28th Generation

3442. John William SPENCER⁴⁴ was born on 29 Aug 1813 in North Fredericksburgh Township, L & A County, Onterio, Canada. He died on 3 Nov 1895 in North Fredericksburgh Township, L & A County, Onterio, Canada. From the 1851 Fredericksburgh, Ontario Census- I am pretty sure this is the right family:

Spencer, Wm. Farmer NY 67 M
Spencer, Hannah NY 66 M

Spencer, John Farmer CCW 38 M
Spencer, Jane CW 23 M
Spencer, Mary CW 17 S
Spencer, Wm. CW 15 S
Spencer, Hanner J. CW 13 S
Spencer, Stephen CW 10 S
Spencer, Julian CW 8 S
Spencer, Mandy E. CW 4 S
Spencer, George J. CW 2 S

Are William and Hannah John's parents then?
Jane wife of John Spencer is Cynthia Jane Hicks, second wife; John Spencer's first wife was Catherine Miller who died in 1842. Children Mary, William, Hannah (Hanner), and Stephen Spencer were children of Catherine and John. Children Julian, Mandy (Amanda) and George were children of Cynthia Jane and John Spencer.
1861 Census for Fredericksburgh, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada

Concession 4 Lots 11& 12, 80 acres, frame 1 and 1/2 story house

Spencer, Stephen 45 m m CW EM Farmer
" Catherine 38 f m US "
" Philander 19 m s CW " Labourer
" Enos 18 m s " " Labourer
" Matilda A 5 f s " "
Sharp Mary J 12 f s " "


Mary J Sharp is probably a step-daughter with the second marriage. (Note from Nora- she is not a daughter of Catherine Keech as far as we know, don't know who she is.)

Next door looks to be the father listed as William (76) and Hannah (deceased) Spencer.

Concession 4, Lot 11, 100 acres, frame 1 story house:

Spencer, William Age 76 Male Widower Born US Religion: EM Farmer
Spencer, (Hannah) Female Deceased
Spencer, John 45 Male Married Born CW EM Farmer
Spencer, Jane 31 F " CW EM
Spencer, Mary 26 F Single " "
Spencer, William 25 M " " " Labourer
Spencer, Hannah J. 22 F " " "
Spencer, Stephen 18 M " " " Labourer
Spencer, July Ann 16 F " " "
Spencer, Amande E. 13 F " " "
Spencer, George J. 10 M " " "
Spencer, John 9 M Same for all
Spencer, Cinthy 7 F "
Spencer, Irena 6 F "
Spencer, Loxon 4 M "
Spencer, Sidney 2 M "

The first four children listed in this census (Mary, William, Hannah and Stepehn) are the children of Catherine Miller and John Spencer, the rest are the children of John and his second wife Cythia Jane Hicks.

Spenser, James W. CW 40 M
Spenser, Catharine CW Fred 38 M
Spenser, Hannah J. CW Fred 15 S
Spenser, E.A. CW Fred 12 S
Spenser, George CW Fred 8 S
Spenser, David W. CW Fred 7 S




Another Spencer family? This confuses me...but must be related. Same census, District #1.

(March 22, 2002- James W. Spencer, John William Spencer and Albert Stepehn Spencer were brothers, sons of the senior William Spencer and his wife Hannah. James W. Spencer here was marroed to Catherine Barrager. Nora)

John William SPENCER and Catherine MILLER were married about 1834 in North Fredericksburgh Township, L & A County, Onterio, Canada. Catherine MILLER⁴⁴ was born about 1815 in USA. She died after 15 Apr 1842 in Ontario, Canada. Catherine Miller died before the census was taken in 1851-1852 for Fredericksburgh. John was re-married to Cynthia Jane Hicks. The four children of John and Catherine: Mary, William, Hannah and Stephen were living with John and Cynthia, and three of their ten children- Julian, Mandy and George, There were 14 Spencer children in all. John William SPENCER and Catherine MILLER had the following children:

4544	i.	Mary SPENCER was born on 17 Jan 1835 in North Fredericksburgh Township, L & A County, Onterio, Canada.
+4545	ii.	William Miller SPENCER.
4546	iii.	Hannah Jane SPENCER was born on 22 Nov 1839 in North Fredericksburgh Township, L & A County, Onterio, Canada. She died on 15 Sep 1915 in North Fredericksburgh Township, L & A County, Onterio, Canada.
4547	iv.	Stephen William SPENCER was born on 15 Apr 1842 in North Fredericksburgh Township, L & A County, Onterio, Canada. He died on 15 Jul 1853 in North Fredericksburgh Township, L & A County, Onterio, Canada.

