Month: July 2020

  • Simeon Spencer of Truro and Provincetown, Massachusetts

    Simeon Spencer of Truro and Provincetown, Massachusetts

    Seafaring Simeon, another Revolutionary War patriot, lived on what is now known as Cape Cod. His story comes in part from Gibson’s H.M.S. Somerset. Resident of Truro Simeon Spencer resided in Truro in 1771, where he was taxed for two polls, and where his daughter, Martha, was born 4 August 1771.  On 12 January 1773, the…

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