According to Audrey Mae’s artistic cemetery map diagram and Audrey Mae’s gravestone numbering system, Susan Caroline’s gravestone is Gravestone Number Twenty-Two. Using her Smith-Corona typewriter in the 1980s, Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biography of Susan Caroline, a seventh-generation Spencer in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.

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Susan Caroline died in her twenty-second year.  Her cause of death is unknown to web author. Spencer lines have longevity, so dying so young is unusual. Susan Caroline born in 1827 is the daughter of Captain John (gravestone No. 4) and Phebe (née Vaughn) Spencer.  Captain John is the first son of Huldah (gravestone No. 1) and Patriot John (gravestone No. 2) Spencer. Susan Caroline and her four sisters and one brother are buried in this Spencer family cemetery.  Gravestones 16-22 are the gravestones of Susan Caroline and her siblings.  Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biographies of Captain John and Phebe (née Vaughn) Spencer’s children, Eliza, Phebe, Harriet, Almira, Matilda, Obediah and Susan Caroline:

Susan Caroline and four of her sisters died at such young ages.  Audrey Mae did not record the causes of their deaths but noted that their Spencer grandparents died at age 70 and age 89 and their own parents died at age 54 and 74.

As Audrey Mae died in 2007, Web author is unable to ask Audrey Mae what is meant by her comment on Obediah’s (gravestone No. 21) mini-biography about poisoning 1st mate on Bach Susan.  Does that statement refer to this Susan?  More research is needed.

“Spencer, Johnson, Goff and Vaughn descendants, if you have any additional information on Susan Caroline Spencer, please add a comment to this web site and the web site editor will add this to the site. Thanks.”

According to Audrey Mae’s gravestone numbering system in her Spencer Family Cemetery, William Anthony’s gravestone is Gravestone Number Twenty-Three.  Using her Smith-Corona typewriter in the 1980s, Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biography of William Anthony, an eight-generation Spencer in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.

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According to Audrey Mae’s artistic map and her gravestone numbering system in her Spencer Family Cemetery, Augustus Burnside’s gravestone is Gravestone Number Twenty-four.   Using a Smith-Corona typewriter in the 1980s, Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biography of Augustus Burnside, a seventh-generation Spencer in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.

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According to Audrey Mae’s artistic cemetery map diagram and Audrey Mae’s gravestone numbering system, Huldah’s gravestone is Gravestone Number Twenty-Five. Using her Smith-Corona typewriter in the 1980s, Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biography of Huldah and her siblings, seventh-generation Spencers in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.  Huldah, the daughter of Hezekiah (gravestone No. 15) and Waite, only lived two years. 

Huldah, named after her paternal grandmother, Huldah (née Johnson) Spencer (gravestone No. 1), died as a very young child.  Web author does not know the cause of death. She was the first of Hez and Waite’s children to be buried in the Spencer Family Cemetery.

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In 1825 when her parents had another daughter, they named her Huldah after this sister Huldah who died in 1816. Apparently this was not uncommon as Audrey Mae’s aunt Mandy was named after her sister who had died earlier.

According to Audrey Mae, Hezekiah (gravestone No.15)  and Waite (née Briggs) Spencer had twelve children. Six of their children are buried in this cemetery. Their gravestones are gravestone number 25, 26, 27,28,29 and 30.

“Spencer, Johnson, Goff and Briggs descendants, if you have any additional information on the child Huldah Spencer who lived two years, please add a comment to this web site and the web site editor will add this to the site. Thanks.”

According to Audrey Mae’s artistic cemetery map diagram and Audrey Mae’s gravestone numbering system, Lydia’s gravestone is Gravestone Number Twenty-Six. Using her Smith-Corona typewriter in the 1980s, Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biography of Lydia, a seventh-generation Spencer in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. Lydia, the daughter of Hezekiah (gravestone No. 15) and Waite, died at the young age of fourteen.

Lydia died in her teen years, but Audrey Mae didn’t leave any information as to the cause of her death.  Lydia is the second child of Hez and Waite (née Briggs) Spencer to be buried in the Spencer Family Cemetery.

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Spencer genealogical records show that if a Spencer lived through infancy, childhood and young adulthood, their chance was good that they would live into their 70s, 80s and even reach 90.  Lydia’s grandfather lived to age 89.  Her grandmother died at 70.

Gravestones 25-30 are the children of Hez and Waite (née Briggs) Spencer.  Hezekiah is the third son of Huldah (née Johnson) and John Spencer (Gravestones No. 1 & 2). Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biography of Huldah, Lydia, Lucretia, Mary, Sarah and Huldah, the seventh generation Spencers in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.

