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Simeon SPENCER

SAR Patriot #: P-294968

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State of Service: VT Qualifying Service: Sergeant

DAR #: A107124

Birth: 1740 East Haddam / Hartford / CT
Death: 23 Mar 1808 Springfield / Windsor / VT

Qualifying Service Description:

Sergeant; 3rd Sergeant, Lt Little, Colonel Marsh, Vermont

Additional References:

DAR, 01 November 2020:
- DAR Nat'l #: 830216
- Goodrich, Rolls Of The Sols In The Rev War 1775-1783, pg 86
DAR Patriot Index, pg 64
The Spencer Family - American Gen Reg. Inst. of Washington, DC, pg 82

Spouse: Esther Gould
Children: Daniel; Jonas; Nehemia; John; Maria;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
1984-09-25	MI	Unassigned	Donald Spencer Erkfritz (122588)	Maria
1985-02-28	AZ	229533	Raymond Victor Dawson (126134)	John
2000-02-03	WA	5615	Kenneth Doster Roberts (Ret.) (152153)	Maria

Burial:

Summer Hill Cemetery_(C-0072853)

Location:

Springfield / Windsor / VT / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

1047305

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

25138495

Marker Type:

upright, aged, legible

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Images provided with permission from Les Kramer, Find-a-Grave member # 46963575

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

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Author: Kenneth Doster Roberts
Birth: 1740
Death: Mar. 25, 1808
Simeon Spencer was born in 1740 in Haddam, CT. His parents were Timothy Spencer and Elizabeth (Cowles) Spencer. Simeon Spencer entered the miltary at the age of 21 in 1761. He fought at the Plains of Abraham, under General Wolfe, as a private soldier. He received a severe wound in the thigh from a French sword, and in later years wrote in the family Bible that he thanked God the wound healed. It took all winter for the wound to heal. By the time he returned home, it was Spring and time to plant corn, so he planted and got a crop that year. (The Haddam, CT town history says that a Lt. Josiah Brainerd led the Haddam force that served under General Wolfe at Quebec. Lt. Josiah Brainerd was married to Hannah Spencer, Simeon's second cousin once removed).
Simeon Spencer, Timothy Spencer, and Taylor Spencer were three brothers among the first settlers in the town of Springfield, VT. They located in what is now called Spencer Hollow. They chose to settle in Spencer Hollow, because it had a good brook running through it, and the shoulder of Skitchewaug Mountain protected the hollow from Indian raiding parties that might be moving on the Connecticut River.
When the call came for service in the Revolution, Simeon and his two brothers responded. Simeon served as one of the first scouts sent out from Springfield. All were present and took part in the first town meeting and in organizing the town of Springfield. Simeon Spencer was elected one of the town officers at the first town meeting in April 1769. Simeon married Esther Gould in 1764, and had seven sons and two daughters. Jonas, one of his sons, built on and owned the farm known as the Harvey Slade place. Esther died on July 20, 1821 at the age of 82.
A picture of a replacement gravestone exists on “Find a Grave, but it is not legible
He was one of the 6th great grandfathers of Kenneth D. Roberts

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