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Thomas Alderman

Thomas Alderman

Male 1683 - Yes, date unknown

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Thomas Alderman was born on 11 Jan 1683 (son of William Alderman and Mary Case); and died.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William Alderman died in 1697.

    William married Mary Case between 1677 and 1679. Mary (daughter of John Case and Sarah Spencer) was born on 22 Jun 1660 in Windsor, Hartford, CT; died on 22 Aug 1725. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Case was born on 22 Jun 1660 in Windsor, Hartford, CT (daughter of John Case and Sarah Spencer); died on 22 Aug 1725.
    Children:
    1. Mary Alderman was born on 22 Sep 1680; and died.
    2. 1. Thomas Alderman was born on 11 Jan 1683; and died.
    3. William Alderman was born on 20 Oct 1686; and died.
    4. Sarah Alderman was born in 1692; and died.
    5. John Alderman was born in 1695; and died.
    6. Joseph Alderman was born in 1697; died in Near Windsor, OH.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  John Case was born on 25 Jul 1616 in Aylesham, England (son of William Solomon Case and Ruth James?); died on 21 Feb 1704 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT.

    Notes:

    From WWW.Genforum.com, Case posting # 199 by D. Johansen :

    John Case, 1616 - 1703
    John Case was born in Aylesham, England circa 1616 and died 21 Feb 1703 (or 1704 or 1705) in Simsbury, CT. The Case family is one of the ancient and honorable families of New England. They were noted as far back as Oliver Cromwell (1599-1659) and accumulated a fortune furnishing leather for the Army, being tanners and farniers. The records show they came from York, England to Aylesham, England in the year 1200. They held all the land around Aylesham so the town was said to be Cased in and were a clan by themselves. Many of them still reside there. Their land surrounded possessions of Anna Boleyn, who became the second wife of Henry VIII of England, and was beheaded "for treason" in 1536. The Cases were closely related by intermarriage to the Boleyns. John arrived in New England on the ship "Dorsett" on September 3, 1635 from Gravesend, England, at the age of 19 years. The ship landed around Long Island. He then moved to Dorchester, MA [1]. In 1637 John married Sarah Spencer (1636-1691), daughter of William and Agnes (Tucker) Spencer of Hartford, CT. They next moved to Hartford, then moved to Maspeth Kills, NY (now Newton according to our Genealogy). John and Sarah resided in Windsor CT from 1656 until 1669, when they removed to Simsbury and settled in the area known as "Weatogue" [3].

    In 1667 John, with twenty others, received the first grant of land in Simsbury which was at Meadow Plain, Massaco (Simsbury). He lived about one mile south of the Pettibone Tavern, the second house south. He was a shoemaker and harness maker as well as a farmer. He was appointed constable for Massaco by the General Court Oct. 14, 1669, and represented his town at the General Court in 1670 and several times afterwards. He with six sons would go from Weatogue to what now (1900) is West Simsbury and cultivate the land there. Hence it was first called Case's Farms, afterwards Farms Village, then West Simsbury. They carried their guns with them as a protection from the Indians as well as to shoot game which was very plentiful there.

    The first of 5 children to John and Sarah were born in Windsor, the last 5 were born in Simsbury:

    Elizabeth born 1658 in Windsor; died 9 Oct 1718; married (1) Joseph Lewis; married (2) John Tuller
    Mary born 22 Jun 1660 in Windsor; died 22 Aug 1725; married (1) 1677/9 William Alderman who died 1697; married (2) 30 Mar 1698/9 James Hilliard who died 28 July 1720, age 76
    John Jr. born 5 Nov 1662 in Windsor; died 22 May 1733; married (1) 12 Sep 1684 Mary Alcott; married (2) 1693 Sarah Holcomb
    William James born 5 Jun 1665 in Windsor; died 31 Mar 1700 in Simsbury; married Elizabeth Holcomb
    Samuel born 1667 in Windsor; died Jul 30 1725; married (1) Mary Westover; married (2) Elizabeth Thrall
    Richard born 27 Apr/Aug 1669 in Simsbury; died 27 Apr 1746; married Amy Reed
    Bartholomew 1 Oct 1670 in Simsbury; died 25 Oct 1725 in Simsbury; married 7 Dec 1699 in Simsbury Mary Humphrey, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Mills)
    Humphrey, born 16 Nov 1681 in Simsbury
    Joseph born 6 Apr 1674 in Simsbury; died 11 Aug 1748; married Anna Eno
    Sarah born 20 Apr 1676 in Simsbury; died 2 May 1704; married 9 Nov 1699, as his second wife, Joseph Phelps Jr., son of Joseph and Hanna (Newton) Phelps, born 27 Aug 1667; died 20 Jan 1750
    Abigail born 4 May 1682 in Simsbury; married 1 Sept. 1701 Simsbury Jonah Westover Jr.
    Sarah died on 3 Nov 1691 in Simsbury, at the age of 55 [2]. Her headstone in Simsbury Cemetery is said to be
    the oldest in Simsbury.
    John married (2) Elizabeth (Moore) Loomis (our genealogy says Louise (Moore) Loomis) (1638-1728), daughter of John Moore and the
    widow of Nathaniel Loomis of Windsor, CT.
    Elizabeth died in Windsor 23 July 1728 at the age of 90. She and John had no issue.

