Elijah Spencer (1758 - 1838)

Born 14 Feb 1758 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut Colony

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Died 18 Mar 1838 at age 80 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Spencer Name Study.

Elijah Spencer was born at Windham, Connecticut Colony, in mid-February of 1758, a son of John Spencer and Mary (Simons) Spencer; he married Hannah Farnham before December of 1787, the date of the birth of their son John.

Elijah died at Windham in March of 1838.

Research Notes

Elijah's pension record (see sources) shows that he married a Hannah Farnham. It at first seemed she might be this Hannah Farham of Windham: the name was right, and the place was right... but the age differential was quite unusual, as she (b. May 1746) would have been nearly twelve years his senior... and age 42 when son John was born in December of 1787 (calculated DOB). It has since been ascertained that she in fact married Eleazar Hibbard, and the couple moved to Nova Scotia.

Another possible candidate, given the wide variations in the spelling of surnames in the 17th and 18th centuries, is Hannah Forman, born close by Windham at Killingly in 1756,^[1] and thus relatively close in age to Elijah. Further research is needed to determine whether this is in fact a viable match.

The pension record (which gives the exact matching dates, for Elijah, to those in this profile, so the identification is certain) also shows that he "was in Saratoga County [NY] in 1832". Another possibility is thus that he married a woman from that area.

Sources

1. ↑ "FORMAN... Han[n]ah, d. William & Abiga[i]l, b. Apr. 23, 1756" -- Killingly VRs, p. 73; Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928; https://www.americanancestors.org/DB414/i/13173/73/234605837 (by subscription)

• Birth (NEHGS; image of typewritten record): "SPENCER... Elijah, s. [John, Jr. & Mary], b. Feb. 14, 1758 " -- Windham VRs, p. 237; Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928; https://www.americanancestors.org/DB414/i/13127/237/234345768 (by subscription)

• Birth (alt. record): "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F747-QH7 : 7 January 2020), Elijah Spencer, 1758.

• Birth and parentage: "The Four Spencer Brothers", TAG Vol. 29 (1953), pp. 51-52; The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB283/i/11855/50/0 (by subscription)

• Marriage to Hannah Farnham (also gives DOB & DOD; citing pension record Pat Index, p. 636, 1832): The Connecticut Nutmegger. Glastonbury, CT: Connecticut Society of Genealogists, 1970-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB59/i/11796/398/134727777 (by subscription)

• Residence and family (enumerated, not named) 1800: "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRS-VG7 : accessed 11 October 2020), Elijah Spencer, Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 696, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 2; FHL microfilm 205,619.

• Residence and family (enumerated, not named) 1820: "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGD-QLJ : accessed 11 October 2020), Elijah Spencer, Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 529, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 3; FHL microfilm 281,236.

• Birth, family, death, and burial (with image of modern gravestone; shows b. 11 Feb. vs. Jacobus's TAG article's 14 Feb.; dates may be b. vs. bp.): Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 October 2020), memorial page for Elijah Spencer (11 Feb 1758–18 Mar 1838), Find a Grave Memorial no. 155072409, citing Raymond Cemetery, Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Cindy Davis (contributor 48484627); https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155072409/_

See also:

• Lineage: "The Four Spencer Brothers", by Jacobus, Donald Lines, TAG Vol. 27 (April 1951), pp. 79-87, cont. pp. 161-185, cont. Vol. 28 pp. 56-63, cont. Vol. 29 pp. 50-52 (birth of father John, 1723/4, is Vol. 28, p. 175); The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .); Vol. 27: https://www.americanancestors.org/DB283/i/11884/79/0 (by subscription)

• Family tree (accuracy not certified): Source: S1 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R1

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Michael Spencer for creating WikiTree profile Spencer-5638 through the import of Sam-Derifield_2013-10-16_2013-10-16.ged on Oct 17, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Michael and others.