William SPENCER, *

1576 - 1654  (77 years)

• Name	William SPENCER  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Suffix	*
  Birth	3 Sep 1576	Cople, Bedfordshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Jul 1654	Jamestown, Surry County, Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I6704	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Robert SPENCER,   b. 1553, Cople, Bedfordshire, England d. 4 Dec 1620, Cople, Bedfordshire, England (Age 67 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Lady Rhose "Rose" COCKAYNE, LADY OF COKAYNE HATLEY, 1ST DARONESS OF WORMLEIGHTON,   b. 1520, Cokayn Hatley, Bedfordshire, England d. 1 Jun 1629, Cople, Bedfordshire, England (Age 109 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	27 Oct 1579	Ireland
  Family ID	F928	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Alice Dorothy LIGHTFOOT,   b. 1582, Greys Inn, Middlesex, London, England d. 22 Sep 1679, Jamestown, James, Virginia, United States (Age 97 years)
  _MARRIED	N
  Children	1. Mary Alice SPENCER,   b. 1626, Jamestown Island, Surry, Virginia, United States d. 1650, Smiths Fort Plantation, Surry, Virginia (Age 24 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Anne SPENCER,   b. 1624, Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, USA d. 13 May 1699, Jamestown, Surry County, Virginia, USA (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Alice SPENCER,   b. 1621, Jamestown, James Island, Virginia, USA d. 1624, Jamestown, James Island, Virginia, USA (Age 3 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. William SPENCER,   b. 1618, Jamestown, James Island, Virginia, USA d. 1624, Jamestown, James Island, Virginia, USA (Age 6 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Sarah SPENCER,   b. 20 Apr 1636, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA or Hartford, Ct, United States of America d. 3 Nov 1691, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Elizabeth SPENCER, *,   b. 24 Jan 1625, Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, British American Colonies d. 20 Dec 1655, Jamestown, Surry County, Virginia, British American Colonies (Age 30 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Robert SPENCER,   b. 1630, Surry, Surry, Virginia, United States d. Mar 1679, Surry, Surry, Virginia, United States (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Elizabeth SPENCER,   b. 16 Feb 1617, Northamptonshire, England d. 1659, Smiths Fort Plantation, Surry, Virginia, United States (Age 41 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F711	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Agnes EDWARDS,   b. 6 Apr 1604, Barnstaple, North Devon District, Devon, England d. 22 Dec 1679, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States of America (Age 75 years)
  _MARRIED	N
  Children	1. Samuel SPENCER,   b. Sep 1638, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States d. 14 Jun 1716, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Anne SPENCER,   b. 1624, Jamestown, Surry, Virginia, United States d. 13 May 1669, Jamestown, Surry, Virginia, United States (Age 45 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F712	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

• Notes

  He is listed as a planter by trade. He is likely the William Spencer who owned land in 1635 near or on Lawne's Creek which was the dividing line between Surry and Isle of Wight Counties in Virginia. Surry is the county where the orginalown Settlement took place in what was to become Jamestown, Virginia. In 1640 Captain William Pierce of Mulberry Island conveyed 50 acres on Lawne's Creek that was next to William Spencer's land to William Spencer. William Spencer is listed as one of the earliest settlers who inhabited Jamestown within it's first 18 years. He is not a member of the original listing in 1607.

  
  

• Sources

  [S720] Martin, Barbara, "Hart" (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~paday/dobbers/hartpossibles.htm, c2011). [S1225] Our Family History (http://www.myfamilysearch.net/getperson.php?personID=I655&tree=2005217a, c2011). [S341] Gedmatch (www.gedmatch.com). [S11] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Tree, 1,1030::0.