Fourth Generation

158. Thankful ACKLEY⁵ was born on 1 Jun 1737 in East Haddam, Middlesex , Connecticut.^5,20,26 LDS also lists birth ca 1740 She was baptized on 7 Aug 1748.³ She was living in Canandaigua, Ontario , New York.⁸³

Thankful ACKLEY and Matthias GATES were married on 13 May 1756 in East Haddam, Middlesex , Connecticut.^3,5,90,115 East Haddam
New Haven Second Church
Deeds show that she married a Gates and the Church Record shows that he was Matthias Gates, of Colchester
Matthias GATES lived at Colchester in 1756.

Thankful ACKLEY and Thomas SPENCER were married on 27 Aug 1760 in East Haddam, Middlesex , Connecticut.^{5,20,54,128,194,264,265} Thomas SPENCER⁵ (son of James SPENCER and Hannah CRIPPEN) was born on 27 Feb 1725/26 in East Haddam, Middlesex , Connecticut.^{20,29,194,264} He died on 29 Apr 1801 in Canandaigua, Ontario , New York.^29,194,264 Early Settlers of New York State, Volume I has year as 1806 He served in the military Revolutionary War.⁸³ Thankful ACKLEY and Thomas SPENCER had the following children:

+429	i.	Lydia SPENCER.
+430	ii.	Temperence SPENCER.
+431	iii.	Nathan SPENCER.
432	iv.	Thomas SPENCER Jr.
433	v.	Living.
+434	vi.	Abijah SPENCER.
435	vii.	Living.