Thomas,weaver, Kittery, ag. ±67 in Nov. 1697, first seen when John Webster wit. ag. him andMargerie, late w. of Wm. Norman, in N. H. ct. 30 Sept. 1651. She was orig. Margery Randall and soon became his wife; see Norman(2). A tradition was pub. in 1863 to the effect that the first Spinneyhere was b. near Manchester, Eng., went to Wapping Stairs near London, shipped as a fisherman for the No. Am. coast and was carried thence to the Piscat. by a Capt. Fernald, ±1630. Kittery constable 1656. A wit, in 1658 (Edw. Melcher and the Websters). Gr. of 200 a. on both sides of Great Cove, afterw. Spinney's Cove, in 1659. Gr.j. 1660, 1666 (did not appear), 1670, 1688, 1692-3, 1695, 1698-9; tr.j. 1669; ferry lic. 1668, 1671; selectman 1674. Lists 282, 283, 298, 25, 96. Margery was liv. 23 Mar. 1694, but not in will, 9 July–23 Sept. (d. 31 Aug.) 1701, naming ch. and 2 gr.ch.; wit. by Thomas and Mary Fernald. Ch: Hannah, m. Samuel Fernald(3). Samuel, b. ±1658. James, b. ±1662. Thomas, b. ±1665. John, fa.'s exec., b. ±1668.

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