Lucy SPOONER

Lucy married Job ALDEN in 7 Sep or Oct 1764 in Middleborough, Massachuetts. Job (son of David ALDEN and Judith PADELFORD) was born on 24 Sep 1737 in Middleborough, Massachusetts; died on 1 Mar 1825 in Middleborough, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lucy ALDEN was born on 15 Dec 1765 in Middleborough, Massachusetts; died on 16 Sep 1821 in Massachusetts, USA.

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In early manhood he settled in Middleboro, where he married Mary Morton, the daughter of a wealthy farmer. In 1769 his daughter, Phebe Spooner, married Andrew Oliver, a son of the celebrated Chief Justice Oliver; and Ebenezer's family thus became connected with some of the first families of Massachusetts.

In Ebenezer's life and character we note a feature which, as it does not seem to have been possessed by any other member of the family, entitles him to be spoken of apart from others. So far as is known, he was the only one of the family who did not side with the colonists in their struggle for independence. And not only this, but he was a pronounced Tory and Loyalist, and, from the first mutterings of discontent in 1765, until, 1776, he was forced to flee his home. Ebenezer was a consistent and strenuous opponent of everything but entire obedience to the British government. Driven from his family and possessions by the strength of public sentiment, he sought refuge within the British lines in Boston. He was commissioned a Lieutenant in the third Company of "American Loyal Associates," under the command of Brigadier-General Timothy Ruggles. Embarking with the British army at the time of the evacuation of Boston (March 17, 1776), he fell ill (whether from the effect of a wound or disease is not known), and died soon after.

Ebenezer married Mary MORTON. Mary (daughter of Ebenezer MORTON and Mercy FOSTER) was born on 29 Apr 1723; died on 12 Jul 1803. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]