    John died in 1703 in Meadow Plains or the southern part of Simsbury. His place of burial is unknown but it is supposed to be by the side of his wife Sarah in Simsbury Cemetery, although no stone was erected. He had an estate of 562 pounds, making him a man of wealth at that time. John's will, dated 21 Nov 1700 named his wife Elizabeth, six sons, and four daughters. Samuel Spencer of Hartford (Sarah's brother), and John Case Jr. (John's son) were executors of the estate.

    Sources:
    [1] Spear's Genealogy
    [2] Spencer Genealogy
    [3] Case book
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    Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 23:35:46 EST
    From: Edeew99@aol.com
    To: Case-Family-L@rootsweb.com
    Subject: Re: John Case History Update

    There appear to be several errors in the below John Case data. The referenced passenger list shows a William CASE and a John
    CASSON as passengers on the Dorset. Could this be John CASE? Possibly but why the difference in spelling between brothers? Also,
    William SPENCER m. Agnes HARRIS, not Agnes TUCKER.
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    Fourth - Agnes Harris's parents were Bartholomew HARRIS & Elizabeth COLLAMORE. I show this line back several generations. Source for 'some' of this from "Mary & John Passengers - The Royal Line of Agnes Harris". Also "Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonists". If you want
    the author of these books, I'll have to look them up.
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    Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 19:55:15 -0500
    From: "K. Ormerod"
    To: Case-Family-L@rootsweb.com
    Subject: Re: Case/Noble marriages


    Hi, Linda, my name is Phyllis, a descendant of John Case of Simsbury. (John, John, Richard, Richard, Richard, Freeman, Hector, Carlton Henry, Mertie Caroline).
    In my search I have found a reference to a Henry whom the author believes is a brother to John. The book is "The American Genealogist" by George McCracken Whole No. 134; Volume 34, No. 2 April 1958 'The Case Family of CT and Long Island'.
    McCracken believes there was a relationship between Henry of Hartford and Southold, Long Island to John of Maspath Kills, Windsor and Simsbury, CT as well as Richard, of Hartford, Thomas and William, both of Newtown, Long Island.
    Another book that may be of help is "Genealogy Notes: First Settlers of CT and MA pgs. 275.300.
    I do not have a link to a Henry born in the 1800's but have some notes about a Henry A. Case who lived in Tarrifville, CT in the 1800's. He had a brother, Edward B. My last entry for Henry was born in the 1700's. This may all be confusing, but it may help someone.
    Phyllis
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    Resided in Windsor until 1669 when he removed to Simsbury and settled in the area known as "Weatogue". He was appointed constable for Massaco by the General Court Oct. 14, 1669. He represented his town at the General Court in May 1670, Oct 1674, May 1675 (CT Colonial Records, II 484). John's will dated Nov. 21 1700 named his wife, Elizabeth, six sons and four daughters. Samuel Spencer of Hartford (his brother-in-law) and John Case were his executors. (Records of Windsor, Hartford, CT - NEHGR Jan 1851, pg.65.
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    Source #2: Hinman, Royal R. Conneticut Puritan Settlers. Press of Case, Tiffany and Company. Hartford. 1852

    CASE, JOHN. (This name is occasionally spelled Cass.) He came to Windsor with the early settlers, supposed from Dorchester, Mass. He was a member of the Gen. Court of the Colony in May, 1670, May and October, 1675, and received other marks of respect from Windsor and Simsbury. He married Sarah Spencer, and remained at Windsor until about 1668 or '9, when he removed to Weatauge, in Simsbury. A part of his children were born in Windsor, and the others in Simsbury. Issue, Mary, b. June 22, 1660; John, Jr., b. Nov. 5, 1662; Wm., b. June 5, 1665; Samuel, b. June 1, 1667, d. July 30, 1725; Richard, b. Aug. 27, 1669. The following b. at Simsbury: Sarah, b. April 14, 1676; Abigail, Elizabeth, Joseph and Bartholomew, d. Oct. 25, 1725. John, Sen., the father, d. Feb. 21, 1703-4.

