According to Audrey Mae’s artistic cemetery map diagram and her gravestone numbering system, Roby Ella’s gravestone is Gravestone Number Twelve. Using a Smith-Corona typewriter in the 1980s, Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biograpy of Roby Ella, an eighth-generation Spencer in East Greenwich, Rhode Island:
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No. 13 Melissa
According to Audrey Mae’s artistic cemetery map diagram and her gravestone numbering system, Melissa’s gravestone is Gravestone Number Thirteen. Audrey has an arrow drawn from Melissa’s name to Roby Ella’s name (No. 12 gravestone) to show that Melissa and Roby Ella are sisters with the same parents. Using her Smith-Corona typewriter in the 1980s, Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biography of Melissa, an eighth-generation Spencer in East Greenwich, Rhode Island:
No. 14 Richard Burnside “Burn”
According to Audrey Mae’s artistic cemetery map drawing and her gravestone numbering system, Richard Burnside’s gravestone is Gravestone Number Fourteen. Using her Smith-Corona typewriter in the 1980s, Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biography of Richard Burnside, an eighth-generation Spencer in East Greenwich, Rhode Island:
No. 15 Hezekiah
According to Audrey Mae’s artistic cemetery map diagram, Hezekiah Spencer’s gravestone is Gravestone Number Fifteen. Using a Smith-Corona typewriter in the 1980s, Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biography of Hezekiah, a sixth-generation Spencer in East Greenwich, Rhode Island:
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No. 16 Eliza
According to Audrey Mae’s artistic cemetery map diagram and Audrey Mae’s gravestone numbering system, Eliza’s gravestone is Gravestone Number Sixteen. Using her Smith-Corona typewriter in the 1980s, Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biography of Eliza, a seventh-generation Spencer in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.
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Additional information recorded by Audrey Mae: Eliza born in 1816 is the daughter of Captain John (No. 4) and Phebe née Vaughn (No.3) Spencer. Captain John is the first son of Huldah (No. 1) and John (No.2). 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:
No. 17 Phebe Ann
According to Audrey Mae’s artistic cemetery map diagram and Audrey Mae’s gravestone numbering system, Phebe Ann’s gravestone is Gravestone Number Seventeen. Using her Smith-Corona typewriter in the 1980s, Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biography of Phebe Ann, a seventh-generation Spencer in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.
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Phebe is the daughter of Captain John (No. 4) and Phebe (née Vaughn) (No. 3) Spencer. Phebe was obviously named after her mother Phebe (née Vaughn) Spencer. The children (Phebe, Eliza, Harriet, Almira, Matilda, Obediah and Susan) in this Spencer line do not have Spencer historical names. Were these Vaughn names?
Phebe A. Sweet’s Gravestone No. 17 marking show her married name as Phebe A. Sweet. According to Audrey Mae’s mini-biography, Phebe and her sister Harriet married the Sweet brothers. Therefore, Phebe married the brother of her sister Harriet’s husband Rowland A. Sweet.
According to Audrey Mae’s artistic map diagram, Gravestones 16-22 are the children of Phebe (née Vaughn) and Captain John Spencer. Captain John (gravestone No.4) is the first son of Revolutionary War Patriot John (gravestone No. 2) and Huldah (neé Johnson) Spencer. 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:
No. 18 Harriet
According to Audrey Mae’s artistic cemetery map diagram and Audrey Mae’s gravestone numbering system, Harriet’s gravestone is Gravestone Number Eighteen. Using her Smith-Corona typewriter in the 1980s, Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biography of Harriet, a seventh-generation Spencer in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.
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No. 19 Almira
According to Audrey Mae’s artistic cemetery map diagram and Audrey Mae’s gravestone numbering system, Almira’s gravestone is Gravestone Number Eighteen. Using her Smith-Corona typewriter in the 1980s, Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biography of Almira, a seventh-generation Spencer in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.
Almira is Audrey Mae’s spelling. Perhaps Audrey Mae spelled the name the way Audrey Mae, a Yankee, pronounced the name. Almira’s gravestone marking show the spelling Almariah.
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Almira born in 1825 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 (No. 2) Spencer. Gravestones 16-22 are the children of Captain John and Phebe (née Vaughn) Spencer. Captain John and Phebe (née Vaughn) Spencer’s children in the Spencer Family Cemetery are Eliza, Phebe, Harriet, Almira, Matilda, Obediah and Susan:
No. 20 Matilda
According to Audrey Mae’s artistic cemetery map diagram and Audrey Mae’s gravestone numbering system, Matilda’s gravestone is Gravestone Number Twenty. Using her Smith-Corona typewriter in the 1980s, Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biography of Matilda, a seventh-generation Spencer in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.
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Matilda born in 1830 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. Additional information of Audrey Mae’s work show that Gravestones 16-22 are the gravestones of Matilda and her siblings. Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biographies of Matilda and the other children of Captain John and Phebe (née Vaughn) Spencer. Their children in the Spencer Family Cemetery are Eliza, Phebe, Harriet, Almira, Matilda, Obediah and Susan. See following:
No. 21 Obediah
According to Audrey Mae’s artistic cemetery map diagram and Audrey Mae’s gravestone numbering system, Obediah’s gravestone is Gravestone Number Twenty-One. Using her Smith-Corona typewriter in the 1980s, Audrey Mae typed the following mini-biography of Obediah, a seventh-generation Spencer in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.
Web author does not know what Audrey Mae’s reference to Obediah’s poisoning first mate is all about. Audrey Mae died in 2007, a couple weeks shy of her ninety-fifth birthday, so the opportunity to ask her is past. More research is needed.
Bruce MacGunnigle’s book has year of death as 1867 whereas Audrey Mae has 1869. In 2012 Audrey Mae’s granddaughter was “not able to read” the gravestone inscription. As Audrey Mae, Edith Anna and John Edward (“Ed”) do not descend from Obediah, the exact date is not crucial. Besides, Audrey Mae was an artist and not a typist by trade.
Bruce MacGunnigle – 28
Obediah born in 1821 is the son 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 (No. 2) Spencer. Obediah and six of his sisters are buried in this Spencer Family Cemetery. Gravestones 16-22 are the children of Captain John and Phebe (née Vaughn) Spencer. 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:
Five of Obediah’s sisters died at such young ages and he died at around 48 years. 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. More research is needed.
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