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State of Service: NH/VT
Qualifying Service: Private
Author: Kenneth Doster Roberts
Daniel Hill SPENCER
Birth: Jun. 23, 1762 Springfield Windsor County Vermont, USADeath: 1851 Dryden Lapeer County Michigan, USA
The son of Timothy and Lois (Hill) Spencer Private in Captain Seth Morton's Regiment, under the command of Col. Stephen Peabody in New Hampshire, Revolutionary War.
Abstracts of Rev. War Pension Files, Page 3264, states: "Daniel, NH & VT line, S29474, appl 28 Jul 1835, Windsor Co. VT aged 73, sol lived at Springfield VT at enl & in 1788 he moved to Hinesburgh VT for 9 yrs then moved to Lower Canada for 17 yrs then moved to Lisbon NY for 3 yrs then went to Upper Canada then moved to NY then returned to Springfield VT his native home as he was b there 23 Jun 1762. On 10 May 1841 sol had moved to Monroe Co. NY to be with a daughter who lived near Rochester NY. He then stated all his children had left VT, on Abigail Sartell of Springfield VT made aff'dt 7 Jul 1835 & stated she knew sol since she was a child & she referred to 2 of his children; Permillia & Daniel Spencer & she also referred to her own brother Antony Shelden."
!MILITARY: photo copy of Daniel Spencer's Revolutionary War Pension Record (copy sent by James Spencer of Cedar Rapids, Iowa) Copy is nearly illegible, but contains 49 pages, many of which are handwritten.
!MILITARY: Copy of Revolutionary War Record sent by James Spencer of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, states: "I hereby Certify that the following is a correct transcript from the records in this office regarding the following soldier who served in the REV, WAR (1775-1783) Daniel Spencer A pay roll of Capt. Thomas Sawyer's Company of Militia, raised for the defense of the Northern Frontiers of the United States, June 29, 1779. Entered June 20 Discharged Aug 20 In Service 2 mos. 2 days Pr. Month 2 Travel out 30 Miles: 5 Total: 4. 7.8 Dated 20 March 1989
!Affidavit of Helen Lucille North dated 12 November 1982 (copy in possession of Kenneth D. Roberts) states: " I, Helen Lucille North, of Brown City, Lapeer County, Michigan, do hereby affirm that the following information was found in, and copied from, the Smith Family Bible. The Bible has since been lost, but the information is true, to the best of my knowledge. Children of Daniel and Maria Spencer Theda James Milly Alma, b 20 May, 1794, VT., m 31 Dec., 1810, Luke Perkins Daniel Jr., b ca 1796, m Mary Perkins Norman, b ca 1798, Lower Canada, m Ruth Huntley Cyrus, b 7 March 1800, VT., m Polly Huntley Timothy, b ca 1807, Canada, m Emaline Martin ... I Helen Lucille North, of said place and residence, do further affirm that said Bible record copy is in the personal files of the undersigned. Witness my hand this 12 day of November, 1982" Picture of new gravestone is listed on Find a Grave .com. in North Dryden Cemetery, Lapeer County, Michigan. He was one of 5th great grandfathers of Kenneth D. Roberts
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