Christian Spence

1661 - 1715  (54 years)

• Name	Christian Spence  [1]
  Birth	1661	South Queensferry, West Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  	(Age based on MI)
  Gender	Female
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Free emigrant
  Departure	5 Sep 1685	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Henry and Francis. Passenger with sister Margaret and brother-in-law John Vernor
  Arrival	7 Dec 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Death	2 Nov 1715	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  Burial	1751	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [1, 2]
  	Aged 54
  Person ID	I44458	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	James Spence
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31157	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Clarkson,   b. 1666, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland d. 30 Dec 1729, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	1687	New Jersey, USA
  Children	1. John Clarkson,   b. 1690, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA d. 3 Nov 1757, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. James Clarkson,   b. 1 Mar 1687, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA d. Bef 1729, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age < 41 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Robert Clarkson,   b. Abt 1694, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA d. 15 Jan 1733/34, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age 40 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Agnes Clarkson,   b. Abt 1700, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA d. Aft 14 Oct 1761 (Age > 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31147	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1661 - South Queensferry, West Lothian, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Henry and Francis. Passenger with sister Margaret and brother-in-law John Vernor - 5 Sep 1685 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - 7 Dec 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Marriage - 1687 - New Jersey, USA Death - 2 Nov 1715 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Burial - 1751 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S76] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). [S3739] Monnette, Orra Eugene, First Settlers of Ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodbridge, p372.