William Spindle

**William Spindle and his Descendents**

William Spindle is the founder of Spindle's Gate. He led the migration of settlers into Spindle County during the early 1700s, and established the town. It was voted to be named after him.

William Spindle was a vehemently religious man, and lived in a house that connected to the Old Church. During a brutal storm in the late 18th century, William Spindle would sacrifice his eldest daughter, Diana Spindle, to an entity he called "The Left Hand of God." This sacrifice would rip a hole in his previously close-knit family. His wife, Mary, would never forgive him and refused to bear any more of his children. Aside from the deceased Diana, he had two young twin daughters named Hope and Grace, and two sons named Willaim Jr. and Jacob.

WIlliam Jr. would go on to marry Genevieve Cooke and have a daughter named Constance. Hope and Grace would both pass away as young girls in the same year. Grace lost her life due to illness at the age of 16, two weeks before her arranged marriage to a man named John. Hope would be forced to take Grace's place, but less than six months later would pass away due to complications from childbirth. This was, of course, a scandal in the town and Hope would be buried in an unmarked grave. Before her forced marriage to John, she had been having relations with an older man named Lucian and was carrying his child. When John learned of this, he turned his anger towards his wife and beat her numerous times, hoping to induce a miscarriage. However, Hope's child would survive and be carried to term, although doing so was too much for Hope's fragile body and she would pass away just moments after naming her son Ian.

Jacob, the oldest of the surviving siblings, blamed John for the complications. He was the only person in the town to side with his sister, and after her death he would fly into a murderous rage and stab John 13 times, killing him. Jacob would spend the rest of his life in jail and leave no family behind.

After the death of his parents, Ian would be sent to live with his Uncle William. He was raised as a brother to Constance, and neither one was ever told of the truth. Constance was five years older than her brother and doted on him. Constance was a fiery child and often got in trouble with the townsfolk for her bold ideas and reckless behavior. She would sleep with the minister's 27 year old son when she was 16, and both of them were disowned. They would run away to the far west of the United States, where they would live out their lives happily. Ian was devastated by the loss of his sister, and what he perceived as a betrayal. He turned to the church for solace and it was there, at the age of 13, that he would meat Zachary Little, a boy the same age. The two became fast friends and even secret lovers, but all of that would end when Zachary took his own life at the age of 18, tormented by the guilt of being a "sinner." Ian would shortly after marry Harriet Little, Zachary's younger sister, but their marriage was an unhappy one. Together they would bear only one child, Isaac Spindle. Shortly after, Harriet Little would follow in Zachary's footsteps and take her own life. Following this, rumors began to fly about Ian's homosexual behaviors, stating that he was sleeping with the new minister, who was a much younger man. To dispel these rumors, Ian rushed into a marriage with a 20 year old woman named Beatrice. The two of them would be unable to carry children and Ian died at the age of 45, when his son Isaac was 14. Isaac would go on to endure harsh treatment from Beatrice, who resenting having to care for another woman's child while being unable to have her own. Isaac would start his own business at 18, and marry a woman named Josephine McBride at the age of 19. The two of them would go on to have a happy marriage, bearing 7 children. Their children's names, in order of birth, were Isaac Jr, William, Anna, Sarah, twins Edward and John, and the youngest child Henry Spindle.

William Spindle would die in 1799, at the age of 85.