Thomas SPOONER

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Thomas Spooner remained in Plymouth. He was a shoemaker by trade, and conducted this business many years, accumulating a competency by his own labor and that of those who were in his employ.

He was a man of more than the average ability having received a good education for the times; he turned this advantage in a good direction, not solely to his own aggrandizement, but to that end which would accomplish the most good for his townsmen. Soon his ability and his high integrity gave him recognition and placed him in responsible official station, and for many years he served the town in one office or another.

He was Lieutenant of the North Foot Company, under command of Capt. Isaac Lothrop, Jr., in the 1st regiment of militia in the county of Plymouth, whereof James Warren was Colonel.

Like others of this branch of the family, Thomas was a member of Plymouth church, and he often served upon its committees and in its offices.

His remains were interred on "Burial Hill" by the side of his father.

Thomas married Sarah NELSON on 12 Dec 1717. Sarah was born on 5 May 1695; died on 25 Jan 1767. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ebenezer SPOONER was born on 26 Oct 1718; died in 1776.

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Excerpt from "Records of William Spooner, Second Generation: "Ebenezer, the youngest son of William Spooner, the elder, was born on the old Spooner homestead at Acushnet. At an early age, he entered the family of Mr. William Crow, of Plymouth, by whom,was reared and adopted.
Ebenezer lived afterwards at Marshfield, where, in June, 1691, he was qualified as a freeman. Subsequent to 1694, he removed to Dartmouth; and there, with his wife, he became a member of Rochester Church. From Dartmouth he returned about 1703 to Plymouth, where he passed the remainder of his days.
His gravestone is standing on "Burial Hill" and is the oldest monument of the family in this country. The stone is a blue slate, soft and scaly, and is somewhat defaced, but is as follows:
"Here Lyes The
Body of Ebenezer
Spooner who died
Feb the 5th
1717/8
About ye 52
Year of
His Age."

Ebenezer married Mercy BRANCH in Jun 1691 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Mercy was born on 28 Nov 1664 in Marshfield, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts; died in 1684 in Marshfield, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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