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35 JOHN SHEPHERD, son of Elisha Shepherd, 19, was born Mch. 21, 1773, and married Anne Covenhoven.
Issue 63 Barnes Smock Shepherd; baptized May 21, 1793. 64 Ida Shepherd; baptized Nov. 6, 1798.
36 SARAH SHEPHERD, daughter of Elisha Shepherd, 19, was born May 1, 1775, and married Peter Voorhees, son of Koert and Sarah (Voorhees) Schenck.
Sarah Shepherd Schenck died about 1807, and was buried near the church, in the yard of the old "Brick Church," Marlboro, N. J., and when the church was enlarged, it covered her grave.
Issue
Elisha Schenck; married, first, Ida Schenck; second, Catherine Craig.
Sarah Schenck; married Hendrick V. B. Schenck. Gertrude Schenck, born Jan. 31, 1802; married Roger Haddock Whitlock. Henry Schenck, born Jan. 24, 1805; married Mary Ann Mount.
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37 ELISHA SHEPHERD, son of Elisha Shepherd, 19, was born June 1, 1776, and married, Dec. 24, 1796, Nelly van Kirk.
Issue
65 Elisha Shepherd; baptized Apr. 4, 1800.
66 Eleanor Shepherd; baptized Sept. 25, 1802, "given by her father as her Mother is deceased."
38 ELIZABETH SHEPHERD, daughter of Elisha Shepherd, 19, was born Apr. 28, 1778, and married Albert Conover.
Issue
Elinor Conover; married John Lambert.
Clementine Conover; married Samuel Gilman.
Peter Conover; married Catherine Raymond.
Elisha Conover; married Mary D. Schenck.
Daniel Conover; married Sarah Shepherd.
Sarah Conover; single.
George Conover; married Agnes Craton.
39 ALLETTA SHEPHERD, daughter of Elisha Shepherd, 19, was born Dec. 1, 1779, and married David George.
Issue
Thomas George
Eliza George
Sarah George
Alletta George; baptized June 1, 1797.
Rachel George; baptized Jan. 4, 1799.
Elisha George; baptized Mch. 23, 1801.
Joel George; baptized Apr. 5, 1803.
Peter Schenck George; baptized Apr. 23, 1805.
40 HENRY SHEPHERD, son of Elisha Shepherd, 19, was born July 9, 1781, and mar- ried Elizabeth . . .
Issue
67 Margaret Shepherd; married Mr. Brokaw.
68 Reune Shepherd
69 Vandervere Shepherd
70 Sarah Shepherd
43 ELEANOR SHEPHERD, daughter of Elisha Shepherd, 19, was born July 20, 1787, and married, first, Francis Gustin; second, Mr. Christopher.
Issue
Alletta Gustin 1
Sarah Ann Gustin { baptized June 9, 1814, after their father's death. John Gustin
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48 JOSEPH SHEPHERD, son of Thomas Shepherd, 27, was born Oct. 12, 1806; was a lawyer of Red Bank, N. J., and married Elizabeth, daughter of John and Sarah (Hopping) Dorn.
Issue
71 Elmira Shepherd; married James A. Greer, of New York City, parents of Mrs. Frank Tilford, of New York City.
72 Mary Elizabeth Shepherd; married Dr. Edward Sutton Smith, of New York City.
73 Helen Shepherd; married Grover H. Lufborrow, of Middletown, N. J., and has two daughters.
74 Kate Shepherd; living, single, in 1894.
75 Anna Shepherd; married Dr. Charles H. White, of Red Bank, N. J.
56 WILLIAM SHEPHERD, of New York, son of Joseph Shepherd, 30, married Cath- arine, daughter of Thomas Conway.
Issue
76 Anna Shepherd; married Mr. Paulison.
77 Matilda Shepherd; married Robert Folds.
78 Charles Shepherd
79 William Henry Shepherd
58 JOSEPH SHEPHERD, son of Moses Shepherd, 31, married Lydia, daughter of Sheriff Craig.
Issue
80 Mary Ann Shepherd; married Mr. Patterson.
81 Hannah Shepherd; married Mr. Rogers.
82 John Shepherd
83 Charles Shepherd
84 Eveline Shepherd; married Mr. Perrine.
85 Matilda Shepherd
60 JOHN SHEPHERD, son of Moses Shepherd, 31, married, first, Amy Bedle; second, Lydia Cooper.
Issue by first wife 86 Thomas Edgar Shepherd, born July 16, 1827. 87 Louisa Shepherd, born Oct. 22, 1825.
