Branch Family - Ourfolk
Mercy Branch (Spooner) 1664 - 15 Jan 1744-15 Jan 1745
Mercy was born on 1664 and died on 15 Jan 1744-15 Jan 1745 .
Mercy was married to Ebenezer Spooner on ABT 1691 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
Ebenezer was born on 1666 in Acushnet, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA and died on 5 Feb 1717-5 Feb 1718 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA and was buried in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA .
He was the son of William Spooner (1 Jan 1621-1 Jan 1622 - 8 Mar 1683-8 Mar 1684) and Hannah Pratt (Spooner) (ABT 1630 - ABT 1684).
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S1 Records of William Spooner of Plymouth, Massachusetts, and HisDescendents
Ebenezer Spooner, , the youngest son of William Spooner, the elder, wasborn on the old Spooner homestead at Acushnet. At an early age he enteredthe family of Mr. William Crow, of Plymouth, by whom, as we conclude fromthe record he was reared and adopted. In Mr. Crow's will, dated Feburay11, 1683, and proved March 6, 1683, the following provision is made:
' I bequeath to Ebenezer Spooner and to Ephraim Thomas all my land andmeadow lying near Monponset pond; also I bequeath to them on e hundredacres of land which was long since granted to my uncle, Atwood by Court,lying at a place called Doty's meadow, which lands and meadow shall beequally divided between them when Ebenezer shall be 21 years old. I alsobequeath to Ebenezer Spooner an heighfer commonly called his.'
Ebenezer lived afterwards at Marshfield, where in June, 1691, he wasqualified as a freeman. Subsequent to 1694, he removed to Dartmouth; andthere, with his wife, he became a member of Rochester church. FromDartmouth he returned about 1703 to Plymouth, where he passed theremainder of his days.
This branch of the family continues to be largely represented inPlymouth.
His gravestone is standing on 'Burial Hill' and is the oldest monument ofthe family in this country. The stone is a blue slate, soft and scaly,and is somewhat defaced, through the inscription remains entire and isplainly legible, as follows:
'Here Lyes The Body of Ebenezer Spooner who died February the 5th,1717/18 About ye 52nd Year of His Age'
' I bequeath to Ebenezer Spooner and to Ephraim Thomas all my land andmeadow lying near Monponset pond; also I bequeath to them on e hundredacres of land which was long since granted to my uncle, Atwood by Court,lying at a place called Doty's meadow, which lands and meadow shall beequally divided between them when Ebenezer shall be 21 years old. I alsobequeath to Ebenezer Spooner an heighfer commonly called his.'
Ebenezer lived afterwards at Marshfield, where in June, 1691, he wasqualified as a freeman. Subsequent to 1694, he removed to Dartmouth; andthere, with his wife, he became a member of Rochester church. FromDartmouth he returned about 1703 to Plymouth, where he passed theremainder of his days.
This branch of the family continues to be largely represented inPlymouth.
His gravestone is standing on 'Burial Hill' and is the oldest monument ofthe family in this country. The stone is a blue slate, soft and scaly,and is somewhat defaced, through the inscription remains entire and isplainly legible, as follows:
'Here Lyes The Body of Ebenezer Spooner who died February the 5th,1717/18 About ye 52nd Year of His Age'
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