1Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850.
"1709 BULLIN (see Bullen), John and Sarah Underwood, Aug. 31, 1709. [Intention not recorded] Marriage Sherborn.".
1Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850.
"1747 BULLEN John, s. John and Abig[ai]l, Aug. 8, 1747. Birth Brimfield.".
1Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850.
"1751 WHITCOMB Mary, d. James and Sarah, Oct. 23, 1751. Birth Warren
1772 WHITCOMB (see Whitcom), Mary and John Bullen of Ware, int. July 18, 1772. Marriage Warren.".
1Donald Lines Jacobus, The Four Spencer Brothers: Their Ancestors and Descendants, The American Genealogist, Vol. 27, pp. 164-165 (1951).
"9. Ensign Gerard1 Spencer, baptized at Stotford, Beds, England, 25 Apr. 1614, died at Haddam, Conn., in 1685 (will 17 Sept. 1683, proved 3 Sept. 1685); married first, Hannah ------, who died before her husband made his will in 1683 and perhaps much earlier; perhaps married second, after 1677, Rebecca (Porter) Clark, baptized at Felsted, co. Essex, England, 16 Sept. 1630, died 9 Jan. 1682/3 (recorded at Saybrook), daughter of John and Anne (White) Porter of Windsor, and widow of John Clark of Saybrook.
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Children:
18 i. John2, b. ca. 1636; d. 3 Aug. 1682.
ii. Mehitabel, b. ca. 1638; d. 1691; m. by 1661, Daniel Cone of Haddam, b. ca. 1627, d. 24 Oct. 1706 in 80th yr.; ten children.
iii. Hannah, b. ca. 1640; d. by 1691; m. ca. 1664, Daniel Brainerd of Haddam, b. ca. 1641, d. 1 Apr. 1715 ae. 74. He m. (2) 29 Nov. 1698, Hannah (Spencer) Sexton (No. 7, vii).
iv. Marah, b. ca. 1642; d.before 22 Dec. 1714; m. (1) in 1662, Thomas Brooks, who d. at Haddam, 18 Oct. 1668; four children; m. (2) in 1669, Thomas Shaylor of Haddam, who d. ca. 1692; five children.
v. Sarah, b. ca. 1644; living 1707; m. Dec. 1666, Stephen Backus of Norwich, b. ca. 1642, d. at Canterbury, in 1695, son of William; eight children.
vi. Elizabeth, b. ca. 1646; m. ca. 1666, Joseph Stannard of Saybrook, who d. 20 Aug. 1688.
19 vii. Thomas, b. ca. 1648; d. Feb. 1698/9.
20 viii. Samuel, b. ca. 1650; d. 7 Aug. 1705.
21 ix. Timothy, b. ca. 1652; d. 1704.
x. Ruth, b. ca. 1654; d. at Haddam, 28 Nov. 1744 ae. 90; m. Joseph Clark, whose will dated 24 Oct. 1716 is recorded in Haddam Deeds (2:255), son of William.
22 xi. William, b. ca. 1656; d. 1731.
23 xii. Rebecca, b. ca. 1660; d. before 1706; m. (1) ca. 1682, John Kennard of Haddam, who d. 1688; m. (2) after Feb. 1689, John Tanner.".