Issue by second wife
88 Sarah Ann Shepherd
89 Mary Elizabeth Shepherd; unmarried twins
90 Emma Shepherd; married Job Compton, his second wife. No issue.
91 Hannah Shepherd; married Job Compton, his third wife. No issue.
92 Rebecca Shepherd
93 William Genry Shepherd; died young.
94 Conover Shepherd; died young.
86 THOMAS EDGAR SHEPHERD, son of John Shepherd, 60, was born July 16, 1827, and married, June 1, 1851, Margaret Pool, daughter of William and Eliza (Pool) Carhart, born
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Apr. 24, 1831. He was a highly respected citizen, in Matawan, N. J., in 1890. They were both living in 1899.
Issue
95 Emma Louisa Shepherd, born July 26, 1855; died July 13, 1857.
96 Mary Ada Shepherd, born July 21, 1858.
97 George B. Shepherd, born Mch. 3, 1863.
87 LOUISA SHEPHERD, daughter of John Shepherd, 60, was born Oct. 22, 1825, and married David W. Waters. She was living, in Matawan, N. J., in 1899.
Issue Louisa Waters; married Capt. Watson H. Fisher.
88 SARAH ANN SHEPHERD, daughter of John Shepherd, 60, married Joseph Candee, of New York City.
Issue John Candee Katherine Candee Lyman Candee
92 REBECCA SHEPHERD, daughter of John Shepherd, 60, married William Morris.
Issue Burt Morris Frederick Morris William Morris
97 GEORGE B. SHEPHERD, son of Thomas Edgar Shepherd, 86, was born Mch. 3, 1863, and married Sarah Crook.
Issue 98 William Shepherd, born Dec. 28, 1896.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
Mrs. Mary E. Shepherd, of Middletown, N. J., said "The ancestor came from the clothing district of England." That the Shepherds were Irish, i. e., those spelling it Shepard, and that one of them, from West Jersey, got the full Shepherd family history some years ago, (1890).
Mrs. Shepherd also said that tradition says that John, Thomas and Joseph Shepherd were the first comers to America. One settled in New England; one in West Jersey and one in Middle- town.
"I have found descendants of one of these four brothers: David, John, James and Thomas -viz., of Thomas. He had a wife, Ann, sons, David and Moses, and daughters, who married Joseph Shepherd and Silas Irland. Thomas died in 1739. His descendants are the Shepherds of Penn Yan, and the late Prof. Nathan Shepherd, of Saratoga Springs." Letters of Mr. E. N. Shepherd, in 1889, 649 Jersey Ave., Jersey City, N. J.
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Thomas Shepherd had sons:
John Joseph Thomas Ebenezer
See Wyman's Charlestown Estates.
Thomas Shepherd did not go back to Boston.
"I could never see any connection with the Salem County family." Mr. E. N. Shepherd.
While there is some doubt as to the degree, there can hardly arise a doubt as to the fact of kinship between the early Shepherds and Shephards in this country. The great similarity of given names: Thomas, Moses, Ebenezer, used alike by them all, would force one to this conclu- sion, even if other evidence were wanting.
For further study of this family see Shourd's History of Fenwick's Colony, and Savage's New England Genealogical Dictionary.
John Shepherd, born in Halifax, had a sister, Theresa, wife of a Gov .- General, of Halifax. He (i. e. John Shepherd), married Hannah Neat, of South Carolina. He was confidential dispatch bearer to Washington, while at the headquarters, in Newburgh, N. Y. He had a son, John, born, in the old house, June 13, 1777. This son became Alderman of 5th Ward, New York City, 1824-25. He married Hannah, daughter of Silas Barber, whose wife was Miss Klein, of Utica, N. Y. John and Hannah Shepherd had several children, among them Silas, who married Mary E. Shepherd, 55, of Middletown. These Shepherd families were not related. Both John Shepherd and Silas Barber fought at Bunker Hill, and the former also at Lexington.
SPICER
OF
NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY
THOMAS SPICER, an Englishman, was residing, in Newport, R. I., July 16, 1638, where he signed the Civil Compact. Bartlett's Rhode Island Records, Vol. I, p. 70.
In 1642, he was of Portsmouth, R. I., where he was chosen to lay out the town and become its Treasurer. Bartlett's Rhode Island Records, Vol. I, p. 102.
It is said that Samuel Spicer was of the party, led by Lady Moody, from New England to New Amsterdam, and who received from the Dutch permission to settle Gravesend, on Long Island.
