This fonds consists of financial records, ships logs and Crown land patents created by and/or belonging to Captain John Spence and his sons, reflecting some of their personal and business dealings.

Fonds consists of circuit register of Lion's Head Methodist Circuit, 1885-1910; Trustee Board minutes of Centreville Methodist Church, 1908-1915; records, including baptisms, 1887-1925, marriages, 1897-1924, of Lion's Head Presbyterian Mission Field (includes Pike Bay, Spry, Barrow Bay, Adamsville), 1887-1925; financial records of Knox Presbyterian Church, Lion's Head, 1897-1925; communion roll, 1906, Session minutes, 1900-1925, congregational minutes, 1901, of Spry Presbyterian Church; records, including baptism/marriage/burial register, 1908-1980, marriages, 1896-1951, of Lion's Head Pastoral Charge (includes Centreville, Pike Bay, Lion's Head Methodist Circuit), 1896-1990; records of Adamsville United Church (includes Adamsville Presbyterian Church), 1919-1963; records of Lion's Head United Church, 1925-1983; records of Pike Bay United Church, 1929-1989; records of Hopeness United Church, 1949-1976; records of Central United Church, Lion's Head (includes Lion's Head United Church), 1950-1992; records, including baptisms, 1965-1966, of Centreville United Church (includes Centreville Methodist Church), 1909-1970.

Cargo book of Schooner Wanderer (initially belonging to the Port of Toronto, James Jackman Master; James Henry Jackman, owner), 1873 – [1882?] including Log Book commencing in 1883 with change of ownership to Captain John Spence of Southampton, Ontario. The ship's log, commencing in or around 1883 until 1887, records information about the weather and the ship's travels This includes records of travel on Lake Huron in the County of Bruce with references to Pike Bay, Point Clark, Port Elgin, Kincardine, and Saugeen. References to other ships include the Schooner Nemesis. Examples of goods shipped included wheat, peas, stone, barley, coal, lumber, bark, and salt.

This book includes a stock book that lists the Tobermory General Store's inventory of dry goods, drugs, groceries, hardware and book accounts in January 1895. It also includes a daybook listing the customers and their purchases by day from April 1897 to July 1897. The back half of the book consists of the daybook for the Pike Bay and Dyer's Bay General Stores from July 1898 to January 1902.