Individual Details
Gerard Spencer
(Bef 26 May 1576 - Bef 1645)
"Jan 20, 1615. Gerrard Spencer, the elder, gent, and Alice his wife, granted to Thomas Spencer, the elder, lands in Stotfold for 99 years, or during the lives of Gerrard Spencer the younger, Richard Spencer and Anthony Spencer, sons of Thomas, he paying 10s per year, and for this Thomas gave Gerrard 41 pounds.
"June 25, 1616. Gerrard Spencer, of Stotfold, gent, conveyed to Thomas Spencer, of London, citizen, &c., certain tenements and lands in Stotfold, as security for the payment of 60 pounds, 5 acres which, it is recited, were purchased by Michael Spencer, the father of said Thomas and Gerrard.
"July 24, 1617. Gerrard Spencer, of Stotfold, gent, releases and conveys absolutely the same premises to said Thomas Spencer, and in the deed is repeated the recital of the land purchased by Michael Spencer, father of said Thomas and Gerrard. On the same day, July 24, 1617, Gerrard Spencer, of Stotfold, gent, conveyed to Thomas Spencer, citizen, of London, for the consideration of 54 pounds, one-half of 39 acres of land in Stotfold, and one-half of two acres of meadow in Stotfold, which were granted by John Wynnes to said Gerrard Spencer and William Spencer, his son, Sept. 3, 1603.
" Thomas Spencer, of London, eldest son and heir of Thomas Spencer, of Stotfold, deceased, brought suit in the Court of Request against Thomas Spencer, of Stotfold, reciting that Gerrard Spencer, his uncle, seventeen years last past demised and leased to his father a house, tenement and appurtenances and seven acres of land in Stotfold. This is the same lease before mentioned from Gerrard and Alice, his wife, to Thomas for 99 years."
Gerrard came to America in 1632, bringing with him his five sons: John, Thomas, William, Michael and Gerrard. They were friends of Governor Winthrop and settled at Newton, now Cambridge, Mass.
Events
| Birth | Bef 26 May 1576 | Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom |  | ||
| Baptism | 26 May 1576 | Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom |  | | |
| Marriage | 10 Nov 1600 | Upper Gravenhurst, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom - Alice Whitebread | | ||
| Death | Bef 1645 | England, United Kingdom | | |
Families
| Spouse | Alice Whitebread ( - ) |
| Child | Hon. William Spencer (1601 - 1640) |
| Child | Elizabeth Spencer (1602 - ) |
| Child | John Spencer (1603 - ) |
| Child | Henry Spencer (1605 - 1607) |
| Child | Thomas Spencer (1607 - 1687) |
| Child | Richard Spencer (1608 - 1614) |
| Child | Michael Spencer (1611 - 1653) |
| Child | Gerard Spencer (1614 - 1685) |
| Father | Michael Spencer ( - 1616) |
| Mother | Elizabeth ( - ) |
| Sibling | Alice Spencer (1566 - ) |
| Sibling | Michael Spencer (1566 - ) |
| Sibling | Ann Spencer (1568 - ) |
| Sibling | Thomas Spencer (1571 - 1631) |
| Sibling | Richard Spencer (1580 - 1646) |
Notes
Baptism
or May 2, 1576Death
described as deceased in in his brother Richard's will of 1645.Endnotes
1. Whittemore, Henry, Our New England ancestors and their descendants, 1620-1900 : historical, genealogical, biographical (New York: New England Ancestral Pub. Co., 1900, 88 pgs.), p, 54.
2. Whittemore, Henry, Our New England ancestors and their descendants, 1620-1900 : historical, genealogical, biographical (New York: New England Ancestral Pub. Co., 1900, 88 pgs.), p. 54.
3. Lucius Barnes Barbour, Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, reprint (Genealogical Publishing Com, 1977), 555; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com/books : accessed 26 September 2012.
4. Whittemore, Henry, Our New England ancestors and their descendants, 1620-1900 : historical, genealogical, biographical (New York: New England Ancestral Pub. Co., 1900, 88 pgs.), p. 55.
5. Jacobus, Donald Lines, The ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley & his wife Emma Arabella Bosworth (Woodstock, Vt.: N.G. Parke, 1960, 361 pgs. ), p. 11.
6. Whittemore, Henry, Our New England ancestors and their descendants, 1620-1900 : historical, genealogical, biographical (New York: New England Ancestral Pub. Co., 1900, 88 pgs.), p. 55.