Descendants of Roger Spencer
Generation No. 1

1.  ROGER1 SPENCER1 was of Saco, Maine in 16522, and died Aft. 1669 of Charlestown,  Massachusetts.  He married GERTRUDE.
3 daughters4. She was admitted church at Charlestown, October 4, 1652. Occupation: wealthy (?) exporter and shipbuilder, mariner7

1648-1653, he was in Charlestown, Massachusetts2.  September 27, 1653, had liberty from Biddeford to put up sawmill, mortgaged share
Arrowsic. This historic spot is an island in the Kennebec River. Woolwich lies upon the eastern shore, and Phipsburg and Bath upon the western shot, while Arrowsic lies between them, encircled by the waters of the river. Tradition says that upon one occasion an Indian sachem lay dying from the effects of a wound caused by being bit by a poisoned arrow; when asked what was the trouble, the dying warrior replied, "I am arrow-sick," and in this answer originated the came of the town. It was at the head of this island that Captain Weymouth cast anchor when he explored the surrounding region. About the middle of the seventeenth century, Thomas Clark and Roger Spencer purchased the island of Robin hood. A block- house was built by them, and a few settlers gathered around it. During the Indian war of 1675, the settlers were all driven from the island and the buildings were laid in ashes. It was re-settled in about 1700, and upon the breaking out of Lovell's war with the Indians there were about twenty-six families upon the island. In the spring of 1722 there was a band of sol- diers stationed upon this island to protect the inhabitants against the hostilities of the In- dians. To the fall of the year of 1722, the Indians made an attack Upon Arrowsic; the people took refuge in the block-house or fort and the Indians after setting fire to the houses left the island. The ruins of the old fort may be seen today. (The Kennebec Valley)
1654; "Owned negro Cate". (Charlestown Genealogies and Estates)
1/28/16576  at Boston.
Aft. 1658, Saco mariner until 16693. August 13, 1658, sold land purchased of Robert Jordan to Bryan Pendleton6.
6/14/1659;  John Parker purchased land for "one beaver skin, and the yearly rent of one bushel of corn and a quart of whiskey to be paid unto Robinhood, or his heirs forever, at or before every (Christmas) 25th day of December, at the dwelling house of said Parker, (reserving to himself and heirs the right to fish, fowl and hunt  --- also to set otter traps without molestation)".  This property was the principal territory of the present town of Phipsburg. This was done in the presence of Henry Jocelyn, Richard R. Foxwell, and Roger Spencer.  (Ancient Dominions of Maine - Sewall, from an original paper in the archives of M. H. Soc.  M.S.S. Files, Me. H. Soc. archives)
November 23, 1659, owed debt to estate of Martine Stebbins5
"Parker's Neck at Winter Harbor was aquired by Roger Spencer from Jordan before 1660.  At that early date the place was described as "one fishing stage & house & Necke of Land wron the stage standeth, which is commanly knowne & Called by the named of Parker's Necke".  In 1700, Joseph Webber, son of Mary (Parker) Webber, then living in Charlestown, sold his interest in premises defined by him as "one Neck of land called Parkers Neck lying in Saco within ye Province of Maine. "  (Pioneers on Maine Rivers)
May 26, 1669, removed to Boston, sold lands to Thomas Savage6
"Roger Spencer  When he died in 1675, his estate had been greatly diminished by mortgages and debts.  Mather states that Spencer had 'suffer'd much damage in his Estate, by some unkind and unjust Actions, which he bore with such Patience, that for fear of thereby injuring the Publick, he would not seek Satisfaction.' His widow Gertrude apparently died between 1678 and 1681." (The New England Knight)
Estate; Richard Hides, saddler, of London, gave to R.S., in case he (Hides) d. a bachelor, two houses at Concord, Mass., 1648, of Robert Cook, house, 1651. To Newgate _____ &c., 1653. With son John, to John Smith, 37 acres, 1670. Widow Spencer on tithe list 1677-8; off 1680-1. (Charlestown Genealogies and Estates).

Children of ROGER SPENCER and GERTRUDE are:
i. LYDIA SPENCER, b. Abt. 1638.
ii. JOHN SPENCER, b. Abt. 1640; m. ELIZABETH PARSONS.
iii. MARGARET2 SPENCER, b. Bef. 1655; m. FREEGRACE NORTON.
2. iv. MARY SPENCER, b. 1655, Saco, York Co., Maine; d. January 20, 1705/06, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.
3. v. REBECCA SPENCER, b. Abt. 1655; d. March 26, 1712, Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
 vi. SARAH SPENCER, d. October 30, 1662, Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.
 

Generation No. 2

2.  MARY2 SPENCER (ROGER1)8 was born 1655 in Saco, York Co., Maine9(?), and died January 20, 1705/06 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts10.  She married (1) JOHN HULL, son of JOSEPH HULL.  She married (2) WILLIAM PHIPPS March 15, 1683/84 in Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts11, son of JAMES PHIPPS and MARY.  She married (3) PETER SARGENT12 October 09, 1701 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, performed by Mr. Increase Mather13,14,15. (See more on Phipps pages)
 

3.  REBECCA2 SPENCER (ROGER1)36 was born Abt. 1655, and died March 26, 1712 in Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts37.  She married (1) BULLER.  She married (2) DAVID BENNETT38,39 February 14, 1682/83 in Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts40. May 13, 1688, Admitted Rowley church42. Burial: Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts41  (see more on Bennett Family page)