Gregory SPICER

Abt 1596 -

• Name	Gregory SPICER
  Birth	Abt 1596	Exeter, Devonshire, ENGLAND   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Immigratn	1618  [1]
  	Notes from Bryan L. Spicer: Gregory Spicer was an indentured servant to Capt. Samuel Mathews, Capt. Mathews owned the Denbigh Plantation that was located near "James Cittie" I have seen the Spicer's referenced in Hotten's Original List & Niell's and in Virginia Carolorum, and found some other references to Spicer's in Virginia in later years but not in Gregory or Edward Spicer's time, other than the mention of Gregory as arriving in Virginia in 1618. I found this reference of Gregory in the Virginia Muster Rolls of 1623/24. One reason that there isn't any other references of Gregory Spicer is because he was an indentured servant on the Mathew's Plantation. Although European, and not a man of color, he was non the less considered property and would not have been counted in most census of his the time. The only reason he appears in the Muster Roll (census) of 1623/24 is because the Indians we nt on a rampage and killed so many English citizens and their servants & slaves that the King of England demanded an actual head count of all towns and plantations, including servants and slaves. If it weren't for this, Gregory Spicer most likely would never have been included in a census as anything other than an un-named indentured servant (considered property.) Gregory Spicer's status as an indentured servant leads some of his descendants to speculate that he married a servant as well. This may be the reason that there are no records of his marriage and children's births. These records would have been part of the Mathews Plantation records as opposed to public ones. The problem is that most of these types of records were lost or destroyed especially during the Civil War and subsequent Reconstruction period. If in fact Gregory Spicer's son Edward was born on the Mathew's Plantation it would again explain the lack of records.
  Death	VA   [1]
  Person ID	I19982	MM
  Last Modified	4 Jun 2008

  
  

  Family	Mary UNKNOWN
  Marriage	Abt 1623	VA   [1]
  Children	1. Edward SPICER,   b. 1623, Denbigh Plantation, Jamestown, Warwick, Virginia
  Family ID	F4472	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2023

  
  

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  Birth - Abt 1596 - Exeter, Devonshire, ENGLAND Death - - VA Marriage - Abt 1623 - VA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S549] Spicer Family File, 549.