Thomas Spencer
Early settler of Hartford, Connecticut
About Thomas Spencer
Lived 1607 – 1687 (aged 80).
Sergeant Thomas Spencer (March 29, 1607 – September 11, 1687) was an early settler of Hartford, Connecticut. He was one of the "Four Spencer Brothers" who came from England to the United States.
He was born in Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England to Gerard Spencer and Alice Whitbread. He was a freeman in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1634, and moved to Hartford in 1637. He served in the Pequot War and was a 'sergeant of the trainband' in 1650.
He married Anne Dorryfall in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1634, but after her death, Thomas remarried in Hartford, to Sarah Bearding on September 11, 1645.
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Who was Thomas Spencer?
early settler of Hartford, Connecticut (1607-1687)
When was Thomas Spencer born?
Thomas Spencer was born on 29 March 1607.
When did Thomas Spencer die?
Thomas Spencer died on 11 September 1687.
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