Children of Anne Merrill and John Spencer are: i. Michael Spencer, b. abt 1531 in of Edworth Bedfordshire, England. He married Agnes 20 Jan 1556 in Edworth, england. She was born abt 1535 in Edworth, England. He married Mrs. Elizabeth Spencer She was born abt 1540 in Edworth England. ii. John Spencer was born Abt 1533 in of Edworth Bedfordshire, England.Died young. iii. Gerald Spencer was born abt 1543 in of Edworth england and died bef 20 Mar. in Edworth, England. He married Ellen Whysson 30 Jul 1568 in Edworth. She was born abt 1547 in Edworth, England. He married Helen Ulys--aft. 1568 She was born abt 1530. iv. William Spencer was born abt 1545 in Edworth, Bedfordshire, England.GIRLS- Jane b. abt 1539, Christian, b. abt 1535, Mary, b. abt 1533, Margaret, b. abt 1539 in London, England. NOTE- "GOOD ANNE" GREAT GRANDMOTHER OF THE AMERICAN IMMIGRANT SPENCER SIBLINGS. Actor John Wayne, publisher Henry Robinson Luce, first Lady Nancy Davis Reagon, John Pier Morgan, Harriet Beecher Stowe (author of "Uncle Toms Cabin"), Tennessee Williams (playwright) "Streetcar Named Desire", titanic Passenger William Augustus spencer, Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, Taylor Farnsworth (inventor of television), and three important Revolutionary Generals--Gen. Champion, Gen. John Glover, and Gen. Joseph Spencer are descendants. WILL OF ANNE SPENCER of EDWORTH, BEDFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND dated June 13, 1560. Calls herself WIDOW in Edworth,
Beds. and names her son GERARD (age 17): son Michael, to have chest that was his brother John`s; John spencer, son Michaels son, to have 20 lire; Elizabeth Lym have 4lire at marriage; Alice Aystin, to have a calf; servants; for the mending of "London Brygge wa-- --s; brother Edwards children`s, to have the 1lire that he borrowed of her, and the barley he gave her sister, his children; Nicholas Merryll and John Merryll his brother, to have the barley their father gave her and the poor of Edworth, to have 2 of her beasts to be lett for 2 shillings a cow, with the parson and churchwarden to have the letting of them and the distrubuting of the money to the poor, and to see that they are maintained, etch of them to have 3 d. of the v`s for the panes to se this truly done. Witness: Michael Spencer Will Proved April 21, 1561.