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Subject: Re: [MEPENOBS] William SPENCER Lords
Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 16:52:43 -0400
This may be off the track, but in searching the Spencer families of Maine I saw several references to the name Lords being derived from the name Lortz, and that the first (or several) Lortz men came with German mercenaries hired by the British (which war?) and liked it here so much they didn't go back.
A first shot just now at looking for Lords on www.rootsweb.com/worldconnect/ turned up the web page in the attachment, which shows an early connection of Henry Lords, son of Heinrich Lortz, marrying a Spencer.
This line has been well researched, I believe, and would be a moderate task to verify or eliminate the possibility of a connection to your target.
Stewart Rowe
---- Edward D Costello <> wrote: > > > To Charity & ToWhomItMayConcern:> > > ALL THE BEST, ED & EVELYN COSTELLO> e-mail: <>> Web: <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ed1009>; COSTELLO: Co Mayo, Ireland; JOYCE: Co Mayo, Ireland> HAGGERTY: Co Donegal, Ireland; LAVERTY: Co Armagh, Ireland> > > Bridget Sophia Haggerty> b:> 1831(?) NB Canada > m:> Jeremiah Spencer, 10 September, 1850.> > In the "Marriage Returns of Penobscot County" page 115, the following was> noted:" Jeremiah Spencer of Argyle & Bridget S Haggerty of Patten m. 10> Sep 1850 by Rev G J Newton". .> > Parents of Jeremiah Spencer: Phillip Spencer & Jane Bailey, m: 8 November> 1815 in Eddington ME; He of Plantation #4 (Stillwater) & She of Sunkhorse> (Sunkhaze) Settlement. She d: 7 October 1850 in Argyle ME. They had 9> children recorded, Jeremiah, b: prior to 1839, was the 6th child. > His ancestors were Thomas and Patience Chadburn Spencer from> Gloucestershire England, early English settlers who, in 1632, helped> found Argyle ME, Berwick ME and the logging industry there.> Jeremiah is noted in the 1880 National Census as living in Township #1,> Range #14, Piscataquis Co ME w/others, probably a lumber camp.> d:> 25 July 1878, Portland ME; pneumonia; age 44 years; interred (alone) 27> July 1878, Evergreen Cem, Deering ME (via s/s Rich & Son)> In the 1860 National Census for the town of Argyle in Penobscot Co ME,> Sophia was noted as 25 years old, her husband Jeremiah as 35 years old,> b: NB Canada, a farmer w/husband Jeremiah on a farm with a real estate> value of $800, a personal estate of $250 & 4 kids: Martha E, age 9, Mary> A age 7, Flora E age 5 & Sophia 1 month old.> Family was noted in the 1870 US Census for Bangor, Penobscot Co, ME;> Husband's occupation was listed as a "day laborer", age 45, his listed> name was "James", (rather than "Jeremiah"), she was listed as age 35,> "keeping house".> > ....................... Ed> > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
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