Family Group Sheet
NameJeremiah SPENCER
Birth25 Mar 1750/1, Haddam, Middlesex, CT [153]
Census1790, Claremont, Sullivan, NH
Move1799, Luzerne Co, PA
Census10 Apr 1800, Nicholson Twp., Luzerne, PA
Census1810, Bridgewater, Luzerne, PA
Census1820, Springville, Susquehanna, PA
Death11 Jul 1825, Springville, Susquehanna, PA [781]
FatherJeremiah SPENCER (1723-1769)
MotherElizabeth SHAILOR (1728-~1801)
Marriage27 May 1773, Claremont, NH? [781]
SpouseTirzah ASHLEY
Birth24 Dec 1745, Northfield, Franklin, MA [177]
Death2 Apr 1841, Springville, Susquehanna, PA [781]
BurialLynn Cemetary
FatherSamuel ASHLEY (1720-1792)
MotherEunice DOOLITTLE (1724-1807)
Children
SpouseCyrus Avery
SpouseNancy Fitch
SpouseThomas Cassedy
SpouseThomas Cassedy
SpouseCol. Abel MARCY
Marriage21 Feb 1805, Luzerne Co, PA [783]
6 FAshley Spencer
Deathbef 1804 [781]
SpouseElijah Avery
Birth2 Jan 1787, Claremont, Sullivan, NH [781]
Death1 Jan 1869, Abington, Montgomery, PA
SpouseNaomi Lyman
Marriage27 Nov 1813 [781]
Notes for Jeremiah SPENCER
Had planned to move to Mira, Cape Breton, to claim 1000 acres loyalist grant held by brother John but he never went. Kids: Daniel, Usebia, Susanna, Mary Ann, Eliz, Ashley, Francis, Eunice.[ [781]]
Fought in Oliver Ashley’s company in the Revolutionary War. The battalion fought at Saratoga in 1777.
A surveyor sent to Susqehanna about 1799 by the Susquehanna Company to make surveys.[ [782]] Jeremiah appears in Luzerne Co, which became Susquehanna Co at some point, in 1800 and 1810. In 1820, he is listed in Springville in Susquehanna County. In the 1810 and 1820 censuses, there are several young children, younger than those of Jeremiah and Tirzah (present at 45+) and some extra child-bearing age women, so possibly a daughter or servant with her children.
Fought in Oliver Ashley’s company in the Revolutionary War. The battalion fought at Saratoga in 1777.
A surveyor sent to Susqehanna about 1799 by the Susquehanna Company to make surveys.[ [782]] Jeremiah appears in Luzerne Co, which became Susquehanna Co at some point, in 1800 and 1810. In 1820, he is listed in Springville in Susquehanna County. In the 1810 and 1820 censuses, there are several young children, younger than those of Jeremiah and Tirzah (present at 45+) and some extra child-bearing age women, so possibly a daughter or servant with her children.
Census notes for Jeremiah SPENCER
1790 Sullivan, CT: 2 mu16 [Daniel, Francis], 2m 16+, 6f [Usebia, Mary Ann, Susanna, Eunice, ?, Tirzah]. (Claremont) [Spencer book]
1800 Luzerne Co, PA: 1m 10-16 [Francis], 2m 16-26 [Daniel, ?], 1m 26-45 [?], 1m 45+ [Jeremiah] (Nicholson Twp. 4/10/1800) [Online]
1810 Luzerne Co, PA: 1m u10, 1m 10-16, 1 m 45+ [Jeremiah], 1 f u10, 1 16-26, 2 26-45 (), 1 45+ (Tirzah) (Bridgewater p. 156) (Ancestry.com 3/03)
1820 Susquenhanna Co, PA: 3m u10, 1 m 16-18, 2m 16-26, 1m 26-45, 1 45+, 2f u10, 1 16-26, 1 26-45, 1 45+ (Springville, p. 37) (Ancestry.com 3/03)
1800 Luzerne Co, PA: 1m 10-16 [Francis], 2m 16-26 [Daniel, ?], 1m 26-45 [?], 1m 45+ [Jeremiah] (Nicholson Twp. 4/10/1800) [Online]
1810 Luzerne Co, PA: 1m u10, 1m 10-16, 1 m 45+ [Jeremiah], 1 f u10, 1 16-26, 2 26-45 (), 1 45+ (Tirzah) (Bridgewater p. 156) (Ancestry.com 3/03)
1820 Susquenhanna Co, PA: 3m u10, 1 m 16-18, 2m 16-26, 1m 26-45, 1 45+, 2f u10, 1 16-26, 1 26-45, 1 45+ (Springville, p. 37) (Ancestry.com 3/03)
