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Ensign Gerard Spencer

Ensign Gerard Spencer

Male 1614 - 1685  (71 years)


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  • Name Ensign Gerard Spencer  [1] 
    Birth 16 Apr 1614  Stotfold, Central Bedfordshire Unitary Authority, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 29 Jun 1685  Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I12358  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Gerard Spencer,   b. 20 May 1576, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jun 1646, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Alice Whitebread,   b. 7 Oct 1578, Gravenhurst, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Nov 1628, Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 10 Nov 1600  Gravenhurst, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F7154  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Hannah Joannis Hills,   b. 1618, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Oct 1692, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 17 Dec 1636  Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. John Spencer,   b. 17 Aug 1636, Luton, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1683, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Nathaniel Spencer,   b. 1640  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. William Spencer,   b. 1640, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1712, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Hannah Spencer,   b. 15 Apr 1640, Colony, Laurel, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Apr 1715 (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Alice Spencer,   b. 1641, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1706, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Hannah Spencer,   b. 1641, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1691 (Age 50 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. Mehitable Spencer,   b. 1642, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1691, Haddam, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     8. Sarah Spencer,   b. 27 Jul 1644, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1666, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 22 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     9. Hannah Spencer,   b. 27 Jul 1644, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Dec 1714, Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     10. Elizabeth Spencer,   b. 1646, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Aug 1688, Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     11. Sarah Backus,   b. 1646, Connecticut, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     12. Rebecca Spencer,   b. 1648, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1710, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     13. Thomas Lawrence Spencer,   b. 1648, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Feb 1699, Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     14. Samuel Gerrard Spencer,   b. 27 Jul 1650, Stoltford, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Aug 1705, East Hadam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     15. Hannah Dau Gerard Spencer,   b. 25 Apr 1653, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Apr 1715, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     16. Grace Spencer,   b. 1654, Lynn, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     17. Nathaniel Spencer,   b. 21 Dec 1658, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1722, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F3538  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Family 2 Rebecca Porter,   b. 16 Sep 1630, Felstead, Essex, , England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 1682, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Marriage 1677  Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3539  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • The son of GERARD & ALICE (WHITEBREAD) SPENCER, his name also appears as Jarad, Gerard, Gerrett & Garrett. His father, Gerard, was probably named for his grandmother, ANN MERRILL GERRARD. He was baptized in Stotford, Bedfordshire, Eng. on April 25, 1614.

      Jared immigrated with his three older brothers, William, Thomas & Michael Spencer to Cambridge (now Newton), Mass. in 1632 in the party of Rev. Thomas Hooker. He and his brothers were there in 1634, but Jared and Michael removed to Lynn, Mass, while William & Thomas remained in Cambridge and later went to Hartford, Conn.

      Jared married HANNAH HILL on December 17, 1636 in Lynn, Mass. and was made a freeman there on March 9, 1637. In 1639, the Court granted "Garrett Spenser" permission to operate "the fferry at Linn for two yeares".

      The family removed to Hartford about 1660 and to Haddam, Conn. in 1662 where he one of the first settlers. On October 8, 1668, the Court at Hartford appointed Ens. "Jarrad Spencer" as part of a committee to view land leased by Mr. Richard Lord, Sr. that is thought to be in Haddam Plantation and determine the bounds. He was propounded a freeman for Haddam on June 26, 1672, and was appointed Ensign of the Trainband there in September, 1675, serving in the Narraganset Indian War. He was a deputy for Haddam to the General Court at Hartford from 1674 to 1680 and 1683.

      His will, dated September 17, 1683, gave land & houses to his sons, William, Nathaniel, Thomas, and Timothy, and also to his daughter, Rebeckah. To "Jarrad Spencer", the son of his son, Thomas, he gave his Rapier; to Grace Spencer, the daughter of his son, Samuel Spencer, 40 acres; to Alice Brooks, the daughter of my daughter Brooks, 40 acres; to Jarred Cone, the son of my daughter Cone, his Carbine; to the church at Haddam, his pewter Flagon and Urim Bason (if it exists within five years); to Daniel Cone, his son-in-law, and the Cone children equal portions of his estate as his other children; to daughter, Ruth Clarke œ15 and to Joseph Clarke 40 acres of land at Matchemodus. He request that the "honoured MAJOR JOHN TALCOTT" and Capt. John Allyn would oversee his will, and that Daniel Brainard and William Spencer be administrators.

      The children of Jared & Hannah Spencer:
      Mehitable (Spencer) Cone, wife of Daniel Cone
      John Spencer
      Hannah (Spencer) Brainard
      ALICE (SPENCER) BROOKS SHAYLER, my ancestor
      Sarah (Spencer)Backus
      Elizabeth Spencer Stannard b. 1646
      Samuel Spencer
      Thomas Spencer
      Timothy Spencer
      Ruth (Spencer) Clark
      William Spencer
      Nathaniel Spencer
      Rebecca (Spencer) Kenard
      _____________________________________
      He was descended from the Spencer Family who is one of Britain's preeminent aristocratic families. Over time, several family members were Hereditary titles held by the Spencers include the dukedom of Marlborough, the earldoms of Sunderland and Spencer, and the Churchill viscoutcy. Two prominent members of the family during the 20th Century were Sir Winston Churchill and Diana, Princess of Wales.
      The Spencers are connected to the British Royal Family.

  • Sources 
    1. [S79] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).