Jefferson County, NY Pioneers

JEFFERSON COUNTY, NEW YORK

SOLOMON SPICER FAMILY OF CANADA & ALEXANDRIA BAY, NY

1. SOLOMON SPICER was born in 1812 in Canada West and died 6 Dec. 1888 in Hungerford, Hastings, Ontario. He resided in Alexandria Bay, NY from 1850 through 1880. In 1880 he was a widower and farm laborer in Alexandria Bay.

Descendants in Canada claim a migration date of 1838 to to Jefferson County.

He married (1)

ADELINE PATTERSON who was born 1817 and died 11 March 1852 in Alexandria Bay and is buried in the Church Street cemetery.

Children of SOLOMON SPICER and ADELINE PATTERSON:

i EUNICE SPICER b 1837 Canada
ii HIRAM SPICER b 1839
iii HENRY SPICER b 1841; m MINERVA McCUE, daughter of Peter and Lucy (Hoadley) McCue. Henry died 7 March 1916 in Birmingham, Oakland, Michigan
iv CHARLES SPICER b 1843, m RILLA TREFT in Harbor Springs, Emmet Co., MI 1902.
v MANDANA SPICER b 1846
vi ELIZA JANE SPICER b 1818; d 1916; m (1) DANIEL HOWE (1840 – 1875) and (2) ARTHUR ALEXANDER
vii FRANCES SPICER b 19 Sept 1850 in Alexandria Bay (VIR)
viii ELLEN/HELEN SPICER b c1851 died 1884; married ANDREW WILSON

SOLOMON married (2)

MARY BISHOP(?)

Children of SOLOMON SPICER and MARY BISHOP:

i LAVINIA SPICER b 1853 NY
ii WILLIAM SPICER b 1855 NY
iii MARY JANE SPICER, b 1857 NY
iv SOLOMON SPICER Jr b 1861 on Grenadier Island. He married on 11 March 1880 in Ontario Canada MARGARET ANN VANCE of Ontario.
iv ELIZABETH SPICER b 1863
v DAVID SPICER b 1864 in Canada
vi JOSEPH J. SPICER b 1866 in Canada

Sources: Cemetery records, census records, Canadian records; contributions from S. Bailey.

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