    John Case, of Simsbury, will drawn Nov. 21, 1700, but dated Dec. 11, 1700; a codicil to the will was dated Feb. 12, 1703-4. He made his mark to the instrument. Mr. Samuel Spencer, of Hartford, and John Case, his son, executors. Inventory exhibited and sworn to by his son, Richard Case, of Simsbury, March 9, 1703-4. Mr. John Case, Sen., d. Feb. 21, 1703-4. Inventory taken by John Slater, James Cornish and Andrew Robe, March 2, 1703-4, ?562, 5s. 1d. His wife Elizabeth he gave ?5, to be paid her annually, which was agreed to before marriage, and he directed in his first will, that it should be paid to her as follows: William, Samuel, Richard and Bartholomew, to pay each 15s., and his son Joseph, ?2 annually during her life, which was altered in his codicil. His daughter Elizabeth m. Tuller; daughters Mary Case, Sarah Phelps, and Abigail Case. His son William d. March 31, 1700, after his father's will was made and before the death of his father. William's relict was Elizabeth; she with his brother John, of Simsbury, were adm'rs on William's estate in 1701. Inventory, ?276, 9s. 8d., dated May 29, 1700. He left children, viz., Elizabeth, b. Sept., 1689; W'm., b. March 22, 1690-1; James, b. March 12, 1692-3; Rachel, b. Dec., 1694; Mary, b. 1696; Joshua, b. June 1, 1698; Mindwell, b. March 21, 1700. These children received their father's portion in their grandfather's estate.
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    List of Official Civil, Military, and Ecclesiastical of Connecticut Colony
    GenealogyLibrary.com Main Page
    Page 10 CASE, JOHN (d. 1704). Constable (Simsbury), Oct. 1669; Deputy (Simsbury), May 1670, Oct. 1674, May 1675.
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    From Burke's Armory, p.2607: John Case emigrated from England 9/3/1635 on the "Dorset".
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    Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 19:13:03 -0500
    From: Lori
    To: Case-Family-L@rootsweb.com
    Subject: John Case & the ship Dorset

    Here is a URL that has the Dorset ship's list, and William CASSE is
    listed, but not John. However, John CASSON is listed, so I am wondering
    if the transcriber just misread the writing. He got the info from
    Hotten's Lists.

    http://www.primenet.com/~langford/spls/635be001.htm#Dorset
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    "Hotten's Lists"

    The Original Lists of Persons of Quality; Emigrants; Religious Exiles; Political Rebels; Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years; Apprentices;
    Children Stolen; Maidens Pressed; and Others Who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations 1600-1700.
    From Mss. Preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England.
    Edited by John Camden Hotten. Chatto and Windus, Publishers, London, England, 1874.
    (Also reprinted by G.A. Baker & Co., Inc., NY, 1931.)
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    From WWW.FamilyHistory.com Case Forum #740 by Dorothy Beasley:
    Denver Public Library - Genealogy section has a book "CASE" "A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF JOHN CASSE" or
    929.2 -- c 337.2 c --as printed inside. 24 pages. small book and VERY interesting..by A. P. Case of Vernon, N.Y....Name
    later spelled Case when he signed his will. John came over on "The Ship , Dorset, John Flower, master, sailed from Gravesend, Eng, 1635 - John age 19. . Gives will, and list of children plus many interesting stories .
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    At www.genforum.com Case Forum #230
    Re: WILLIAM CASE@AYLESHAM ENGLAND
    Posted by: Glenda Thayer Date: August 24, 1998 at 15:49:29
    In Reply to: Re: WILLIAM CASE@AYLESHAM ENGLAND by Celia Case

    Believe you are misinformed regarding names of immigrant Cases. The English did not have middle names in the 1500's and early 1600's, and if you do some research into the early sources such as Banks, Farmer, Savage you will see this bears out. Have seen John Case who came to Simsbury listed as John Trustin Case, but this is without a credible source. The credible source recs. list him only as John Case & the immigrant to RI as Wm. Case as well as Henry Case who settled Long Is. Hope this will clear up some of the misconceptions.

    John married Sarah Spencer on 17 Aug 1656 in Windsor, Harford, CT. Sarah (daughter of William Spencer and Agnes Harris) was born on 20 Apr 1636 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; died on 3 Nov 1691 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT At Age 55. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Sarah Spencer was born on 20 Apr 1636 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT (daughter of William Spencer and Agnes Harris); died on 3 Nov 1691 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT At Age 55.

    Notes:

    From a posting from Jack Butler at Genforum.com 11/28/1999 titled "William of Normandy Connection for Sarah":

    "There are two points here. There is a line claimed for the Spencers who take them back to Robert D'Abbetot who accompanied William the Conqueror when he invaded England and who took the name De Spencer when William named him Chamberlain. This line has pretty thoroughly discredited and the Spencers are not proven beyond 1375-1400."

    "Sarah Spencer's mother, Agnes Harris, however, does connect to Royalty - a lot of Royalty. But if I remember correctly, so does John Case, through his mother, Ruth James. Ruth James is the daughter of Rev. Thomas James and this line also connects to a long line of European Royalty. Both lines can be found in a book called "Ancestral Roots of Certain Colonists who came to America before 1700." 1988, by F.L.Weis. The James connection can also be found in the earlier edition of the book called "Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonists who came to New England between 1623-1650."

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Case was born in 1658 in Windsor, Hartford, CT; died on 9 Oct 1718.
    2. 3. Mary Case was born on 22 Jun 1660 in Windsor, Hartford, CT; died on 22 Aug 1725.
    3. John Case was born on 5 Nov 1662 in Windsor, Hartford, CT; died on 22 May 1733 in Simsbury, Hartford, CT; was buried in 1733 in Hopmeadow Cemetery.
    4. William Case was born on 5 Jun 1665 in Windsor, Hartford, CT; died on 31 Mar 1700 in Simsbury, Hartford, CT.
    5. Samuel Case was born on 1 Jun 1667 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT; died on 30 Jul 1725 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT.
    6. Richard Case was born on 27 Apr 1669 in Simsbury, Hartford, CT; died on 27 Apr 1746 in Simsbury, Hartford, CT.
    7. Bartholomew Case was born on 1 Oct 1670 in Simsbury, Hartford, CT; died on 25 Oct 1725 in Simsbury, Harford Co., CT.
    8. Joseph Case was born on 6 Apr 1674 in Simsbury, Hartford, CT; died on 11 Aug 1748 in Simsbury, Hartford, CT.
    9. Sarah Case was born on 20 Apr 1676 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT; died on 2 May 1704.
    10. Abigail Case was born on 4 May 1682 in Simsbury, Hartford, CT; died after 1725.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  William Solomon Case was born in 1591 in Aylesham, England; died about 1635 in En Route To Boston, MA On The Ship Dorset..

