannah (Spencer) Smith had 9 children, including their first-born, Sharpe Smith, born in 1759, a "Merriweather" Smith, and a Susannah Smith. The fact that Abraham's daughter Susannah and her Smith husband named^a son Sharpe Smith gives us our first indication that Abraham 's wife was a Sharpe. 42

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Sources

1. ↑ Geni.com. https://www.geni.com/people/Abraham-Spencer/6000000077904476396

• https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/GSPW-LT1/abraham-spencer-1700-1762
• https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L26B-9VZ/john-thomas-spencer-1743-1789