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• Birth	10 Sep 1735	Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Buried	1811	Fort Ann, Washington County, New York   [1]
  Died	27 Jul 1811	Fort Ann, Washington County, New York   [1]
  Person ID	I57584	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	08 Sep 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Jabez SPICER, , 7, b. 1681, Ledyard, New London County, Connecticut [near the village of Poquetanuck]
  Mother	Margaret PARKE, , 7, b. Abt 1697, near Poquetanuck, New London County, Connecticut
  Family ID	F24985	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Leah (UNKNOWN), b. 1739, Connecticut
  Married	1756	New London County, Connecticut   [1]
  Children	> 1. Nathan Henry SPICER, II, b. 29 Nov 1756, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut > 2. George SPICER, b. 1757, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut > 3. Ebenezer SPICER, b. 1759, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut > 4. Jeremiah SPICER, b. 28 Aug 1761, Cayuga County, New York
  Family ID	F24980	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Abigail MAYHEW, b. 1744, Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut
  Married	10 Jan 1765	Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut   [1]
  Children	> 1. Michael SPICER, b. 1766, Great Nine Partners, Dutchess County, New York > 2. Leah SPICER, b. 1769, Hudson Hill, Dutchess County, New York > 3. Benjamin SPICER, b. 1770, Dutchess County, New York > 4. Isaac SPICER, b. 1772, Dutchess County, New York > 5. Rachel SPICER, b. 19 Jul 1775, Dutchess County, New York > 6. Daniel SPICER, b. 1776, Dutchess County, New York > 7. Jacob SPICER, b. 26 Sep 1782, Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York > 8. Hannah SPICER, b. 24 Mar 1785, Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York > 9. Tobias SPICER, b. 7 Nov 1788, Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York
  Family ID	F25022	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Nathan and his second wife Abigail are buried at Fort Ann, Washington County, New York in a small cemetery at the crossroad between Hadlock and Buttermilk Falls Road. The graves were first apparently marked with two field stones, and later headstones. Inscription on the headstone of Nathan Spicer: "In memory of Mr. Nathan Spicer, who departed this life July 27, A.D. 1811, aged 76 years Com living men, as you pass by As you ar now so once was I As I am now so you must bee Prepare for death and follow me Useful in life Resigned in death And at Gods call Give up my breath" Nathan as well as many of his descendants was a blacksmith. His craft was highly respected and versitile. Nathan was skilled at his craft. Blacksmithing fell into 3 specialtie groups as described in Jean Grubes book entailed preforming a wide variety of work, "[group 1]...all sorts of iron or boat work, chaise and chair work, cleaning and mending guns, pistols, locks and keys, cleans and mends jacks, shoes horses, and makes all kinds of kitchen furniture, ...hinges for houses, etc...cranes, tongs, trivets, spits, pans, drippers, skimmers, etc...repairs all kinds of things, and made Betty lamps and other lighting fixtures. Tools ususally included the hearth with bellows, water trough, shovels, tongs, rakes, pokers, and water containers for dampening down the fire and cooking objects...[group 2] anvil, sledges, tongs, swages, cutters, chisels, and hammers...[group 3]shoeing box which contains knives, rasps and files for preparing the horses hooves for shoes, an iron stand for supporting the horses foot while working on it and a special hammer and nails to fasten the shoe to the hoof." Blacksmiths also made wagon wheels, axes, sleigh runners, bits for horses, iron fittings for houses and schooners, chains, ploughs, any item forged from metals. One can assume that Nathan and his sons may have put their skills to work for the Revolution. From: autoreply@dar.org | Block Address | Add to Address Book Subject: DAR Patriot Lookup: Reference Code RYAFBAK To: jmilan3@yahoo.com Content-Length: 902 Dear Julie A. Milan, A search of our Patriot Index provided the information found below. SPICER Sr, Nathan Birth: CT 10 Sep 1735 Service: NY Rank: PS Death: NY 27 Jul 1811 Patriot Pensioned: No Widow Pensioned: No Children Pensioned: No Heirs Pensioned: No Spouse: Abigail Mayhew Spouse: Leah X If you would like to be contacted by a DAR chapter in your local area please post a follow-up request with your address and phone number. If you need to respond to this message, please click the 'Send a Follow-up Message' link on the right-hand column of the DAR Patriot Lookup Page and enter your reference code (RYAFBAK) or by clicking http://www.dar.org/cgi-bin/natsociety/pi_lookup.cfm?RT=SC&ID=RYAFBAK. Thank you for your interest in the DAR Patriot Lookup Service. Sincerely, Danna Patriot Lookup Volunteer New Stores (later called Nassau), Rensselaer County, New York; On June 3, 1798 New Stores became Union Village and contained 30 homes. In 1806 the township of Nassau was formed and by 1808 the name of Union Village became Nassau Village.

• Sources

  [S65] Spicer Family File.FTW. Date of Import: Jul 30, 2001