Thomas Spencer (settler)

Sergeant Thomas Spencer (March 29, 1607 – September 11, 1687) was a notable early settler of Hartford, Connecticut.

He was born in Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England to Gerard Spencer and Alice Whitbread.[1] He was a freeman in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1634, and moved to Hartford in 1637.[2] He served in the Pequot War and was a 'sergeant of the trainband' in 1650.[3] His name appears on the Founders Monument as a Founder of Hartford. He eventually accumulated a substantial amount of property in Hartford.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Sgt Thomas Spencer". Find A Grave.
  2. ↑ "The Founders of Hartford". Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford.
  3. ↑ "The Founders of Hartford". Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford.
  4. ↑ "SGT. THOMAS SPENCER BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH". FamilySearch.
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