1Harrison Shaler, The Descendants of Thomas (2) Shailer of Haddam, The Connecticut Nutmegger Vol. 12, p. 706 (1979).
"1. THOMAS (2) SHAILER, first child of Thomas and Marah (Spencer) Shaylor, was born at Haddam, Ct. 16 December 1670 and died there 4 June 1753. He married 22 October 1696 his cousin Catherine Clark, daughter of Joseph and Ruth (Spencer) Clark.
Children of Thomas and Catherine (Clark) Shaylor:
2. (1) Phoebe, b 16 April 1699 married Robert Pratt
3. (2) Elizabeth, b 21 June 1700 married John Spencer, Jr.
4. (3) Katherine, b 13 April 1703 married Daniel Chadwick of Lyme.
5. (4) Temperance, b 25 July 1804 married 15 April 1727 Daniel Hubbard III (1701-1755), son of Daniel and Susannah (Bailey) Hubbard.
6. (5) Hezeliah, b 9 May 1706 married Elizabeth lewis
7. (6) Joseph, b 6 April 1708 married Mary (____).
8. (7) Thomas (twin), b 6 February 1710/11 (or 1709?) married Martha Wells.
9. (8) Samuel (twin), b 6 February 1710/11 married Mary Smith.
10. (9) Alice, b 11 March 1713; died 2 December 1760 married 11 November 1736 Jeremiah Hubbard born 1711, brother of Daniel who married Temperance
11. (10) Hannah, b 17 October/November 1715 married William Scovil.".
1Donald Lines Jacobus, The Four Spencer Brothers: Their Ancestors and Descendants, The American Genealogist, Vol. 27, pp. 164-165 (1951).
"9. Ensign Gerard1 Spencer, baptized at Stotford, Beds, England, 25 Apr. 1614, died at Haddam, Conn., in 1685 (will 17 Sept. 1683, proved 3 Sept. 1685); married first, Hannah ------, who died before her husband made his will in 1683 and perhaps much earlier; perhaps married second, after 1677, Rebecca (Porter) Clark, baptized at Felsted, co. Essex, England, 16 Sept. 1630, died 9 Jan. 1682/3 (recorded at Saybrook), daughter of John and Anne (White) Porter of Windsor, and widow of John Clark of Saybrook.
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Children:
18 i. John2, b. ca. 1636; d. 3 Aug. 1682.
ii. Mehitabel, b. ca. 1638; d. 1691; m. by 1661, Daniel Cone of Haddam, b. ca. 1627, d. 24 Oct. 1706 in 80th yr.; ten children.
iii. Hannah, b. ca. 1640; d. by 1691; m. ca. 1664, Daniel Brainerd of Haddam, b. ca. 1641, d. 1 Apr. 1715 ae. 74. He m. (2) 29 Nov. 1698, Hannah (Spencer) Sexton (No. 7, vii).
iv. Marah, b. ca. 1642; d.before 22 Dec. 1714; m. (1) in 1662, Thomas Brooks, who d. at Haddam, 18 Oct. 1668; four children; m. (2) in 1669, Thomas Shaylor of Haddam, who d. ca. 1692; five children.
v. Sarah, b. ca. 1644; living 1707; m. Dec. 1666, Stephen Backus of Norwich, b. ca. 1642, d. at Canterbury, in 1695, son of William; eight children.
vi. Elizabeth, b. ca. 1646; m. ca. 1666, Joseph Stannard of Saybrook, who d. 20 Aug. 1688.
19 vii. Thomas, b. ca. 1648; d. Feb. 1698/9.
20 viii. Samuel, b. ca. 1650; d. 7 Aug. 1705.
21 ix. Timothy, b. ca. 1652; d. 1704.
x. Ruth, b. ca. 1654; d. at Haddam, 28 Nov. 1744 ae. 90; m. Joseph Clark, whose will dated 24 Oct. 1716 is recorded in Haddam Deeds (2:255), son of William.
22 xi. William, b. ca. 1656; d. 1731.
23 xii. Rebecca, b. ca. 1660; d. before 1706; m. (1) ca. 1682, John Kennard of Haddam, who d. 1688; m. (2) after Feb. 1689, John Tanner.".