The Spencers of the Great Migration


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A study of eleven generations of Spencers from Bedfordshire, England, to Suffield, Connecticut.







The Spencers


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The Ninth Earl Spencer offers a chronicle of his family, discussing how their history parallels that of England and drawing from previously inaccessible sources to trace the Spencer's rise from medieval sheep-farmers to the late Princess Diana. 25,000 first printing.




Deep Ancestry


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Travel backward through time from today's scattered billions to the handful of early humans who lived in Africa 60,000 years ago and are ancestors to us all. In Deep Ancestry, scientist and National Geographic explorer Spencer Wells shows how tiny genetic changes add up over time into a fascinating story. Using scores of real-life examples, helpful analogies, and detailed diagrams and illustrations, he explains exactly how each and every individual's DNA contributes another piece to the jigsaw puzzle of human history. The book takes readers inside the Genographic Project—the landmark study now assembling the world's largest collection of DNA samples and employing the latest in testing technology and computer analysis to examine hundreds of thousand of genetic profiles from all over the globe—and invites us all to take part.




The Spencer Family


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From the bestselling author Charles Spencer, a brilliant insider’s history of the Spencer family.







American Ancestors and Cousins of the Princess of Wales


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"Almost since first hearing of Lady Diana Spencer ... many Americans have been aware that the Princess of Wales has genealogical links to this country ... the Princess [is] one-eighth (or more properly, three-sixteenths) American, the granddaughter of a Harvard graduate and U.S. Army captain during World War I ... she also has ancestors who lived in six of the original thirteen colonies ... and probably between twenty and thirty million living distant American cousins.".







The Maine Spencers


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Thomas Spencer was born in England in 1596. He was married there to Patience, daughter of William Chadbourne. They emigrated in 1630 and settled in Piscatagua and later at Newichawannock, Maine. They had seven children. Thomas died in 1681. Patience died in 1683. Descendants and relatives lived in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and elsewhere.




Meeting the Family


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Relates the author's DNA-guided quest for his ancestry, which took him through time and across continents, learning lessons about evolution, genetics, and the amazing diversity of human culture along the way.