Bethiah SPOONER

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of Ebenezer Spooner

Bethiah married John CHURCHILL in Feb 1721 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. John (son of John CHURCHILL and Rebecca DELANO) was born on 20 Dec 1691 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 25 Feb 1730 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bethiah married Josiah CARVER on 11 Jan 1732 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Josiah (son of John CARVER and Mary BARNES) was born in 1690 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died before 06 Dec 1755. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. James CARVER was born about 1733 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died before 11 Aug 1761.

Notes:

Excerpt from "Records of William Spooner, Second Generation: "Ebenezer, the youngest son of William Spooner, the elder, was born on the old Spooner homestead at Acushnet. At an early age, he entered the family of Mr. William Crow, of Plymouth, by whom,was reared and adopted.
Ebenezer lived afterwards at Marshfield, where, in June, 1691, he was qualified as a freeman. Subsequent to 1694, he removed to Dartmouth; and there, with his wife, he became a member of Rochester Church. From Dartmouth he returned about 1703 to Plymouth, where he passed the remainder of his days.
His gravestone is standing on "Burial Hill" and is the oldest monument of the family in this country. The stone is a blue slate, soft and scaly, and is somewhat defaced, but is as follows:
"Here Lyes The
Body of Ebenezer
Spooner who died
Feb the 5th
1717/8
About ye 52
Year of
His Age."

Ebenezer married Mercy BRANCH in Jun 1691 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Mercy was born on 28 Nov 1664 in Marshfield, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts; died in 1684 in Marshfield, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of John Branch and Mary Speed

Notes:

Excerpt from "New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Third Serices, Vol. IV":
"William Spooner, the immigrant ancestor, was of Colchester, England, and apprenticed himself, March 27, 1637, to John Holmes, of New Plymouth, in America, gentleman. He was probably a brother of Thomas Spooner, of Salem, Massachusetts, thought to be son of John and Ann Spooner, who in 1616 were living at Leyden, Holland, where Ann, widow of John, was living in 1630; in 1637 Ann Spooner, doubtless mother of Thomas and William Spooner, was in salem in 1637. William Spooner, as apprentice, was transferred to John Coombs, of Plymouth, July 1, 1637. His name was on the list of those able to bear arms in Plymouth in 1643, and in 1648 he ordered by the court to pay the debts of his master and to take care of the children. He was admitted a freeman, June 6, 1654, and in the same year was surveyor of highways. In 1657 and 1666 he was a juror. About 1660 he removed to Dartmouth, where he and his sons built the first grist mill, in what is now Acusnet Village. He married (first) Elizabeth Partridge, who died Apr 28, 1648; (second) March 18, 1651; Hannah Pratt. He died in 1694. His will was dated March 8, 1693-1694, and his inventory was dated Mar 14. Child by first wife: John. Children by second wife: Sarah, born Oct 5, 1653; Samuel; Martha; William; Isaac, died in 1709; Hannah; Ebenezer, born 1666; Mercy.

William married Hannah PRATT on 18 Mar 1652 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Hannah (daughter of Joshua PRATT and Bathsheba ?) was born in 1630 in Massachusetts; died in Mar 1684 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]