Thomas Spencer

Male 1679 - 1752  (72 years)

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  • Name Thomas Spencer 
    Birth 22 Jul 1679  East Greenwich, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 25 Apr 1752  East Greenwich, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I07507  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father John Spencer,   b. Abt 1640   d. Abt Oct 1684 (Age 44 years) 
    Mother Susannah Unknown,   b. Abt 1644   d. 12 Apr 1719, East Greenwich, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1665 
    Family ID F02901  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Peirce,   b. 27 May 1682, East Greenwich, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Sep 1742 (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage 13 Dec 1703  East Greenwich, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Spencer,   b. Abt 1724
    Family ID F02907  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

  • Notes 
    • According to his birth/death record, Thomas was "the first English child born in East Greenwich." (Spencer Thomas above died about 5 o'clock in the morning, and was the first English child born in E. Greenwich.)

      He may have married again after the death of Elizabeth in 1742, to Elizabeth (Unknown) b. Sep 1688 - d. 13 May 1747, and a third time to Sarah Wanton b. 27 Apr 1696 (widow of Benjamin Howland).

  • Sources 
    1. [S012650] Alden G. Beaman, Ph. D., editor, RI Genealogical Register, Vol. 15, 303.