    Notes:

    The Yankee Generations discusses Richard Case who owned property next to John's step-father-in-law, William Edwards. Richard m. Elizabeth Purchase and indicated in documents that he came from Windsor, not Hartford. He may have resided with John in 1663.
    Also, Richard's daugter, Mary, married Joseph Phelps, Jr., of Simsbury whose first wife, Sarah, dau. of John Case died in 1704.
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    WWW.Familyhistory.com, Pitney Forum #39 by James Kuttler states:

    The immigrant Cases, William
    Solomon Case, b. 1590, Aylesham, England,
    and five sons, including Henry, b. 1616,
    left Gravesend bound for Boston on the ship
    Dorset, of the Winthrop fleet, in 1635.
    The father died en route. Henry m. Martha
    Corwin and went to Southold, Long Island.
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    The Ancestry of Joan Sholl Frances at Rootsweb's WorldConnect Project shows William Henry Case b. 1590 Aylesham, England d. 1635 at sea. Married Unknown. Desc. Henry Case and Thomas Case.
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    It is important to note in my tree that Hopmeadow Cemetery, Simsbury Center Cemetery and Center Cemetery
    are all one and the same (I came to find out after data was entered). JTC
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    From the Case Family Mail List:
    Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 11:41:46 -0500
    From: "Don Weymouth"
    To: Case-Family-L@rootsweb.com
    Subject: RE: [CASE mail list] Philip Case

    Notes from Debi Elliott: "As for the source of John's parents, I only have one. When in Hartford, I found a family history called "William
    Case of England and Some of His Descendants in the New World, 1635 - 1984", Compiled by Clayton C. Case, Mankato, Minnesota, 1984. In it is the following:"
    1. William CASE (1590-1635), England, children William Soloman, William, Thomas, Richard, John
    2. John CASE (1619-1703), England, Mass, CT (William1), children Elizabeth, Mary, John, William, Samuel, Richard, Joseph, Bartholomew,
    Sarah, Abigail

    Note: The following is referenced at the end, but in looking at the ships list of the Dorset, there is no such listing stating this level of
    detail, The only John is John Casse. "William Case was born about 1590 in the town of Aylesham, England. There is no documented information about his life in England or his profession. Also, there is no available information about his wife, where he lived or what motivated is decision to emigrate with his five sons to the New World. However, but for that decision, the Case family line in the United States as documented herein would never have existed. There is a sailing list for the ship "Dorset" showing that William Case and his five sons sailed from the port of Gravesend, England, for the New World on September 3, 1635. The sailing list shows the sons as: William Solomon Case, age 24, Thomas Terril Case, age 18, John Trustin Case, age 16, and William Case, age 19. There also appears to have been a son, Richard, age not shown.

    William Case is reported to have died at sea on the voyage but the cause of death is not documented. At that time he was about 45 years of age. William Case's sons landed at Ipswich, Massachusetts, which is north of Gloucester. At least 15 ships were reported to have sailed that route from England in 1635." Source: (incomplete) Ralph Case Brunton and Mary S.

    There are researchers who have stated that Richard and Elizabeth (Loomis) Case are John's parents. Richard died in 1693.

    Have seen his name as John Trustin Case.

    On 17 Aug 1656 when John was 36, he married Sarah SPENCER, in Windsor, Hartford, CT. 4,5

    9 Sarah SPENCER. Born on 11 Apr 1636 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA. Sarah died in Simsbury, Hartford, CT on 3 Nov 1691, she was 55.3 Buried on 5 Nov 1691 in Simsbury, Hartford, CT.

    10 Philip READE. Born in 1623 in England. Philip died in Concord, Middlesex, MA on 10 May 1699, he was 76.

    In 1669 when Philip was 46, he married Abigail RICE, in Concord, Middlesex, MA.

    11 Abigail RICE. Abigail died on 16 Apr 1709 in Concord, Middlesex, MA.

    12 Nathaniel HOLCOMBE. Born on 4 Nov 1648 in Windsor, Hartford, CT. Nathaniel died in Simsbury, Hartford, CT on 5 Mar 1740/1741, he was 91.

    14 Peter BUELL. Born on 19 Aug 1644 in Windsor, Hartford, CT. Peter died in Simsbury, Hartford, CT on 8 Jan 1729, he was 84.

    On 31 Mar 1670 when Peter was 25, he married Martha COGGAN, in Simsbury, Hartford, CT.

