Falk Relations: Spencer Family

compiled by Steve Wilson, last updated December 13, 2015.
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Thomas Spencer♦ (b. c. 1596, d. 15 Dec. 1681, Berwick ME), m. by 1629 to Patience Chadbourne (bap. 8 Nov. 1612, Tamworth, Staffordshire, d. 7 Nov. 1683, York Co. ME)

William Spencer (b. c. 1630, d. 15 May 1696)
Margaret Spencer (b. c. 1632, Maine, d. c. 1672), m. by 1648 at Kittery ME to Daniel Goodwin (b. c. 1620, Oxford, England, d. c. 1712)
Mary Spencer (b. c. 1634)
Susanna Spencer (b. c. 1636, Berwick ME)
Humphrey Spencer (b. c. 1638, Berwick ME)
Elizabeth Spencer (b. c. 1640, Berwick ME)
Moses Spencer (b. c. 1642, Berwick ME)

Our Descent

Thomas Spencer (c1596-1681), m. by 1629 to Patience Chadbourne (1612-1683)

Margaret Spencer (c1632-c1672), m. by 1648 to Daniel Goodwin (c1620-c1712)

Patience Goodwin (1653-1716), m. 1670 to Daniel Stone (c1643-c1713)

Margaret Stone (1678--), m. 1697 to Samuel Gould (1670-1724)

Samuel Gould (1701-1791), m. 1726 to Mehitable Stiles (1700-1790)

Deliverance Gould (1742-1813), m. 1777 to Reuben Nims (1740-1814)

Elizabeth Nims (1778-c1846), m. 1798 to Samuel Higgins (1774-c1849)

Horatio Higgins (1812-1890), m. 1837 to Mary Jane Felch (1820-1898)

Harvey Alva Higgins (1864-1928), m. 1889 to Lillian Belle Agee (1868-1947)

Elsie Laura Higgins (1895-1959), m. 1915 to George Washington Falk (1895-1969)

Documentation ♦

Thomas Spencer (c1596-1681): m. Patience Chadbourne (1612-1683)

Spencer, Wilbur Daniel, The Maine Spencers: A History and Genealogy, with Mention of Many Associated Families, 1898. On p. 19-74, "Thomas Spencer was born in England in 1596. He was married there to Patience, daughter of William Chadbourne. He came to this country in the year 1630 ... with one of Mason's pioneer bands ... Thomas evidently came in the Warwick, which sailed from the Downs, off the Kentish coast ... March 28; it touched at Plymouth, England, on April 8, and reached Piscataqua in May ... Thomas settled temporarily at his arrival, on the west side of the Piscataqua ... A list of the early settlers ... as late as 1634 ... reads: ... Thomas Spencer ... William Chadbourne ... Thomas Spencer settled at the falls of Asbenbedick soon after his arrival in New England. After Mason's death his men were disbanded, and Thomas must have been working for himself, for it appears that he became engaged in the lumbering industry a little later. Thomas Spencer's dwelling was situated in what is now South Berwick, below the Great Works river near its junction with the Salmon Falls ... In form it resembled the old manor houses of England and was built by William Chadbourne for his own use while in this country. When he gave it to Thomas at the time of his departure, he gave with it one half of the mill at Great Works, reserving the other half for his son, Humphrey Chadbourne. ... We find Thomas Spencer mentioned as one of those persons who were incorporated in 1649 under the name of the town of Kittery. In 1650 Thomas purchased lands of Rowles ... the sachem of Newichawannock (Berwick) ... About 1651 Thomas was given the privilege to cut trees in Kittery near the Great Works river and raft them down to the mill ... Margaret was the oldest of his daughters and the first to be married. Her marriage took place about 1654 to Daniel Goodwin of the same town. ... The town of Kittery granted Thomas two hundred acres of land ... Thomas Spencer was a tavern-keeper ... The chief drink was beer which Thomas sold at four pence a quart. He was accused of selling liquor to the Indians but the charge fell through for want of the proper evidence to convict ... Thomas Spencer gave Daniel Goodwin six acres of upland in 1667. In the New Hampshire papers, Volume I, under the date of 1676, are the depositions of several persons. One of them is 'Thomas Spencer aged about 80 years living in ye Country 46 years.' ... Thomas died December 15, 1681, having lived for fifty years in Maine."
Stackpole, Everett Schermerhorn, Old Kittery and Her Families, 1903. On p. 737, "Thomas Spencer, born in England in 1596, came to America in 1630. He married Patience Chadbourne, doubtless dau. of William and sister of Humphrey Chadbourne. Settled in South Berwick. Was a planter, lumberman and tavern-keeper. Died 15 Dec. 1681. Wife died in 1683."