John William SPENCER and Cynthia Jane HICKS were married bet 1842-1843. Cynthia Jane HICKS⁴⁴ was born about 1828 in North Fredericksburgh Township, L & A County, Onterio, Canada. She died a[r 12 1891 in North Fredericksburgh Township, L & A County, Onterio, Canada. August 23, 2001, do not know anything of Cynthia's background, but will post this here for now:


From The Settlement of Prince Edward County by Nick and Helma Mika. Transcribed here by Linda Herman

Pioneers of Prince Edward County
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

JOHN HICKS

Welsh born.


Wales was the birthplace of John Hicks. When John emigrated to America, he chose to live close to Long Island. John's son, Edward, moved to Philadelphia where he raised four sons, Edward, Benjamin, Joseph and Joshua. By 1776 they had accumulated much property which Benjamin cared for while John and Benjamin's three brothers went to war in the American Revolution. In 1778, Edward was sent by the British to Boston as a spy. He was taken prisoner by the Americans and sentenced to by hanged. His plan of escape was to feign illness in order to be allowed to walk outdoors close to the prison during the evening. Of course, he was inevitably accompanied y a guard, and always handcuffed. Being six feet tall and a man of tremendous physical strength, he simply knocked the guard to the ground one night, and disappeared into the darkness. He made his way to a dam, and hid beneath the waterfall. Here he broke the bolt of his handcuffs between two stones. He stayed under the waterfall a total of thirty-six hours, cold, wet and hungry, but no-one thought to search for him beneath the falls, and he won his freedom.

Edward then headed for the woods, living there for nine days on the raw meat of a chicken. When discovered by a group of horsemen, he jumped from a seventy-foot high cliff, preferring death to being taken prisoner. A bush, at the bottom of the bluff broke his fall, and Edward survived to tell the tale. He was left for dead by his pursuers, so proceeded to press toward British territory. At last, with a grateful hear, he arrived on Canadian soil. Edward's strange tale had a stranger ending, for his prison guard later came to live with his son in Prince Edward County.

Edward Hicks lived in North Marysburgh with his two sons, Edward and John. Edward married Lucretia Miller and secondly, a widow. John married a girl by the name of Hineman. Many descendants of the Hicks family reside today in Prince Edward County. Captain Calvin Hicks navigated ships on the Great Lakes for over twenty years.




John William SPENCER and Cynthia Jane HICKS had the following children:

+4548	i.	Juliana SPENCER.
4549	ii.	Amanda Jane SPENCER was born about 1837.
4550	iii.	George J. SPENCER44 was born on 9 Dec 1850. He died in 1935 in South Fredericksburgh Township, L & A County, Ontario, Canada. From World Connect Project @ Rootsweb, Sept. 1, 2001: ID: I2331 Name: George J. Spencer Sex: M Birth: 9 DEC 1850 in North Fredericksburg Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada Death: 1935 in South Fredericksburgh Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada Burial: Bethany Cemetery, North Fredericksburgh Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada. Religion: Methodist. Occupation: Carpenter. Father: John William Spencer , Esq. b: 29 AUG 1813 Mother: Cynthia Jane Hicks b: 1829 in North Fredericksburgh Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada Marriage 1 Delila Magdalin Dingman b: 22 OCT 1842 in Fredericksburgh Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada Married: 21 FEB 1884 in South Fredericksburgh Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada
+4551	iv.	John W. SPENCER.
+4552	v.	Cynthia Jane SPENCER.
+4553	vi.	Marguerit Julian (Irene) SPENCER.
+4554	vii.	Lorne SPENCER.
4555	viii.	Sidney SPENCER was born on 18 Dec 1860 in South Fredericksburgh Township, L & A County, Ontario, Canada. He died on 20 Mar 1923 in Chatham, Kent Co., Ontario, Canada.
+4556	ix.	Henry SPENCER.
4557	x.	Frederick W. SPENCER was born on 27 Aug 1866.