    15 Martha COGGAN. Born in 1648 in Taunton, Plymouth, MA. Martha died in Simsbury, Hartford, CT on 22 May 1686, she was 38.

    18 William SPENCER. Born on 11 Oct 1601 in Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England. Christened on 11 Oct 1601 in Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England. William died in Hartford, Hartford, CT in 1640, he was 38. Buried in 1640.

    In 1639 William Spencer joined the Hooker settlement at Hartford. He is listed on the monument in the Ancient Burying Ground in Hartford as one of the founders of the Connecticut Colony. There he was elected a selectman, became a Deputy to the first session of the General Court in 1639, and was appointed on a committee of that body, to make the first code of laws for the Colony. No doubt his untimely death in 1640 ended a brilliant career.

    According to some references, William Spencer was a graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge, England coming to New England with friends of John Winthrop in 1631; they settled in Cambridge. In 1633 he may have then returned to bring his wife and came with her in the ship "Mary and John" (according to page 203 Wm. R. Cutter's Genealogy and History of Connecticut (Vol. 3)). Passenger lists searched do not seem to agree on the arrival of the four Spencer brothers. One John and an William Spencer are listed by Banks as passengers on the "Mary and John" which sailed from Southampton 24 Mar 1633/34 but no wives are listed for them (page 111) and the other three brothers, Garrett, Michael and Thomas are not included here.

    The list of passengers arriving 1630 on the "Mary and John" which numbered 160 does not include any Spencers. John Farmer's "Genealogical Register of First Settlers of N.E." (with additions by Samuel Drake) pp. 270-271 lists the following four believed to be the four Spencer brothers: 1) Garrett Spencer 1634 in Cambridge; 1637 in Lynn, Mass. 2) Michael Spencer 1634 in Cambridge; 1637 in Lynn, Mass. 3) William Spencer 1632 in Cambridge; freeman 1633; representative 1635; one of the founders of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co. of Boston. 4) Thomas Spencer 1632 in Cambridge; brother of John; freeman 1634. The history by Cutter lists several important positions held by William Spencer, including: - In 1634 he was on the committee to confer with the governor and assistants in regard to the care of the common stock, which led to the formation of the house of representatives. He was the first representative chosen, and held the office until he left the colony. - In 1639 he went with his family to Hartford where his brother, Thomas had settled. - In 1639/40 he was representative in the general assembly in Hartford and while there he prepared the first revised laws of the colony. - 4 May 1640 William made his Will and died at Hartford 1640.

    The "Alderman History" reveals the Will of William Spencer devided his estate into thirds: to his son, Samuel one-third; to his widow, Agnes, one-third; and to his two daughters Sarah and Elizabeth, one-third.

    Following from "Catalogue of First Puritan Settlers of Conn." by R. R. Hinman: Spencer, William, Hartford, deputy in August and September,
    1639
    -- committee to inspect arms once in three months, and provide powder for Hartford in '39. He was appointed with Mr. George Wyllys and Mr. Welles to revise the laws of the colony in '39 -- selectman in '39 -- an original proprietor of Hartford -- ancestor of Hon. Joshua Spencer, of Utica, N.Y. Spencer, William, of Hartford -- died in 1640. He left a wife and 3 children, viz. Sarah, Elizabeth and Samuel. He was a kinsman of Matthew Allyn, a brother in law of John Pratt and John Talcott. William Spencer was the ancestor of the Hon. Judge Spencer and Hon. John C. Spencer, of the State of New York. He was one of the first Puritan settlers of Hartford.

    6John Hall sold his home-lot to William Spencer, which was on the brow of the hill about where the Catlin place is now (1886).

    7William Spencer, Cambridge, 1831, brother of Thomas; freeman, Mass., March 4, 1632/3; deputy for Newtown, May, 1632; May, 1634; March, 1534/5; March 163/6; Sept., 1636; May, 1637; Sept., 1637; March, 1637/8; chosen Lieut. for Newtown, March 163/7; one of the founders of the Ancient andhonorable Artillery Co., and had other evidences of the public favor bestowed upon him. Removed to Hartford, 1639, where his home-lot was about where the Union depot now stands. He was deputy in August and September, 1639 and appointed Wylls and Webster to revise the laws of the colony; townsman, 1640; d. in 1640, leaving a widow, Agnes, whom he m. about 1633, who became afterward the wife of William Edwards;
    inv. #291.12.2. He appoints "my cosin Matthew Allyn, my brother John Pratt," and John Talcott to be overseers of this estate. Will dated
    March 4, 1640, presented May 4, 1640. Ch.: i. Elizabeth, m. (1) William Wellman, of Gloucester, New London, and Killingworth. (2) May 23, 1672, Jacob Joy, of Killingworth. ii. Sarah, b. 1636; m. about 1657, John Case, of Windsor, afterward of Simsbury; d. Nov. 3, 1691. iii. Samuel, b. about 1639; m. Sarah, prob. dau. of John Meakins.(John M. names dau. Sarah Spencer in his will, Nov. 22, 1702.) He d. about 1716, in Hartford.

    In 1633 when William was 31, he married Agnes HARRIS.

