Daniel Spencer Sr. (1764-1844) was a shoemaker early in life and later a farmer and blacksmith. He also fought in the Revolutionary War. West Stockbridge exported marble to surrounding areas. Daniel's son Daniel Jr at age 12, was frequently sent with loads of marble to Hudson City in the state of New York. Because of his father's poor health caused from the war, Daniel and his brother Theron were placed in charge of the family farm
(From a history of the Spencer family by Claudia Sadler)
Autobiography of Daniel Spencer, Jr.
"I was one of eleven children, born to Daniel Spencer and Chloe Wilson, my birth being on the 20th day of July, 1794, at West Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
My father enlisted in the Continental Army at the age of sixteen and remained with it until he witnessed the surrender of Yorktown. he was the son of Peter and Ruth Emmons Spencer. Peter was a descendant of Gerard Spencer who settled at Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1645, and whose daughter Mehitable, married Danile [sic] Cone who was the first Cone that settled in America, the site of Haddam, Connecticut, purchased from the Indians in March 1662.
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Revolutionary War Pension Records as requested by his son, Augustine.
Series: M805 Roll: 761 Image: 166 File: R9976 Pages: 9
According to:
Mormon Historical Studies Cemetery Record of William D. Huntington page 144
Nauvoo, Illinois Sexton Records
Daniel died: 27-Nov [1843]
age 78 Inflammation of Lungs
(From a history of the Spencer family by Claudia Sadler)
Autobiography of Daniel Spencer, Jr.
"I was one of eleven children, born to Daniel Spencer and Chloe Wilson, my birth being on the 20th day of July, 1794, at West Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
My father enlisted in the Continental Army at the age of sixteen and remained with it until he witnessed the surrender of Yorktown. he was the son of Peter and Ruth Emmons Spencer. Peter was a descendant of Gerard Spencer who settled at Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1645, and whose daughter Mehitable, married Danile [sic] Cone who was the first Cone that settled in America, the site of Haddam, Connecticut, purchased from the Indians in March 1662.
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Revolutionary War Pension Records as requested by his son, Augustine.
Series: M805 Roll: 761 Image: 166 File: R9976 Pages: 9
According to:
Mormon Historical Studies Cemetery Record of William D. Huntington page 144
Nauvoo, Illinois Sexton Records
Daniel died: 27-Nov [1843]
age 78 Inflammation of Lungs
Daniel Spencer Sr. (1764-1844) was a shoemaker early in life and later a farmer and blacksmith. He also fought in the Revolutionary War. West Stockbridge exported marble to surrounding areas. Daniel's son Daniel Jr at age 12, was frequently sent with loads of marble to Hudson City in the state of New York. Because of his father's poor health caused from the war, Daniel and his brother Theron were placed in charge of the family farm
(From a history of the Spencer family by Claudia Sadler)
Autobiography of Daniel Spencer, Jr.
"I was one of eleven children, born to Daniel Spencer and Chloe Wilson, my birth being on the 20th day of July, 1794, at West Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
My father enlisted in the Continental Army at the age of sixteen and remained with it until he witnessed the surrender of Yorktown. he was the son of Peter and Ruth Emmons Spencer. Peter was a descendant of Gerard Spencer who settled at Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1645, and whose daughter Mehitable, married Danile [sic] Cone who was the first Cone that settled in America, the site of Haddam, Connecticut, purchased from the Indians in March 1662.
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Revolutionary War Pension Records as requested by his son, Augustine.
Series: M805 Roll: 761 Image: 166 File: R9976 Pages: 9
According to:
Mormon Historical Studies Cemetery Record of William D. Huntington page 144
Nauvoo, Illinois Sexton Records
Daniel died: 27-Nov [1843]
age 78 Inflammation of Lungs
(From a history of the Spencer family by Claudia Sadler)
Autobiography of Daniel Spencer, Jr.
"I was one of eleven children, born to Daniel Spencer and Chloe Wilson, my birth being on the 20th day of July, 1794, at West Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
My father enlisted in the Continental Army at the age of sixteen and remained with it until he witnessed the surrender of Yorktown. he was the son of Peter and Ruth Emmons Spencer. Peter was a descendant of Gerard Spencer who settled at Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1645, and whose daughter Mehitable, married Danile [sic] Cone who was the first Cone that settled in America, the site of Haddam, Connecticut, purchased from the Indians in March 1662.
----------
Revolutionary War Pension Records as requested by his son, Augustine.
Series: M805 Roll: 761 Image: 166 File: R9976 Pages: 9
According to:
Mormon Historical Studies Cemetery Record of William D. Huntington page 144
Nauvoo, Illinois Sexton Records
Daniel died: 27-Nov [1843]
age 78 Inflammation of Lungs
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