John Spencer (1693 - 1774)

Born 10 Jun 1693 in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island

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Died 25 Jun 1774 at age 81 in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island

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Biography

Birth & Origin

John Spencer was born on June 10, 1693, in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island.

Parents

John's father was John Spencer (1666-abt.1742) and his mother was Audrey (Greene) Spencer (1667-1733)

Marriage

John met and married Mary (Fry) Spencer (1693-1732) on September 13, 1716, in Rhode Island

Children

• Thomas Spencer (1717-1753)
• Welthian (Spencer) Gorton (1719-)
• Audrey Spencer (1720-1806)
• John Spencer (1722-1809)
• Rufus Spencer (1724-)
• Joseph Spencer (1727-1774)

Life

Sources

• John Spencer, Vital • Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945, Name, John Spencer, Birth, 4 Jun 1693, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, Sex, Male, Father's Name, John Spencer, Mother's Name, Audrey Greene, Page, 2:2CFFJQ8, "Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8M4-L5H : 4 November 2020), John Spencer, 4 Jun 1693; citing Birth, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, various city archives, Rhode Island; FHL microfilm 926,786.

• Rhode Island, U.S., Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 for John Spencer, Vol. 01: Kent County: Births, Marriages, Deaths, Name, John Spencer, Father Name, John Spencer, Marriage Date, 13 Sep 1716, Marriage Place, Rhode Island, USA, Spouse Name, Mary Fry, Father in Law, Thomas Fry, Page number, 66, https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/106310:3897 https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/1218655?mark=ad719b15ec47561c10d487a375b4fed2fccbeb9793d0a3f11f8b3dbd45cc93ce

• John Spencer, Mentioned in the Vital Record of John Spencer (John Spencer's Son), Vital • Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945, Name, John Spencer, Birth,10 Dec 1722, Event Place, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, Sex, Male, Father's Name, John Spencer, Mother's Name, Mary, Page, p11, "Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DXM2-BNT2 : 9 November 2020), John Spencer in entry for John Spencer, 10 Dec 1722; citing Birth, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States, various city archives, Rhode Island; FHL microfilm 926,802.

• Frye genealogy; Adrian of Kittery, Me., John of Andover, Mass., Joshua of Virginia, Thomas of Rhode Island, by Barker, Elizabeth Frye, 1873, https://archive.org/details/fryegenealogyadr00bark/page/164/mode/2up?q=John+Spencer

• John Spencer, Vital • Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945, Event Type, Marriage, 13 Sep 1716, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, Father's Name, John Spencer, Spouse's Name, Mary Fry, Spouse's Sex, Female, Spouse's Father's Name, Thomas Fry, Page, p 1A, Record Number, 119, "Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2W7-5L9D : accessed 16 January 2023), John Spencer, 13 Sep 1716; citing Marriage, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States, Rhode Island State Archive, Providence City Archives, city and town clerk offices; FHL microfilm 926,802.

• Gorton, Adelos,. The life and times of Samuel Gorton : the founders and the founding of the Republic : a section of early United States history and a history of the colony of Providence and Rhode Island plantations in the Narragansett Indian country now the state of Rhode Island, 1592-1636-1677-1687 : with a genealogy of Samuel Gorton's descendants to the present time. Philadelphia: unknown, 1907.