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Carney & Wehofer Family
Genealogy Pages
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 1753 - 1829 (75 years)
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| Name |
Eber Hebor SPELMAN |
| Born |
27 Oct 1753 |
East Granville, Massachuetts  |
| Gender |
Male |
| _UID |
0BA1740A80314288A13C36F422D79F4F93BE |
| Died |
15 Aug 1829 |
Stafford, Connecticut |
| Person ID |
I8862 |
Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
5 Jan 2006 |
| Family |
Lucy THRALL, b. 1757, d. 21 Aug 1824, Stafford, Connecticut (Age 67 years) |
| Married |
1777 |
East Granville, Massachuetts |
| Children |
| | 1. Daniel SPELMAN, b. 16 Oct 1778, East Granville, Massachuetts , d. 20 Mar 1835, Somers, Tolland Co., Connecticut (Age 56 years) |
| | 2. Statira SPELMAN, b. 29 Mar 1780, d. 17 Oct 1781 (Age 1 years) |
| | 3. Eber SPELMAN, b. 14 Jul 1782, d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 4. Apollos SPELMAN, b. 25 Nov 1784, d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 5. Statira SPELMAN, b. 11 Mar 1787, d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 6. Sylvester SPELMAN, b. 7 Sep 1789, d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 7. Samuel Thrall SPELMAN, b. 4 Mar 1792, d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 8. Charlotte SPELMAN, b. 21 Jun 1794, d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 9. Alsamana SPELMAN, b. 25 Jul 1796, d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 10. Anson SPELMAN, b. 24 Dec 1798, d. Yes, date unknown |
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| Last Modified |
29 Aug 2016 |
| Family ID |
F4504 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- REFN: 603
Eber Spelman was not behind his brothers and cousins in Revolutionar y
service. We find his name recorded as Private in Capt. Lebbeus Ball's
Co . of Minute Men, Col. Timothy Danielson's Regt.; marched on alarm of 19
April , 1775, from Granville; service 9 days [Mass. Soldiers and Sailors
in the Rev ., Vol. 14, p. 713]. Again, on a muster roll, dated 1 Aug.,
1775; same Co. an d Regt.; enl. 29 April, 1775; served 3 months, 10 days.
On a return of men; s ame Co. and Regt.; dated 6 Oct., 1775; Eber Spelman,
Private. Also his name i s signed to an order for a Bounty Coat or its
equivalent in money, due for ei ght months' service in 1775; same Co. and
Regt., dated Roxbury, 22 Dec., 1775 [Ibid. Vol. 14, p. 713].
In 1780 Eber Spelman built a house for himself in Ea st Granville, about a
quarter of a mile north from his father, Thomas Spelma n's, house. Here
he moved with his wife and two small children. This house has been
occupied by continuous generations of Spelmans for one hundred and
twenty-five years, and was the residence of Eber's great-grandson,
William H armon Spelman, in 1900, and in it he died. About 1798, Eber
Spelman moved wit h his family to Somers, Conn.; the Granville Church
Records showing that in t hat year he and his wife, Lucy, were recommended
to the Congregational Church at Somers. Later, they moved to Stafford,
Conn., where they both died.
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