    19 Agnes HARRIS.

    might be Agnes Tucker Heane?
    The genealogist for the New England Historic and Genealogical Society, Gary Boyd Roberts in his master work, ""The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States" has her as Agnes Harris, descendant of Hugh Capet, King of France. (page 445) She married William Spencer first, William Edwards second. Her parents were Bartholomew Harris and Elizabeth Collamore.

    36 Gerard SPENCER. Born on 20 May 1576 in Edworth, Bedfordshire, England. Christened on 20 May 1576 in Stotford, Bedfordshire, England. Gerard died in Haddam, Middlesex, CT on 17 Mar 1645, he was 68.

    Research: George Farris notes that the source for this record is Kimball-Spencer.

    On 10 Nov 1600 when Gerard was 24, he married Alice WHITBREAD, in Upper Gravenhurst, Bedford, England.

    37 Alice WHITBREAD. Born in 1578 in Ion, Upper Gravenhurst, Bedford, England. Alice died in Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England.

    38 Bartholomew HARRIS.
    Bartholomew married Elizabeth COLLAMORE.

    39 Elizabeth COLLAMORE.

    72 Michael S. SPENCER. Born in 1531 in Edworth, Bedfordshire, England. Michael S. died in Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England on 18 Nov 1599, he was 68.

    In 1563 when Michael S. was 32, he married Agnes LIMER, in Edworth, Bedford, England.

    73 Agnes LIMER.

    74 John WHITBREAD. Born in 1548. John died on 28 Nov 1598, he was 50. Buried on 28 Nov 1598.
    Probate: 18 April 1629
    John married Eleanor.

    75 Eleanor. Buried on 20 Nov 1628 in Upper Gravenhurst, Bedfordshire, England.

    1. The American Genealogist, 57:3, April, 1981.
    2. Simsbury CT Vital Records.
    3. Duncan, Ruth Cost, John Case and His Descendants, 1991, p. 1.
    4. Osgood, Edward L., The Memorial History of Hartford County
    Connecticut 1633-1884, J. Hammond Trumbull LL.D., Boston, MA, 1886.
    5. Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages Prior to 1700,
    Genealogical Publications, Baltimore, 1985.
    6. Osgood, Edward L., The Memorial History of Hartford County
    Connecticut 1633-1884, J. Hammond Trumbull LL.D., Boston, MA, 1886, p.
    242.
    7. Osgood, Edward L., The Memorial History of Hartford County
    Connecticut 1633-1884, J. Hammond Trumbull LL.D., Boston, MA, 1886, p.
    259 - 260.
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    Donald G. Weymouth
    119 Winthrop Lane, Holden, MA 01520
    don@weymouthtech.com
    www.weymouthtech.com/Genealogy

    (Research):The content of this entry are as provided to the Douglas Archives in 2013 based on work done in 2001.

    I have been advised in 2023 of new research on this entry, but not the outcome.
    Users of the Douglas Archives are advised to seek it out.

    William + Ruth James?. Ruth and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Ruth James? and died.
    Children:
    1. Thomas Terrill Case and died.
    2. 6. John Case was born on 25 Jul 1616 in Aylesham, England; died on 21 Feb 1704 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT.
    3. Richard Case died in 1694 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.
    4. Henry Case, Sr. was born in 1630 in Lancastershire, England; died in 1664 in Southold, Long Island, Suffolk Co., New York, USA.
    5. William Case, II was born in 1626 in England; died before Oct 1676 in Newtown, Suffolk Co., NY.
    6. Tristen Case and died.

  3. 14.  William Spencer was born on 11 Oct 1601 in Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England; was christened on 11 Oct 1601 (son of Gerard Spencer and Alice Whitbred); died after 4 May 1640 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.

    Notes:

    Bedfordshire, England Query Forum Posted by Craig Spencer on Sat, 29 Jan 2000 at Rootsweb.com
    "Son William b 11 Oct 1601 in Stotford, Married Agnes (Heane) Pratt in 1633." Hope this is incorrect.

