Ensign Gerard Spencer

     Ensign Gerard Spencer was born in April 1614 at Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England.¹ He was the son of Gerard Spencer and Alice Whitbread. Ensign Gerard Spencer was baptized on 25 April 1614 at St Mary's Parish, Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England.¹ He married Hannah Joannis Hills on 17 December 1636 at Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts. Ensign Gerard Spencer married Rebecca Porter after 1677.² Ensign Gerard Spencer died circa June 1685 at Haddam, Middlesex Co, Connecticut.² His estate was probated on 3 September 1685 at Middlesex Co, Connecticut.
     Gerard immigrated ca 1632 to Cambridge, Massachusetts, with his older brothers, William, Thomas and Michael. They settled first in Cambridge, but Michael and Gerard moved to Lynn about 1637. Gerard was made a freeman 9 Mar 1636/7.
Later, in June 1656, he was an Ensign of Militia at Lynn, Massachusetts.
About the year 1660, Gerard Spencer moved to Hartford, Connecticut, where his brothers Thomas and William had settled. Two years later, hr removed to Haddam, Connecticut.³ He left a will on 17 September 1683 at Middlesex Co, Massachusetts; He distributed his substantial estate amongst his children, and made provision for grandchildren as well.²