Ara Spence (February 26, 1793 – May 27, 1866)[1][2][3] was a justice of the Maryland Court of Appeals from 1835 to 1851.
[4] Born in Worcester County, Maryland, Spence married Anna Maria Robins (1798–1827) on September 30, 1818.
She was the daughter of Maryland political figure Ephraim King Wilson.
[2][1] Spence owned the Mansion House at Public Landing,[5] where he "spent a long widowerhood... with his servants and numerous cats".
[3] Spence's will provided for his slaves "to be freed and transported to Liberia following his death".