    See "the Great Migration Begins", 1995, by Robert Charles Anderson (avail. from NEHGS).
    CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admission to a Massachusetts Bay church (probably Watertown) prior to 4 March 1632/3 implied by freemanship.
    FREEMAN: 4 March 1632/3 [ MBCR 1:367].
    EDUCATION: Cambridge town clerk, 1632-1635 [ CaTR vi (with facsimile of a page of records in his hand facing CaTR 9)]. Wrote a well-reasoned and well-spelled letter to Winthrop in 1638 [ WP 4:74-75].
    OFFICES: Deputy from Cambridge to the General Court, 9 May 1632, 4 March 1634/5, 3 March 1635/6, 8 September 1636, 18 April 1637 (as "Lieut. Spencer"), 17 May 1637, 26 September 1637, 12 March 1637/8 [ MBCR 1:95, 135, 164, 178, 191, 194, 204, 220].
    Observer to committee on bounds between Cambridge & Watertown, 4 March 1634/5 [ MBCR 1:139]. Committee on bounds between Boston & Charlestown, 28 March 1636 [ MBCR 1:162]. Committee to "set out bounds of the new plantation above Charles Ryver," 3 March 1635/6 [ MBCR 1:166]; report of above committee rendered on 13 April 1636 [ MBCR 1:173]. Committee on colony debts, 8 September 1636 [ MBCR 1:179, 184]. Committee on compensation of soldiers who made the expedition to Block Island, 9 March 1636/7 [ MBCR 1:188]. Committee to "view Shaushin, & to consider whether it be fit for a plantation," 1 August 1637 [ MBCR 1:200]. Committee on "plantation upon the river which runs to Concord," 20 November 1637 [ MBCR 1:210]. Committee on codification of laws, 12 March 1637/8 [ MBCR 1:222].
    Cambridge town clerk, 1632-1635 [ CaTR vi]. Committee to "survey the town lands and enter [mutilated] a book appointed for that purpose," 3 February 1634/5 [ CaTR 12]. On 27 October 1636 "Newe Towne presented a book of their records under the hands of Will[iam] Andrews, constable, John Beniamin, & Will[iam] Spencer" [ MBCR 1:182]. A Cambridge general meeting ordered that "William Spencer and Georg[e] Steele should measure all the meadow ground undivided belonging to the Newtowne" and allot "to every man his proportion," 20 August 1635 [ CaTR 12]. Cambridge selectman, 23 November 1635 [ CaTR 13].
    Lieutenant of the Cambridge train band, 9 March 1636/7 [ MBCR 1:190]. Charter member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company [ HAHAC 1:40; MBCR 1:250-51].
    Deputy for Hartford to Connecticut General Court, 11 April 1639, 8 August 1639, 10 September 1639, 16 January 1639/40, 9 April 1640 [ CCCR 1:27, 29, 34, 41, 46].
    Surveyor of "armor and other military provisions" for Hartford, 8 August 1639 [ CCCR 1:30].
    ESTATE: Granted three roods for a cowyard in Cambridge, 5 August 1633 [ CaTR 5]. Granted "the swamp on the other side the creek," 2 March 1633/4 [ CaTR 7]. Granted "that corner of ground by Joseph Myat's between the swamps," 1 December 1634 [ CaTR 10]. Received a proportion of 2? in the undivided meadow, 20 August 1635 [ CaTR 13]. In the list of houses in Cambridge, William Spencer was credited with two in the Westend, 8 February 1635/6 [ CaTR 18].
    In the Cambridge land inventory on 1 May 1635 William Spencer held at least eleven parcels (entry partially mutilated): "one dwelling house with other outhouses and a garden and backside, about one rood"; "more in old field about five acres and a half"; "more on small lot hill about three acres"; "more in the neck about seven acres"; "more in Long Marsh about fifteen acres"; "more in Great Marsh about nine acres"; "more in the Great Marsh about two acres"; "more in the Great Marsh about two acres"; "[mutilated] west end one house with other [mutilated] houses garden backside and other [mutilated] about three acres"; "more by the pine swamp about six acres"; and "more in Cowyard Row about one rood" [ CaBOP 5-6].
    On 1 April 1636 William Spencer of New Towne acknowledged that he had sold to Nicholas Danforth his right in three and a half acres [ CaBOP 38]. In an undated record, Symon Crosby purchased from William Spencer one house with three acres of ground [ CaBOP 58].
    On 20 November 1637 "[t]hose that are to view the new plantation of Watertowne are to view the place which Mr. Spencer desireth, & if it be convenient, to certify the Court" [ MBCR 1:211]. On 2 May 1638 "Mr. Willi[am] Spencer is granted 300 acres of ground beyond Concord, by the Alewife Ryver" [ MBCR 1:228].
    In the Hartford land inventory in 1640 William Spencer held six parcels: two acres "on which his dwelling house now standeth with other outhouses, yards & gardens ... which he bought of John Halles"; sixty-three acres in the Middle Oxpasture "part whereof he bought of Edward Stebing & another part he bought of William Kelse & another part thereof he bought of Thomas Spenser"; four acres in the Pine Field "which he bought of John Halles" (annotated "sold [to] Jno. Moris"); ten acres in the Pine Field "part whereof he bought of Edward Stebing & another part of John Beddell"; eleven acres and two roods of meadow and swamp in the North Meadow; and ten acres of meadow and swamp on the east side of the Great River (annotated "mead sold [to] Calsey" and "swamp sold [to] Barding & Pantry") [ HaBOP 352-53].
    In his nuncupative will, dated 14 March and 4 May 1640 and 4 March 1640/1, William Spencer bequeathed that
    the estate that he hath in New England, and also that which may come to his wife hereafter, that is, any part of his wife's portion if any do come, that all the estate be divided as followeth: ...to my wife one third part of all my estate ... to my son Samuel one third part ... to my two daughters Sarah and Elizabeth one third part ... the children to be brought up with the improvement of the whole estate that I leave both to my wife and children. Also my mind is my Cousin Matthew Allyn, my brother John Pratt and John Taylcoate, that these three parties or any two of them shall have the oversight of my estate, and in case that they shall see in their judgement the estate to be wasted, that they shall have power to take the children and their portions [blank] for their bringing up, and to pay the children their portions that remain at the several times above written. Also my mind is that my wife shall have no power to alienate or make sale of my house or any part of my land I leave without the consent of two of the parties that are to oversee my estate [ CCCR 1:449-50; Manwaring 1:36-37].
    The undated "inventory of the estate of the said Will[iam] Spenser" totalled ?67 12s. 2d. in moveables; there were "several debts ... owing in the Bay, the which the most of them are denied, and those that are confessed are very doubtful whether much of it will be paid, being in the hands of some of his kindred that are poor." The supplement to this inventory also included "the house and houselot containing about 2 acres, with some outhouses; also several parcels of upland lots, to the value of [blank] 74 acres, as may appear by the records to that purpose, whereof, besides the right which he had in any other lands to be divided"; "also, eleven acres of meadow and swamp, lying in the North Meadow"; "also, one parcel lying on the east side of the Great River, containing ten acres"; "also, there is land yet remaining at Concord in the Bay, which while he lived he esteemed at ?120" [ CCCR 1:450-51].
    It was agreed that if any of the children died before they came of age, "the survivor & survivors shall receive it at the time when it should have been paid to the deceased, if he or she had lived, and if they all die before the said time, then it shall be paid to Agnes Edwards or her lawful attorney of the said Agnes, the mother of the said children" [ Manwaring 1:37].
    The estate of William Spencer, deceased, was brought to court 24 June 1650 and, "with the information of the overseers in the presence of Thomas Spencer, brother to the said William, with the consent of the wife of William Edwards, they do judge that ?30 is as much as the estate here will bear to be sequestered for the use of the children, which is to be paid to them according to the will of the said William Spencer ... provided also that whatsoever shall be paid here or in England of any estate due to the wife of the said William Spencer while she was the wife of William Spencer, or that shall come from Concord, two thirds thereof shall be and remain to the proper use of the children aforesaid" [ RPCC 85-86].

