Before 1659 [her father] Richard Spencer [aged 54] and [her mother] Martha Briggs were married.
In 1659 Martha Spencer was born to Richard Spencer [aged 54] and Martha Briggs.
On 10th October 1668 [her father] Richard Spencer [aged 63] died.
On or after 10th October 1668 [her step-father] John Stonhouse 2nd Baronet [aged 29] and [her mother] Martha Briggs were married. The license was dated 10th October 1668.
John Evelyn's Diary. 27th November 1679. I went to see [her step-father] Sir John Stonehouse [aged 40], with whom I was treating a marriage between my [her future father-in-law] son [aged 59] and his daughter-in-law [aged 20] [Note. Means step-daughter. Martha Spencer was the daughter of [her mother] Martha Briggs who re-married John Stonhouse 2nd Baronet after her first husband Richard Spencer died in 1668].
John Evelyn's Diary. 30th December 1679. I went to meet [her step-father] Sir John Stonehouse [aged 40], and give him a particular of the settlement on my [her future father-in-law] son [aged 59], who now made his addresses to the young lady [aged 20] his daughter-in-law [Note. Step-daughter], daughter of [her mother] Lady Stonehouse.
John Evelyn's Diary. 19th February 1680. The writings for the settling jointure and other contracts of marriage of my [her future father-in-law] son [aged 59] were finished and sealed. The lady [aged 21] was to bring £5,000, in consideration of a settlement of £500 a year present maintenance, which was likewise to be her jointure, and £500 a year after mine and my [her future mother-in-law] wife's [aged 45] decease. But, with God's blessing, it will be at the least £1,000 a year more in a few years. I pray God make him worthy of it, and a comfort to his excellent mother, who deserves much from him!
John Evelyn's Diary. 21st February 1680. Shrove-Tuesday. My [her future husband] son [aged 25] was married to Mrs. Martha Spencer [aged 21], daughter to my [her mother] Lady Stonehouse by a [her father] former gentleman, at St. Andrew's [Map], Holborn, by our Vicar, borrowing the church of Dr. Stillingfleet [aged 44], Dean of St. Paul's, the present incumbent. We afterward dined at a house in Holborn; and, after the solemnity and dancing was done, they were bedded at [her step-father] Sir John Stonehouse's [aged 41] lodgings in Bow Street, Convent Garden.
On 24th February 1680 John The Younger Evelyn [aged 25] and Martha Spencer [aged 21] were married. He the son of John Evelyn [aged 59] and Mary Browne [aged 45].
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John Evelyn's Diary. 16th March 1680. To London, to receive £3,000 of my daughter-in-law's [aged 21] portion, which was paid in gold.
On 1st March 1682 [her son] John Evelyn 1st Baronet was born to [her husband] John The Younger Evelyn [aged 27] and Martha Spencer [aged 23] at Sayes Court, Deptford [Map]. He was baptised on 2nd March 1682. He married 18th September 1705 Anne Boscawen Lady Evelyn and had issue.
In 1699 [her husband] John The Younger Evelyn [aged 43] died.
On 18th September 1705 John Evelyn 1st Baronet [aged 23] and Anne Boscawen Lady Evelyn [aged 30] were married. They had six sons and three daughters.
In 1726 Martha Spencer [aged 67] died.
father: Richard Spencer 
Grandfather: Robert Briggs Merchant of St. Paul's Churchyard London
mother: Martha Briggs