Samuel SPOONER

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1684; Constable
• Will: 27 Sep 1731
• Will Proved: 19 Feb 1739

Notes:

Excerpt from"Records of William Spooner, Second Generation": He was constable in 1680; and again in 1684; served on grand and petit juries and held other positions of trust. He and his brother John, with others of the Dartmouth proprietors were defendants in suits brought by Zachary Allin and others, Oct 28, 1684, and by William Wood and others, March 1686. On trial fo the first action , the jury "found for the defendants with the costs of suit," and in the latter action the plaintiffs were non-suited.
His will has date, September 27, 1731, and was proved Feb 19, 1739.

Samuel married Elizabeth WING in 1688 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of Daniel WING and Anna EWER) was born on 04 Aug 1668 in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; died in 1732. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. William SPOONER was born on 13 Feb 1688 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died before 04 May 1750 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
2. Mary SPOONER was born on 04 Jan 1691 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died after 25 Mar 1717.
3. Samuel SPOONER was born on 04 Feb 1692 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died in 1781 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
4. Daniel SPOONER was born on 28 Feb 1693 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died in 1797.
5. Seth SPOONER was born on 31 Jan 1694 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 28 Mar 1787.
6. Hannah SPOONER was born on 27 Jan 1696/7 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
7. Jashub SPOONER was born on 13 Nov 1698 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
8. Anna SPOONER was born on 18 Apr 1700 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
9. Experience SPOONER was born on 19 Jun 1702 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
10. Beulah SPOONER was born on 27 Jun 1705 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
11. Wing SPOONER was born on 30 Apr 1707 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died before 1774.

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]

Joshua married Bathsheba ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]