    DEATH: Hartford after 4 May 1640 [ Manwaring 1:36-37] and probably before 22 May 1640 [ Aspinwall 141].
    MARRIAGE: By about 1633 Agnes Harris, baptized Barnstaple, Devonshire, 6 April 1604, daughter of Bartholomew and Elizabeth (Collamore) Harris. She married (2) Hartford 11 December 1645 William Edwards [ TAG 63:33-45].

    COMMENTS: William Spencer appeared on a list of early inhabitants of Cambridge, apparently dated 1632 [ CaTR 2].
    On 29 November 1638 William Spencer wrote from Hartford to John Winthrop asking why Winthrop had made suggestions regarding arguments to support the union between the Bay and "the plantations here," and yet when men came to treat with him regarding it, many using the very arguments suggested by Winthrop at Spencer's prompting, all were met with "a prejudice in the spirits of some men" and forced to go away unsatisfied [ WP 4:74-75].
    On 4 July 1648 Aspinwall certified "copies of five letters unto Edmund Angier - 3 letters from John Talcot & John Pratt, one dated 22 May 1640, another August 10th 1640, & another 15th June 1641, a fourth from Anne Spenser dated 2 May 1642 and the fifth from W[illia]m Edw[ards] no date. Also unto a copy of a writing under W[illia]m Spencer's name dated 3 July 1639. Also to a letter [of] attorney from Ed[mund] Angier to Joseph Mayet dated 5 July 1648" [ Aspinwall 141]. From the chronology and the persons involved, it would seem that these letters pertained to the estate of William Spencer in England.
    BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: In 1988 Douglas Richardson ably demonstrated the identity of Agnes Harris, wife of William Spencer [ TAG 63:33-45].
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    Additional material is in Spencers of the Great Migration, 1997, by Jack Taif Spencer and Edith Woolley Spencer.

    Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England

    William married Agnes Harris about 1634 in Cambridge, MA. Agnes (daughter of Bartholemew Harris and Elizabeth Collamore) was born on 6 Apr 1604 in Barnstaple, Devon, England; was christened on 6 Apr 1604; died in 1680 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Agnes Harris was born on 6 Apr 1604 in Barnstaple, Devon, England; was christened on 6 Apr 1604 (daughter of Bartholemew Harris and Elizabeth Collamore); died in 1680 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.

    Notes:

    Agnes ancestors were of nobility. See the Spencer genealogy Genforum for William and Agnes.
    The article that identified Agnes Harris, identified her English family, and started the linkage of her into her royal lines, started with The American Genealogist Vol. 63, 33-45, 1988.

    Her royal lineage is covered in the RD500 by Gary Boyd Roberts and several references to her intertwining relationships in Roberts' Notable Kin, 1998, both for sale at NEHGS.

    "There is an interesting sketch on the ancestry and genealogy of the Edwards family of America, for which she is the matriarch, at genealogylibrary.com in "Tyler - Autobiography of William Seymour Tyler, DD, LLD. Although it is a relatively old source, I think it still holds up. Through this line, she is the "mom" to Jonathan Edwards and Aaron Burr." Norris Taylor posted in the Spencer Forum at www.genforum.genealogy.com 2/21/1999, #1019.

    Barnstaple, Devonshire, England

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Spencer was born about 1633; and died.
    2. 7. Sarah Spencer was born on 20 Apr 1636 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; died on 3 Nov 1691 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT At Age 55.
    3. Samuel Spencer was born about 1639; and died.



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