NameThomas Spencer - Direct Ancestor
Birth1607, Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England,
Death11 Sep 1687, Hartford, Connecticut, BNA
OccupationArrived in BNA in 1629; Arrived in Hartford, Connecticut in 1636. Joiner, had woodworking shop in Hartford. Also called “Sergeant” because of military roll.
ReligionPuritan
Emigrated to Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1633; first living in Cambridge, Massachusettsa in 1633, moved to Hartford in 1636.
Served in the Pequot War in 1637.
Served on Petit Jury in 1650, 1651, 1652, 1655, 1659, 1661 and 1662.
Sergeant of the train band and Chimney Viewer in 1650.
Appointed Constable on 4 March 1658.
Surveyor of Highways in 1672.
Considered one of the Founders of Hartford, Connecticut.
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