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According to Audrey Mae’s artistic cemetery map diagram and Audrey Mae’s gravestone numbering system, Lucretia’s gravestone is Gravestone Number Twenty-Seven. Using her Smith-Corona typewriter in the 1980s, Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biography of Lucretia, a seventh-generation Spencer in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. Lucretia, the daughter of Hezekiah (gravestone No. 15) and Waite, died when she was nineteen years.

Lucretia was only nineteen when she died but Audrey Mae did not leave the cause of death.

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Lucretia was one of the six of Hez and Waite (née Briggs) Spencer’s twelve children who are buried in the Spencer Family Cemetery. All six of their children in this cemetery died at young ages. In Audrey Mae’s gravestone numbering system, Hezekiah’s (gravestone No. 15)  and Waite’s (née Briggs) Spencer children’s gravestones are gravestone number 25, 26, 27,28,29 and 30.

Hezekiah is the third son of Patriot John Spencer (Gravestone No. 2) and Huldah (née Johnson) Spencer (Gravestone No. 1 in Audrey Mae’s gravestone numbering system).

“Spencer, Johnson, Goff and Briggs descendants, if you have any additional information on Lucretia Spencer who lived to be nineteen, please add a comment to this web site and the web site editor will add this to the site. Thanks.”

According to Audrey Mae’s artistic cemetery map diagram and Audrey Mae’s gravestone numbering system, Mary’s gravestone is Gravestone Number Twenty-Eight. Using her Smith-Corona typewriter in the 1980s, Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biography of Mary, a seventh-generation Spencer in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. Mary, the daughter of Hezekiah (gravestone No. 15) and Waite, died in her twenty-third year.

Mary was a young woman when she died, but Audrey Mae did not record the cause of her death.

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Gravestones 25-30 are the children of Hez (gravestone No. 15) and Waite (née Briggs) Spencer. Hezekiah, the children’s father, is the third son of Patriot John Spencer (Gravestone No. 2) and Huldah (née Johnson) Spencer (Gravestone No. 1 in Audrey Mae’s gravestone numbering system). According to Audrey Mae, Hezekiah (gravestone No. 15)  and Waite (née Briggs) Spencer had twelve children and six of their children’s gravestones are gravestone number 25, 26, 27,28,29 and 30. The six of their twelve children who are buried in this Spencer family cemetery all died young. Mary died at age twenty-two. Audrey Mae typed the mini-biography of Huldah, Lydia, Lucretia, Mary, Sarah and Huldah, the seventh generation Spencers in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.

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According to Audrey Mae’s artistic cemetery map diagram and Audrey Mae’s gravestone numbering system, Sarah’s gravestone is Gravestone Number Twenty-Nine. Using her Smith-Corona typewriter in the 1980s, Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biography of Sarah, a seventh-generation Spencer in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. Sarah, the daughter of Hezekiah (gravestone No. 15) and Waite, died as a young woman.

Sarah died in her twenty-fourth year, but Audrey Mae did not record the cause of her death.

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Gravestones 25-30 are the children of Hez and Waite (née Briggs) Spencer. According to Audrey Mae, Hezekiah (gravestone No. 15)  and Waite (née Briggs) Spencer had twelve children. Six of their children’s gravestones are gravestone number 25, 26, 27,28,29 and 30. The six of their twelve children who are buried in this Spencer family cemetery all died young.

Audrey Mae typed the  mini-biography of Huldah, Lydia, Lucretia, Mary, Sarah and Huldah, the seventh generation Spencers in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.

Hezekiah (Gravestone No. 15 in Audrey Mae’s gravestone numbering system), the children’s father, is the third son of Patriot John Spencer (Gravestone No. 2) and Huldah (née Johnson) Spencer (Gravestone No. 1 in Audrey Mae’s gravestone numbering system).

“Spencer, Johnson, Goff and Briggs descendants, if you have any additional information on Sarah Spencer, please add a comment to this web site and the web site editor will add this to the site. Thanks.”

According to Audrey Mae’s artistic cemetery map diagram and Audrey Mae’s gravestone numbering system, Huldah’s gravestone is Gravestone Number Thirty. Using her Smith-Corona typewriter in the 1980s, Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biography of Huldah, a seventh-generation Spencer in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. Huldah, the daughter of Hezekiah (gravestone No. 15) and Waite, died in her nineteenth year,

Huldah, obviously named after her paternal grandmother Huldah and her sister Huldah (gravestone No. 25) who died at age 2, died at age eighteen.

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Audrey Mae wrote that Huldah married a William Nye, Jr. but Huldah only lived two years after her marriage.  Audrey Mae left no other information about Huldah (née Spencer) Nye or her spouse, William Nye, Jr.

According to Audrey Mae’s work, gravestones 25-30 are the children of Hez and Waite (née Briggs) Spencer.  Audrey Mae typed the mini-biographies of Huldah, Lydia, Lucretia, Mary, Sarah and Huldah, the seventh generation Spencers in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.

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