Thompson's History of Long Island.
Such is not the case. No Spicer came with Lady Moody. The first of the name was Thomas Spicer, and Samuel Spicer was his son.
Thomas Spicer was one of the thirty-five Associates, who settled on Throg's Neck, with John Throckmorton. When Throckmorton's settlement was destroyed by the Indians, the survivors, among them Thomas Spicer and his family, found their way to the fort and settle- ment of New Amsterdam. Here they were when Lady Moody and her party arrived from New England. Stuyvesant gave her and her associates a patent, for land on Long Island, Dec. 19, 1645, and Feb. 20, 1646, a planter's lot, in this new settlement of Gravesend, was assigned to Thomas Spicer.
1643, June 25. Thomas Spicer leased from Arent Van Curler, Secretary of Rensselaerswyck, a bouwery, with a house, barn, tobacco house, etc., with an inventory of what Mr. Van Curler delivered to Mr. Spicer. New York Dutch Manuscripts.
1644, July 8. Court proceedings. Mr. Moor vs Mr. Spicer.
In a case of attachment, on a bark belonging to Peter Lourensen and Mr. Throckmorton, Lourensen is condemned to deliver the bark to Spicer agreeably to the power of attorney, on condition that the latter give security for the value of the vessel, in case Mr. Moor hereafter proves that the owner is indebted to him, when the money must be returned.
1645, Sept. 21. Francis Weeks sued Mr. Spicer for the loss of a gun: judgment for the defendant.
1645, Oct. 23. Declaration of Adam Mott that he heard William Lachem acknowledge to owe 50 guilders to Thos Spicer.
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1646, Dec. 17. Tho® Spicer vs Tho Sanderson. Plaintiff complains that defendant keeps him out of his land, threatens his life, abuses him as a rogue & villian and shot one of his goats. The Court decrees that the first time Tho® Spicer, or any of his neighbors, are insulted, defend- ant shall be banished from the Plain; the damage complained of to be assessed by the arbi- trators.
1646, Dec. 17. Thomas Spicer resided on the adjacent plains of Flatlands, where he tem- porarily moved when the Indian uprising drove him from Gravesend.
New York Colonial Records.
1653, Dec. II. Tho® Spicer was a member of a Convention, held at New Amsterdam, to represent the state of the country to the authorities in Holland.
O'Callahan's New Netherlands Register.
1653, Dec. II. Tho® Spicer, as a representative of Gravesend, signed the remonstrance. Idem.
Monday, 10 March, 1653.
Marten Jansen, pltf. vs Tho® Spicer, deft.
Plft. states that deft. is trying to eject him from the land he has hired of deft. before the expiration of the time mentioned in the contract, and that the lessor has not fulfilled his condi- tion: Wherefore pltf. claims to have suffered damages agreeably to his specifications.
Referred to Elbert Elbertsen and Peter Clasen, as arbitrators.
Marten Jansen, Pltf. vs Tho® Spicer's wife, Deft.
Pltf. states that the deft. had slandered him; that he had acted dishonorably in Holland, and was therefore compelled to remove to this country. Deft. demands the proof of pltf's. statement.
1653, March. Martin Jansen, from Bruckelen, pltf. vs Elbert Elbertsen, Wm. Gerritsen, Jacob Pietersen, Elcke Jansen and Gertie Jacobs, defts.
Plft. demands evidence of the truth of what defts. heard of the slander uttered against him, by Mr. Spicer's wife. Defts., appearing in court, gave their testimony, yet without deposing anything of moment. Martin Jansen requests by petition that since, in the matter between him and Mr. Spicer, about the lands, cannot, through Mr. Spicer's fault, be settled by arbitration, that their worships would please refer it to two of their board, with costs to be paid by the loser. Petition granted.
April, 1653. Respecting the dispute between Martin Jansen and Mr. Thoª Spicer, the ar- bitrators agree that:
I. Thos Spycer consents that Martin Jansen shall have the use of the fields for his horses as he intends to ride to the ferry.
2. Spycer shall deliver a rear and front rail in the waggon.
3. Spycer shall more over deliver one good lock for the door of the dwelling house.
4. and lastly Martin Jansen may build a brew house, and an oven, on the bowery, and remove them at the expiration of the lease; or otherwise they shall remain at the pleasure of Tho® Spicer, provided that said Jansen be paid for them according to appraisal of arbitrators; also Jansen agrees to keep the premises in good repair.
Done in Amersfort, on Long Island, April 3, 1653.
Signatures.
