<P> The greatest density of Spencers in present - day England is in Nottinghamshire, followed by Derbyshire . Derby and Notts were closely connected at the time of Domesday, and up until the time of Elizabeth I had the same Sheriff . </P> <P> In North America early settlement of Spencers date to Thomas Spencer in Virginia in 1623; William Spencer, Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1630; Thomas Spencer, Maine 1630 . Col. Nicholas Spencer arrived in Virginia in the 1650s and subsequently served as Acting Governor . </P> <P> Spencers arriving in Australia with the convicts of the First Fleet in 1788 were Daniel Spencer from Dorchester, John Spencer, and Mary Spence from Wigan . With the Third Fleet in 1791 came John Spencer from Lancaster and Thomas Spencer from London . </P>

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