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• Birth	14 Sep 1765	North Groton, New London County, Connecticut   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Buried	1842	Hopkington, Washington County, Rhode Island
  Died	22 Dec 1842	Hopkington, Washington County, Rhode Island   [1]
  Person ID	I59358	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Edward SPICER, , 7, b. 4 Apr 1722, Groton, New London, Connecticut
  Mother	Abigail ALLYN, b. 25 Jun 1737, Stonington, Ct. u.S.a.
  Family ID	F24993	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Mary SAUNDERS, b. 12 Oct 1774, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island
  Married	6 Mar 1796	Hopkins, Rhode Island   [1]
  Children	1. Abby SPICER > 2. Joseph SPICER, II, b. 9 Mar 1797, Hopkington, Washington County, Rhode Island > 3. Fanny SPICER, b. 26 Apr 1799, Hopkinton, Rhode Island   4. George Thurston SPICER, b. 4 Aug 1802, Hopkinton, Rhode Island > 5. John Wilcox SPICER, b. 26 Aug 1804, Hopkinton, Rhode Island   6. Abby SPICER, b. 8 Jul 1808, Hopkinton,Washington Co.,Rhode Island
  Family ID	F15608	Group Sheet
  Married	10 Nov 1793	Hopkinton,Washington Co.,Rhode Island
  Family ID	F47372	Group Sheet

• Notes

  [Spicer Family File.FTW] Colonial Families of the United Sates of America: Volume 4 ISSUE BY SECOND MARRIAGE page 482 CAPT. Joseph SPICER of Hopkinton, Rhode Island; b. 14th September 1765, North Groton Connecticut; d. 22d December, 1842, in Hopkinton, to which place he removed in 1793; after the Massacre at For Griswold, Connecticut, 6th September, 1781; he (then a boy of 15 years) went with volunteers by night from Groton to Norwich with oxcarts to obtain coffins in order that the dead might be properly buried; the memory of this ride he never forgot; was Captain of the 1st Hopkinton Volunteers, Rhode Island Militia; was a large land owner and farmer and propietor of the "Spicer Tavern;" m. (1st) 10 November, 1793 Fanny THURSTON, b. 4th October, 1774, d.s.p. 18th August, 1795, dau. of Gen. George and Dolly (COTTRELL) THURSTON of Hopkinton; ma (2d) 6th Mar 1796, Mrs. Mary (SAUNDERS)[p.482]COTTRELL, b 12 October, 1774, d. 5th October, 1843, dau. of Stephen and Tacy (STILLMAN) SAUNDERS of Westerly, Rhode Island, and widow of LIBBENS COTTRELL. Name Prefix: Capt. HP015, Spicer Lot 1 NOTE "The "Clarke" Families of Rhode Island"; by George AustinMorrison, Jr.; The Evening Post Job Printing House, New York;1902, p 49. Captain of 1st Hopkinton Volunteers of the RhodeIsland Militia.

• Sources

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