1654, June 2. Judgment on appeal. Martin Jansen vs Tho® Spicer; decision of the court, of Midwout, affirmed with costs and 12 guilders fine.
1654, Oct. 6. Power of attorney. Arent Van Curler to Dirck Van Schelluyne, N. P., to collect rent of a farm from Tho® Spicer.
1654, Oct. 15. Complaint. Dirck Van Schelluyne, attorney for Arent van Corler, vs Thos Spicer, for rent of a brewery [bowery?]; copy to be served on defendant.
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1654, Oct. 15. Johannes van Twiller, of Beverwyck, merchant, gives a bond for any judg- ment that may be obtained by Thos Spicer against Arent van Curler.
1654, Oct. 15. Bond given by Tho8 Hall for any judgment that may be obtained by Arent van Curler against Tho® Spicer.
1654, Oct. 15. Henry Breeser mortgages his house lot & garden, on Manhattan Id, as collateral security, to Thos Spicer & John Hall, for a bond signed by them.
1654, Oct. 20. Motion. To postpone the case of Van Curler vs Spicer; granted. Burgomasters' Records, City Hall, New York.
In 1656, Thos Spicer, with Jacob and Samuel, were Freeholders, at Gravesend. In 1657 and 1658, Thos Spicer was a Magistrate, of Gravesend.
1658, Sept. 30. Will of Thomas Spicer, on record at Gravesend; proved Nov. 4, 1658, men- tioned:
Wife, Michal Son, Samuel
Two devisees, undoubtedly his daughters: Ann, wife of John Lake, who received 60 guilders.
Susannah, wife of Henry Brasier, who received 80 guilders.
To the town of Gravesend, he made a bequest for the repairs of the highway.
Executors: His wife, Machiel, and his son, Samuel.
Mical, the scriptural name with which Thomas Spicer's wife was burdened, has been a source of considerable confusion to genealogists, appearing as it does in many forms of spelling. Bergen, in his work on Kings County, calls her Michael, and makes her, her husband's son. 1661, Feb. 17. Proceedings against Mrs. Micah Spicer for entertaining George Wilson, a Quaker.
1662, Oct. 5. Sentence of banishment against Michal Spicer and Samuel, her son, for harboring Quakers, and distributing seditious and seducing pamphlets, to propagate their heresy.
"Michale Spicer and her son, Samuel, had suffered much for truth, especially Samuel, who had suffered sore imprisonment, even unto death, and much spoiling of their goods, (at Graves- end by the Dutch)." Bishop's "New England Judged," p. 423; also quoted by other authors, copying from Bishop, and, perhaps, noticed by Besse, in "Suffering of the Quakers," and Sewall's "History of the Quakers."
1665, Nov. 25. Micah Spicer, for 125 guilders wampum value, sold the property, now known as Bergen's Island, in Flatlands, to Elbert Elbertse Stoothoof; and again, she conveyed her house and lot, in Gravesend, to Carston Johnson.
"In 1669, thirty acres of land, on Throckmorton's neck, were granted to Mrs. Micah Spicer." Upon the 12 of January, 1686, Spicer's and Brockett's Necks, (commonly called the Grove farm), were confirmed by letters patent, under the great seal of the Province, to Thomas Hunt, etc. The Spicers and Brockets were doubtless some of the associates of John Throckmorton.
At a Court of Assizes, held November 15, 1669, Mrs. Micah Spicer sued for thirty acres of land, on Throckmorton's Neck. Assize Record 225, Bolton's "Westchester," Vol. II, p. 149. 1670. In the Court of the West Riding of Yorkshire, she appeared as pltf., in a suit against Mr. Curles for 70 guilders sewant. Judgment was given in her favor, when the Court was in- formed that "Mr. Goulding, the vandue master, hath so much in his hands" as would satisfy the debt.
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1670, June. Memorandum that Mrs. Spicer had made good her title to part of Throck- morton's Neck or Spicer's Neck. Warrant to lay out for Micah Spicer, thirty acres of land, with meadow in proportion, on Throgmorton's Neck, with assignment of said lands, by Mrs. Spicer to Mathias Nicolls, June 19, 1671. .
1675, June 8. Judgment in the case of Mrs. Micall Spicer, widow, against Robert Coe, at the Sessions, at Jamaica, L. I .; bill of costs.
