Makers of America; biographies of leading men of thought and action, the men who constitute the bone and sinew of American prosperity and life . WHITFIELD SPENCER CLARY 257 Spencers and Flournoys of Prince Edward County, families were prominent in Old Briery Presbyterian Churchwhich v/as organized in that County between 1755 and 1760, bythe Keverend Kobert Henry. There, Thomas Coles Spencer wasruling elder in 1804 and Samuel Flournoy Spencer in 1807. Fromits organization until 1829 there were thirty-six members of OldBriery who bore the name of Spencer, and doubtless others ofthe
Makers of America; biographies of leading men of thought and action, the men who constitute the bone and sinew of American prosperity and life . WHITFIELD SPENCER CLARY 257 Spencers and Flournoys of Prince Edward County, families were prominent in Old Briery Presbyterian Churchwhich v/as organized in that County between 1755 and 1760, bythe Keverend Kobert Henry. There, Thomas Coles Spencer wasruling elder in 1804 and Samuel Flournoy Spencer in 1807. Fromits organization until 1829 there were thirty-six members of OldBriery who bore the name of Spencer, and doubtless others oftheir blood whose patronymic had been changed by marriage. Asister of Thomas Coles Spencer, Frances A., married a Wilfley(or Whitfield?). The name Spencer is of Norman origin, and relates to theoccupation of steward. It was founded in the time of Williamthe Conqueror. The most prominent of the earlier Spencers inVirginia was Colonel Nicholas Spencer, a cousin of Lord Cul-peper. In 1684 he was acting Governor pending the arrival ofLord Effingham, and later, until his death in 1689, was one of theGovernors counsellors. He emigrated to Virginia
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