Spicer Geneology
Rather than follow just one line - the aim of this site is to trace the branches of my family back from the relatives I have had the pleasure of knowing.
Spicer family from Somerset.
Barton End (Nailsworth)
Bridgwater Somerset
Fontmell Magna
Nehemiah Spicer P.C.26 (1828-1917) was born in Fontmell Magna but was never stationed here. He was the son of John Spicer and Ann Sharp. The Spicer family was widely spread throughout the village and Bedchester, and numbered no less than 48 in the 1841 census. The family trade was carpentry – James, Joseph, two Christophers, two Johns and George were all entered as carpenters. Nehemiah, then only 12, was an agricultural labourer, and with his sister Betsy, was a boarder with Mrs Mary Mayo at the shop in Church Street. In 1851 he was still living in the village, but was now classified as a servant. Clearly he was not following the family tradition. At some stage in the late 1850s he must have left the village to join the Dorset Constabulary, for in 1860 the police records show that he had been stationed at Langton Matravers and was now posted at Steeple. In 1861 he was moved to Sixpenney Handley where he met and married Emma Lucas and where their first two children were born, Lot in 1862 and Frank in 1863. During this period Nehemiah was promoted from 3rd to 2nd class constable. Regular re-locations took the family first to Shapwick from 1864 to 1866 (where his third child George was born), and then to Wimborne and Spetisbury (where Sydney was born), and finally to Piddletrenthide in 1870 (where Harry, who also became a policeman, and Tom were born). This was Nehemiah’s final posting, for in 1873 he was declared medically unfit and retired with a gratuity of £82 (about £2700 today).
Spicer family from Somerset.
Barton End (Nailsworth)
Bridgwater Somerset
Fontmell Magna
Nehemiah Spicer P.C.26 (1828-1917) was born in Fontmell Magna but was never stationed here. He was the son of John Spicer and Ann Sharp. The Spicer family was widely spread throughout the village and Bedchester, and numbered no less than 48 in the 1841 census. The family trade was carpentry – James, Joseph, two Christophers, two Johns and George were all entered as carpenters. Nehemiah, then only 12, was an agricultural labourer, and with his sister Betsy, was a boarder with Mrs Mary Mayo at the shop in Church Street. In 1851 he was still living in the village, but was now classified as a servant. Clearly he was not following the family tradition. At some stage in the late 1850s he must have left the village to join the Dorset Constabulary, for in 1860 the police records show that he had been stationed at Langton Matravers and was now posted at Steeple. In 1861 he was moved to Sixpenney Handley where he met and married Emma Lucas and where their first two children were born, Lot in 1862 and Frank in 1863. During this period Nehemiah was promoted from 3rd to 2nd class constable. Regular re-locations took the family first to Shapwick from 1864 to 1866 (where his third child George was born), and then to Wimborne and Spetisbury (where Sydney was born), and finally to Piddletrenthide in 1870 (where Harry, who also became a policeman, and Tom were born). This was Nehemiah’s final posting, for in 1873 he was declared medically unfit and retired with a gratuity of £82 (about £2700 today).