Issue
2 Samuel Spicer
3 Ann Spicer; married John Lake.
4 Susannah Spicer; married first, William Wathems, says Bergen; second, Henry Brasier.
SAMUEL SPICER, son of Thomas Spicer, I, was, probably, born, in Rhode Island, 2
about 1640. He was a landholder, in Gravesend, in 1656, which implies he had reached at least the age of sixteen years-for this was the age at which youths were expected to take up arms and which brought with it citizens' rights.
His name frequently appears on the records as arbitrator, executor, witness, etc.
In 1658, he was an executor of his father's will.
1661, Jan. 9. Samuel Spicer was arrested; Jan. 13, indicted; and Jan. 20, "Tried and sen- tenced as a Quaker"; fine £12.
In the Monmouth Patent, in 1664, he is mentioned as a Patentee. He received two allot- ments of land, in Middletown, in the first division of lands, which occurred in 1667.
1670, 29, 4 mo. Samuel Spicer was one of the representatives from Gravesend, in settling the boundary of the town, and F. De Bruyne's lands.
1673. He was Magistrate, of Gravesend, and held the same position as late as 1684. 1680, June 16. Samuel Spicer was sworn as Constable, of Gravesend.
1682, 30, 10 mo. Samuel Spicer attended the Friends' Quarterly Meeting, at Flushing. In 1684, Samuel Spicer was a Justice of the Peace, at Gravesend.
1684, Nov. II. A warrant was issued, appointing Samuel Spicer and others, a committee to inspect and audit the accounts of the Sheriffs, of Long Island, since 1674, and also of all fines, rates and public fees, etc., and to make return thereof to his Excellency before the first Monday of November next.
1685, Mch. 25, Oct. 9, and Oct. 20. He was then of Gravesend.
In the spring and fall of 1685, he made three or more considerable sales of his property, in Gravesend, and at the same time purchased from Samuel Cole, a large tract, situated in what is now known as Stockton township, Camden County, N. J. This property was described as "lying on the North Side of Cooper's Creek and fronting on the Delaware," and the purchaser thereof was then of Gravesend, L. I. This last property of Spicers was directly in the line of most travel, to accommodate which, he established a ferry-primitive in the extreme and con- sisting of one flat bottomed boat-which served, however, for the needs of that day, and was known for years afterwards as Spicer's Ferry.
In 1687-8, he was executor to the will of John Tilton.
In 1687, he was appointed one of the Judges of the Courts of Gloucester County, and also to positions of minor importance.
"At a Court held at Portland Point, [Middletown, Monmouth County, N. J.], Nov. 2, 1689, William and James Bowne, of the town of Middletown, were appointed to act as Paten-
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tees, in the room of John Tilton & Samuel Spicer, of Gravesend, according to an order under both their hands."
Samuel Spicer married Hester or Esther Tilton, daughter of John and Mary Tilton, of Gravesend, at Oyster Bay, 21, 3 mo., 1665. She was born "1647."
Issue
5 Abraham Spicer, born Oct. 27, 1666; (27, 8 mo.)* There was an Abraham Spicer who died, at Gravesend, July 26, 1679; (died 26, 5 mo., 1679.); "died before his parents."
6 Jacob Spicer, born Mch. 20, 1668; (20, I mo.)
7 Mary Spicer, born Oct. 20, 1671; (20, 8 mo.) A Mary Spicer married, in 1706, Joseph Brown. Elsewhere it is said she married Jeremiah Bates.
8 Sarah Spicer, born June 19, 1674; (19, 4 mo.); died 1, 5 mo., 1667 [?]
9 Martha Spicer, born Jan. 27, 1676; (27, II mo.) Martha Spicer died 29, 2 mo., 1677. Elsewhere Martha Spicer is stated to have married, first, Joseph Brown; second, Thomas Chalkley. There were probably two children of this name.
IO Sarah Spicer, born Feb. 16, 1677; (16, 12 mo.); married, in 1695, Daniel Cooper. Records of Newtown Meeting.
II Abigail Spicer, born Mch. 26, 1683; (26, I mo.); married Daniel Stanton.
12 Thomas Spicer
13 Samuel Spicer; died unmarried.
6 JACOB SPICER, son of Samuel Spicer, 2, was born, at Gravesend, L. I., 1668. He married Sarah -, who died July 25, 1742.
