Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Individual Notes
• A daughter of William Martin.1829, p 1
• On the same date (May 16, 1800) Phebe Spicer enters a similar petition (dau. of Wm. Martin) and signs it herself. Ephraim Jones, J.P. states that she is lawfully married to Daniel Spicer, her present husband, and has no land. Daniel Spicer was the son of Ezekiel Spicer of Augusta, a UE loyalist, and there have been Spicers in Augusta until very recently (may still be).1715, pp 2&3
• On the same date (May 16, 1800) Phebe Spicer enters a similar petition (dau. of Wm. Martin) and signs it herself. Ephraim Jones, J.P. states that she is lawfully married to Daniel Spicer, her present husband, and has no land. Daniel Spicer was the son of Ezekiel Spicer of Augusta, a UE loyalist, and there have been Spicers in Augusta until very recently (may still be).1715, pp 2&3
Census Data
• 1823 Census: Augusta, Grenville, Ontario, Canada. 1 man, 1 woman, 1 boy, 1 girl.1719, p 3
Spouses
Birth1764, Washington County, New York1829, p 1; date only,1830, p 1; place only
Memothen County of Charlotte
Removal1784, Augusta, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada1830, p 1 Age: 20
ResidenceAugusta Township1799
FatherEzekiel SPICER (1730-~1800)
MotherUNNAMED
Individual Notes
• Daniel Spicer, born in the Parish of Nine Partners in the County of Charlotte, Province of New York (later New York State), came with his father Ezekiel, senior, and brothers to Augusta and Edwardsburg Townships in 1784.
Some years before the birth of Ezekiel, junior, the family had moved from the Mohawk Valley and settled in the above-mentioned County of Charlotte which is now (1967) called Washington County.
The writer is in possession of the Discharge certificate of Daniel Spicer, which states that he, as a private soldier, aged nineteen years, served honestly and faithfully for two years in Captain John Jones’ Company of His Majesty’s Provinical Regiment, called Loyal Rangers, and also six months in Colonel Jessup’s Corps and was entitled to the portion of land alloteed to each solder in the Provincial Corps. The Discharge was signed at Tiviere du Chine on the 24th of December, 1783, my Major Edward Jessup.1830, p 1
• Daniel Spicer also received a grant of 100 acres, being the west half of Lot 7, Con. 2 of Augusta, on August 10, 1801. This was but a short distance from the west half of Lot 6, Con. 2, which had been allotted to Hezekiah Mosher in 1801.1829, p 2
• Daniel Spicer was the son of Ezekiel Spicer of Augusta, a UE loyalist...1715, p 3
Some years before the birth of Ezekiel, junior, the family had moved from the Mohawk Valley and settled in the above-mentioned County of Charlotte which is now (1967) called Washington County.
The writer is in possession of the Discharge certificate of Daniel Spicer, which states that he, as a private soldier, aged nineteen years, served honestly and faithfully for two years in Captain John Jones’ Company of His Majesty’s Provinical Regiment, called Loyal Rangers, and also six months in Colonel Jessup’s Corps and was entitled to the portion of land alloteed to each solder in the Provincial Corps. The Discharge was signed at Tiviere du Chine on the 24th of December, 1783, my Major Edward Jessup.1830, p 1
• Daniel Spicer also received a grant of 100 acres, being the west half of Lot 7, Con. 2 of Augusta, on August 10, 1801. This was but a short distance from the west half of Lot 6, Con. 2, which had been allotted to Hezekiah Mosher in 1801.1829, p 2
• Daniel Spicer was the son of Ezekiel Spicer of Augusta, a UE loyalist...1715, p 3
Census Data
• 1823 Census: Augusta, Grenville, Ontario, Canada. 1 man, 1 woman, 1 boy, 1 girl.1719, p 3
General Notes
• The family name “Spicer” is the Anglicized form of the seventh century Norman surname ESPICIER, as listed in Rotulf Normanie, Rotuli Hundredorum and Domesday Book of the time of the 1086 survey, and R. de Abiatis et Finibus, temp. Regis Johannia; and, as listed in the volumes of British Family Surnames; their origins and meanings by Rev. Henry Barber, M.D., F.R.A., 1903.1830, p 1
ChildrenPhoebe (1800-)
Jabez (1804-)
William (1808-1871)