Gerard SPENCER

                   William was made a Freeman in Massachusetts, 04 MAR 1632/33. Deputyfor Newton
to the General Assembly, MAY 1632, MAY 1634, MAR 1634-5, MAR 1635-6,SEP 1636,
MAY 1637, SEP 1637, MAR 1637-8.
Chosen Lieutenant for Newton March 1636-7, one of the Founders of theAncient
and Honorable Artillery Company and had other evidences of the publicfavor
bestowed on him. Removed to Hartford 1639. His home lot was aboutwhere the
Union Depot is presently.  He was Deputy in AUG and SEP 1639.  He was
appointed with Wyllys and Webster to revise the laws of the colony;townsman
1640; Will dated 04 MAR, presented 04 MAY 1640.
Stotfold, Bedford, Eng.
Source: Families of Early Hartford, Conn. by Lucius Barnes Barbour, pg 500-556;
11/09/90, The American Genealogist (TAG), Jan. 1988.
A Genealogy of Ward and Allied Families;
(ST-PROBATE001-04/05), A noate of the mynd and will of Willia Spencer, for
prsent the 4th of May 1640. Lists wife Agnes and children Samuel, Sarah and
Elizabeth;
                  

                   Almost certainly died young or without issue before 1646, sinceneither he
nor his heirs are named in the will of his uncle Richard which gave alarge
legacy to each of his three surviving brothers and the same amount tothe
children of his deceased brother William.(JFN,1994)
                  

                   Possibly died as a child.
                  

                   Cambridge; freeman May 14, 1634; removed in 1639 to Hartford where hewas an
original proprietor; served in the Pequot War; chimney viewer 1650;Constable
(north side), 1658; Surveyor of Highways, 1672; Sargeant of the TrainBand,
1650; He received in 1671, a grant of 60 acres for his good servicein the
country.
                  

                   Stotfold, Bedford, Eng.
LG
Source: The Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America 1649-1908 by
Lucy Abigail Brainard; Vol I, p.32; of Lynn, Mass.
5/15/90, Colonial Families of USA by MacKenzie, Vol. II, pg. 687-688;
Emigrated to America, 1638, from Stotfold, England, and settled in Cambridge;
removed to Hartford, Conn. Was Captain of train band and served as member of
the General Court of Connecticut, 1674,'75,'79,'80,'83. Served in King Philip's
War. He was the son of Gerard, b. 1576, who was the son of Michael, who was the
son of John, d. 1558, who was descended from the Spencers of Southmylls
(established by investigation of Rev. John Holding, M.A., Cantab., Vicar of
Stotfold), who were descended from Robert De Le Spencer, Steward to William the
Conqueror, 1066.
Early Connecticut Probate Records by Manwaring, Vol.I, Hartford District
1635--1700, pg.363-364, The last Will of Ensign Jarrad Spencer of Haddam.
Source: Families of Early Hartford, Conn. by Lucius Barnes Barbour, pg 500-556;
8/17/90; Robert Chapman-David Thomson Allied Family Lines by Dorothy Chapman
Saunders, Ph.D.pg. 232-234;
8/17/90; Collins-Caldwell Genealogy. pg. 314-315;
Check to see if married at Lynn, Ma.;
A Genealogy of Ward and Allied Families;
He m. 2nd., Rebecca Porter, aft. 1677. She d. Jan 9,1682/3. She m. 1st, John
Clark of Saybrook. She was the dau of John Porter and Anna White;
Aka, Gerald.
Source includes, but is not limited to:
Ancestral File and the IGI, International Genealogical Index,both
resource systems developed and solely owned by The Church of JesusChrist of
Latter Day Saints.