"There is no authentic account at what time he studied law, but it is likely before he left his native state. Tradition says he resided a few years near Mullica Hill, Gloucester County, where he owned a large quantity of land. A portion of it is now owned by John W. Hazleton. Jacob Spicer's house stood near the King's Highway, running from Salem to Burlington. Spicer in a few years removed to Cape May County and made that county his permanent home. He was active in the affairs of West Jersey, and he and Jonathan Leaming wrote a work on the laws of West Jersey. It is often referred to by the professional legal men from that time to the present day. Jacob Spicer died, near Cold Spring Inlet, Cape May County, 17th 4mo., 1741, aged about 73 years, and was buried in the Presbyterian Graveyard near that place."f From a newspaper article by Shourd.
"In memory of Col. Jacob Spicer, who died, April 17, 1741, aged 73 years."
"Death thou hast conquered me
"I by thy darts am slain
"But Christ shall conquer thee
"And I shall rise again."
"Jacob Spicer, Esq., departed this life, Sept. 17th, 1765, in the 49th year of his age." "If aught that's good or great could save
"Spicer had never seen the grave."
"His wife, who lies by his side, has upon her monument:
"Judith Spicer, departed this life, Sept. 7th, 1747, in the 33rd year of her age," "Virtue and piety give way to death, "Or else the entombed had ne'er resigned her breath."
"The preceding inscriptions are copied from monuments in an old graveyard, now over- grown with timber, at Cold Spring. They commemorate a father and son, who occupied prom-
*The Quaker dates are taken from Shourd's Salem County, N. J., newspaper articles, while the others were obtained from T. G. Bergen, Esq .; also from Proceedings N. J. Historical Society, 2nd Series, Vol. 13, P. 49, and Friends' Records of New York and Vicinity, published in New York Gen. and Biog. Record.
+This article by Shourd is wrong; he confuses father and son. Beesley sets him straight.
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inent stations in society in their day." From Barber and Howes' Historical Collections of New Jersey, p. 128.
Among the constituents who purchased a parsonage for the Cold Spring Presbyterian Church, in 1721, was Col. Jacob Spicer. New York Genealogical Record, April, 1873.
11 ABIGAIL SPICER, daughter of Samuel Spicer, 2, born Mch. 26, 1683; died May, 1714; married, circ. 1707, Daniel, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Woolley) Stanton, born Apr. 19, 1682; died 1708.
Issue
Daniel Stanton, born 1708, after the death of his father; died June 29, 1770; mar- ried, Apr. 5, 1733, Sarah, daughter of John Lloyd.
12 THOMAS SPICER, son of Samuel Spicer, 2, born, according to N. J. Archives, Vol. xx, p. 474, prior to 1686; married Abigail, daughter of Francis and Sarah Davenport. He made his will Jan. 4, 1759, and it was proved Nov. 7, 1759.
Issue
14 Samuel Spicer, born Oct. 29, 1720; died 1777; married, first, by license dated Aug. 3, 1743, Abigail Willard, died Apr. 24, 1752; second, Sarah Potter, of Shrewsbury.
15 Thomas Spicer; will dated May 4, 1760; proved 1760; married, by license dated Dec. 29, 1740, Rebecca, daughter of Humphrey and Jane Day.
16 Jacob Spicer; died Oct. 31, 1779; married Mary Lippincott; no issue.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
The best published history of the Spicer family appears in "Sketches of the First Emigrant Settlers, in Newtown Township, old Gloucester County, West New Jersey," by John Clement, of Haddonfield, N. J., 1877; pp. 293 to 300.
See also many references in Documentary History of New Jersey.
For many references to the Spicers of Cape May, see "Geological Survey of New Jersey, Cape May County, Trenton, 1857," by Kitchell and Cook, which contains an extensive his- torical and genealogical article on Cape May County, by Dr. Maurice Beesley. See pp. 164, 173, 178-9, 180-1, 185, 186, 190, 191, 193, 194, 198, 203 and 205.
For Peter Spicer, of New London, in 1666, and family, see Savage; they are, apparently, no kin. "Peter Spicer died, probably, in 1695. He was one of the resident farmers in that part of the township which is now Ledyard. We find him a landholder, in 1666. The inventory of his estate was presented to the Judge of probate, by his wife, in 1695. From her settlement of the estate, it would appear that the children were Edward, Samuel, Peter, William, Joseph, Abigail, Ruth, Hannah and Jane. Capt. Abel Spicer, of the Revolutionary Army, was of this family." From "History of New London, Conn.," by N. M. Caulkins, p. 335.
Of Jacob Spicer, who was of Gravesend, in 1656, of Flatlands, in 1684, and again, of Graves- end, in 1691, we have no positive information. He is not mentioned in the will of Thomas Spicer, the First, and therefore seems more likely to have been his brother than his son; that he was closely related there can be no doubt.
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