Sixth Generation

1062. Rev Uriel SPENCER³⁶ was born on 30 Apr 1796 in Bristol, Ontario, New York.^36,264 He died in Mar 1853 in Holloway, Lenawee, Michigan.³⁶ Article (Aug. 11, 1853) in the NY Christian Advocate and Journal:
left an orphan, and consequently was self-educated, and self-reliant. He, however, attained unto and maintained a high
position in society. Thirty years ago he was appointed
for about a year, when his voice so far failed as that he was compelled to desist and take a local relation; and in this capacity
he served the church, according to his
(of which he was a subject for many years) was received with gladness, and his final departure was one of holy Christian
triumph. J.F.D.
boarding Uriah Spencer.........."
been erected by the court of Lycoming an called Tioga. It embraced a great territory which was largely a wilderness. It
appears in the enumeration as


Post Office Box 127, Madison, New Jersey 07940 !Dear Ms. Fearnow:

York Christian Advocate and Journal, August 11, 1853, a copy of which we are sending you with this letter. Following the
lead in the obit,"thirty years ago", ie. 1823, we
than a dozen conferences of the Methodist Episcopal church during thatperiod and the only Spencer in the lists was a Robert
Spencer who enteredthe ministry in 1824 in the
great allowance in terms of time (14 years) and place coverage (all theannual conferences during that period) because we
wanted to be sure that if indeed he was itinerated, his
that Pastor Uriel Spencer as implied in the obit was a local pastor, not ordained and indeed lots of Methodist pastors
especially during that era fell into this category.
doing full time ministry even in this category.
wishes. Sincerely yours, Research Assistant, Genealogy Service, The Methodist Library.
August 11, your date may be more accurate.

Florence Spencer Whelan, Tecumseh, Mich.
had two more children; Martha , who married John Pease; and Mary Emma, who married Rev. Henry Wright, a descendant of
the Guilford, Conn.,Wrights.
Horton, of Royalton, NY, and died in Royalton, in 1872.
Bristol, Ontario Co., NY, April 30, 1796. He was a Methodist Episcopal Minister, in Ontario CO, NY, but having lost his
voice, was unable to continue that work and
he was soon elected to public office, was a justice of the peace, and was county auditor of Lucas county.
session in Westmoreland beginning July 15, 1823. He was appointed as second preacher with Gideon Lanning to Catherine,
Schuyler Co. He was discontinued the next year, at the
April 11, 1824, but whether at Catherine, or at Cohocton where family tradition says, I do not know. Uriel Spencer owned
land at various places in Ontario Co., and whether
1812, he bought one half acre of land in Williamson, Ontario Co., NY.(now in Wayne Co.). October 13, 1834, Uriel and Sarah
Spencer sold land in Canadice, Ontario Co., NY to

Raisin Township, Lenawee county, Michigan, where he died June 2,1853. He is buried in the northeast corner lot of the Raisin
Presbyterian Cemetery, and his son James beside him.
daughter of his daughter Esther, is also buried on this same lot, also Rev. Henry and Mary Emma (Spencer ) Wright and their
unmarried daughter Elizabeth.
sandy ridge in the woods of Lucas County, Ohio, that the location of the grave had been lost. It was a bitter winter day when
she was buried. Her casket was carried on
went. The old records of Lenawee County, Michigan, show that in 1845Uriel Spencer owned the north east quarter of section
twenty-seven of Raisin township. From this
son, Nathan Spencer. Here Nathan Spencer built his house, and here his children were born, and my brother and I were also
born there. Uriel Spencer never lived on Sec. 27,
mile north, and died there in 1853. At the time of his death he was making preparations to move to his own property, and the
widow and children soon after did move there, and
away there were numerous things stored in the attic, including two large illustrated Bibles, which likely contained family
records that would be of interest if the Bibles could
and I have tried to find the Bibles, but the house in NE corner of the section has been rebuilt and I have been unsuccessful.
If they could be found they should give more

Whelan, Teumseh, Mich.
(who died in May, just before her father, near Delta, Ohio, and left as mall girl, Mary Hancock, mentioned above); and
daughter, Sarah J.(should be I.) Spencer, who is to be
her."; and mentions, also, son Nathan. No other heirs are mentioned in this will, although I know from personal knowledge
that there were others. The "Grandfather" mentioned
his estate might yield something of interest. The other grandfather, Nathan Spencer of Bristol, NY, died while Uriel was
young, and his estate was probated in 1808, on file

of his son, Nathan, my grandfather, which diary I have, under date of October 24, 1853, I find "Judge Stacy informed us that
Peter's little girl was heir to one seventh."
Hancock, mentioned above. Besides Mary and the widow, Elizabeth, there were: Lydia, wife of Horace Pease; Sarah J.[I],
youngest child, not married at this time; William, the
the second wife. This shows that, besides Esther and James, the seventh child of Sarah Wyckoff, unknown to me, had died
before the father, Uriel Spencer.

Spencer who settled a few miles east of Wauseon in 1835 or 36. He had to give up regular ministry because of throat trouble
and came here--and preached occasionally.
Spencer, son of Rev. Uriel Spencer to Emma dau. of James Donaldson.
the home of Rev. Uriah Spencer in 1837. His son's wife, Emily(Donaldson) was the teacher.
in York twp. until he was elected auditor of Lucas co. when he moved to Maumee City. He then married Mary Mikesell widow
of Mr. Case.
Emily 29NY Ellen11O Geo8O Jane6 O Wilson4 MO Ann 2F O James1MO

Spencer, Uriel 98-170 240a; E q/2 NW 1/4 and s/w 1/4 sect. 17 T 7NR 7E In 1842 Uriah and son William sold 160 acres
in York twp. sec 17,to Chas Kimmerer.


Dec. 17, 1888, pro Feb. 20, 1889. He wished all just debt's and funeral expenses paid and his wife Emily Spencer was the
only person named in hi swill. She received all real

records these heirs were listed: Dau Ellen Spencer of Delta

Rev Uriel SPENCER and Sarah WYCKOFF were married on 3 Jul 1816.^36,83 Sarah WYCKOFF³⁶ was born on 15 Oct 1794 in Hopewell, Ontario , New York.³⁶ She died on 15 Jan 1838 in Delta, Fulton , Ohio.³⁶ In 1835 they migrated to Lucas Co., Ohio, now Fulton Co., where William Wyckoff had Land. They had seven children.
Tecumseh, Mich.
of Uriel Spencer.
Hopewell, Ontario Co., NY, October 15, 1794. She had the happiness of having Christian Parents who early taught her 'the way in which she should go' She experienced religion and
3rd Jun, 1816. In the spring of 1835 she, with her family, emigrated to the West, and on the morning of the 15th of January 1838, at ten minutes past three o'clock, she
Savior. She has left a husband and seven children, one an infant seven days old at the period of her death, to mourn their irreparable loss." My father told me that Uriel and they moved to Lucas Co., Ohio. That was unusual, as most settlers drove oxen.
Whelan, Tecumseh, Mich.
What became of the other one I do not know; it may be that the young baby mentioned died or was given to a relative to raise. Possibly the Sarah I., youngest child of which
the family of my grandfather later. In their probable order of birth the children are: William, Lydia, Esther, Nathan, James and Sarah I.