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Thomas SPENCER

Thomas SPENCER

Male 1596 - 1681  (85 years)

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  • Name Thomas SPENCER 
    Born 1596  Winchcombe, Tewksbury, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Migration Jul 1630  “Warwick” Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation Planter, lumberman, and tavernkeeper 
    Immigrant? Y 
    Buried 1681  Old Fields Cemetery, S Berwick, York, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Died 15 Dec 1681  S Berwick, York, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I47211  Main
    Last Modified 22 Oct 2023 

    Family Patience CHADBOURNE,   b. Abt 1612, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Nov 1683, S Berwick, York, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Married Bef 1630 
    Last Modified 1 Oct 2023 
    Family ID F32028  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMigration - Jul 1630 - “Warwick” Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 1681 - Old Fields Cemetery, S Berwick, York, Maine Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 15 Dec 1681 - S Berwick, York, Maine Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Thomas arrived at Piscataqua, Maine in July 1630 on the barque Warwick, returned to England in 1633, then returned to the colonies on the Pied Cow in 1634.
      Thomas was a planter, lumberman, and tavernkeeper. Thomas and Patience lived first at Strawbery Bank (Portsmouth), then on 6 Mar 1636/7 were called residents of 'Piscataqua' (Kittery Point), and finally of Newichawannock (South Berwick).
      They were of Saco in 1654.
      Thomas was disenfranchised [lost his right to vote] for entertaining Quakers in 1659. Evidence that Thomas and Patience may have been Quakers is seen in the courts 7 July 1663 when they were presented for "neglecting to come to the publique meeteing on the Lords day to heare the word preached for about the space of 3 Moenths". They were presented again for the same offense on 6 July 1675. In a long list of "those persons yt entertayned the Quakers, with the answers given in by them respectively" we find: "That Thomas Spencer pay as a fine to ye country for his entertayning the Quakers the somme of five pounds, & be disfranchised". [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S96] Find a Grave, database and images, 101956658.


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Updated 23 Dec 2023