Brief Life History of Martha
For the family of Nicholas and Martha (Grant) Spicer (parents of Thomas Spicer), please see Susan Billings Meech, A Supplement to the Descendants of Peter Spicer Containing Additions and Corrections (Boston: Stanhope Press, 1923), especially the following pages: — Appendix: “Containing Some Account of Nicholas Spicer of Barfreston, Kent, Co. England and Additional Information of His Descendants in America, With Wills,” p. 222–235 — Records of Nicholas Spicer and his descendants, p. 25–37 Online at HathiTrust.org: http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005761399
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Martha Spicer, "England, Kent, Canterbury Parish Registers, 1538-1986"
- Martha Spiser, "England, Kent, Canterbury Parish Registers, 1538-1986"
Parents and Siblings
1592–1658 Male
1602–1635 Female
Siblings (5)
1628–1637 Male
1630–1634 Female
1632–1694 Female
1632–1705 Female
1635–1635 Male
Name Meaning
English (London and Kent): occupational name from Middle English spicer ‘dealer in spices, apothecary’ (Old French espicier, especier, Late Latin speciarius, an agent derivative of species ‘spice, groceries, merchandise’). See Spice .
Jewish (from Poland): variant of Spitzer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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