Benjamin Spencer

1736 - 1777  (41 years)  Submit Photo / Document    Has 38 ancestors and 6 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Benjamin Spencer
  Birth	28 Jan 1736	East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Nov 1777	Ticonderoga, Essex, New York, United States
  Initiatory (LDS)	9 Oct 1947	LOGAN
  FamilySearch ID	LWB9-FCY
  Person ID	I26736	mytree
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	William Spencer,   b. 5 May 1695, Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States d. 30 Dec 1776, Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Rice,   b. 6 May 1698, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States d. Aft May 1758, Rhode Island, United States (Age > 60 years)
  Marriage	10 May 1716	East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
  Family ID	F12302	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mercy Potter,   b. 4 May 1736, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States d. 1776, Brighton, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	9 Jan 1757	East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
  Children	1. Hazelton Spencer,   b. 29 Aug 1757, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States d. 3 Feb 1813, Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada (Age 55 years)   2. Abel Spencer,   b. 4 Dec 1758, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States d. 16 Jun 1832, Saint-Armand, Montérégie, Québec, Canada (Age 73 years)   3. Barney Spencer,   b. 14 Jun 1761, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States   4. Augustus Spencer,   b. 8 Jun 1763, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States   5. Sarah Ann Spencer,   b. 6 Nov 1765, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States   6. Silas Casey Spencer,   b. 29 Dec 1767, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
  Family ID	F12317	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 28 Jan 1736 - East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States Marriage - 9 Jan 1757 - East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States Death - 4 Nov 1777 - Ticonderoga, Essex, New York, United States Initiatory (LDS) - 9 Oct 1947 - LOGAN  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  SOURCE: "Descendants of Elnathan Whipple," email from N. Combs to the Wh i pple Website, 24 Feb 2003. Cites Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-18 5 0 (birth, marriage). Benjamin was the Justice of the Supreme Court of Vermont He lived on 3 0 0 acres, Durham Township, Vermont in 1775 Will Probate Book 8-131. Aug 13, 1762. Benjamin and Mercy Spencer ofWarw i ck sold to Stephen Manford, goldsmith, of East Greenwich.Clarendon 1-3 6 . Benjamin Spencer to Daniel Briggs, Dec 1, 1773-14thyear of George t h e 3rd. Clarendon 1-35. Benjamin Spencer to DanielBriggs, Oct 20, 1775 . Cl arendon 1-228. Benjamin Spencer for PDS 40, toSamuel Place of Claren don , 100 acres in the right of Caleb Willard,the original grantee, wes t on O tter Creek, north on Rutland southline, etc., dated 10 Oct 1776, 1 5th yea r of George the 3rd. Witnessedby: Charles Buttom (?) and Natha n Rice. Cl arendon 1-15. Abel Spencerof Clarendon Pds230 by Elihu Smith o f Woodbury , CT, 11 acres lots, 4Nov 1778. 1-173. Stephen Arnold for Pd s 30 paid b y Abel Spencer, 7July 1781 1-253. Abel Spencer to Augustus Sp encer for Pd s 200, 10acres and house, 8 March 1782. Witnesses Sharich H orton and Dan ielSquier. **Ontario Historical Societ Papers and Records , vol 1, pgs 63a nd 64. He was of the Hampshire Grants, now Vermont, wa s a Justice ofthe P eace of Albany Co. in 1770. He lived in south part o f Durham in1772 in w hat is approximately now Clarendon, Vt. He was a lo yalist.In the summe r of 1777, having taken protection under Burgoyne, h e wentto Ticonderoga , and it is said died there a few weeks later. He w as amember of the Pro v. Assembly of Congress. His land papers andpetiti ons are in Albany, NY . ***Addtional notes from Ian L.Donaldson*** Abou t 1767 the family move d from RI to what is nowVermont. In 1775 they wer e living Durham Townshi p. Benjamin servedas a a member of the Provision al Assembly of Vermont i n 1777. He fledfrom the Americans in 1777 to Ca nada with his son Hazelto n, leavingthe rest of the family behind. He di ed on his way to Canada . Theirson, Hazelton was born on 29 Aug 1757 i n E.Greenwich RI. He cam e toCanada as a United Empire Loyalist. He wa s married to MargaretRichar ds b: 1771. They had ten children. Ian L. Do naldson descendsfrom their n inth child, Daniel Barnabus Augustus Spencer . ** ********Source: The Gree ne's of Rhode Island by Louise Brownell Cla rke. He wasa Loyalist and wen t to Canada. Source: Vital Records of Rhod e IslandWas married to Mercy b y Giles Pearce, Justice. Jan 9, 1747