SPINNEY, Thomas
1630 - 1701 (70 years)
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Name SPINNEY, Thomas [1] Birth Nov 1630 Manchester, Lancashire, England 
Gender Male Death 31 Aug 1701 Kittery, York, Maine, USA [1] Person ID I9707 My Genealogy | Laviolette Ancestry, Laviolette Ancestry Last Modified 4 Feb 2024
Family RANDALL, Margery, b. 7 Oct 1630, Kittery, York, Maine, USA d. 23 Mar 1693, Kittery, York, Maine, USA (Age 62 years) Marriage 14 Oct 1651 Kittery, York, Maine, USA [1] Family ID F7146 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Feb 2024
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Birth - Nov 1630 - Manchester, Lancashire, England 
Marriage - 14 Oct 1651 - Kittery, York, Maine, USA Death - 31 Aug 1701 - Kittery, York, Maine, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Mary Spinney probably wasn't the biological daughter of Thomas Spinney. She was most likely born from a marriage between Margery Randall and William Norman, which was later found to be invalid. William Norman had married Margery by falsely claiming he was divorced from his first wife in England. This information was discovered, William was banished from the colony, and their marriage was subsequently annulled. By then, Margery had given birth to Mary, who would go on to marry John Fernald.
This account is supported by evidence cited in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register (NEHGR, 65: Jan 1911:85). According to the NEHGR, William Norman, under the false pretense of being divorced, entered into this marriage with Margery Randall. Once the truth about Norman's marital status was revealed, the marriage was legally annulled. However, Mary had already been born by this time.
Thomas Spinney initially arrived at Chaleur Bay near Gaspe, now part of Canada, and later moved to the Piscataqua Colony at Strawberry Banks, presently known as Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He traveled there on Captain Fernald's ship and eventually settled in old Kittery, now known as Elliot, Maine. Records in Kittery began to be kept only from 1650, the year Thomas Spinney married Margery Randall. Following her marriage to Thomas Spinney, Mary was recognized as Mary Spinney. Thomas and Margery Spinney later had five additional children: Hannah, Samuel, James, Thomas, and John. This part of the story is detailed in the Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (p. 512).
- Mary Spinney probably wasn't the biological daughter of Thomas Spinney. She was most likely born from a marriage between Margery Randall and William Norman, which was later found to be invalid. William Norman had married Margery by falsely claiming he was divorced from his first wife in England. This information was discovered, William was banished from the colony, and their marriage was subsequently annulled. By then, Margery had given birth to Mary, who would go on to marry John Fernald.
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Sources - [S1678] Ancestry.com, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
- [S1678] Ancestry.com, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700.